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Maury Klein defends Gould in Union Pacific, 414-17. Brokers doubted that the market could sustain any large public sale of Kansas Pacific stock.

Testimony of Oliver Ames, May 31, 1887, PRC, 2:812-13.

Testimony of Jay Gould, May 17, 1887, PRC, 1:476.

Testimony of Artemas Holmes, May 10, 1887 (recalled), PRC, 1:267-76.

Testimony of Jay Gould, May 18, 1887, PRC, l:504-5.

Testimony of Sidney Dillon, May 5, 1887, PRC, 1:207-08.

Testimony of James Ham, May 6, 1887, PRC, 1: 236, 242.

Union Pacific officials claimed that they eventually made money off of the securities acquired from Gould, but they sold them only by guaranteeing their interest,

See Ham testimony, also Amos Calef, Testimony, May 11, 1887, PRC, 1: 317. Oliver Ames, Testimony, May 31, 1887, PRC,2:807-12.

Report of William Calhoun, PRC, 8:4809, 4820, 4824-27.