The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-04

After he was taken no violence was to be
offered him, and he was then to sign
check for 500 600. that being the amount
decided on. a larger sum, II was believed,
would excite suspicion. II Mr.. Gould re-
/ fused to give the check or waive identih-
cation on it, he would be given the thirty
third degre, made famous by Superinten-
dent Byrnes. In other words the gang
would use force with him. one OF the
members of the gang was then intr1Ist-
ed with the check. He was 70 get IT
cashed and return. Mr.. Gould was not TO
be released until the check was casheo.
'The gang had figured on the job TAX
ing about twenty-four hours. The dis
lance from New York is go miles, which
could be covered in four or five hours.
The gang was to have horses in readiness
Tor the escape, and, so far as learned.
they had the whole affair planned pretty
neatly Some days before the work was
to be done the leader of the gang was ar
rested by secret service officers and taken
west on an old charge of Ounterfeiting
in Illinois. I don't know what has been
done with him. The other fellows ap-
parently backed out with the loss of the
chief of the gang. Then, besides, he was
the only one who could get the necessary
money to make the thing a success Horse
and trappings would have to be purchased
and there would be considerable incidental
expenses. I am out of crime for good,
Mr.. Gould to be more careful and not
tempt daring and skiIlful criminals in
hard luck When men viii hold up sue
cessfully a passenger train a few miles
out OF Washington, you can readily see
how easy matter il would be for several
men TO seize horseman in the wilds of
the Catskills, on a road that isn't
trayersed for weeks at a time and then
only by mem bers of the Gould family
But as to the cashing of the check ?"
Il can't see as there would be any DIFF
fculty experienced in that A single line
or two from Mr. Gould to the bank cash
Ter could be secured under pressure as
easily as the check"
Wouldn't there be danger of the dis
appearance of the man who got the check
cashed?"
"Only man that could be trusted i'm
plicity of course would be selected for
that important task. If he skipped with
the money, the chances are that he would
be dead inside of a month, for his com
panions would find him out and remove
him"
But where was Mr.. Gould TO be held
until that check was cashed; did you
learn that?"
"Only in general way. I understand
he was to be taken some three of four
miles into the mountainous region where
the gangs headquarters were to be To-
they were to make up as members of
hunting party, so as not to excite sus-
picion on the way to and from the Cats
kills"
Mr. Gould has telegraph instrument
at his lodge, and couldn't he, after his
release, notify the railroad stations and
the New York police before the gang
could reach this city?"
Not very well, the way I understand
1t, for Mr. Gould was to be securely
bound in this cabin, and his friends would
be notified of his whereabouts after the
gang had reached their destination. The
men would have scattered of course
They figured Mr.. Gould would only be in
custody about twenty-four hours, the
seizure being made at night, the check
cashed after the bank opened in New York
in the morning, the messenger returning
at noon and the gang getting back to
New York or their intended destination
at night"
But how about the alarm sent out
when Mr. Gould was found missing?"
"Ah! that was the great point, as 1
understand it, that the gang figured on.
No alarm would be sent out, nor no public
announcement made until at least TWEEN
ty-four hours had elapsed, because of the
effect Mr.. Gould's disappearance would
have on stocks. The Gould shares would
or disappearance was reported. So. judg-
ing from what l heard of the matter the
gang figured on this fact Of the Goulds'
keeping silent until a search on the quiet
had been made in the Catskills."
Mr.. George Gould only smiled when 1
told him how the New York crooks had
planned to hdnap him.
Il do not fear them" was all he would
say.