. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. lions, but leave Drew out—Uncle Daniel Returns tothe Street—He is Inveigled into a Blind Pool byGould and Fisk—Loses a Million and Retreats fromthe Pool—He then Operates alone on the Short Side,and throws away Millions—He tries Prayer, but itAvaileth not—Its no use, Brother, the Market stillgoes up—Praj^ng and Watching the Ticker—Hope-lessly Cornered and Ruined by his former Pupils andPartners. the TRUE STORY OF BLACK FRIDAY: Advising Bout well and [President] Grant to sell Gold—The Part Jim Fisk Played in the Speculative
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. lions, but leave Drew out—Uncle Daniel Returns tothe Street—He is Inveigled into a Blind Pool byGould and Fisk—Loses a Million and Retreats fromthe Pool—He then Operates alone on the Short Side,and throws away Millions—He tries Prayer, but itAvaileth not—Its no use, Brother, the Market stillgoes up—Praj^ng and Watching the Ticker—Hope-lessly Cornered and Ruined by his former Pupils andPartners. the TRUE STORY OF BLACK FRIDAY: Advising Bout well and [President] Grant to sell Gold—The Part Jim Fisk Played in the Speculative 115 THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS Drama—Gone where the Woodbine Twineth—Ageneral State of Chaos in Wall Street—How theIsraelite Fainted— Whatish the Prish now?—Gouldthe Headcenter of the Plot to Corner Gold—How heManaged to Draw Ample Means from Erie—Gouldand Fisk Attempt to Manipulate President Grant andto Compromise hira and his Family in the Plot—Scenes and Incidents of the great Speculative Drama—Grant Repudiates the Fisk-Gould Daniel Drew. The startling headlines are more than verified inthe details of the chapters, and other chapters onthe Tweed Ring in Wall Street, George I. Seney,John C. Eno, Ferdinand Ward, Addison Cfanmack,and others are added. What have we here in the shadow of Trinitys 116 NEW YORK CITY LIFE spire and within sight of the graves of Hamiltonand Gallatin! These kings of the Street haveemployed all the methods of the confidence man, thebunco steerer and the card sharp. Lying, swin-dling, stealing, corrupting councilmen and legislators,debasing courts, wrecking railroads; grindingout fraudulent securities and evading court injunc-tions; playing the highwayman on each other andon thousands of luckless individuals that got in theirway; wrecking and ruining each other where thejcould, and absorbing each others piles; and evenconspiring to use and ruin the President of theNation so as to further their schemes! When
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