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Show f the roof, the floors of which are reach-I'd reach-I'd by a narrow circular stairway in the stones. Fisk said that he and Jay Gould concealed themselves in this vault when the infuriated crowd attacked at-tacked their offices in Wall street. One of the boxes In the theater is known as the Gould box and it Is kepi locked. It seats from 20 to 30 persons, per-sons, but has never been occupied except by members of the Gould family. FAMOUS PLAYHOUSE SOLD BY I EXECUTORS OF GOULD ESTATE ' New York, May 21 The famous old Grand opera house at Twenly-thlrd street and Eighth avenue has beeu sold by the executors of the Jay Gould estate to a company specially formed to purchase it, for a stated value of $1,000,000, Many memories of Jay Gould and "Jim" FIsk are linked with the fam ous theater. It was here that Jay Gould and Fisk took refuge from, the n-ob3 O'.i "Black Friday" in 1S73 In the building is a vault of heavy masonry mas-onry extending from the basement to |