New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-13
Mr.. MARSTON'S GAMBLE.
.,u AND HIS FRIEND. COL REYNOLDS.
rurNK THERE ARE MILLIONS IN IT.
AXE TRYING TO STEAL. A MARCH ON AN
o,,.pR FELLOW WHO HAS FOUND GOLD
MINES IN ALASKA BY SENDING MAN
OUT THERE AHEAD OF THE DIS
CovERER TO STAKE OUT A
cfAIM-sOME AsToNIsH-

cl.AIM-soME AsToNIsH-
ING FRANKNEss
An the glass panel Of the door Of Room No. 443
-, +he .op floor Of the Produce Exchange Build
W, there is displayed in gilt letters the informa-
.,.r that the room Is the office Of The Hopkins
Alaska Gold Exploration Company and that
william H. Marston Is the agent Of the concern
A Tribune reporter went to the room to make In
,uires yesterday, on account Of a report that
r,mber of the members Of the Union Club and
cher persons in the city had been induced to
..xs flyers in the Alaska gold exploration
scheme.
The reporter much impressed with the ap-
nearance Of Mr. Marston. who is tall and porty
and says he is member Of the Union Club MI
Marston lost no time in getting down to business
vhen the Alaska exploration scheme was men
t,oned. He promptly produced a typewriter
conv Of letter which he said he had sent TO his
cousin in Springfield, H.. in which the scheme
was unfolded
Read that" he said. land you will know all
tha, is TO be known about the matter at present.
LETTING IN COUSIN BUNN.
The reporter glanced over the pages OF the
letter which is appended:
Room 44S. Produce Exchange Building.
New-York. February -. 1895
= Bunn IT, Esq. Springfield, III. 49,,
NY Dear Cousin: have a great gamble Oh manu.
~ 10 my way of thinking is sure- TO win than
% iwo-headed cent. and must have you WIN me-
"a's friend of my great friend, Colonel W. II;
member Of the Union Club, discovered late last fai
large tract (some twenty square mes, OF very G 1'In IN
Aaska but owing to the ateness Of the season he
d not have ms to G h1s last Hesse afh left E thai Of
The world for San Francisco. ,,.o.
Coonel REYNOLDS has just raised for Mr.. Dscoverei
ssS CO. 10 be devoted to working this great mine and
he IL handle one cent of THIS money Du. Is 10
take ssv his entire ar to py g ona snd not
source until he has paid back the whole S@vW
never having drank drop of anything else not even
tea or coffee. and what is more, the colonel mas
for him much business. and has the most implicit
confidence and faith in him in every respect He Is
.. Sa hsm fnEnfs o" IN this this most wonderful deposit
Now have already stated he really does no,
On getting there this spring ahead Of everybody else
and sobb1s up the s Thsie ,he n1s exact location of .h.
great find, direct from my friend Goionel heynoia&s &
his party. who have charge of the money bags. on
their way to San Francisco where they expect 70
s6r TO Se Weeks getting their men Csome 200 and
ten surveyors and machinery 'oge,heT ana pro- pro-
4 man. an old miner and Al IN every respect on ms
to s aa W w
the Seat of War" by the way that will take him
srs ahe e soes on his
TO be the spo; thirty days ahead OF the he 9shs1 % %
tske with him. he says they can survey and have
ready to Be recorded land enough to yield us $1,000
J P Hopkins is my mans name is New England
u has yds on a1s ne a aas coa aad nce @
and /. known ou; there as great mining expert
country thoroughly and the way they do business
here He Is to have al expenses paid 'ba ney bs abs
balance four-afths. goes to the parties furnishing
We have already put 1t into a company-"The
Hopkins Alaska Gold Exploration Company" Cap
ta s ,O Shares eafh and IN If ,Ss we 90 pSS
the next Ave years shall M be @ ssHs mtea
AMOUNT OF shares for sale at % share. am
faithfully and cordially yours; - >,sro,.
The reporter previously had read another
.opy Of the letter In which the last sentence
read: "Ve have a limited amount Of shares for
sale az Is Gems share
INDEPENDENCE.
When he ventur.d an inquiry to the rea-
pon for the rise" Mr. Marstol said:
"Oh. I'm as Independent. as a hog on Ice in
this matter My cousin responded promptly
with a large subscription for shares. and so
many other people have wanted to get shares
that am going to raise the price TO so cents
lhare shortly"
At the beginning OF Mr. Marston's remarks
the reporter was obliged to indulge In mt OF
,oughng TO conceal smile. and when the
Union Club man went on to declare that ne soon
expected to have nothing to do except spemu
he money which would come or the eHPio'a
lions in Alaska the At OF coughing had 10 De
repeated Mr.. Marston was regaIlng hiInse..
with a sandwich made OF thick snces OF p.own
bread and som: thin shavings OF meat ana 'ns
contrast between that inexpensive meal anu
he visions OF millions In Alaska was so coihioai
1T the moment as nearly strange the re-
porter. Mr.. Marston went on 10 say tnd' tiie
humber OF shares remaining 10 De soid was wa,
kss than 81 900, and the shares wouio go i,he
bot cakes at 50 cents share ne menuonsu
Wall street broker who mad fairly begged 10
buy 10000 shares at Is cents share ana hao
been refused, he SAID >. ,s NJ
'If you want 10 know all about me- sald Mr:
karston. "go and see Colonel Reynolds you
tan 6nd him now In his Office at No % broao-
way"
COLONEL, REYNOLDs's INTEREST
The renorter did go and see Colonel Reynoios
kbo "a another large and portly man. and says
,e is a member OF the Union Club He mas
ulvery white hair and white mustache'
"I vasa Californian in 49," said Colonel Key
holds. and Of course have been 1anihar WIZ"
mining but I have travelled great ueai III
Europe Some Of the reports nave nea'u 60
the gold prospects In Alaska seem almost iaou-
h,s 7. NO.. ,r nv Office here that Mr.. Marston
me, tba man who was trying TO raise money io'
The survevs In Alaska. The man had JUST 70.
turned from Alaska / was interested IN "n.t S n
had 10 say about the prospects, anu INV - ,naLe
that he has succeeded In raising rai ~ Then MIR
the surveys and start operations ~, uInnkins
Earston made arrangements with control MR. oG" o? the
to go at once to Alaska anu svt svs,h Mr. Marston
mining lands. am interes'eu "'
10 q limited extent. c,, pegister of
The latest copy Of THE Social nes,ssI fS Wsrston
Eew-York" has the name OF w iila,n - 81 az No
A. member OF the Union Club ana ilvi.s a. "a mo
liz West Forty-fourth-st. and also has ,ne 81 the
Of William H. Reynolds as the"'"
Union Club and living at the cruz - ask Colonel
When the reporter ventured 10 asn ,o invest
Reynolds II he thought It would be saie 10 od not
money in shares for gold mines whion nrosnect
that they might be taken from the oras ray. frank