Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-16

.;,,.s had becu forgotten by many even ~
Times naH In IL. Coming out %
s .he hstor House John Paul Dococn' IN y
sh;s c,tv met q casual acquaintanso, 80
s s' s;dswalk. and, stopping ior s.snaI
, LIZ cbat was introduced by tnhs o .,d
sconaintancc TO young gentiiesiprs anrol;ns.n
inc nv as MIR. Smith, OF Nor.n . o Mr..
After some exchange OF cour's ,,sryoved TO
smith, OF North Csroli .hars s Smith. of RAJ
pe pir. chairman of the state De"o
ieign, ' rne,,n;ttee. aud who for one 80
cra.lc ~ ysars has exhibitea s.5ss
S,,o,;tical sagacity. asked casunmy' rame
tns yav. Mr. Bocock' your ,o ION
IS rather an unusual o ons' g. Bocock, ,
any mae yes" was the reply !;
Oh. o. = nv uncle and guardian me and
ne 49,; II Cd Mr. smith, am the son anu
contlnut.Lh ~ .' nsnhew and ward of the TWO
you asb bo made the greatest fight on rscVtu
s,. thn sneakership. ! think we ou9ut ~
ior a drink on the meeting. Anu 'Hos
drank. o,r,rp
Noorlv everybody who has nearu o, snas
famous horse Tenny knows, n 1naS u" prI'
land au,odd after his owner. David Ienny fu,-
ha nl. p,,ls;fer comes from Boston. doesn,
iaot vet TO loo over fifty years OF age. anu
To-, ,uo a. one time a very successiul khlgne
va W. tbs Green cloth. lie is SAID to DC OF
9ieorent family from the Pulsiter5 Wio
.-ara Interested in the Boston HeTd'o.
Reing very precise IN ms aieso
IN his youth-although no IS sara 70
have gotten bravely over IL hV Ss nv
tom for Buffalo aud became something OK
Sgnre about town there. An elopemeho
18th a Young lady of excellent position
followed. and Dir. Pulsfer. his wiie anu
dauchter are now among the conspicuous
gne,ts at Saratoga. When horses IKE
Tommy win and lose enormous stakes OUT
elders naturally suppose that thelr ownelss
win or lose accordingly. AS matter Oh
fact. MIR. Pulsifer is SAID to have an inter-
est in bookmaking firm of such nature
that il precludes his losing any consIdeIa-
In jim Keene's palmy days. when he was
nj the summit OF his power, Samuel W.
Boocock was his broker, or at least bis
favorite broker, through whom he con-
Quoted his great operations. BoococS has
stuck TO Keere since then, and stood by
him in his darkest periods. Their relations
are and seem to have been founded rather
ON warm personal friendship tnan on Ousl-
ness ties Whatever Neene's future may
be Boocock will always he bis most trusted
agent He Is quiet man OF domestic tastes;
is not seen about DeimonicOs or tue notei
cafes. doesn't 90 10 the races. ana IS nor
known by sight to one man IN hunurtu
who hurries past his Office. lie Is OF an en-
tirely different family from the eX-
sneaker of the Confederate Congress.
The fact that he never IS Hurried mas mace
BoocOck invaluable "a conhden,la.
broker. His singular ability has enabled
him 10 follow up this advantage; the same
orderly. Quiet. and cool cGrelessness-n
that term may be applied 20 the studied
absence of furry and worry-charae1er'Ie9
the Office rs the man. InroughouO h'
suite, or tho busiest days. you can hear
pin drop even while au enormous business
Is beinG transacted there. Nobody seems
TO be in n hurry. In tho heat OF acton,
while CLOSING operations when means
hundreds of Thousands TO his customers
Boocook is apparently more closely occu-
pied in hecking bit OF dust IRON
his coat-sleeve than in stocks, lie Is
man OF pleasant manner, OF medium SIZE
neither dark nor light, and about 1Oriy-
ni,5f years of age. 1t is in Mr.. Boocock's
offices that Mr.. heene makes MS hesuquat-
tiers. During all this long period OF re-
trieval Boocock has had tho manipulation
Of Keene's orders and has been largely H.
strumental IN the restoration OF the heene
fortunes. Perhaps he is the most skiltul
manipulation of orders in tho street. he
in turn, of course, has his connten'tlhl
broker. with whom he communicates oy
nriyate wire and telephone IN secrecy en9
pprivacv None OF these great financial
operators need disclose its manlpulatoFS
nowadays to the public ken.
lie MEANS IT.
Jaw Gould used to say, change my
| brokers as do my coats" There was
Good deal in the papers about Washington
Connor when lie ceased to be Gouiu
partner and broker. Conner IS small,
| delicate man. of very refined manners ana
Guiet department. lie IS little under
| the medium height ard IN age no DOUBT Is
we'll No in tho roaring fOrtles." lie mas
slender blonde side-whlskers and a blonde
| moustache. His blue eyes evlnce great IN
| tellectual acumen-it is singular how
| many blue-eyed men have risen to emil
nence in Wall street, there 10 Clews. for
example-and he does moro thinking than
| talking.
| II is said Of Conner that when he gives
| his word he means 1t, and that IS a secret
of his hold on Wall-street men. IL IS an
| interesting fact in no other occupation or
| business Is trlckiness SO quickly unveiled
| and so thoroughly despised az N the Street.
| This. too. in spite of the popular impress
| sion which is exactly to tho contrary.
| Most people seem 20 think that Wall-street
| brokers thrive by cheating the public and
| wind UP by deceiying themselves. Inc
| facts show that a reputation tor integrity
| and in Wall street 1t must be deserved 10
| be borne-is the most powerful factor
| there. Mr.. Conner - worth about S3,OQO, :
| 600. II IL another curious fact about wall
| street that the values OF mems fortunes
are invariably ver-estimated. ASK the hrst
| man YOU meet on the Exchange what Con-
| ner is worth. and he is as apt az not TO say
| ten or even fifteen million. As matter OF
| fact the same tendency TO exaggeratlon
| tinges rumors of losses. so that II an ope-
| rator drops three hundred thousand on
deal it is quickly nolsed abroad that 80
aud so has lost anywhere from half q NIL
lion 10 three million dollars.
When you ask yourself who the great
! spirlts Of the street are and who they have
| been in the recent past an answer IS sur
prisingly slow in presenting itself. The
| Vanderbilts and Goulds have gone out OF
stock operations. Frank Work has yir-
tually retired, Addison Cammack is in
Europe. ii. n. Smith has retired, DIR.
Woerlshoefer is dead. Charlie Osborn
and ID. Z. Morgan are both dead,
and SO is William II. Iravers.
Victor Newcomb is living in retire
ment and will probably never appear IN
public again. George Osgood, who was
Commodore Vanderbilt's son-in-law, ope:
rated daringly on his own account. as Well
as for others. William l.. Scott Is never
seen on Wall street now. Some years ago
he was a big individual operator. both on
his own account and sometimes IN Joint ac-
count with William II. Vanderbilt and MIR.
Camnsck. All eyes are fixed upon heene
and Conner as the coming men.