The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-16

central motel and all the property in Twen-
ty-third and Twenty-fourth streets.
knew nothing about business. and 1 did
not want to be involved in any troubles.
so, after thinking over the matter. con
sented."
referred to current rumor that Mr..
Gould had begged her with tears in his
eyes, to consent to this arrangement.
Il never said that myself" was Mrs.
risks answer, but others who were
present have said this Mr.. Gould was a
very emotional man. / know that women
shed tears easily, but it has always been
an awful sight to me to see a man break
down, because ! always imagine that ne
must be suffering under a terrible strain"
Mrs. Fisk paused, and then went on tc
another subject
MIR. Fisk" she said had an equal in
terest with Mr.. Gould in the Narragansett
steamboats, now the Fall River Line. ]
agreed to dispose of this interest to Mr.
Gould for 100000 worth of stock in the
New Jersey Southern railroad and sl5.c01
additional He gave me the stock, but
when | came to dispose Of il realized on
~ s., 500. Then Mr.. Gould said I had been
wrongly advised; that I should have solo
out sooner He never made good the de-
felt and never got the Sl5O09. But Mrs
Gould was a very sweet woman. and while
she lived l could always depend upon her
using her influence to aid me. During her
lifetime Mr.. Gould sent me several sums
of money when / was in distress, ranging
from 500 TO $500. When she died l got no
answers to the letters 1 wrote Mr.. Gould
asking for aid"
Have YOU appealed to the heirs since
his death?"
Yes. l wrote to Miss Hannah Gould.
who l believe, resembles her mother in
many respects. was told that she is very
kind and charitable, But my letters to her
met with the same fate as my letters to
her father-they remained unanswered.
Now, / think that is the worst insult that
can be inflicted on YOU to refuse to answer
a letter l have never written again"
Mrs Fisk would say nothing more in a
direct way, but she added that the state
ment which Mr.. Clark had made three
years ago in Boston paper was absolute
ly correct.
Here Is that statement in substance. Mr..
Clark II should be promised, is a brother
in-law Of Eben D. Jordan, head of the firm
of Jordan, Marsh & Co, in which Col.
Fisk himself was once partner Mr.. Jor-
dan always remained a firm friend of the
colonel and of his widow. He was a cock
ecutor with the widow of Der husbands
will. But his vast business interests made
it impossible for him TO devote the neces-
sary time to Strengthening out the intricate
confusion in which the estate was left by
Fisks sudden taking off. So, with Mrs.
Fisks consent. he deputed the task TO Mr..
Clark.
Il continued in that capacity continues
Mr. Clark, significantly, as long as she had
any business interests to administer"
We will now come to an interesting state
ment, which we must quote in Mr.. Clark S
own words:
THE relations which Mr.. Gould and Mr..
Fisk sustained to each other were strange
and peculiar. Each recognized the ability
of the other, but neither trusted the other.
We found that in most of MIR. Fisk's en-
terprises he was associated with Mr.. Gould
as a partner but the interests of the two
men were always so evenly balanced that
neither could obtain any advantage over
the other. In the Narragansett steamship
Company, now the Fall River line of boats
they had to split share Of stock so that
each could hold exactly One-half the whole.
They made lots of money together, but
they were always watching each other for
treachery.
"As l said, Mr.. Fisk at his death left an
estate worth as l thought about S2,OOo000,
and hardly had the breath left his body
when the men who had feared, him in life,
who had bowed to him, who had throngeO
his ante-room waiting his pleasure, scram-
bled in hot haste TO rob from his widow
the property which Mr. Fisk had accumu-
lated Mr.. Gould and Mr. Fisk had beer
associated together in the management OF
the Erie railroad, and after Mr.. Fisk's
death the Erie railroad either began suit
or threatened to bring suit against Mr..
Gould and the Fisk estate for N,0OJ,OOO.
"As remember IL the Erie people claim
ed that Mr.. Gould and Mr.. Fisk had taken
money and securities belonging to the road
and had speculated in gold, which was then
at a premium, and had made large
amount of money The Erie people claimed
that since Gould and Fisk were both Off
GERS of the road at this time and had used
the companys funds, the profit If any,
should belong to the company. Mr.. Gould
told Mrs. Fisk and told me that the easiest
way out of the difficulty was to compro-
mise the suits. He said that he had admit
ted to the company that their charges were
true, and that If the suits were allowed TO
come to trial the company would get Judg-
nent against them, which would entirely
wine out ALI the assets of the Fisk estate
and leave the widow penniless. Mr.. Gould
told Mrs. Fisk that if she concluded to
fight the company she would have to give
evidence that would be in favor of the
company. and that judgment against her
or rather against the estate. would be IN
evitable. He said, however, that the Erie
officials were disposed to be lenient ana
that they had agreed, If Mrs. Fisk and
llInSe1I NOQlu N-CN1 wv - 80
bv way of restitution the Twenty-thlrd
and Twenty fourth street property, that
the suits would be discontinued"
Mr. Clark and Mrs. Fisk talked over
the matter with their legal adviser. All
believed at the time that Gould was act
ing in good faith. I'VE had no suspicion
that Mr.. Gould and the officials Of the
Erie railroad would enter into a conspir-
arv to strip the widow Of their former
master of all his vast fortune and divide
II among themselves. We believed that
he was acting fairly toward us, and we
accented what seemed TO us the lesser OF
two evils. 1t seemed to me that the ques-
ton was whether we would sacrifice a
mart or lose the whole"
So Mrs Fisk and Mr.. Clark took car
rage and drove down to the office OF Mr..
BARLOW. where the transfer was made.
Mr.. Clarke corroborates Mrs. Fisk's
statement that a further consideration of
SIS. 900 was agreed to by Mr.. Gould He
also corroberates her additional state
ment that this was never paid.
Nor did Mrs Fisk" he says, ever re-
ceiye from anybody one cent of consider
alton for signing away that vast prop
erty."
There is a curious sequel to this story.
The Grand opera House property was
purchased in 1868 by Gould and Fisk for
500 $50. After the agreement made be-
tween Gould and Mrs Fisk they jointly