Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-09

gn1L O. prOtuSe apology.
les. At 2 o'clock l was at the hotel, and
all attendant came with the bill, and
pointing to a signature on it informed
me it was that of a cabinet minister,
equivalent to our secretary Of the treas
ury, certifying that the tax due the
government on the bill was paid. He
explained the revenue stamp required
upon bill Of exchange was one-eighth
Of per cent of the face Of the bill, max
ing the tax on my single bill 1877 francs,
or about $S7. All bills are stamped in
registering machine, which presses the
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, 30
the baron had taken the bill to the
treasury himself and got the cabinet
minister to put his autograph on it
probably the first and only time In his
tory that such thing had been done.
I wanted very much indeed to keep that
bill as curiosity, but then the necessity
Of the time was on me and was not
then a collector Of curios.
What diligence and strict attention to
business do men exhibit when they start
out to wreck their own lives and break
the hearts Of those near to them! In
play by modern writer one scene pre-
sents satan flying at midnight over one
of our cities, while the drunken songs
and Joyous shouts Of some gilded revel-
ers rise in the night. The merry songs
and laughter are music to the ears OF
Lucifer. He pauses in his fight to lis
ten, and as the songs and shouts in
crease in volume he looks down, and
with bitter sneer soliloquizes thus Of
them:
Ye are my bondsmen and my thralls
Your lives fill with bitter pain.
And that sums it up pretty we'll, 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 I had won, and
cleverly won, so before sitting down to
dinner I went to the telegraph office and
telegraphed to my partners:
1.-THE Egyptians all passed over the
Red sea, but the Hebrews are drowned
therein"
Thinking this rather witty, I went to
dinner we'll satisfied.
There was friend, 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
F. A. Warren, and giving checks in pay
ment upon the Bank of England So one
day I went there with Noyes and pur-
chased 100000 in bonds, giving my
check for them. then introduced Noyes
as my clerk. directing them to deliver
any bonds l bought to him at any time.
The 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. Noyes
could appear there any day, give all
order for bonds, secure bill for them,
and in half an hour bring a 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 I introduced him
| to Jay Cooke & Co. I took him to the
Bank of England at busy time of day,
and while drawing $4,000 casually in
troduced him to the paying teller as my
clerk, requesting the teller to pay him
any checks 1 sent. Then for the next few
days I had Noyes take checks to tho
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 OH my business.
The plan was complete at last. Ev-
erything was ready to carry out our
scheme in perfect safety to all, and as
related in the beginning Of the chap
ter 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 prior to my arrest: also