Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-25

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les, At o'clock was at tho hotel, and
an attendant came with tho bill and
pointing to signature on it informed
mo 1t was that of cabinet minister,
equivalent to our secretary Of the treas
ury, certifying that tho tax due the
government on the bill was paid He
explained the revenue stamp required
upon q bill Of exchange was one.oighth
Of per cent Of tho faco Of the bill, maxi
ing tho tax on my single bill 1877 francs,
or about S87 All bills are stamped in
II registering machine, which presses tho
stamp into the paper, but there were no
registering machines for stamp of so
high denomination as 1877 francs either
in the branch revenue office in the
Rothschild bank or at the treasury, so
the baron had taken tho bill TO the
treasury himself and got the cabinet
minister to put his autograph on it.
probably tho first and ouly time in his,
tory that such a thing had been done.
wanted very much indeed to keep that
bill ms u curiosity, but then the necessity
Of the time was on mo and was not
then collector Of curios
Whist diligence and strict attention TO
business do men exhibit whom they start
out 10 wreck their own lives and breal,
tho hearts of those near to them In
play by modern writer one scene pre-
sents satan flying Mt midnight over one
of our cities, while the drunken songs
and Joyous shouts Of some gildod reyel-
ers rise in tho night The merry songs
and laughter are music TO tho ears Of
Lucifer He pauses in his flight to lis.
ten, and as the songs and shouts in.
crease In volume he looks down, and
with bitter snoer soliloquizes thus of
them:
We arc my bondsmen md my thralls.
Your lives an with bitter pain
And that sums il up pretty well. hut
we must look straight away from the
entrance Of the Primrose Way to the
exit.
Vol, had successfully played my
trump card on the Rothschilds, and not
seeing the end thought had won, and
clevorly won, so before sitting down to
dinner went to tho telegraph Office and
telegraphod TO my partners,
Tho Egyptians all passed over the
Red sea, but tho Hebrews arc drowned
therein, "
Thinking this rather witty, went to
dinner well satisfied.
There was friend, very old friend
Of mine, residing in Hartford, Edwin
Noyes by name.
He arrived ten days later, and at q
little dinner given in his honor We told
him our plot.
On several occasions I had gone to
jay Cooke 81 Co, in Lombard street,
and purchased bonds under the name of
H. A, Warren, and giving checks in pay
ment upon the Bank of England. So one
day went there with Noyes and pur-
chased $40, 900 in bonds. giving my
check for them. I then introduced Moves
as my clerk, directing them TO deliver
any bonds bought TO him at any time.
Tho next day he called, and they gave
him the bonds which had given my
check for the day before, so there was
no necessity any longer for me TO come
in person to make purchases Moves
could appear there any day, give an
order for bonds, secure q bill for them.
uhA ~ hNii III muir nIlllR warren
check for the amount Of the bill, pre-
tending, of course, that he had got il
from me, but really getting it from
Mao, leaving the check for collection
and to call the next day for tho bonds.
The same day that l introduced him
to jay Cooke 81 Co. took him to the
Bank Of England at busy time Of iay,
and while drawing s., 600 casually in.
trodueod him TO the paying teller as my
clerk, requesting tho teller to pay him
any checks sent. Then for thenext few
days had Noyes take checks to the
bank and had him order two or three
small lots Of bonds from Jay Cooke &
Co, so that they became famiiiarized
with seeing him come ON my business.
The plan was complete at last. Ey-
erything was ready 10 carry ont onr
scheme in perfect safety to all, and as
related in the beginning Of tho chap
ter was now ON my way to the bank
for my last visit with the Rothsehild
bill in my hand. Many accounts were
given Of this famons interview in the
English press just after the discovery OF
the fraud and prior to my arrest; also
when the details transpired at the trial
Tho facts were simply these.