Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1912-09-11

had never connected the Cameron
knew with this Cameron, the Captain
of Industry
81 am" he had said, in all modesty,
largely interested In a certain line Of
industrial enterprises" That was all.
l suppose l should have known; and
yet, mo prophet is without honor,
save in his own country"
The newspaper article I now read,
however, left no room for doubt on the
subject; and, incidentally in Il single
sentence, revealed the secret of how
Cameron had succeeded in escaping
that general recognition which is usu-
ally the penalty of greatness. Gle
has never sat for photographs"
But while this part of the article
interested, that which followed startled
and perplexed ME:
Crystal Consolidated fell to 103
sistent rumor that Robert Cameron
is seriously i'll, in a New England sani
! tarium. The greatest secrecy has been
maintained as to his malady and his
whereabouts by those who are in a
position to know. 1t has been ascer-
tanned, however, that after spending a
! quiet summer at his country place,
Cragholt, on Long Island sound, near
| Greenwich, he started on October 81,
on his fast steam yacht Sibylla for a
cruise along the New England coast
| Ten days later the Sibylla returned,
! but Mr.. Cameron was not on board.
| 1T Is known that he has been in
i'll health for months, and there are
| those who now declare that he has
sought the seclusion of an institution
for the treatment of nervous diseases,
/ near Boston, his condition being crit.
/ cal.
Inquiry, today, at his Fifth avenue
home in this city, and at his Connect.
cut country seat, was fruitless. Mr.,
Cameron was at neither place, and the
servants expressed ignorance concern.
| ing his present address.
at the offices of the Crystal Con.
/ solidated Manufacturing company and
at those of the missing fnanciers
brokers, Hatch e Hastings, evasion
was the keynote of the answers to all
questions.
Whether Mr.. Cameron Is as i'll as
| is reported, or whether he is quite
robust, the effect of the gossip on
| Crystal Consolidated was disastrous.
A slump Of fifteen points in two hours,
this afternoon, wiped out many weak
ly marSined accounts, and spread ruin
among a number Of spectators who
| fondly imagined this law-defying
trust, of which Cameron is the sup
porting Atlas. as firmly intrenched as
is the government itself
UNLESS something definite is forth.
coming regarding Mr. Cameron's con-
dition before the market opens tomor-
row, a panic in Crystal Consolidated
is predicted. 1t closed today at 1925
bid, 1913 asked; the lowest figures re-
corded this year"
1t startled me, because it showed
that at least part of the secret we
were guarding was a secret no longer;
ana it perpleXed me because | could
I not fancy through what channel these
somewhat distorted facts had filtered
/ into publicity. | had no doubt that
the ball, having been set rolling in
his fashion, would gain both in vol
ume and momentum unless some ener-
getic measures were promptly taken
to check It, And yet, what, under the
circumstances, could We do? Subter-
fuge, | knew, would be useless, and
the truth must prove an aceelerant.
IN ;c1,o
tite l rushed through my dinner, and
| a moment later was speeding up the.
, avenue as fast as a taXicab could car
ry me, with the Cameron mansion my
destination and a consultation with
Evelyn Grayson my object.
Il must not be imagined that in this
matter | expected any weighty assist
anee from a young woman of such linn
tied experience; but she was praeti-
cally alone in the great house and
could we'll imagine how already re-
porters must be wing one with anoth-
er to wiring from her admissions con-
corning her uncle.
To my infinite relief l found that
she had returned the word, Not at
Z NOME 70 dlI SuCH CdlleFS. inquiries
from other sources had been met in
similar fashion. Officers Of the com.
pany had called in person or had tel
egraphed, and Hatch & Hastings had
been almost aggrayatingly insistent
But, Evelyn" l said, this is all
such a surprise TO me. | had no notion
your uncle was at all active in any cor
poration. | fancied him director,
probably in score or more Of COM
panies, but that he was the so-called
Glass King never for moment
suspected. Under the circumstances,
he must have a private secretary
! somewhere, who might have been Of
inestimable aid TO US
He has a private secretary. it
seems" she replied, though even I
never knew it until read it in the
i News this evening. I am sure he
never came to Cragholt His name is
Simms-Howard Simms-and he was
/ interviewed at the Company's office.
Didn't you see ito"
! confessed that I had missed ey-