Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-11
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MilliOnaires and Their Ways Of
Dealing With Cranks.
DepeW Not Alarmed, as It is Said
They All Like Him.
The General Idea of Detectis es
Mistaken One.

ton, Austin Corbin and the Morgans
Would Depend Upon Their Muscle il
They Could Keep the Dynamite from
Going on.
New YORK, Dec. l0.-Since the at
tempt upon the life of Russell Sage, and
the tragedy that ended with the life Of
the crank who attempted tomurder him,
there has been good deal Of talk Us to
the preventives against assassination
adopted by the prominent rich men of
the country, especially the business men
of Wall street. The general idea that
they are surrounded with detectives
whose business it is to guard their lives
is but a silly assumption that riches
bring with them cowardice. Looking
up the men who are most likely, through
their prominence, to be the mark Of
cranks and the martyrs to the theories of
lettering humanity through numbering
millionaires, a reporter has seen many Of
those who are most endangered through
the splendor Of their success. 1t seems
that few of them are afraid, and most Of
them are fatalists. Their motto seems
to be: eve have won through kindly
fortune, and if we must die violent
deaths it is because the fates are sorry
for their past graciousness." Mr.. Sage's
marvellous escape from instant death.
and the natural fear Of other million
aires that they might not be so lucky.
does not seem to have scared them into
B proper appreciation Of the peril Of their
Superduous plenty.
&. =. Huntington.
G. p. Huntingdon the Southern Pacific
railroad magnate, wearing thin black
skull cap, was lunching in his private Of
flee when the reporter called. His
was simple consisting only Of a spacious
slice of veNl, with horseradish spread
over it. I le great railroad magnate
was all good humor, with intersections
now and then of cOrpulent chuckles.
"What Do yOu think Of the danger Of
cranks to mllionaires Z" asked the re-
porter.
-" Nothing much, except that the news
papers ma too much of them. Il
their notoriety causes demoralizati "
Cranks delight in such notices and are
helped on to something else by thcm
" Have you ever taken any precautions
against them
"None."
''Do you have body guard?'
'Never did, and don't intend to. The
fates move us, and it is no use thinking
about cranks. | DON'T
"What do you Think Mr.. Hunting
ton, of the theory OF a band Of conspi j.
tors spoken OF in connection with the
late dynamiter
"All rattle trap" said Mr.. Hunting
ton, as he made another lunge att the
veal and bread and horseradish There
is no such conspiracy. Ii there are
thieves in a community they naturally
come together. Birds of a feather flock
together you know, and that's the way
they come together, No doubt this man
knew other men Just like he was, but
the conspiracy theory is all fudge"
"Have you ever had any trouble with
cranksp
"Cant say that I have. Once n man
came here with half-inCh notice of
coupon payments and said he wanted it
for his paper. | told HIM | guessed the
coupon holders would find the place,
and the notice / had was sufficient. lie
said by notice twice that length in his
paper he could run the stock Of the road
down per cent Said l. 4 don't know
what you can do, but know what You
can't do, You can't talk to me that
way, and if you don't get ont I'll kick
you down stairs,
y. Picrpout Morgan Sons.
Drexel. Morgan q Compauys office. at
Wall and Broad streets, is very acceasi-
BILE, and the rooms connecting with the
private offices are open to any one who
chooses to walk in ununnouncod. j.
Pierpont Morgan's sons are strapping
big young men. Both spoke at once in
their eagerncss to put themselves on
record on the most important question
Of the hour:
1--WE have not been favored with any
visits from murderous Cranks lately. If
we were, what would we do? If we
could only inveigle the dynamite away
from him we would devote our attcu-
ton to filling him up with doep-seated
and lasting regret for his rashuess, v @
would make him think that the bomb
had exploded, and that he had been sit
ting upon il. If we could not induce a
separation between crank and bomb, we
would ret out We would not stop to
argue about the ownership of the build
ing, We would go, and go fast. Henry
George himself could not agree quicker
than we TO the proposition that the land
belongs to the people, and that private
ownership is bad thing"
Henry CIcws.
'Do | take any precautions against
cranks?" repeated Henry Clcws, We'll,
yes; in a way, keep a pistol at home
and one here,
where is your pistol, MIR. Clovis
Its near by. Moreover You see that
electric bell yonder3 Lean press it, and
have every clerk at this spot in few
seconds, My remedy is tho repeal of
two laws. First. repeal eloctrocution
aud go back to hanging public hang
ing, so as to make the disgrace aus
marked rs possible When You say
man was hung that settles Ii, but of one
who was electroCuted you can simply
say he was killed by electricity, which
might have Just been accident ON Broad
way. Second, If man Is simply
crank, hang him for these acts II a
lunatiC, keep him confined, even after
he is said to have recovered
Mr.. Clew added that he thought his
Office boy with a good gun would bc a
match for the worst of cranks. StOpp z
his Joking, Mr. Clcws said he would not
hesitate to shoot dangerous cranks if he
found himlelf forced to,
"But il You shot him the dynamite
would drop on the floor and 60 oft. and
the dead crank would be as destructive
as live crank was suggested.
Mr.. Clews rubbed his chin thought
fully for brief period rs he thought
over this complication, then he
answered: THAT would depend upon
the character of the explosive. l think
1 ,,-n,,ld almond ON ihn nletnl III cNMlN