Daily Republican., 1884-09-11
Jay Gould's BrOker.

Give a Wall street man q million
and the fur begins TO fly 1T once, writes
the New York correspondent of the
u tica Observer. i WAS struck par
lticularly with this yesterday morning
when return ing to New York. after
depending a night at Seabright, near
Long Branch. l came to town on the
regular business train. On the plat
form Of the station waiting for the train
were dozen of the wealthy cottagers
Of Seabright-men prominent In trade
and finance In New. York, Most of
them walked to the station and climbed
with the other passengers into the or.
binary cars, Some were obliged TO
stand on account of the crowd.
just before the train started an ele-
Il CANT victoria drawn by team of dash
Ing bays, rolled up to the station, and a
slight. elegantly dressed and languid
man rose from the cushions, and attend.
Il ed by . foOtman boarded q Pullman
lear. The passenger did not trouble him.
self with tickets but gased idly out Of
the window. The train sped on TO San
ldy Hook. just as 1t came in sight .
800, 600 steam yacht which lay short
,, distance of shore fired q salute, and
, dropped boat with four uniformed
sailors to the water.
The sailors rowed to the dock, ar
irving Just in time to meet the train.
, The languid passenger, accompanied by
the obsequious porter, stepped into the
boat, the man in the sternsheets
: touched his cap, and the sailors pulled
a away with the regular man. o'war
stroke. The steam yacht picked up the
boat without stopping, and sped like
), an arrow up the bay. In a beautiful
H. 1t.
breakfast, while the yacht ran up the
bay. He stepped into cab at the New
York pier, and was in his Office hv'
q minutes later. Then the languid al
a disappeared and the brisk, energetic
v and pushing manner of the shrewdes
4 broker in New York took Its place.
" was Mr.. Washington K. Conner, tn
4 pet broker of Jay Gould. He 10 a
4 sharp AZ q needle, and worth anywher
= from one to five millions. While h
1. was at work in his office the clums,
a steamer which his fellow passenger
~ had boarded was creakiug her way u
ID the. bay. There was on board q doze
No men worth as much as Mr.. Connor, bu
"a they travelled with the crowd. Wash
IA Connor's money came through n pos
Ar tive stroke of genius on his part.
al He was curbstone broker with n
20 position, influence or money when ia
\. Gould got caught in the memorabl
d. Black Friday slump. Gould ha
e bought orally about six times al muc
ar gold as be could pay for. He repudiate
,e the purchases when the brokers went
IA him after the panic, and refused to re
a. tie the claims. His action nearly ruiz
re ed five Of the larger brokerage firms
lr the city. The brokers threatened suit
stormed, raw cd and prayed TO no avail
Mr.. Gould would not see them. The
the unknown Wash. Common wei
around TO the different Arms, and by "
~ rious means got them to assign the
., claims to him.
~ SThey did so, and with all the CLAIM
IN in his possession Mr.. Conner went
is Jay Gould and told the Wall sire
h king that he was ready sto bring 81
no or compromise-he would leave u
IN choice TO Mr.. Gould. The great fina
~ cier looked at MIR. Conner, talked
q him for while, and then made up Il
-. mind that he needed the services of 81
% unknown but shrewd young broke
% A liberal compromise of the claiL
70. was made, MIR. Conner became an a
.. sociate OF Mr. Gould's, and was a IN
a. lionaire within five months. Now
IN is head of the firm of w. +. Conner
aS Co One OF his partners Is Jay Gouls
son George, who went into the I'll
~ with $500, 900, and the other two pa
n.s ners are Mr.. Jay Gould and his st
Duo wart secretary and Sody guard, Nc
SIM.