Boy Wonder Of Wall Street Flees With $2 Million Funds
Edward Gilbert aka boy wonder of Wall Street fled to Brazil after withdrawing about $1.95 million from E L Bruce Co. board funds. He resigned as Bruce president hours before boarding a Varig flight to Rio de Janeiro. SEC and the New York exchange probe the disappearance as a district attorney reviews potential charges and an extradition treaty with Brazil awaits ratification.
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New York
UPI
Brazil
Edward Gilbert
Wall Street
E. L. Bruce Co., Inc
Varig Airlines
Rio de Janeiro
Bruce Board of Directors
Varig
Gilbert
Rio
Lowell Birrell
Acquisi
Kert
E. L. Bruce Jr
Gil‘bert
Bruce
Securities and Exchange Commissions
SEC
American Stock Exchange
The
Exchange
Dist. Atty
Frank S. Hogan
U.S
Manhattan
Idlewild
Black Friday gold market collapse of 1869 sparks panic
Jay Gould and James Fisk Jr. attempted to corner the gold market in 1869 triggering a financial scare and market chaos that terrified investors and unsettled New York bankers. The episode is a landmark moment in the era of railroad magnates and high stakes finance.
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Jay Gould
James Fisk Jr
Estes Invokes Fifth Before Franklin Grand Jury
Billie Sol Estes testified before a Texas grand jury probing the death of federal agriculture official Henry H. Marshall. He invoked the Fifth Amendment 50 to 100 times, but provided some cooperation in a split morning and afternoon session. The panel seeks whether Marshall was murdered or died by suicide, with autopsy suggesting multiple gunshot wounds and poisoning.
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Franklin, Tex
UPI
Billie Sol Estes
Federal Agriculture
Henry H. Marshall
Estes
Marshall
Texas
Bryan Russ
Russ
John Barron
Franklin
Justice of the Peace
Fraud Probe Deepens Estes Ties With Commercial Solvents
Washington House subcommittee recalls Maynard C. Wheeler of Commercial Solvents Corp to expand testimony on firm relations with Billie Sol Estes. Wheeler claims dealings were limited to customer supplier ties, while a Dallas lawyer testifies to discussions about Estes and Wheeler in March. Investigators extend inquiry to Agriculture Department links and large money orders from Pecos post office tied to Estes.
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Washington
UPI
House
Maynard C. Wheeler
Commercial Solvents Corp
Billie Sol Estes
Wheeler
Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee
Commercial Solvents
Estes
Texas
Brazil
Dallas
Frank Cain
L. H. Fountain
D.N.C
Cain
Agri
Culture Department
Subcommittee
James Naughton
Pecos
Tex
Agriculture Department
Democratic Party
Naughton
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