Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-30

another, and one of the vigorous SOW ", ~
the Rev. Heber Newton, of All Sonis
Protestant Episcopal church, whose forni'
bic and progressive theology has attracted
much attention.
PROM SEWN TO TEN THOUSAND.
He probably comes very near the coveted
Sso,o0O, and 80 also does the Rev. Felix
Adler, who stands in the front rank of lie.
brew thinkers and preachers in this coun-
try, having the support Of the largest and
most influential congregation of his race
IN tho city. His nominal salary il ~ 0Oo
The Rev. Robert COllycr, the iYrainv tfni-
tartan who is heard in the Church az tha
Messiah, on Twenty flourish street Roy. q
II. Tiffany, of 81. James Methodist Enisco.
pal church, on Madison avenue: DIR. Park.
hurst, of the MadisOn-SQuare Presbyterian
church, and DIR. Brooks, Of the Church az
the Incarnation, all have incomes from
thor pastOratoS exceeding So coo per an.
mum. So also Drs Meredith and Storrs. OF
Brooklyn. The former. who has a most
romantic and adventurous history, having
once been sailor before the mast, cameto
Brooklyn about three wears ago from Massa-
chusetts. and won distinction in the nurse
~ of great preachers, fairly dividing pub
lie attention with Talmago and Storrs.
There are many Others who have pucked
the golden prize from the roots of the
altar IN New York. Some have made for
tunes hy their own efforts on the platform
and n the press. Others have married
money.
The Rev. Or. Spear speculated in stocks
and made himself independent, and an
other preacher. Rev. DIR. Smith, sunk an
oil-Well on piece of land he had bought
and cleared $50 600.
While it is true that fashion rules tho
pulpit 10 the extent of selecting the indi-
Viduals upon whom TO shower its favors, il
IS equally tTuc that the pulpit in its turn
rules the world of fashion and friyolity to
a considerable degree.
Plot TO KDNAP JAY GOULD.
Ole evening late IN April, 1879, two men,
one very tall and having the appearance of
weu-to-do farmer and the other small
dapper, and elegantly dressed. entered a
br0WnstOue house on the south side Of
east Thirty-siXth street near Madison ave-
nue. In the parlor, filed with rare objects
of rirha where the foot sunk in the cost
hest Of foreign carpets and the walls were
adorned with fine pictures. the two
men were greeted 10y another who
subsequently, became one Of the most
daring, not TO say reckless, OF Wall-street
plungers- Eugene ~ Robinson. Robin
son has Just died, and his name at this
time recalls "a train Of strange events. The
visitors were none other than Jay Gould
and Daniel Drew. For onte the willy
Gould had walked into trap. Without
apparently suSpecting IT be was dealing
with desperate men. The grounds at
tsched 20 this elegant New York home
rau "a considerable distance back TO Eu-
gene Robiuson's stable on east 1hirty-hfth
street.
WHY ATTEMPTED.
Two men loitercd around the grounds.
stopping every now and then as If await
inc signal. Outside on Thirty fifth street
q cab was stationed with two men on the |
box. A steamer lay on the Battery at that
moment ready TO take on board dlstin-
guished passenger.
Leaving the hnanciers IN the parlor n
moment let me recall the fact that in the
sprinr of 1872 jay Gould, Augustus Schel, |
and Horace I. Clark, were largely long,
Cf Chicago and Northwestern stock. !
Daniel brew and Henry y. Smith who |
subsequently, boosted that be would make !
Jav Gould earn mas living with hand-or- |
Gan and q monkey. were largely short " !
If that stock. The Gould party had
steadily marked up the price on compare
lively small transactions until the bears
began TO squirm. and Daniel Drew declared
that he believed be was IN trap. In TACT, !
he had been hopelessly cornered.' he |
went 10 Eugene y. Robinson. the son Of !
lis old partner. and asked his advice.
"Kidnap Gould" was RohinSon's an
swpr. so the story goes, given by an insider. |
"kldnap him. Everything - fair In stock |
speculation Drew, it seems, acquiesced. |
THR INNOCENT STOCK sPEcULAToR.
Robinson secured d stout rope and hadit |
sent 70 his house in 1hlrty-Slxth street and |
then invited Gould and Drew to call there |
that evening and have a talk about the |
Northwest corner and the possibility OF |
letting up on poor Uncle Daniel Drew, who |
had been caught IN a trap set by Gould, |
one of ms own pupils III stock gambling. |
j he rope WAS ID au adjoining room when |
tie men sat down TO discuss The situa- |
ton. or course Gould knew nothing |
about any corner II Northwest !
There was talk If that sort in the news |
papers but he considered Northwest cheap !
and bee had merely been buying 1t as an |
investment. Re knew no more about |
corner in Northwest than any other corner |
maker ever knew about a corner. Like |
T0psev. the price OF Northwest had |
cr0wed' For hours the men discussed |
the question. Drew plaintiye, eloquent |
in o lOmel, way. and finally shedding some |
Of those crocodile tears OF which he was
always long" on due occasion, however |
short" be might be Of stocks: while
Gould was cold, impassiye, plausible, and
polite as O Cahbrian brigand-" As polite
man as ever cut q throat"
CLOSE CALL.
The verbal battle Of tie old lion and the
lions whelp cannot here be given. The
upsL0t Of IL al was thatJay Gould agreed 70
let Uncle Daniel get back bis " short stock
90 good stiff price that made the Old man
gruan but which was nevertheless a con-
siderable reduction from the current price
at the Stock Exchange. Drew thus really
gained his point, aud nj a sign from Eugene
y. Robinson Mr.. Gould was permitted 10
pass "a muscular fellow in the hall who had
been prepared for any emergency. Mr.
Gould passed out. hailed a CAB near by, |
and drove home. He did not know for
years after how narrow his escape had
been from a very strange experience. No
one knows what might have happened to
Gould If the conspiracy had been carried
ont. Some Dlunder of the men hired 10
carry out the plot might have led 20 un-
forescen results. The first plot against
Abraham Lincoln was not TO kill HIM but
simply 20 kidnap him. There 10 no DOUBT
that Robinson would have had Gould
If the latter had not lOosened
bis clutch on the throat Of his financial
Uncle Daniel Drew. No wonder
hat old Commodore Vanderbilt said of
Gould, " His touch is death
TIE SCHEME.
Robinson was one OF the most genial OF
men. bat in an emergency the velvet glove
.ncased an iron hand. The first scheme
yas 10 hustle Gould securely bound and |
jagged into a cab and hurry him of TO
ONE secluded spot in New Jersey, but
the plan was changed and
reamer was chartered and held III waiting |
n the Battery 70 take him to sea, where he
vas 20 be kept until Uncle Daniel and
Hen Smith had broken the cornersln
Northwest. Without the aid of Gould'S
wash" sales. matched orders" ana
,ther hocus pocus designed To- drive
he iron further in the soul of Uncle (
Daniel. the corner SO to speak, would {
rot have had lee TO stand on. {
Drew could have washed" The market (
IOwn or per cent. at time.
However. Gould weakened ut the memora-
ears after he w.S thrown down a cellar
~ Major Seloyer. who claimed that Gould
ad swindled him, and he weakened IN s
80 ,rLo, hc ,,aq suspactad of keeping {