The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-02

brew Temple. Washington. u. e, Pres
dent Taft. following the writer's adj
dress. said: 81 did not come here to
make a speech. ] came here 10 second
the motion for memorial to the Jew
who stood by Robert Morris and
financed the Revolution, the friend of
KoscusZko and of Pulaski, both of
whom have monuments here--a man
who gave apparently all he had. for
he had nothing when he died, or, at
least, there was nothing excep; what
he ought to have collected and did not
Money is the sinews OF war. and the
necessity for money tmpresses itself
as the fight goes on, and you will OBJ
serve that Haym Solomon was most
active during those later years, when
the strain grew harder in the fight
and when people were likely because
of the long struggle. TO become tired
out and to lose their patriotic in
terest Then II was that he nego-
tinted these large loans. then 1t was
that he helped his impecunious asso-
ciates, and then 1t was that he entitled
himself to the gratitude of the entire
country. If there should be erected a
monument to him in Washington to
testify TO his disinterested self-sacri-
fee in behalf of his country 1t would
be most appropriate" All of which
has made the American people ask:
Who was iIaym Solomon?
The Story of IInym Solomon.
Haym Solomon was born at Lissa,
Poland. in 174o. of Jewish Portuguese
descent. and 1t is probable that he lett
his native country after the partition
of Poland in i7T2. Salomon's family
were highly respectable and learned
people. lie enjoyed the friendships
of kosciuszko and Pulaski
With his own unhappy country's
history and with It's hatred of despotic
Russia. Solomon imbibed love of
liberty which extensive travel in Eu-
rope intensified. and. might have
been expected. the outbreak of the
Revolution found him an ardent sup
porter of the Colonial cause.
He settled In New York, and there
married Rachel. daughter of Moses B.
Franks, OF, London. who. as we'll as
his brother. the distinguished Jacob
Franks of the Revolutionary War. died
In New York while II was yet a colony.
Rachel Franks was the sister OF
! Colonel Isaac Franks, a Revolutionary
| officer OF distinction, and of Mayer
Isaac Franks, a Judge of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania.
Arrested ns Spy.
When the Revolutionary War began
| Solomon Identified himself with the
American cause. and was arrested and
imprisoned as a spy soon after the
occupation of New York by the Brit
ish in l776. Solomon was closely con-
| fined for long time in the prison
known as the Provost" which stood
/ on the spot now occupied by the old
! Hail of Records In the City Hall.
! When Salomon's linguistic prof.
! cheney became known Che knew Polish
! French. German. Russian Spanish and
| Italian) he was turned over 10 the
! Hess'an general. Hester. who gave
| him an appointment In the commiss-
| sariat department. where his greater
/ liberty enabled him TO render much
| service to the French and American
! prisoners, many of whom he helped 10
| escape. He created dissenslon among
/ the Hessian officers. prompting many
! to resign from the service.
In l77S ne was taken by the british
! general. Sir Il. Clinton, on charge
/ that he had received orders from
i Washington to burn fleets and de-
| stroy warehouses, which he had -
| tempted to execute to their great dam
| age and injury"
| He was Imprisoned, tortured. and
condemned to military death. bu,
! on August II. 177s. he managed 10
J escape by brbing his jailer leaving