Jay Gould (1836-1892) Railroad developer. Gould was one of the most unscrupulous “robber barons†of 19th-century American capitalism. In the 1860s, he became a stockbroker on Wall Street and manipulated the price of stocks. In 1868, he used illegal methods to issue 100,000 shares of new stock for the struggling Erie Railroads. In the 1880s, he was pushed out of the Union Pacific Railroads, but regained control in 1885. 7 ½†x 10 ½†stock certificate endorsed. One hundred shares of Saint Joseph and Western Railroad Company stock issued to Gould and endorsed at the date of transfer, January 23, 1889.