Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-10-29
What a Bullet Did.

crime and the influence that criminal
actions may exert on men and affairs
apparently far removed from their
sphere are strikingly illustrated in the
present much-talked-of situation IN
Wall street.
The miscarriage of the sbipbulld-
ing trust and the chain of sensations
that followed, financially convulslng
Wall street and disturbing the entire
country, are directly and peculiarly
traceable to Teuderloin tragedy,
having at the time apparently not the
remotest connection with Wall street
or its affairs. One night in New York
a woman Of the town, one Of the low
est of her kind, was murdered b, teI
crazy lover. In the course Of a day
or two the murderer was caught. He
proved to be degenerate grandson OF
Brigham Young, the famous Mormon
apostle. II looking about for friends
or relatives the authorities discovered
that the father of the Young man was
John W. Young, who was IN Paris on
financial mission for Wall street IN
terssts. This circumstance was men
toned in the Associated Press dis
patches, which came to the attention
of the parties with whom Young was
dealing in the French capital.
The Identification disturbed the
French fnanciers, who were about to
close with Young and take $4,000, 900
of the bonds Of the shipbuilding trust.
They held up negotiations, and the re-
suit of the inquiry set on foot by
them led to their withdrawal from the
deal and a reputation Of their tenta-
tive agreements This action threw
back upon the American promoters
that amount of securities which they
had supposed were securely placed.
The default led to all kinds Of compIi-
c,tions nm this side of the water, ulti-
mately bringing the Trust Company
of the Republic to the verge of ruin
and saddIing mass Of obligations up
on the friends of the enterprise in
New York. The publicity resulted in
the utter failure Of the entire deal, the
bankruptcy Of D. lie Roy Dresser, the
chief promoter Of the scheme; the de-
struction OF dozen regulations and a
score Of fortunes and the blasting Of
overweening political and social am
billions.
The bullet that killed the woman
in cheap TenderIoin room reached
the heart Of Wall street. The coro'
ners record shows the taking Of only
one outcast life. Wall street annal:
tell convinciDgly that the poor ma
Mac who committed the murder caused
fnaLcial slaughter that has hal
filled cemetery. Instead Of 1 single
murder it was a massacre, the full
story of which has not yet been re-
vealed. The miserable wretch who
shot his mistress is tearing at the bars
of lunatic asylum, his dead mistress
lies in the potter's field and financial
corpses are thickly strewn throughout
The money community.
At the time of the murder of dis
solute Tenderloin character by heI
maniac lover it would, have taken Z
wild leap Of the imagination to have
conceived a chain Of circumstances
which would develop into the greatest
sensation Wall street has seen in years
These two people were utterly insig'
nifcant in the affairs of the world
They were little more than human
insects in the great proposition. Yet
it is wildly clear to those conversant
with the facts that but for the out-of.
the-way tragedy there would have
been no slip in the organization of the
United States ShiPbuilding Company
or in the sale of its stock to the pub
lie The goods would have been
landed and the promoters would have
collected their millions Of so-called
profits. The sequel would have been
different story.
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