The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-23
GOULD IN POLITICS.
NOVEL SUIT AGAINST THE WALL
STREET WIZARD.
Pressing a Claim Against Him for In
formation Calculated to Beat Cor
nell Out of "a Republican NOm-
u in.tio Gold ,nith Called.

NEW YoaK. O,t % Jay Gould has been
sued III the court Of common pie As by JohH
s. Goldsmith. who want, s. 300 Tor having
furnished Information in September, too-.
about the 'kni gifts of the Golden Gartrr
Goldsmith's story, AS toll Wednesday 10
fore Chief Justice Daily and a jury, Is that
on the 18Th of Sapt, 1882, he sent
a letter to Mr. Gould, stating that
if Mr. Gould would send Il representative
he could furnish Information that wouio
interest him The next day messenger BOY
from the office of Washington E. Common
came to where he was employed as CLERK IN
the uhitei States gausers otlice ana to.i
him that Mr.. Cpnuor wished to sea MN iie
went t. Mr. Conner, iii 9 aud was ushefen
into room where Mir. Gpuli was seated.
Mr. Gould asked Gpiismth if he wshal TO
ee him Il toll him. G ia NTH said, That
Mr.. Common hal zen Tor me, ana ihat !
sumo Ell lie Mr. q sut J wanted 10 see
No silie said: i don't sn"w; II you "efe
shown in here it may b. that want 10 sec
| you,' told him / un terst oil he WAS ot'
| ro,inr the denomination OF eS-bhVeihi
| Cornell anl was maxim. fight agaih''
| him. Ii..aii: Go Oh, aud tell me what you
want ,zay.' | said: 1t That Is so nave
some information that will assist YOU tie
| asked Whist It wa. tli h!m there was an
| prranil4lt II of tie political therents Oh
| Governor Cornsl org ,tiIiA'nss an aritocrauc
| society similar IL taat called the hniShts Oh
the Ronal Fable, III tie time Of KING ar
| Arthur aud that they called themselves Tue
| Knights Of the Golden Garter"
| Ouestiun--"N on tol him Governor loiEeli
| was lntere ted in it,
An,wer-"Yes, SIR He asked: What dc
| Won want an how mach do you wantF !
told him didn't want him to pay me, but
| | did want a better position than l hadi
| that | wa, candidate for promo
ton and that if it came out that the IN.
i formation was furnished through me l
might lose my position. He sail, You are
under Arthur and | answered Yes ne
said, You won't lose your POSITION anu
aid, Suppose dor He then answered.: i
viii SEQ that you have better position.
lie said, Il will send for a reporter AMI
went out of the rom. Then MIR. Conner
came in and told he had sent
several messages for a reporter. hut dIdnt
appear to find him Then a reporter
came, aud Mr.. Gould introlucet me to the
reporter as being Mr. Fpley, OF The Herald
MI. Gould said: Repeat tna tory nav e
Mr. Foley and | will ses IL i all right
told it to Mr. Foley, and gave him dia
gram of the insignia OF the order l sho weG
to MIR, Gould a letter | had written to MIR.
| Cornell and ha said: Give taat to the re
porter, also'' Tao wtne - identified thu
story as published in The Hsrall on Sept.
20. 1882.
@. "When did you SEQ Mr. Gould againf
A. "The next day. | told him hal lnfor
nation from Saratoga that til 'u,ht AFT
Cornell would be nn:n!nated. liz SAID IL
had positive Information that Cornall wa
detected After that, on Nov. -, los
NV position | was discharged l wrot
to Mr. Gould two weeks subsequently
but received no reply. | vent t. see hin
several tinas. He did not give me any pc
siton since that time. My satnfy was "a
together 81 400 year. was out OF en-
ployment for two years from that time.
Washington T.. Conner was callet as
witness on behalf of the plaintiff. He ad
nitted sendi ing for Goldsmith and for III
Herald reporter, but could not remem be
whether Jay Gould was pre- ent at the il
terviow
Tho suit was continued Thursday
Counsel for Gould moved to dismiss tn
complaint upon the ground that it does nj
state facts sufficient TO constitute cause {
action Chief justice DAILY denied I'll
motion and Mr. Goull was called to I'll
witness chair to testify. lie appeare
somewhat nervous AMI spoke SO indistnct
that ho was several times requested to spea
| louder.