The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-04
THREATENING GOULD, NOW.
A. n. % WANTS 10000 OR WILL CONE
WITH DYNAMITE


aouiA's Recent Movements Minsteiy, s.s
Beasts that He Cas- Get ~ Hi.-Ths Fer
suas Teller whs Has Bssa Writing -
Mise Helen oesiA IL In Believe.
A protested dynamitsr Is threatening Mr..
Jay Gould now and wants that gentleman to
nay him $4,000 or theresbouts or suffer in
slant death. This man signs himself "A. B.
49," and there 10 reason TO believe that he Is
not ono OF the ordinary sort OF cranks. Ono
ACQUAINTANCE Of Mr.. Gould's family declared
last night that the man had succeeded In
alarming the members Of tho family. and Mr..
Edwin Gould himself admits that the family
is alarmed.
A letter from A. B. SO was received BY Mr..
Jay Gould seven or eight days ago. It was
very LONG. It began away back In 1888 at the
neht OF the Erie clique with Commodore Van
derbilt 1t followed the railroad kings career
down to the present day. ~
Finally tho writer said 81 know how 10 get
near YOU" and to prove that he did he detatl-
cd thu eoings and cominGs not only OF Mr..
Gould but OF his family. This read like tho
report Of q detective shadow. Every move
ment OF the members Of the family. vista to
tho opera. calls on friends. business visits.
whore Mr.. Gould ate. and what he ate. whom
he saw during . day. and all that for three
weeks back.
Then tho writer went on to say that II the
money was not forthcoming dynamite would
certainly be thrown under Mr.. Gould's car
ff % w shpod 70 soa blow
,s s.a sss 9sSsya xa' 70 g 70 certain
substanc eu Of the eontents Of this letter, IS
mnss ss
"HEss Is. without doubt" said the informant,
81. Gould: Or who has been asauaInted With
h1 sRd he tss n IL to OF
sHns as ssn ssa
man msa 9 gou SGu H. dould ssia vas
,.oR Who man ess sSss ffd Is
ming and INDUSTRIOUS; and unusually persist
e. but fsx s
hands A. b. SO succeeded IN sending letter
to father week ago which hes e wNrrisd " all
Watching our movements and our house very
closely and carefully for the preceding week.
%sss U.S. Sn se
.na r. Ss # Up VIZ
ss he~ ses
you.' he explained. and II you don't send me q
bat iIll Of dynamite under, your carriage and
K SSf SsEsT s sa: sfss
se9s creWe9 Ttas % and
eee e
dress mentioned In this letter. with tnstruo-
,9s to s s IT SsS when
Dr.. MUM. Mr.. aopld's physician. WAS asked
q The letter r. was He, proiessed not t. know
81 i:tsssss :. sS;.ss a
alone Tor walks and to business" said the
Doctor. He has no body guard. no deteo-
fsss sSzS5d"s near him. and ne is not In tho
Or: MUM would not say whether or not he
hs He mr.
thing Inspector Byfnss did sayNthat there
III. Edwin Gould was in the Yorkville Court
yrstsrdaY morning With Detective SeEsosp!t Nc:
wa MjchaeIs Is cTank: WIG thinks he i. tn Sye
letters to her and making a nuisance Of himself
for wsek or more Early on ~ satHrday morn.
door, nslghbor; DR.; ,Henry's, house. and rang
tho tell Katie, the maid. answered. He
asked her II she DIDN'T want TO nave her Tor
ment door. which h. did. Then he told. her
who he WIS. and said he could toll her fortune
would let him come in She wouldn't let him i'm
r" palm Of her ri hand hs ont %dx t6s
had flnisied. and finally DECLARED abruptly: 80
A M's saE s den tySa want to get
The CIR! got frightened and ran into the
house. Michaels went away and came back
f II G% Sns %&s snSps
to nwS,. yss give this to the girl was talking
The girl wouldn't take It. You give 1t to
her to a e Hssn 5"s Is Dsst d and
and slammed the door in his face. She told
Or; Henry about it. and he sent HIS son out to
ss soHMdinsmsr was
Gouids house, The crank started to 60 UP
t the stePs. =, and q. tn" policeman ran up and
~. Here" he ssid. what do you want about
him and said, mildly. "WIy. I'm going to s Ua
Miss Helen Gould. I'm going to marry her"
and isRs w ws ms
S0qd and to 1
but suddenly he swung around HIS right arm
wn the oE ons Of the
down the steps with the policeman after him.
He WINS captured , after r4n q two biosks and
Snd Tie The station Sen and mad I'm
complaint Of disorderly conduct
Some OF the things Michaels had In his
poke were pawn tick ct. q big envelope oon-
tai ming Il proposal ~ marriage to Fair and
esteemed young lady" and lot Of handbills
with his advertisement as fortune teller on
Some one had an idea that Michaels might
be the man who visited Russell Sage's house
and demanded S2.5OO three weeks ago. and
who was put out by Mrs. Snge. SO In court yes
tarday the Justice asked him II he had ever
visited Mr. Sage. He said he had but he would
not admit that he had threatened to blow UP
the house.
Policeman sondheimer made q complaint
against Alichaels. and thus relieved Mr. Gould.
me crank was committed tn Bellevue to be
examined. AT Bellevue 1t was said that DR..
Munn called ut the hospital during the after
mon and saw Michaels. He was very certain
S tmat me crank WAS not the one who visited Mr..
Rrinz Won Michsels is doubtless a fortune
pane however. at 286 Furman street Brook
lyn where he once lived. He left there week
ago; because he had not q dollar to pay his
Sixteen Persons 1t Csnnsnls..
Communion service was celebrated again
Yesterday In the little chapel Of tho old Leake
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