The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-05
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York Yesterday.
4 professed ,dynamiter is threatening Mr.
Jay Gould now and wants that gentleman to
,pay him 81 600 or whereabouts or suffer i'm
>sta1t death. This man signs himself a. b.
SO. and there ia reason To believe that he IS
not one of the ordinary sort of cranks One
acquaintance of Mr.. Gould's family declared
last night that the man had succeeded i'm
alarming the members of the family. and Mr.
Edwin Gould himself admits that the family
Is alarmed.
letter from A. b. 93 was received by Mr..
JAY Gould seven or eight days ago. 10 was
very long IL began away bacl in 1868. 90 tie
fight OF the Erie clique with Commodore
Vanderbilt. 10 followed the railroad king
career down 10 the present day
Finally the writer said: ~ know how TO
get near you. and to prove that no did he de-
tailed the gOings and cOmiugs not only of Mr..
Gould but of his family. This read ike the
report of a detective shadow Every move
ment Of the members If the amily. visits 20
the opera, calls Gu friends, business visits,
where Mr.. Gould ate and what he ate whom
he saw during the day, and all that for three
weeks back.
Then the writer went on 10 say that if the
money was not forthcoming dynamite would
certainly be thrown under Mr. GOulds car
riage when he took drive, and 10 would not
fail to explode and blow him up.
Tie letter contained instructions about
sending the money. 10 was to 30 To a certain
postOtice III Canada.
TIE vIsuvIUs ARRIVES.
The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius (which by
the way. never uses any dynamite whatever
arrived at the brooklyn hayward Saturday
afternoon after a very rough voyage up the
coast from Norfolk. She Is now mOOred at
the foot OF Main street 20 await the arrival OF
the new compressed air appliances. which are
hon f.N
OF brooklyn. The report that the Nesuylus
was TO be fitted with torpedo tubes is false
Her commander. Lieutenant Seaton SchrOe-
der. said 20 "a sun reporter yes to-day that the
alterations 20 he made on his ship We're merely
an improvement IN the air valves
Since tine present valves were pat into the
NesuYlus considerable progress has been
made ia that branch Of mechanics and the
Navy Department intended to keep the cruiser
III 10 the times as Tar as her destructive
powers We're concerned. The new valves would
not give any increased velocity 10 the pro-
Jectiles bat would add immensely % the ac-
curacy of the range. They were made on the
same principles as the old ones. but with
different application of 1t. These valves
were first made 10y the Dynamite Gun Com
pany. which nut the present engines into the
NesuyiuS. They were tested short time ago
on a gun in England and gave remarkable
results The tubes are constructed TO shoot
q prOlectllo containing 2J) pounds OF Gun
cotton. which Will be exploded on contact.
Lieutenant Schroeder said that the esu-
vus could stand 1900 yards from tho forts #
Valparaiso aud put shells into the city with
untaiing accuracy and could rely on her
speed 70 keep ont OF tie way of the CHILEAN
torpedo BEATS. The alterations on the cruiser.
he said, were ordered to be made with Ill pos
sible haste.
An INTEMPFHiTE PREACHER.
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