Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-20
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GERS receive such letters constantly.
They are afraid OF women.
It is believed that hundreds Of women
in New York live by blaclunail The
"badger" game is one of their favorite
devices. 1t requires q man 10 act rs
confederate. and naturally. with mascu-
line aid the adventures is donbly dan
gerons. The man appears suddenly on
the scene and enacts the rOie Of injured
husband, whose outraged honor can only
be solsced by a large amount OF money.
A Frenchman actually sold his real wife
recently for the purpose OF blackmail,
and she was apparently "A willing con
federate in the game. 10th may now
so 10 prison.
WOMEN ALSO VICTIMS.
But usually the black-mailer goes free.
There is not enough courage IN the ave-
rage man to expose the fraud. Women
are also victims They have been indis-
Greet in some respects, perhaps innocent
w 70. Their conduct is susceptible OF an
evil Interpretation, and a man cold
blooded enough for the business notifies
her that she must pay certain sum q
week by tho month, under pain Of
revelation Of her alleged crimlnality TO
her husband, who may bo Jealous enough
to commit any act OF folly on receiving
the disclosure. The police authorities
here know that women have often paid
blackmail, and sometimes when they
were entirely innocent.
Mrs Scoficld was gambler in stocks.
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gins. Many New York women speculate
on Wall street, though not few houses
refuse 60 take their accounts.
" don't want any more women Gus
TONER'S" said an old broker. I'm
afraid of them. They have no sense.
They can't stand loss. If they are
wiped out they think you are cheating
them. They know nothing about
money. One OF them came in here
some years ago and said Il want to buy
a hundred shares Of New York Central
and will pay cash.
care you sure you have the money!.
1 asked. at will cost you twelve tnou-
sand dollars.
I'm sure I don't know" she an
swerered, opening her reticule. 81 don't
think I've got as much as that here but
count it and see. "
"She had twenty-seven hundred dol
lars. That is only one illustration OF
how much business sense the average
woman possesses. The good business
woman, as a rule, doesn't come to Wall
street.
MRS. TwITCHELL AND HUNTINGTON.
One OF the female speculators there is
Sophronia J. Twitchell, tall, fat, and
fifty or ffty-Gye. She dresses in wretch
cd taste. wears an old-fashioned shawl
and bonnet that would give q woman
OF taste the Mysteries. She is loud
spoken and positive, and an intrepid
advocate Of woman's rights, except,
perhaps. her right TO so to war.
She buys cheap stocks, and owns
Chesapeake and Ohio currency bonds,
worth about twenty cents on the dol
lar. She initiates ihe famous Hetty
Green, the millionaire female tiDancier,
but it is at a long distance ; she is COM
paratiyely or absolutely poor, while Mrs
Green is worth millions Mrs. Twtchell
is not afraid OF the men, not even OF
Coils j. Huntington. at arecent meet
ing of the Chesapeake and Ohio bond
holders she arose and said excitedly.
elf I were a man l would show G. 2.
Huntington whether he could run this
road to suit himself or not But, she
added contemptuously, "he can do any
thing he likes with you men.
MRS. HErTIE GREENS OPERATIONS
and investments are enormous. She is
extremely economical. She held Read
ing bonds, but refused to come in un-
dor the plan of reorganization till the
last moment. She walked into the Office
Of Brown Brothers carrying a dilapi-
Gated bag that might possibly, from APP
pearances. contain an old maids lunch.
1t held one hundred thousand dollars
worth OF Reading bonds. She is fear
less. and carries around fortune as she
would pair Of blue woollen stockings
TO be worn over her shoes IN snow
storms.
"Here are my bonds" she said to
the clerk. The time for depositing them
had expired in New York.
Cant receive them here, madam.
said the clerk politely. We would
have to send them to Philadelphia. You
have only one day moro there. -
"What would it cost to send a hun
dred thousand dollars worth there? "
she asked.
Zone hundred and ten dollars, was
the answer. II was worth that much for
service and insurance.
"What!" she exclaimed, cycling him
sharply, Zone hundred and ten dol
lars. and the fare there is only two dol
lars and half l will so myself" And
she did. She is one of the few success
full women spectators in Wall street
HOW SMALL HAPPENINGS ATTRACT GREAT
MEN.
Among the people who stood with
heads thrown back gazing at a safe that
WAS being hoisted on Nassau street the
other day were Alexander McCue, AS
sistant Treasurer of the United States.
Russell Sage, the railroad magnate, and
Daniel Dougherty, the well-known law
yer. They watched tho huge mass of
iron until it reached Its proper height
and was hauled in at window, and
then they continued on their re-
spective ways absorbed again in
business. Daniel Dougherty's time is
worth hundreds of dollars a day, Russell
Sage has been known to add half mil
lion of dollars 10 his fortune in five min
u.es, and by giving publicity to a change
in the financial policy of the Govern
/ ment, Assistant Treasurer McCue might
shake Wall street in as little time !;
but these busy men who could do SO
much in an insignificant five minutes,
find relaxation and interest in watching
number OF laboring men hoist Il safe
an occurrence that is repeated almost
hourly somewhere down town.
GA GREAT CURIOSITY.
Small happenings attract great men.
The most commonplace street incident
will serve TO whet their curiosity. II a
car-horso falls on Broadway bankers,
merchants. and professional men will
drop all thoughts Of business and hurry
90 the nlaca and stand gaming until fhe