Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-10
JUST A STREAM OF LUCK.
How n Broker Mace a Fortune I'm spite
of Htrsseif.

perhaps the most remarkable case tof
luck that ever came under XIV observe
tien. ." ssid " all street h-oker & a Re-
porter for The New York SU. ou saturday.
vas that Of one OF the most conservative
r,eu now on he street. lie j, DOW SmpV
q broker, and since Black riduy has never
sperul,ted one dollars worth. You 70
member That three OF four men brought on
the panic known a. Black Friday by
corneriug gold trd running the prlre
up tHi many operators were ruined.
the street va, IN q Mid pgnlc.
and universal smash seemed Imm-
uent. Ihts, msu relied ou v h~, they be
hCNtG - ht good 8s.UrtU'f that thc COY
eminent would l1l q. gold Hu. the mix
iaal csY. Sud thev lsd locked ar pres;v
much ail DO, rest 81 the gold IN The country
ilai available. RI.hi IL the midst % the
psric, when the street va Ike 8 mad
house. and insTy men who ~ the morning
supposed Themselves ri "a were q most
et.rk staring mad over iur ruin whlCt had
bei.lou them N f-w hours. and when
almost tns highest ngures hs1 BEEN touch
"a ma nobody was selling short. ths
broker 30 whom ] refer sud ieuIy lo-i
hl. had. he had covered eariv 10 the
morning ats comparative. smti los'. snc
hnd been looking IN curing t1e day without
sry personal snNicty. except ihst caused by
tht FEAR o. panic isat would knock the
bottom out 81 everything. Suddeulv, be
never knew whv, nor hss he huv but The
moo, vague recollection - tbe trans. ton.
he rushed iuto The bsw liDg, howiing pit.
and rold Iighi and ie'i al their hiChes;
fsurts ~. probably might have avoided
ia CONTRACTS. or bis frlrncs have iuV1li-
dated them ior bin. ~ hc va undoub.-
eCN insane when he did thlA. A, III
events. be- wa stii selling ~1tu suddenly
there r,me thai li.fle message from Necfe-
;aIy Boutwell, thrt knocked The bottom oN
q Tho corner 70 10. rviDkIiDs of ~ eye.
'>,lI I've millions q COLA
In hslf 81 hour m3f. rly friend you'd
tsve been : Uustic psuper, and g. it "as
tie utpthfr. fliUk. OF some ne.r relative,
found him utterly irresponsible. and witt
good d-a OF difficulty led hin swsv go hi'
lihcr There. when DE- was tol4 ~ the
order ~ Bputwsls. sud thai the bottom
had droTped uut o. the panic. he q ! DOT
se-m % comprehend TIE truiu . aii. ryt
uumbitu something y hich nobody under
poed ii. rontracts. however, We're fOuns
and taken ear, ~ rs his cierk-. and RAPID
es,irti. showed tl4t be- stood 20 tae GOOD
they tod biI be- dId moi seem 70 compre-
end. He hhd not been drir tins. f5r bs VA
@ tee'otaitr. suddenly they missed him.
Th-v ccuij not find hm on the street, nor
u TIE gOld-ruem, nor a. Gnv OF TIE
othcr br0..rs ofiices ht va. accustomed 10
,isit. Nobody had seen hu. ii. haJ not
zone 90 ais home. az h. FAMILY al md
ri,f'. becoming lhorOuILlv alarmed. uoti-
h.d The police ihbi be v8s Iissl - a18 lem-
porbr1'v deran-ed 30 yas found WEI derlDs
W Broadway long pas midnight. muteTlns
uis calls. suC recognizing n one. NO. did
De know any one tor neaTi, ieO weeks.
tie Vas OF ths verge o. PARALYSIS oi th'
brain, snd barely pulled through. Wher,
a'icrtW weeks iiluess. ne woke one morn.
ing rauonsl. his frat Thought was that he
vas ~ Change. lie remembered nothing
4 ts operLiiOn.- bIt recalled very vlvidiy
So much II ths paBic - be hsd witnessed
before le heg.r - operate himself il -as
. long uN before hi- physician permitted
In 10 De tod that Is bad Dy hls crazy
frcsL made fortune. BE has kept %, tno,
ior from tAsi dsE 10 this. 81 ssid. ~ has
never bought ftock except ioT invest
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