Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1883 — Jay Gould Wouldn’t Interview. [ARTICLE]

Jay Gould Wouldn’t Interview.

An amusing incident of a young man well known in Glasgow comes floating back from Texas, where he is making his home. Two years ago the aforesaid y. m. was acting in the capacity of correspondent for a paper, and, in his wanderings over the Lone Star State, came across Jay Gould’s palatial private car. No sooner did he set eyes on this than his mind was filled by a desire to interview Mr. Gould, and he approached the great railroad magnate with a request to that effect. Mr. Gould declined to be interviewed, but courteously invited the correspondent to ride in his car. The invitation was accepted, and the newspaper man pulled out with Mr. G.’s party. No sooner had they started, however, than Mr. Reporter attempted again to set the reportorial pump to work. Mr. Gould bore it for a short time, and then, abruptly ordering the train to be' halted, unceremoniously dumped the unfortunate correspondent in a sandy plain, ten miles from any station, in the full glare of a Texas July sun. The venturesome young man plodded the weary ten miles on foot, only to find at the end of his journey that the tale of h s mishap had preceded him and to be tormented until Jay Gould was the burden of his life. The hero of this true story is known to everybody in Glasgow, and whoever finds him out will enjoy a quiet laugh as the picture of a nobby young creature splitting the sand at the rate of four miles an hour rises before their mind’s eye.— Glasgow (Ky.) Times.