Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-12-17
INSANE MILLlONAIllES.
SPECULATION ON WALL STREET
HAS TURNED THEIR GRAINS.

Who Have Gone To n - lums \ Ltnaflc
Broker Operates Among Other Patients.
Enough Wall street men 10 III an insane
sylum have gone crazy because Of the ter
ible strain upon them" said a veteran
took broker 10 reporter yesterday.
A retrospect of a few years showed that
he remark was true. More than in any
,ther Kind OF business the slaves OF specu-
alton are liable TO lose their reason.
Attention was called to the subject by
he ease OF Broker Dedrick II. Middendorf.
who was found wandering in the streets of
his city few days ago
Middendorf was spcculntor in a small
way, aud when he made few thousand
dollars by the rise in sugar trust certiii-
Gates it is supposed his good luck proved
too much for him.
When found he had 5000 in his pockets.
lie was dangerously insane, and bit and
struck the officers who removed him to
Bellevue hospital. where he now is.
\ few years ago William Van Schaick
was on. of the best known and most pop
ular members Of the New York stock EN-
change lie was daring specnlator, who
had acquired large fortune in few years.
Mr. Van Schaick lived in Orange, y. y.
One evening he went home wild eyed ant
crying Ills wife was shocked at his ap-
pearauCe.
I'VE are paupers.' he cried. "All that l
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lou haNe h'iue suu' .,1 -, -
shouted 10 ms astoh'sie' ielioM proAeis.
het reaay 10 uie' ,"r Tue lsoru Is aooue W
VISIT you an with des,rue'ioh'
MT ffettiss was .aAsn ~ ne uouLe nnpS.a
Ne" Jefss! pS ms ,"iniis aiu has uinesu '
out oil slght, ~ - ocIietsu 'ha. ne 49, a..
recovered rom ms suuueh a''aoA u ~
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a meihorioie case was 'ha' ~ uasnins, .I
handsome ShaFile Johhes' ne was sno
life OF the board. always ready with jest
and story ana the leaner IN All sorts ol iun.
lie was Young man TOO anu uo ono ~
the entire city seemed " nav" p,'1nool
prospect oeioFe hiIIi. oohhes "as eua ~ -
ognlzed ieehler OF iash'oh On 'he StooH -
chhnge, ana ms hIhu was p''rt'cu"S
ofight anu oriliaht.
All NJ once ne Coiial'seA oeeAuse =, =
constant strain, ana became mere ehilu.
his pitying irlends haa MN rsihoNeu ~
private hospital, where ne s1ii REMAINS.
IL is said that he VIII never recover ms
reason OCCASIONALLY Johhes itii'glhes tnAe
he u again Inquire upon the moor oi the
stock Exchange -,
III sell l,Ooo sugar trus. ~ y" no
shouts, While he jumps hrouha anu cry
ates CONSERVATION among the other Pa'
tients by his agile antics.
Johnes had q fortune of siuouoO "heh he
became insane lie had started lew yelrs
previously as aeierk ior VI .hiries r s "oein
hoiier the most daring anu sheoessiai pear
operator that " an street mas ever hau'
jay dould's hrst partner, en"rles W
Leupp lost a fortune IN wan street. ne
took the profits from his tannery business
and sunk them III stock speculation.
Then he became insane, and cut his throa'
while lying IN bath tnb.
AhoeheF acquaintance " "ay uoa.u =
now oonfined III am asylum IN tnis state
This IL Col. Wells, VINO was LOT 5ears
anoied specnlator. lie iost ms fortune. siiu
conceived the idea that ms III lacA was uue
TO the Vaccinations oi jay oouia, WIN
whom he had some business aeanhgs,
| Wells became insane upon the saoJect,
aud Kept sending letters TO MT uouiu
threatening tue liie OF the ht1le 'nagha'e'
Mr.. Gould became frightened AT tne thro.1es
and called IN the services oil inspeceo'
byrnes.
The inspector watched the mai poAss
anu caught 1ni. Neils IN the nct " ue
POSTING threatening e.ess auu.esse1 =
Mr. oouid Wells was ,rieu ana iouna IN
sane, and ~ still confined in an insta.h1Dh
INTO THE RIVER.
Johh flAtt was pr'iiiiiehI "si .'1 ssIoe
man ten years ago. lie was .he Alisfiel,l .lll,'
representative oi l'hpur.a,n. pa'iA
ing houses ehd frequently swung iue
S1Uoo saafes oi stocA,
Inc eAsi'ehieht tolu on nliia anu ne NJ, msn
mah' fiAit Went aowh 10 the iooeoi "a -
street one Mtefhool,' a,.sr 'ile si"Ss =, IN
. marAet, anu 1uiipeu oh Wy aoeA- AAas s -. !.
Z was never recovered, ana - supposea
nave driited oat to sea
Ahhsa Stohe useu ~ &c y, pruuaanen ~ ~.
hgure ON the sseoeN hanee uh'ii he wen
, crazy.
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