The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-18
GOULD RIPS UP BRICs.
Ill Luck Of the Ohio Senator When the
Little Wizard" Captured Him.
From the PHILADELPHIA Press

| III LUCK or the Ohio Senator When the
Little Wizard" Captured Him.
From the Philadelphia Press.
NEW YORK, May IA story which has
been told to-day here respecting Jay Gould
and a little experience which Senator Gal"
Brice and Gov. Campbell of Ohio and
Gen. Thomas have had with the Wizard
Is, though exaggerated somewhat, in the
main correct.
Some months ago, in speaking of the
Brice and Thomas combination with q. P.
| Huntington in connection with Richmond
Terminal it was said in this correspondence
| that the opinion on Wall street was that
Senator Brice and his companions were
about to illustrate the truth OF that old
| proverb which asserts that where angels
| fear to tread sometimes certain other kinds
| OF beings are ready to rush in. According
to the story now told Rrice, Campbell
and Thomas have dropped something
like 100000 and Jay Gould has got it.
The Wizard has probably refrained from
any attempt TO punish Huntington; indeed,
| there is a general impression that Mr.. Hunt
ington received gentle animation from
Gould that caused him to protect himself.
| Gould could not afford to antagoniZe Hunt
ington so long as he is dependent upon the
| Southern Pacific magnate's friendship for
| the contamination Of some of his colossal
schemes in western railway management.
1 On the whole, Senator Brice's experience
in Wall street has not been as glitterlng a
success as was bis early and phenomenal
exploit in Ohio. When he and his asso-
| ciates engineered the coup by which they
made several millions Of dollars out Of the
| Nickel Plate deal, they were comparatively
| unknown men. The Lake Shore people
| had no reason to apprehend stra tegy from
| these country lawyers which should seri-
| ously embarrass the Lake Shore manage.
ment of the Vanderbilt interests, and they
awoke to the fact that they were entrapped
when it was too late. With his financial
feathers showing no signs of dropping,
| Brice came into Wall street and attracted
| a good deal of attention by reason Of his
successful exploit in Ohio.
| But the senator-elect did not realize that
| Wall street. has a habit Of looking upon
Ohio financiers with some suspicion, and OF
watching them more closely and taking
| their assertions with greater grains Of salt
than they do in the case Of other speculative
Adventures who wish to add to victories
won elsewhere by conquestS upon Wall
| street. Mr.. Gould himself was little
interested in Brice, and for a time was quite
friendly with him. The fiery locks and
| freckled countenance and somewhat heavy
| dignity of the senator-eect were seen now
| and then in Mr.. Gould's offices, so that it
was said that THE Little Wizard" had
taken quite shine to him. There were
many persons who thought that Brice was
the very concentrated essence OF that Pc
culiar sort of business sharpness which
characterizes many Of the Ohio hnanciers,
whose motto seems to be: "We do business
on the old Roman plan cdUeGt emptor. /"
Some shrewder brokers believe that the
sentiment expressed by grizzly-bearded
veteran of the street was correct when ne
said: "Gould is playing pussy with Brice,
and has already hattered him with his
fascination" This grizzly veteran bad had
a little experience of that sort himself q
dozen years ago with ''The Wizard"
GOULD GETS ACQUAINTED WITH BRICE
Having let Brico Into one or two little
operations ON the street, and having thereby
won his confidence, so that the senator
really believed that Gould regarded him
exactly as he esteemed himself, Brice seems
to have thought it possible to engineer
scheme which, IL successful, would have
brought a lot of money to himself and his
friends, but would not have pleased Gould.
With Cows. Campbell and Thomas he got
up what is known as the Richmond Ter
minal and Pacific Mail deal; but 1t now
looks as if he was playing into Gould'S
hand all the time In fact, it was the
Wizards own stock they were buying, and
he was letting them have it as fast as they
wanted it, while they were chuckling at the
apparent success Of their epdeavor.
One very cold morning last winter they
discovered the secret Of Gould's power
they found out that they were to be num-
bsred among those who had met the arch
enemy, Gould. and were bis. One of the
reports says that 1t cost Brice S2, 900, 900 to
find out what sort of man Jay Gould is,
but that sum is little too large. He is be-
lieved to have dropped fully l,000,0 900 at
this game, while Gen. Thomas has lost half
as much and Gov. Campbell Is cleaned out
of pretty much all he posses
It has been noticed on Wall street for
some time that the fine financial feathers
which Brice strutted Whereabouts few
years ago have been dropping sadly, and
that he was again turning mis- attention to
the excitement Of politics. sure indication
that the market has gone wrong with him.
Only few days ago Brice and "Jimn Keeue
met, and for half an hour they talked in the
most earnest fashion, although Brice's man.
ner was gloomy indeed, while Keene seemed
highly excited. Perhaps they were COM
pairing notes, and were discovering how
marvellous are the condolences in the history
of those who nave undertaken to get the
better Of the legerdemsin with which the
Wizard consummates his revenges.