The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . e Drew out—Uncle Daniel Returns tothe Street—He is Inveigled into a Blind Pool byGould and Fisk—Loses a ^lillion and Retreats fromthe Pool—He then Operates alone on the Short Side,and throws away ^lillions—He tries Prayer, but itAvaileth not—Its no use. Brother, the Market stillgoes up—Praying and Watching the Ticker—Hope-lessly Cornered and Ruined by his former Pupils andPartners. THE TRUE STOHV <)K HEACK KMIhAV:Advising Boutwell and [ rnsidciit] Grant to sell (iold—The Part
The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . e Drew out—Uncle Daniel Returns tothe Street—He is Inveigled into a Blind Pool byGould and Fisk—Loses a ^lillion and Retreats fromthe Pool—He then Operates alone on the Short Side,and throws away ^lillions—He tries Prayer, but itAvaileth not—Its no use. Brother, the Market stillgoes up—Praying and Watching the Ticker—Hope-lessly Cornered and Ruined by his former Pupils andPartners. THE TRUE STOHV <)K HEACK KMIhAV:Advising Boutwell and [ rnsidciit] Grant to sell (iold—The Part Jim Fisk Plajed in the Speculative 115 THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS Drama—Gone where the AVoodbine Twineth—Ageneral State of Chaos in Wall Street—How theIsraelite Fainted— What ish 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 him and his Family in the Plot—Scenes and Incidents of the great Speculativ^e Drama—Grant Repudiates the Fisk-Gould Gang/ //; ,;. 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 C?jnmack,and others are added. What have we here in the shadow of Trinitys116 NEW YiniK CITY LIFE spire and within sij^ht of the j^raves of Hamiltonand Gallatin! These kings of the Street haveemployed all the methods of the confidenco man, thehunco steerer and the card sharp. Lying, swin-dling, stealing, corrupting councilmen and legislators,debasing the courts, wrecking railroads; grindingout fraudulent securities and evading court injunc-tions; placing the highwayman on each other andon thousands of luckless individuals that got in theirway; wrecking and ruining each other where theycould, and absorbing each others piles; and evenconspiring to use and ruin the President of th
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