Evening journal., 1900-02-15


own Board Of Trade.
cas- rule" said a detective az New
Nork hadQuartors, crooked people
never save their money. d0at caro-
low wise or smart they are, they gen.
orally get rid Of Il faster than they
get II. But what was goiug TO tell
YOU about was one OF the gang that
had more brains than any OF the hand.
akers | ever knew. I am not going
% tell YOU what his name Is. and he
on the level now. lives nicely With
is family and stands we'll with the
isiness community. So, for story.
Hing purposes. | will tell yof about
Zig BIZ and the fortune he made.
Big Bill when a lad served the ladies'
ith soda water In drug store In this
ity. He was a goodlooking lad and
fas a faverlte with every one. Among
he patrons OF the drug store was q
Tcil-known confidence man, who took
fancy to the white haired lad be-
lind the soda water fountain. The
p oy and the con man became fast
lends, and one day the boy failed TO
eport for duty. He was not at home
aud no trace OF him could be found
hree years later | ran across him IN
fcw York, and he was the clerk In
.reen goods store and the gang told
ne he was the greatest kid In his line
mat they had ever seen. But he was
G NY getting q very small part OF the
coin that was being taken on and
on day he declared that he was going
out for himself. He quit the job and
J did Mt hear from him for several
years. BY this time he was a giant IN
nlild and looked to be 80, He was
now the brains of a confidence gang.
md although those connected with
I him were years older In experience.
what he said was law. The gang oper.
ated through the south and west. and
4 we're is no way identified with any of
the Red Austlns. Tom O'Brien and
Lon Ludlums, whose names are "a
miliar 10 the public. Consequently.
they had very little trouble with the
: law.
THE gang made plenty of money.
iut It was the same old stOry-wine
woman and song-except as far as
13ig Bit was concerned. While he
had a good time and held up his end.
yet he was not a drunken sailor with
IFS money All the time the gang was
atwork Big BIZ was looking for some
bushes to get into. While in a small
own In Colorado he dropped into a
bucket shop and at once became in
terested In the workings The opcr-
! ator explained Sne operations and told
MIN how all quotations were sent from
he Board of Trade In Chicago. Big
bi'l at once grasped the situation, and
cided upon q scheme of his own.
he had a bank roll OF about $50 600.
SO he incorporated a stock exchange
just the same as the big Board OF
Trade in Chicago. Then he opened up
le had his own stock exchange. with
all the side issues. He had his eleva
tors, clearing house. grain pit and
everything was just the same as the
big market In Chicago. Then hs
opened Offices or bucket shops in 40
small towns throughout the west
south and southwest. The result wa.
he was doing business just the same
az the Chicago Board of Trade. ex
cept on q small scale. But il was NO
so small as one would think for in i.
months he had cleared $500 600. II,
ccntinud TO do business. and the las
time I heard of him he had retiret
from BUSINESS with over S2OO0000
The business is now operated by
stock company. and Big BIT sits b.
1ld gets his take of Just as regularl
rs he takes his coffee