The book Life of Jay Gould, How He Made His Millions .. was written by author Johnson, Willis Fletcher, 1857-1931 Here you can read free online of Life of Jay Gould, How He Made His Millions .. book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Life of Jay Gould, How He Made His Millions .. a good or bad book?
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Gould,' I said. "He started abruptly, and then laughed right out and said, ' You are perfectly welcon^e, young man, It > )> m sure. Mr. Louis J. Lange says : " If Jay Gould knew and trusted him, a news- paper reporter rarely failed to secure an interview with him. I had, perhaps, a half-dozen talks with the dead financier, and in each instance Mr. Gould conversed freely upon a great variety of subjects. "The first time I was assigned to see Mr. Gould was during the exciting days succeeding the ...election of 1884. It had been charged that he was instru- mental in holding back the Presidential election returns, which were passed over the Western Union wires, either in the interest of James G. Blaine, the Republican candidate for the Presidency, or to se- cure himself from loss in the stock market should a raid be made upon his holdings after the declara- tion of Mr. Cleveland's triumph. " While a maddened crowd was threatening to sack the Tribune building, and was hooting Gould's name, the financier was reported to be under guard in the Western Union building, apprehensive of mob violence.
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