Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-02

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 saleer solilOquizes thus Of
them:
Ye are my bondsmen and my thralls.
Your lives fill with bitter pain.
And that sums it up pretty well, but
we must look straight away from the
entrance Of the Primrose Way to the
exit
Well. had successfully played my
trump card on the Rothschilds, and not
seeing the end thought / had won, and
cleverly won. SO before sitting down to
dinner went to the telegraph Office and
telegraphed to my partners:
THE Egyptians all passed over the
Red sea, but the Hebrews are drowned
therein.''
Thinking this rather witty, I went to
dinner well satisfied.
There was "a friend, a very old friend
OF mine, residing in Hartford, Edwin
Noyes by name.
He arrived ten days later, and at a
little dinner given in his honor We told
him our plot.
On several occasions I had gone to
Jay Cooke & Co. in Lombard street,
and purchased bonds under the name of
+. A. Warren, and giving checks in pay
ment upon the Bank of England. So one
day went there with Noyes and pur-
chased $4,000 in bonds, giving my
check for them. then introduced Moves
as my clerk, directing them to deliver
any bonds I bought to him at any time
The next day he called, and they gave
him the bonds which I 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 IA bill for them,
and i'll half an hour bring Warren
check for the amount of the bill, pre-
tending, of course, that he had got it
from me, but really getting it from
Mac, leaving the check for collection
and to call the next day for the bonds
The same day that 1 introduced him
to Jay Cooke &5 Co. took him to the
Bank Of England at busy time of day,
and while drawing 1000 casually in
troduced him TO the paying teller as my
clerk, requesting the teller to pay him
any checks sent Then for the next few
days I 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 familiarized
with seeing him come on my business.
The plan was complete at last. Ev-
erything was ready to carry ont our
scheme in perfect safety to all, and as
related in the beginning of the chap
ter l was now on my way to the bank
for my last visit with the Rothschild
bill in my hand. Many accounts were
given of this famous interview in the
English press just after the discovery of
the fraud and praor to my arrest; also
when TIE details TRANSFERRED at the trial
The facts were simply these:
presented myself at the bank, and
sending my card to the manager was
ushered at once into his parlor. After q
few remarks upon the money and stock
market produced the bill, remarking
that had a curiosity to show him which
had been sent me by correspondent in
Paris. 1t was certainly a curiosity. 1t
was a thing entirely unknown in the
history Of the bank to have bill Of ex-
change bearing the signature Of a cabi-
net minister certifying that the internal
revenue tax had been paid OF, This,
along with the circumstance that the
bill was made payable to myself, evil
IDENTIFY made considerable impression on
the manager and confirmed him in his
good opinion of his customer The I'M
usual features of this bill of exchange led
him to relate some of the inner events
OF the banks history, during which
| asked him what precaution the bank
, took against forgery. He told me q for
gerry on the bank was impossible.
But l asked: ''Why impossible? 9th
er banks get hit sometimes and why
not the Bank of England?" To that
question he gave long reply, ending
with the assertion that -FOUR wise fore.
fathers have bequeathed MS a system
which is perfect. =" 'Do you wish me to
understand You have not changed your
system since your forefathers' timer"
said. To which he emphatically replied,
mot in the slightest particular for
hundred years" In conclusion I told
him l should be fully occupied looking
after my different business interests, but
would give him call if I found time.
also said I would have the bill dis
counted and take the cash away with
me instead of having it placed to my
credit. He called an attendant, gave the
necessary order, and the cash was hand
ed me. Bidding the manager goodby,
repaired to our meeting place and show
ed the notes for the discounted bill.
Even George was satisfied that my credit
at the bank was good for any amount Of
discounts on any sort of paper.
Everything now was ready for my de-
parture from England. For some weeks
my partners had been busy preparing for
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