The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-09
r. CAME TO KILL GOULD.
EMISSION OF = VICE PRESIDENT
Of OaRISTS FOLLOWERS.

uE MISSION OF = VICE - ESlDENI
OF CHRISTS FOLLOWERS.
takes Mr.. Gould's Physician, DR..
,,,,nn. Into His Confidence and Offers
20 compromise for 100000 Cash-He
Does Not Mind Being Arrested. and
TELLS Police inspector Byrnes All
About 1t.
The following from the Sun Of Thursday
fuller account than appeared in the
[sopx1yG NEWS dispatches Of the antics of
4 . luuatic in New York who proposed to
aye a share of Jay Gould's wealth:
/ A tall man of IS walked up the steps Of
h. John P. Munn's house, at 20 West
'fifrv-eighth street, on Monday evening
..t and asked for DR.. Mum. He sent in
* name as Charles j. Dixon of Pueblo,
H. and with it note of introduction to
IN Mum. signed By physician in that
4 own with whom DR.. Mum was person
4 ms acquainted. DR.. Mum found his
f .isitor a well-dressed, intelligent-looking
nan. Dixon introduced himself at once as
representative Of the "Order of Christ's
F,lowers,n and before he had talked two
rnutes DR.. Mum knew that he had
matte to deal with.
DR.. Mum thought best to humor his
hsitor and allowed him to talk on about his
ssion to New York, which was to kill
Az Gould in case he refused to hand over
pyeral millions to the order of Chrlsts
followers. DIR. Mum is che family ply
cian of Jay Gould, and accompanies him
non all his trips through the country.
|biron knew this, and he said he Thought it
Broper TO break the news of Mr. Gould's
Enpending fate to DR.. Mum first. Dixon
carefully explained to DR.. Mum that he
vas vice president No. II Of the order, and
/ that be held this communication from the
/ arch council Of the organization signed
4 "Adonia." S-.-S
jay Gould mas been tried and convicted
and forgiven by the arch council. The last
vice president is instructed to execute the
orders Of the council if he doesn't comply"
After impressively reading this to DR..
Mum, Dixon gravely said;
Now, Mr.. Gould must pay me 5000. 900
at once on behalf of the order which / rep
resent In the next ten years he must agree
TO psy us $4,000, 600, which the order of
Christ's Followers will distribute Mr..
Gould must not give to his heirs more than
smIllion apiece, and he must stipulate to
tsdueath the rest for charitable uses.
\ These are the orders of the arch council
4 aud if Mr.. Gould does not obey them it is
ny duty to kill him. 1t is the mission of
our order to equalize and disseminate
money and property over the country
Dixon watched the effect of his words on
/ DR.. Mum and then said in lower voice:
But l think l can arrange to let MIR.
Gould off more reasonably than that. Now,
If he will me $60, 900 cash down, and agree
to leave a quarter of a million or so for the
good of mankind, think can fix matters
With cur order. | will arrange to save his
life if be wants to accept my proposition"
TIE man from Colorado leaned back in
his chair to await DR.. Mann's reply. The
doct r told Dixon that Mr.. Gould would
undoubtedly be perfectly ready to divide,
bot he suggested that Dixon come again the
next night to arrange matters. Dixon
promised to call aud bowed himself out.
When DR.. Mum was rid of his uncom-
for ablbe visitor he hurried down to Jay
Gould'S house on Fifth avenue and told him
what had happened. As the result Inspec-
tor Byrnes got a telephone message from
the railroad magnate on Tuesday morning,
asking him to call at Mr.. Gould's office in
the Western Union building. There he met
Or. Mum and Mr.. Gould, and he agreed
with them that Dixon was too dangerous a
lunatic to remain at large. DR.. Mum said
he was confident that Dixon would be back
in the evening to keep his appointment, and
Inspector Byrnes said he1 would be there
too. The inspector lives just across the
street from DR.. Munn's house, and early in
the evening he was at DR.. Munns house
with Detectives Frink and McCluskey.
At about s O'clock Dixon rang the bell
AMI the Inspector met him at the door.
Dixon was taken to police headquarters and
locked up. He talked freely with the
inspector yesterday, and told how he come
to join the order of Christ's Followers,
which had sent him on his deadly mission.
Dixon said he had been messenger for a
newspaper Office in Pueblo, first at S25
and afterward at salary of 500
a month. A few months ago Dixon said
Re got a message from the ''chief" of the
order to go to Owls Head, a place
on the Canadian border, with instructions
to await developments there. He obeyed,
and the night after he arrived at Owls
Head, and while he was kneeling In the
darkness on the ground, be was surrounded
by fifty ma ked men and initiated into the
order. He returned to Pueblo, where COM
munications, always signed "Adonia,
reached him from the order. On April Il
he got word that he had been made mem.
Der of the arch council and vice president
NO. II, with instructions to 60 to New York
and treat with Gould or kill him.
He said that if hs failed to kill Gould he
intended to take his own life. With this in
view he had insured his life. be said, fol
$1,000, aud was going to Hartford, his
birthplace, to do away with himself. Tt
make it appear that he had been murdered
he was going to seek some unfrequented
spot, throw his watch away, and fire hi;
own pistol off into the air. He was going
TO shoot himself with brand new one, anC
thus appear to have died defending himself
with his own weapon. He was going tx
fear up all his papers first, to give the ap
pearance when his body was found Of
having been robbed and shot.
Among other things. Dixon said he haC
shot and killed four men in Colorado single
handed.
Dixon's statement was taken down by tn,
Inspector in the presence of witnesses
Dixon had $3.50 in cash in his possession
and in the trunk in the room where b.
lodged the inspector said he found re
volver and billy" He would not sa!
where the room was.