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JAY'S 0W GEORGE
‘ How the Millionaire “Secured” the
Zella Nicolaiis Check.
INSPECTOR BYRNES HIS AID.
The Nicelaus Woman First Ran Away.
Then Returned to the Attack—4A1-
. leged Inside Information'Con-
coming a Mysterious'Caso.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29. -A prominent
daily paper publishes what is alleged to
be the true story of Zella N icolaus and
George Gould and the $40, 000 check. The
account which follows has excited consid-
erable comment here:
George Gould’s lawyers are now in
Chicago taking depositions which they in-
tend to use in the trial of Zella Nicolaus’
suit against George Gould for the recovery
of the check which she alleges he took
from her by fraud. The doings of these
lawyers, who are thus preparing for the
supreme court at Jersey City next month,
have revived the talk about the affair.
And now the truth is out.
Several Chicago mansions were hired, ‘
and furnished by clubs of rich New York-
ers during the World’s fair. These houses
were occupied for a stated period by each
of the subscribers in turn. One of the
heirs to Jay Gould’§ fortune was a mem-
ber of one of these clubs. He had the
right to a certain very handsome house for
two months, beginning with the middle of
While he was living there in
splendor he met Zella Nicolaus.
The joint heir of JayGould got on ex.
ceedingly well with the beautiful blue
eyed, baby faced Zella, and by the 1st of
July they were exceedingly good friends.
In the first week of July he received a
check for $40, 000 from New York. It rep-
resented his share of the interest on Mis-
souri Pacific bonds for the first six months '
of 1893.
This check represented the income for
half a year under the will of the late Jay
Gould. It is not stated how the check,
properly indorsed on the back by its own-
er, came into Miss Nicolaus’ possession.
She swears that it was given to her freely.
The owner says she took it. At all events
the next day she appeared at thewindow
of the receiving teller of the First Nation-
al bank of Chicago.
“I wish to open an account,” she said,
“and as a beginning Iwish to deposit this
check. ”
Zella’s First Obstacle.
The receiving teller took the check,
looked at the amount, looked at Zella,
looked at the indorsement, looked at Zella,
then consulted with the cashier. The up-
shot of the matter was that Zella Was in-
vited into the private Office of the presi-
dent, John Walsh. He questioned her po-
litely, acknowleded her offers to bring any
number of people to identify] her and then
regretfully told her that he would have to
ask her to bring the Gould heir whose
name was on the face and back.
So she went from bank to bank, ofler-
ing to open an account with the big check.
And everywhere there was the same polite
caution. She could not open the account
anywhere. Every one wished a. note from
the Gould heir 'or the Gould hair in person.
Then she decided to try New York
banks. She.came to New York and began
her weary round.
“But you recognize the signature on
the back, ” she said impatiently to one
polite deprecating bank president.
“Oh, yes,” he said. “The signature is
genuine. But—but—we don’t exactly un—
derstand. You must really excuse us.”
Zella got rather desperate. She decided
to take the check to George Gould. So
one morning she appeared at his offices in
the western Union and sent in a note,
saying that she wished to see. Mr. Gould'
on a personal family matter. She was
admitted, ' and, when left alone with
George Gould, told him that she had a
check which she wished to cash, a check
that had been given to her by one Of his
family. She produced the check and
handed it to him.
George Gould glanced at the name in
the line that begins “Pay to the order of”
and then turned the check over. He rec-
ognized the genuineness of the indorsing
signature. He understood instantly~ What
had happened and instantly prepared to
meet the emergency. His main idea was
to avoid the unpleasant talk that Zella
couldlcause and at the same time to avoid
paying over $40,000. .
“I have not so much money here,” he
said, laying the check down on his desk
in«a matter of course fashion. “I’ll just
have this sent over to the bank. I see you
have indorsed it, and it will be paid to-
morrow. Meanwhile you are no doubt
under some expense.”
Jay’s ()wn Son George.
And here he touched a bell on his desk,
wrote a few words on a slip of paper and
handed it to the boy who had appeared.
The boy presently came back with $500.
This money George Gould handed over to
Zella. She was captured completely. She
thanked him. smiled sweetly and prom—
ised to call the next day. The check re-
mained with George Gould.
The next day Zella called, thinking
the' $40,000 would be put in her hands.
She sent in her name. The boy came
back and said, “Mr. Gould is very sorry,
but he is too busy to see you.”
“When will he see me?” asked Zella,
for the first time suspecting.
“He will be busy all day,” said the boy,
returning a second time.
Zella went away to her hotel and sat
down and wrote to George Gould. She got
no answer. She wrote again and yet again
and again many times. And-still no an-
swer. . '
When George Gould grew weary of her
bombardment of notes, he sent for his
friend Byrnes, then at the head of the
police department and a mighty powerful
person. . . .
George Gould told Byrnes the whole
story. Byrnes admired George's manage-
ment of the case except the giving of $500
on account.
“That was bad, very bad, ” said Byrnes.
Still, he agreed to do the .best he could.
He sent for Zella and proceeded to
“throw a scare into” her, as they used to
call those underground‘proceedings in the
good old days in Mulberry street. The
scare was most effective, and Zella went
abroad in a tremor. -
0n the way ever she had a good chance
to think, and she decided that she had
made a fool of herself. So back she came,
almost on the next steamer, and renewed
her attack.
So Zella got lawyers and settled in J or-
sey City 'and then formally began her as-
sault. Whether George Gould will let the
case come to trial is a question that can-
not be answered. He does not like the
idea of a scandal that will involve one of
the Goulds. Whether Zella Will dare let
the case go to trial is yet another question.
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SUL’llN recount.
Again the Despicable Abdul Has Fail-
ed to Keep Promises. ‘
POWERS MAY EMPLOY FORGE
It Is Believed That a Time Limit Has at
Last Been Set —- The Situation Is
Again Dark—,Dardanelles For-
tifications Garrisoned.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 29,—The polit-
ical sky is again overcast in the east. In
spite of the assurances which the Turkish
minister for foreign affairs, Tewfik Pasha,
gave Sir Philip Currie, the British embas-
sadOr, and the embassadors of Russia,
Austria and Italy, yesterday, that the fir-
mans allowing the passage through the
Dardanelles of four extra guardships for
the use of their embassies would be imme-
diately issued by the porte, the necessary
documents have not been forthcoming.
Consequently a serious condition of af-
fairs, which was looked upon as having
been definitely cleared up, is now again
perplexing the embassadors and threaten-
ing to cause the adoption of strong meas~
ures upon the part of the powers. Fre-
quent conferences between the embassa-
dors'have taken place on the subject dur-
ing the past 24 hours, and there have been
many consultations between the Turkish
ministers and the sultan at the palace rev
garding the same matter. The embassa-
dors have also been in communication
with the palace as well as with their re-
spective governments.
The answor of the powers to the request
of the porte that they refrain from press-
ing their demand for the extra guardships
was that they could see no reason not to
support the demands of their ambassadors
for more effective means of protecting the
foreign residents of Constantinople in an
emergency, and in the presence of this
unanimous reply it is considered in for-
eign official circles that the sultan has no
alternative but to yield, especially in view
of the probability that the powers will
have the extra gunboats conveyed through
the Dardanelles by battleships if the sul-
tan persists in his dilatory tactics.
A' Time Limit Fixed.
Indeed it seems highly probable that
the embassadors have already determined
not to wait beyond a certain time for the
firmans, and, therefore, it may soon be
announced that the gunboats are coming.
A portion of .the British fleet which
has been at anchor in Salonica bay for
some time is understood to have left these
waters for Smyrna and should now be
quite near the entrance to the Darda-
nelles. That the porte anticipates trouble is
evident from the fact that all the forts
about the straits are now fully manned,
supplied with ammunition and have been
placed in the highest state of efliciency
compatible with the circumstances.
Searchlights are kept in good order and
are worked nightly over the waters, not
that this is unprecedented, as for over a
month past the work of strengthening the
fortifications in this vicinity, and particu-
larly about the Dardanelles, has been in
progress, and it is understood that the sys-
tem of submarine mines and torpedoes has
been practically completed, so far as the
”resources of the government will allow it.
In this respect it is recalled that the St.
Petersburg Geographical society last year
succeeded by strategy in obtaining satis-
factory data respecting the depth of water
and currents in and about the Bosporus
and Dardanelles with the object, it is un-
derstood, of enabling a Russian fleet to
force the passage of the Dardanelles should
such a step turnout to be necessary. The
society, it appears, get permission from
the Turkish government for a scientific
expedition to visit the sea of Marmora on
a Turkish vessel, in order ostensibly to
ascertain if the earthquake of July last
had made any changes in the bottom of
the sea. This apparently innocent work
was afterward to be continued, still by
permission of the porte, in the Turkish
portion of the IEgean sea. and on their
way through the Dardanelles the Russian
“scientists” Were caught sounding those
waters. The Turkish Oil‘lcers protested,
the work was stopped, and the Russians
returned home disappointed, without con~
tinuing their scientific work in the ZEgean
sea.
The Sly Britishers.
The British admiralty is said to have
obtained complete soundings from English
merchant steamers which have repeatedly
passed the Dardanelles, and it is suspected
in some quarters that British naval ro-
serve oflicers may have been engaged on
heard these vessels in obtaining all the in-
formation necessary fer the admiralty de-
partment.
Trustworthy information which reached
here from Marash today confirms the worst
reports concerning the massacres which are
said to have occurred there recently. It
appears that the outbreak occurred on
Monday, Nov.,18. The Mussulmans, ap-
parently at a given signal and acting in a
deliberate manner, began the work of mas-
sacring the Armenians, who, anticipating
(trouble, had done everything possible to
defend themselves. The number of killed
is estimated at several hundred men,
women andochildren. -. ‘
Three buildings belonging to the Amer-
nary, academy and a boarding house, Were
burned by the rioters.
It is understood that all the American
missionaries, five in number, are in safe-
ty', but whether they left Marash before
the disturbances broke out or whether
they are under the protection of the Turk-
ish authorities is not known, as the Unit-
ed States minister, Mr. Alexander W.
Terrell, has- not yet been able to obtain
any news from Marash. In fact, he has
not received any confirmation of the news
that a massacre has occurred at Marash.
although, from the time the first rumor of
trouble reached here, \he has been doing his
utmost to communicate with the American
missionaries. The authorities insist that
his telegrams are not delayed, and that he
receives all the mail and dispatches ad-
dressed to him. The fact remains, how-
ever, that it is extremely difficult, almost
impossible, to obtain accurate neWs from
the interior of Asiatic Turkey. '
The Porte's Pie Crust Promises.
In view of the fact that the outbreak
at Marash occurred when the Turkish au-
thorities were concentrating troops there
for the advance upon Zeitun, it seems ap‘
parent that the soldiers made no attempt
to stop the slaughter or work of destruc-
tion, in spite of the fact that the porte re-
peatedly promised Mr. Terrell that ade-
quate protection should be afforded to the
Americans and their property. So soon as
Mr. Terrell .obtains definite information
from Marash he will take the some action
as he has taken in the case of the Ameri-
can mission property burned at Kharput
-namely, lodge a strong protest with the
porte and insist upon the payment of
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indemnity for the property destroyed. The
latter is roughly estimated as being worth
from $40,000 to $50,000. .
The American missionaries at Marash
are Mrs. Clara H. Lee of Bangor, Me., a
daughter of the Rev. D. Cyrus Hamlin;
the Rev. Lucius 0. Lee of Owosso, Mich.;
the Rev. F. W. McCallum of Maxville,
Ont.; Mrs. Henrietta McCallum of White
Rose, 0., and Miss Ellen M. Blakeley of
Compton, N. H. ‘
. Most startling reports are still current
here regarding the preparations for trou-
ble being made by Russia in her Black
sea ports and along the frontier of Asiatic
Turkey. The different divisions of the
Black sea fleet, regular and volunteer, are
said to have «been brought up to the high-
est point of efiiciency and to be ready for
immediate operations.
" Unwonted Activity.
The Black sea dockyards and cooling
depots have undoubtedly been very busy,
according to the reports of ship captains
who buys passed Constantinople, and the-
military circles. The Russian officials
here claim there is nothing alarming in
all this, that it occurs every year at this
time and that it means nothing more
than the work of shifting and pre-
paring troops for their winter quarters.
But the steamer people coming from the
Black sea assert that in all their experi-
ence they have never seen so much activ-
ity displayed at this or at any other time
of the year in Russian naval and military
circles.
The porte today made another report to
the embassadors on the situation, announc-
ing that the work of restoring order in the
disturbed districts was progressing satisa
factorily and that the reforms insisted
upon by the powers were being effected as
promptly as possible under the . circum-
stances.
Less than one—half of the reserves called
out have joined the colors, and it is not
believed that any more men can be placed
under arms. The arming and equipping
of these forces have progressed to a certain
stage and tl'r-re seems to have stopped, as
if the authm-ities were really, as currently
reported, waiting for winter to do the rest.
Russia Is Ready.
LONDON, Nov. 29.—An Odessa dispatch
to The Times says that none of the Officers
serving in the south of Russia is allowed
a single day’s furlough, and all the troops
are held ready for active service. A dis-
patch to the same paper from Constanti‘
nople says that fresh disturbances are re-
ported to have taken place at Erzerum.
As an indication of the strained state of
feeling at Constantinople this corre-
spondent relates that a shoal of porpoises
which was mistaken for a torpedo catcher
drew a brisk fire from a fort on the Dar-
danelles the other night and occasioned
much alarm.
The Chronicle’s Constantinople corre:
spondent says that bands of Druses are
looting and burning the villages around
Damascus.
Aid \Vanted For the Destitute.
BOSTON, Nov. 29.—The Rev. Judson
Smith, D- D., secretary of the foreign de-
partment of the American board, has re--
ceived a cablegram from representatives
of the board in Constantinople, via Philip-
popolis, as follows:
“The reports from Marash have been
intercepted. and we now learn indirectly
of a horrible massacre there. The school
buildings of the American board were
pillaged and the seminary was burned.
Two students were shot, and one was kill~
ed. The missionaries are safe. Ask aid
for thousands who are destitute. There
has been a three days’ massacre at Aintab,
but the missionaries and college there are
safe. Representatives of the board in
Kharput now telegraph a loss there of
$88,000, half of it in buildings and the
rest in personal property and apparatus.”
Died In the Bath.
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 29.-—John, J.
Swan, Dan Brown and Michael Lynch,
attendants at the Delaware 'State Insane
asylum at Farnhurst, were arrested,
charged with causing the death of Leon
Pisa on Oct. 5. Pisa was an inmate of
the asylum, and it was charged he was
maltreated by the attendants while giving
him a bath. They afterward dressed the
body and said he died of heart disease.
To Watch Seal Poachers.
PORT TOWNSHEND, Or., Nov. 29.—Cap-
tain C. L. Hooper, superintendent of navy
revenue cutters of the coast, arrived from
Washington on route to San Francisco.
He is instructed to overhaul and thorough-
ly equipall cutters on the coast and have
them’ in readiness for active service next
spring. He admitted that the government
officials were much concerned over the ex-
tinction of the seal herds. )
Balfour Gets Fourteen Years.
LONDON, Nov. 29.—Sentences were pro-
nounced today on J abez S. Balfour, George
Edward Brook and Morrell Theobald, cons
victed of fraud in » connection with the
Lands Allotment company and the House
and Land Investment trust. Balfour was
sentenced to 14 years’ penal servitude.
Brook and Theobald wore sentenced to
nine and four months respectively:
Alleged Repulse of Insurgents.
HAVANA, Nov. 29.—Ad'vices received
here from Santi Spiritus, province of San-
ta Clara, say that the insurgents recently
attacked Fort Jicotea, near Ciego do
Avila, in the province of Puerto Principe.
The garrison, it is stated, made a brave
defense and the insurgents were repulsed,
leaving 12 killed upon the field.
Runyon as Toastmaster.
BERLIN, Nov. 29.—-Mr. Theodore Bun-
yon, the United States embassador, pre-
sided at the Thanksgiving dinner at the
kaiserhof and toasted Emperor William
and President Cleveland. The United
States minister to Denmark, Mr. James
E. Risley, and United States Consuls
Monoghan and Opp also addressed those
present. '
Five Houra’ Gain In Ocean Mail.
LONDON, Nov. 29,—The Chronicle says
that the experiment inaugurated by the
Hamburg-American line .of 'having the
steamship Fuerst Bismarck stop at Plym‘
outh instead of at Southampton, as here-
tofore, as the English port of call resulted
in the saving of five hours in the transit
of the American mails to London.
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TlLLMANjiuw LAWS
How the Negroes In South Carolina
Will Be Disfranchised.
A GUN NING CONSTITUTION.
The One \Vord “Understanding" II E:-
pected to Guarantee the Continuu-
tion of White Supremacy—Con-
vention Will Soon Adjourn.
COLUMBIA, S. 0., Nov. 29. —South
Carolina’s constitutional convention will
adjourn sine die next Tuesday. All the
work of the convention has now been com-
pleted except that of final revision of the
changes made in the constitution which is
The body
has been in session continuously, with the
exception of a ten days’ recess, since the.
.10th of September. The new constitution
will be different in many respects from .
the one it will supersede. The most im-
portant change will be in the suffrage ar-
ticle. In round numbers there are 140,-
000 adult male negroes and 100,000 adult
male whites in South Carolina. The pres;
ent constitution of South Carolina was
adopted in 1868 and was framed by a con-
" Vention composed mostly of recently lib-
erated slaves and dominated by northern-
ers who came into the state at the close
of the war. It was patterned after those >
of Massachusetts and Ohio. The great‘
est objection to it was against the suffrage
article, which bestowed the franchise on
all male citizens of the age of 21 years and
upward not laboring under certain disa-
bilities named. Some of the most intelli-
gent negro members of the convention of
1868 were Opposed to universal suffrage
and wanted an educational qualification
imposed, which would have prevented a.
vast majority of the members of their own
race from voting.
The Eight Box Law.
The present constitution provides a nat-
ural negro majority of 40,000, which has
been overcome by an ingenious registra-
tion law and the eight box ballot law,
which required each officer to be voted for
in a separate box, the voter being com-
pelled to select the proper box.-
The leading men of the state have al-
ways recognized that there was a possibil-
ity of one or the other or both of them'be-
ing overturned in the federal courts. This
possibility induced them to advocate the
calling of a convention for the purpose of
framing a constitution permitting such
qualification of the suffrage as would in«
sure the maintenance of white supremacy.
There was great objection to the calling
of the convention from the illiterate whites
and their friends. There are about 15,000
illiterate white adult males in .this state.
The convention could never have’ been
called‘ had not most explicit promises
been given that these men would be taken
care of.
How to cut down the negro majority
and preserve the vote of the white men
and do it in such a way as to run the
gantlet of the federal courts was the diffi—
cult problem which engaged the attention
of the convention, in which there are only
six negroes. Senator Tillman, who led
the fight for the calling Of the convention,
was made chairman of the suffrage com-
mittee. The suffrage article of the new
constitution prOvides for an alternative
educational or property qualification for
voters. Any man who can read or write
or who pays taxes on $300 worth of prop-
erty has the right to vote. Had the con-
vention stopped there the illiterate whites
would have been disfranchised.
Providing For Illiteratos.
They are provided for in a clause which
says that any one who cmnot vote under
either a property or educational qualifica-
. tion shall be given the right to vote for
ilife if he can “understand” a section of
the constitution when read to him by the
registration officer. This understanding
clause is only to be operative for tWO
years. All males attaining their majority
after 1898 must comply with the educa-
tional or property qualification in order
to be allowed to vote. This clause was
fought vigorously,though unsuccessfully,
and is regarded with dissatisfaction by a
large proportion of the citizens of the
state. Doubt is expressed as to whether it '
will stand the test of review by tho fedora.
courts. ,
The Waller Case.
TOPEK'A, Nov. 29.——Ex-Governor Then:
as A. Osborn forwarded to Washington 4
big bundle of petitions signal by 7,001
Kansans requesting congressional nt‘tin'
in the Waller case. The committee ah.
sent a strong letter to Congressman Cu:
tis which expresses indignation at t‘c’
failure to act.
The Taurus Passed at Sea.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 29.—’1‘he Hamburg-
American line steamer Fuerst Bismarck,
from New York, reports-having payed, .
on Nov. 27, in latitude 50 north ’and»
longitude 11:45 west, the derelict vessel
Taurus. The seas Were washing 0v"! the
decks of the abandoned vessel.
Embassies Abroad Closed.
LONDON, Nov. 29.—The United States
embassies and consulates generally here
and on the continent Were closed in hon-
or of Thanksgiving. Mr. James R. Roose-
velt. secretary of the United States em-
bassy, presided at the dinner of- the Amer-
ican society.
Warkwoi'th Elected to the Commons.
LONDON, Nov. 29.——Lord Warkworth,
eldest son of Earl Percy, has been elected
to the seat in the house of commons made
vacant by the elevation of Sir Algernon
Borthwick (now Lord Glencorse) to the
peerage. LOrd Warkwcrth is a Conserva-
tive. ‘
South Carolina’s Big Day.
ATLANTA, Nov. 29.-—The first install.
ment of the South Carolina contingent
reached the city. It consists of 2,000 of
the Palmetto State militia and. 10,000
persons. Today’s trains brought as many ,
more from South Carolina.
Dr. Vandyck Dead. ,
LONDON, lNov. 29. —A Beirut newspa-
per announces the death, from typhoid
fever, of the American missionary and
_.,
Arabic scholar, Dr. Vandyck. 'l‘he natu‘
rallet Henry Seebohm died here Nov. 86.
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