St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-07
TO KILL GOULD.
A Crank Says That Is His Special
Mission.


New YORK, May 6. - Inspector
Byrnes has personally arrested luna
tic,w threatened to kill Jay Gould un-
less he was bought off with a large
amount of money. He imagines, or
pretends to imagine himself the vice
president of band of world reformers,
styling themselves Christ's Followers,
and to be doomed to carry out the de-
cree of the order. The mans name is
Charles j. Dixon, and he comes from
Pueblo, Col. That there is method in
his madness is shown by the following
story of his campaign against the Wall
street millionaire. 1t was yester day
morning that Inspector ByrneS re-
ceived a telegram from Mr.. Gould'S
house, requesting him to meet the rail-
road magnate at his Wall street
office. The inspector went down
as requested, and soon after his
arrival DIR. Dnnn. Jay Gould's physi-
clan, came in. He told the inspector
that man who presented himself as
Charles j. Dixon had come to his house
the night before, with an introduction
from friend in Pueblo, and told him a
long story, which he repeated in all Its
detail. He was, Dixon had said, mem-
Der of an organization known as
Christ's Followers,
very powerful in this country, and had
been made deputy by the arch council
to kill Jay Gould. He thought, how
ever, that the matter might be fixed.
In the year 1888 he had been engaged
by certain newspaper man to carry
copy and through this employment he
or so he was asked to take the last de-
gree and did so. This was the way of
it: He went to Owls Head, on one of
the lakes, by order of the society, and
that night knelt in circle of fifty
masked men unknown to him and took
an oath to become one of Christ'S Fol
lowers and obey the laws of the order.
Its purpose was the equalization of
money and property, there being too
many rich and too many poor people
now in the country. Its methods, as
will appear, were original. Dixon was
ordered to proceed to New York, obtain
an Interview with Jay Gould and de-
mand 81, 600, 900 down, So 000,0 600 in ten
years. at the rate of s5O0,000 year. and
still another $50O0,000 in the next dec
ade, unless MIR. Gould died in the
meantime. In this case Dixon
was to demand the setting aside
of all his property for char
liable purposes except $1,O0O.OO
for each member of the family.
That was the limit. Dixon said that
unless Mr.. Gould consented to his
terms he would be killed. If neither
happened, he Dixon, would catch 1t
from Christ's Followers and would have
to die. He cot his Pueblo friend to give
him an introduction to DR.. Dunn, Gould's
physician, on the pretext that he was
going to New York
For Medical Advice.
Since he had been here, it had oc-
CURED to him he might fix things with
the order for 100000 down and $500, 900
for charity, saying that MIR. Gould was
all old man and could not live long any
way. But that was the cheapest. In
anticipation of refusal and possible fail
ure- to kill Gould, he had his own life
insured for S5, 900 for the benefit of his
family, and rather than suffer death at
the hands of Christ's Followers he had
determined TO kill himself. He would go
Hartford. shoot off his own pistol, tear
his watch chain and scatter his papers
in the road to make it look like robbery.
then shoot himself with another pistol
to complete the fraud, thus his lnsur-
ance would hold good. DR.. Mum list
ened to the long story and arranged to
have the man to meet him again last
night. At that meeting Inspector Byrnes
and one of his men were present un-
seen. At the end of the interview they
arrested the man and took him to police
headquarters. To-day he was commit
ted to await examination as to his
sanity. He is crazy of course, but a
armed when arrested, but arms were
found in his trunk, He is a strapping
fellow, six feet in his stockings, and
about thirty-five years old. To In
spector Byrnes he repeated the story he
told the doctor. and says he was "Vice
President No. 71'' in the order. All the
commands sent to him from headquart-
ers were signed, he said, "Adonia.,'