The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-09
PHO TT ED
JAY GOULO'S
Downfall
CHARGE q X o U @ II T
AGAINST w o M A N AC-
CUSED OF SWlNDLlNG


crcts In the life OF Mrs Ellen Dunlap
Hopkins, who is accuse by Mrs. Mary
Noglns Bull Of influencing her to iu'
vest $4,000 IN an alleged Swlndle pro-
NOTED by John A. Qualey and Harvey
Wiley Corbett. were revealed yestar'
day. These disclosures created far
greater sensation among society lea,t
crs than did the trial OF Qualcy be-
FORE Magistrate krotel IN the Harlea
court,
IT became known that Mrs. Hop
kins h the same woman who was ac'
cuscd by Iny Gould of plotting to rum
hn Just before his death. The facts
OF her rise from the days when shcI
vas q G daughter of a railroad brake
nan 60 the time when she was asst
Gated with william G. whitney We're
plso madc public.
! Mrs, Hopkins came to know Ja$
Could through her husband, Amos
4 Lawrence Hopkins. whom she married
Ira 1876. She was the elder laughtef
of George l.. Dunlap. Who had chmli
cd to fortune through the successive
stages OF train hoy, brakeman, con.
! daictor, agent, superintendent anu
/, resident, Her husband, like her Iattl'
er, was railroad man, and soon after
her marriage The couple moved to BE-
ltroii Later o. the solicitation ol lAS
Could with whom Hopkins was as
\ .lNocutcd. they came to New YORK,
Mrs. Hopkins was q frequent guest
: at the Gould home. Finding New
!, yor,, society unattcntiyc OF her efforts
! TO shine within ils pale she praciicalll
,orccd her enlranc' through the dlo
of Mrs. William G. whitney. AZ tne
whitney homie a series OF lableauN
w,ro held at which Mrs llopklns
created a Ncrltahle turore by posine
as Cathsrinc Of Aragon, She and Mi'
|, IWhltney appeared in public moro am
more frequently Occasionally NJ
whitney accompanied them TO tb'
opera or dinner pariiog, Ia which ~
: three we're Invited
Fyerything seemed harmonious u
the Hopkins household until sudden
J ~ Iay t;ould called MIR Hopkins ih''
bir Office aud the two men had Il loh'
talk, soon aftcrward there were run
ora that either Mr., Hopkins OF ~
. wife was seeking divorce iher
were rllInOrcd charges and couuts
charges. Mrs Hopkins finally wen
IN California ana obtained dltVrc
/ there IN March. 1898. Tho hearing "t
behind closed doors,
Almost Simultaneous with the grnn'
ing Of this divorce there began u tel
rIIic l,ombardmcnt OF jay Gould IN ~
columns Of morning newspaper. Il
ATTACKS appeared daily anu lreahep
2 Nv covered page. Gould was mof
ireoucntly alluded TO Ms tho 'sol
lsair," The district attorney was chi
cd upon 10 prosecute the llnaucief.
Nas charged that the Gould.Sngc tfus
controlling the Denver Pacific an
! Kansas Pacific was IN violation oi IN
J, Law There were also charges Una
: n .OOoDOD had been mlsappropriatrl.
(, Tho mystery Of this JOURNALISM
. diego became blackcr and blackef y,
I, III Gould, on March ~ 1888, ihau
= tins significant statement
i "The motives behind this nssaV
!, arc a newspaper. cable eompat
4 and q woman
!" That the woman was Mrs. Hopkln
b Gould as much as said IN an Int
=. view.
!. The names OF not \ few prominel
- anancIors who are stlll living are
" so likely TO be mentioned az ass
u cated with Mrs. Hopkins ~ con
|, Guence of the trial Of QualeS aud Cf
3 bett. Evidence Is already IN the pa
= session OF attorneys for investors.
I. The Qualey-Corbctt enterprises IN
"a Mrs. Hopklns not only Induced w'
n known Wall street men to back the
~ ventures, bnt used their names To :
Others less known to buy stock.
!. The trial of Qualcy and corp'
If vas continued before Magistrate kt
-, lei In the Harlem court On cro
~ examination Mrs. Bull told how gu,
II cy made appointments win her
=, telephono iook weekend trips 10 Nc
~ port. became her guest at luneheo
~ and motor parties, won her conlidei
!" 10 the extent of obtaining . copy
~ her viii. sought TO persuade her
=, erect a skyscrarrr On her Thirty'hl
~ street properly and "a last sueeefd
~ In obtaining from her s35.000 fnr 80
1. I'm the Observation-Disclosures company
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