CHAPTER I

. THE TORTUOUS COURSE OF AMALGAMATED 1

II. THE "SYSTEM'S" METHOD OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT 5

III. THE MEN IN POWER BEHIND THE "SYSTEM" 13

IV. MY OWN RESPONSIBILITY 23

V. THE POWER OF DOLLARS 33

VI. CONSTRUCTION OF "STANDARD OIL'S" "DOLLAR-MAKING" MILL 41

VII. JUGGLING WITH MILLIONS OF THE PEOPLE'S MONEY 52

VIII. "STANDARD OIL" INVESTS "MADE DOLLARS" IN GAS 56

IX. A VOTARY OF THE "SYSTEM" 60

X. ADDICKS COMES TO BOSTON 67

XI. HOW ADDICKS CAPTURED BOSTON GAS 71

XII. STOCK-BROKERS NOT ALL BAD 79

XIII. THE "SYSTEM" VERSUS WESTINGHOUSE 88

XIV. THE ALLIANCE WITH ADDICKS 93

XV. THE GREAT BAY STATE GAS FIGHT 103

XVI. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH ROGERS 110

XVII. A MEMORABLE CONFERENCE 113

XVIII. THE DUPLICITY OF ADDICKS 125

XIX. ENTER H. M. WHITNEY 133

XX. AN AWKWARD ATTACK OF APPENDICITIS 142

XXI. BRIBING A LEGISLATURE 149

XXII. PLUNDERED OF THE PLUNDER 162

XXIII. TWO GENTLEMEN OF FRENZIED FINANCE 170

XXIV. BUYING A BUNCH OF STATES 176

XXV. ATHLETICS OF FINANCE 182

XXVI. THE CIRCLING OF THE VULTURES 187

XXVII. COURT CORRUPTION AND COIN 191

XXVIII. PEACE AT LAST 195

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I. THE MAGIC WORLD OF FINANCE 197

II. THE "SYSTEM" AND THE LOUISIANA LOTTERY COMPARED 202

III. THE FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCE 208

IV. THE MAGIC "JIMMY" 213

V. HOW THE "SYSTEM" DOES BUSINESS 217

VI. HOW WALL STREET'S MANIPULATIONS AFFECT THE COUNTRY 223

VII. ECONOMICS OF COPPER 226

VIII. MY PLAN FOR "COPPERS" 233

IX. BIRTH OF "COPPERS" 237

X. ROGERS GRASPS "COPPERS" 245

XI. THE COPPER CAMPAIGN OPENS 253

XII. THE BUNCOING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF UTAH 261

XIII. THE TRAP IN FINANCE 266

XIV. LAWYER UNTERMYER DISCOVERS THE "NIGGER" 274

XV. DEGREES IN CRIME 281

XVI. MR. ROGERS UNMASKS 283

XVII. "EXTRACT EVERY DOLLAR" 289

XVIII. THE BITERS BIT 301

XIX. THE DESPOILING OF LEONARD LEWISOHN 307

XX. THE CHRISTENING OF AMALGAMATED 311

XXI. FIXING THE RESPONSIBILITY 320

XXII. THE RESPONSIBILITY FASTENED 332

XXIII. THE FIRST CRIME OF AMALGAMATED 340

XXIV. THE SUBSCRIPTION OPENS 346

XXV. DOLLAR HYDROPHOBIA 351

XXVI. DEVILTRY AFOOT 359

XXVII. THE BLACK FLAG HOISTED 364

XXVIII. THE BOGUS SUBSCRIPTION 370

XXIX. THE AFTERMATH 376

XXX. THE MORNING AFTER 385

XXXI. I WALK THE PLANK 389

XXXII. PERFECTING THE DOUBLE CROSS 397

XXXIII. A RETROSPECT AND A MORAL 405

LAWSON AND HIS CRITICS

I. THE INSURANCE CONTROVERSY 413

II. THE ENEMIES I HAVE MADE 487

III. EXPLANATIONS 539

FRENZIED FINANCE

THE STORY OF AMALGAMATED

_PART I_

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