CHAPTER XV.

DREW AND VANDERBILT.

Vanderbilt Essays to Swallow Erie, and Has a Narrow 127

Escape from Choking.—He Tries to make Drew Commit

Financial Suicide.—Manipulating the Stock Market and

the Law Courts at the Same Time.—Attempts to “Tie Up”

the Hands of Drew.—Manufacturing Bonds with the Erie

Paper Mill and Printing Press.—Fisk Steals the Books

and Evades the Injunction.—Drew Throws Fifty Thousand

Shares on the Market and Defeats the Commodore.—The

“Corner” is Broken and Becomes a

Boomerang.—Vanderbilt’s Fury Knows no Bounds.—In his

Rage he Applies to the Courts.—The Clique’s

Inglorious Flight to Jersey City.—Drew Crosses the

Ferry with Seven Millions of Vanderbilt’s Money.—The

Commodore’s Attempt to Reach the Refugees.—A

Detective Bribes a Waiter at Taylor’s Hotel, who

Delivers the Commodore’s Letter, which Brings Drew to

Terms.—Senator Mattoon gets on the right side of Both

Parties