The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-18
GoULD's DOUBLE WEARY.
The Fellow That Looks Like the Wiz
ard Revolts.

ara R9VOltS
From, the Ne,O York ADVERTISER
Sam Leopold of No. 81 Broadway, the
broker Who for fifteen years has enjoyed the
distinction Of being Jay Gould's double, has
altered his whiske7s in order to partially
remove the resemblance. He has many
queer stories to tell about the mistakes OF
hundreds Of men in addressing him as "Mr.
Could Mr.. Leopold has long been in
doubt whether this strong resemblance to
the millionaire has been a benefit OF a dis
advantage to him. It has come to be n
great bore Now Mr.. Leopold is tired, and
his determination to escape the difficulty of
the situation has taken form in prompt
action.
He could without doubt have made money
upon many occasions ION his face. u as the
facetious brokers put it, and at one time he
had hard struggle in refusing an offer Of
$50 900 to personate Mr. Gould. 1t was
during the heat of the campaign of 1884
when Cleveland was trying to down Blake
that party of spectators cooked up
scheme TO knock the stock market into
smithereens. Prices were extremely sensi-
tive at the time and it was pretty well
understood that only strain or Two would
be necessary to turn the balance and pro-
duce a financial crash which might echo
over the world.
The conspiring brokers proposed to Leo
pold that he smear some blood on his face
and roll on the sidewalk near the corner of
wall and Broad streets, pretending to be
dangerously hurt. An ambulance was to
have been summoned two minutes ahead of
the accident" so that the vehicle could
dash up to the scene soon after the crowd
gathered. A dozen confederates were TO be
on the scene to keep the crowd b ack to par
italy shield the injured man" ana to re-
peat occasionally, That's Jay Gould; he
is fatally hurt" The other arrangements
OF the men engaged in the scheme were
equally ingenious.
Further details Of the plan were to have
a carriage near Chambers Street II spital
for the purpose of taking "Mr. Gould" to
his house. or course, Leopolds remarkably
close resemblance to Gould would be suffi-
cient to make his scheme work well. espe-
cially as man was to have been posted OF
Irvington to telegraph that the millionaire
Yves III his country home. Then the tele-
graph wires were to be grounded" for a
few hours. The tremendous excitement
would naturally depress the Gould stocks,
and, in sympathy, about everything would
go down with rush. The schemers were
10 take advantage OF this by selling short,
and they expected to have at least from 10
to 3 O'clock in which TO work this peculiarly
daring manipulation of the market.
By the time the truth would tie known
the bold plotters would turl and go long
Of the market, on the recovery from the
temporary shock, and at last two or thres
good-sized fortunes we're expected TO be
realized by the double deal. Sam reluct-
antly decliued the tempting offer. Although
he wanted the 500 900 awfully bad, be
feared that he might be mobbed after the
fright was over, and SO the scheme fell
through.
Leopold knows Gould very we'll. aud they
delight to meet and look at each other. 1t
is related that whenever Sam would dis
cover a new gray hair in his whiskers he
would hurry to Mr.. Gould only to find that
the millionaire was also keeping tab on his
white hairs, and the two accounts tailed
exactly.
At length Leopold has concluded that his
notorietY as Jay Gould's double is not alto
gether pleasant aud in order to prevent de-
signing men from offering large sums for
schemes of personation, Sam seized the
shears yesterday and laid waste his mus
tache. Then he attacked his flowing
"Goulden" beard and trimmed It off to reg
ular Van Dyck point. But brokers on the
Street stare at him more than ever For
years he has been the target for correspon-
dents of rival newspapers. Now he win
have rest.