The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-28
Jay GOULD KEPT HIS WORD
BUT WOE TO THOSE WHO DECEIv-
ED HIM.

He Always Found Some Way to Gwen
Up"-HOw the Wizard Restored
Millions to the Erie, md How a
Plan to Arrest Him Proved n Boom
erang.
Gath, in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
New York, July 11.-"Jay Gould died
possessed of $72.OOOOOO in values and real
Estates" said S. II. Dunan, controller of
the Erie railway under President Watson.
and for thirty years a railroad man and
broker. ut was less than some people
expected, but it pretty well represents
his survival character. His reputation
in the Wall street world is solid as rock
Imputations did not survive him. He was
the master speculator and merchant in
money and instruments. After Commo-
dore Vanderbilt died Gould had no equal.
His sons, George and Ed, are the best
railroad financiers left, who have also
the mechanical knowledge of their prop
erty. Missouri Pacific gives them a grea'
line of supervision and husbandry, and
it stands nearly alone in the corn and
cotton fields. Edward Gould is the genius
of the boys.
IT felt myself deceived and injured by
the management which followed Mr..
Gould twenty-four years ago and formed
his acquaintance. I was often at his
house. and before / had cultivated him
had studied his character, and it was
consistent within its simple lines and
could be relied upon He did not tire
of men who co-operated with him. They
we're of every sort-festiVe, worldly, -e-
hgious, serious-he was knower of men
without the resultant cynicism. He locke |
upon men as entitled like him, to their
employment and reward, and not to be
nloralized out of their careers. BE true
within the conditions you have proposcd,'
was his expectation. To those who kept
the faith he always showed fidelity, but
when treacherously deceived he was vim
dictive to the last degree. Gould, in
deed, had rather more faith than any Of
his contempors ries, and trusted men moro
varlously, by which practice he received
help from many sources. Having weeded
out the false from the faithful, his latter
years were spent in the center Of very
strong galaxy of operators who admired
him-Gen. Dodge. Sage, Eckert, Dillon,
etc lie died TRANQUILITY. victorious, the
mercantile world having finally appreci-
atod him as a retired warrior and succe
full king.
LAS he was always spied upon, Gould
used secret agents also. About the time
he acquired a large holding in the Union
Pacific he wanted me to use my railroad
acquaintance in that company to ascer-
tain its business value. One night, at
his house, he passed over to me a tele-
graph dispatch to read. which said: I
at a loss to account for the rise In West
ern Union Telegraph. VIII you join me
and buy 10000 shares for our joint ac-
count? What do you think of the prop
erty? 1 looked at the ticker in the room
and the stock stood 80. I said nothing
Mr.. Gould also showed me his reply: I
am out of the market. l really do not
know anything about it, / looked at
the ticker and the stock had gone up
half a point. ID. =. Morgan was the most
active large operator in the street. merely
a Spectator. Mr.. Gould received directly
another dispatch from him with a query;
he answered about as before, like one
Indifferent. The stock went up another
half point II arose half a point every
call. Gould handed me another dispatch