The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-01-16

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TGking off his Gntiqudted chGpeGu he be-
gan pTOtaLse GpOlOgy.
| Rothschild bank or at the treasury, so
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.
wanted very much indeed to keep that
bill as curiosity, but then the necessity
Of the time was on me and 1 was nos
then 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 a
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 flight to lis
ten, and as the songs and shouts in
crease in volume he looks down, and
with bitter sheer soliloquizes thus Of
them:
Ye are my bondsmen and my thralls.
Your lives I 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, I 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 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 went there with Noyes and pur-
chased $4,000 in bonds, giving my
! check for them. then introduced Noyes
as my clerk, directing them to deliver
any bonds 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. Noyes
could appear there any day, give an
order for bonds, secure bill for them,
and in 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 I introduced him
to Jay Cooke & Go. 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 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 out our
scheme in perfect safety to all, and as
related in the beginning Of the chap
ter I 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
when the details transpired at the trial
The facts were simply these:
I presented myself at the bank, and
sending my card to the manager was
ushe-ed at once into his parlor. After a
few remarks upon the money and stock
market produced the bill, remarking
that had curiosity to show him which
had been sent me by correspondent in
Paris. 1t was certainly curiosity. 1t
was thing entirely unknown N the
history of the bank to have bill Ct ex-
change bearing the signature Of a cabi-
net minister certifying that the internal
revenue tax had been paid on it. 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 I
asked him what precaution the bank
took against forgery. He told me for
gerry on the bank was impossible.
But asked: tWhy impossible? 9th
er banks get hit sometimes and why
not the Bank Of EnglandY' To that
question he gave a long reply. ending
with the assertion that "our wise fore.
fathers have bequeathed us a system
which is perfect. - edo Won wish me to