Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-23
MYSTERIOUS LORD
OUTWITTED GOULD
Recent Death Of the Judge Makes
Possible the Telling Of
The Story,
A REALLY WONDERFUL TALE.
Brilliant Young Arst,crat Succeeds ~
Getting Away With Some Of Amer.
lean Flnanceer's Money.

Special Correspondence.
r ONDON, sept 1S.-Chief Justice
Bans recent death in Manitoba
recalls this story 10 one who
knew the facts at first hand. and
is now az liberty TO recount them for
the FIRST time. The late judge was mere
ly % link n chain Of events that had
IT'S beginning iu a Princess street jew
elry shop. Edinburgh, and ended at
Winnipeg The whole story is buried
u the archives NJ one OF Scouand's no.
best houses, IN the grave with a Scotch
Episcopalian clergyman. in the vaults
Of ON Edinburgh firm Of solicitors. in
The private papers OF the late Chief
Justice Balm and In an unmarked
mound on the banks Of the Red river
where the city Of Winnipeg nov
stands.
What follows is merely a. sequel TO
an incident connected with the life Of
one of the most mysterious criminals
o. modern times, the man who outwit-
ted jay Gould I'm the zenith Of his
financial career out Of millions and
caused the relations between the gov
crnmcnts OF the two great branches Of
English-speakius race to become
strained
lu the early seventies a slight, arts
io.3tic looking young man stepped
70 90 carriage into tho jewelry estab-
mont of Mr. Marshall the most
fashionable jcWcer Of his day n Ediu-
uUTgh. There was evident taste In his
..f f.t l.. ..ff
| and particular interest was shown by
/ him u p small silver casket of Venetian
/ workmanship. He instructed that his
! purchases be sent 10 a fashionable hoe
| tel With the bin. Whatever hesitation
| MI. Marshall or his people might h.t.
had regarding the account was reno 4
by the card handed ny
distinguished-lookin purchaser Wil.i
read Lord Gordon Gordon"--the lu-
ily name OF al least three Of the noblest
families I'm Britain--and a reference
to one Of the best known diyines OF the
Scottish capital His appearance In tho
same shop with this clergyman few
days afteryard completely allayed any
doubts Of Mr. Marshall regarding pay.
ncnt for the extensive purchase.
The next the world knew Of Lord
Gordon Gordon was hts appearance IN
London as q guest OF a well known cor
poratiou solicitor From this shrewl
adviser Of financial investment the re-
cords show that Lord Gordon Gordon
borrowed over $4,000. Shortly after
Nard hc was heard OF IN New York
az the Aston House, then the fashion
able hotel OF the United states metrop-
Oils.
AZ this time the financial world was
agItated by the colossal schemes OF Jay
Gould and Jim Fisk. among which the
wrectIug p' the Erie ra lway, then one
OF the chief railways Of the continent.
was q considerable factor.
There is % mystery surrounding tha
origin Of a report which soon spread
through Wall street and into the count
ing houses Of the wealthy and specula-
tive. that the good-lo0kiug young titled
Britishcr registered as Lord Gordon
Gordon an the Aston House. was tho
representative OF the British boudhold-
ers OF the Erie railway These interests
We're great and were presumably hos
tile 10 the Gould plans.
Tho story is told In the newspapers
OF he time that Lord Gordon Gordon
was the only man of the day IN the
financial world OF the United states
who dared treat jay Gould cavalierly.
The American millionaire, so runs tho
account was kept kicking his heels
day after day iu the 1ufe-roOm OF Lord
GCrlUu's apartments while awaiting an
opportunity 90 confer with the supposed
representative Of tho British interests
BOO the Erie railway The first inter-
yirw resulted Zoo the great American
capitalist being abruptly shown tho
door by the apparently insultod young
9rislOurat The last resulted IN tha
,Uos,t hy Gould of negotiable securi-
tics amounting jD several millions Of
dollars In fine hlu1a of ord Gordon