New-York tribune., 1878-10-12
ARRESTED NINETR- EIGHT TIMES.
A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CAREER.

When o wOuld-be benefactOr OF the people
prsoped and otherwise prosecuted the public be
aims serve is often very indifferent to his tate
his antecedens But sometimes it is neither easy nor
wholly hatteiug she benefactOr unearth his
nectiOns and history. The result Of effort to bring
Edward Faukners troubles before cOd-bearted world
furnishes illustration Of this truth. Ho has been
sreet-preacher in NewYOTk for twenty-five years, and
was ed Sunday afternoon. September is, while
delivering excited spepch ~ crowd in City Hall
Square, mixing temperance precepts and wOTkingmens
grievances and religion IN equal proportions Tie slept
FtatouhOuse over night, and the next morning. at
the TOmbs said lie had been arrested ninety eight times
under similar circumstances Surely heie was history
worth looking into,
But how to find Mr. Faulkneri At the TOmbs Police
Court the clerk said the prisoner had refused give his
address II seemed probable that he had given IT, how
ever. the officers the City Hall Police Station,
where taken after arrest. Here. too, 1t was
found Mr. Faulkner had refused to have his city address
registered 1--WE know him well, though" said an
officer; be used live in Vandam-st" He lives in
neighboruood now." spoke up another officer III
fellow recently who Faulkner about there"
We used to call him Black jack" continued the first
officer when he court officer in the Court OF Gen.
era Sessions because his skin was so dark He used to
preach down in Water-st, the pers, on Sundays
pass around the hat for the good cause He was
Kced OF the General SESSIONS for scrape about
taking an old mans money, and promising to do some
thing Go the General Sessions they
| can tell you all about him."
"Oh, yes; we know Faulkner" sald laughingly, On
officer OF the Court Of General Sessions. "YOu want to
know about that little aGalri Faulkner made
officer the recommendation Of some OF our most
! respectable Cuzens He was here a good while; then
lid something caused his discharge; was reap
pnncd hut about three years got INTO more trouble
| You see he promised TO procure a pardon from the
Governor for old gentle mans sou who was in State
Prison. This old gentleman paid him different sums.
| fpa1f IL. nnA
| day Fiulkner showed the gentleman dispatch from
the Governor the effect that he would offend TO tho
matter the pardon without much further delay There
was something suspicious about this dispatch The old
gentleman 70 tue telegraph office aud found that
the dispatch mad been sent the wires. Then
| the whole matter ald before the higher court
officers. and Faulkner was discharged. l don't know
| where he lives. what he is doing"
| WAT Faulkner I" asked man who looked Ike
City Hall politician why he's been appointed fruit
Inspector under the Health Board You can get his sd.
| dress at the the office Of the board"
"Faulkneri Faukneri Why, he's the man who was
arrested on Sunday" said officer of the Health De-
partnout IN Mott-st. I" We have such man inspecting
fruit division between Canal and Tbiry-iourtbsts
aud Broadway and the North River. He appointed
a mcm0er Of the dsinectng corps last Summer, but he
resigned 10 didn't suit his notions Of bghtoned call
Ing. No had better references than he on hs
last appointment believe the names on his paper in-
cluded Smith Ely. r William T. Dodge, George oDdyke,
Wilson G. Hunt anu Peter Cooper. He was appointed
fruit inspector July % Perhaps they have his address
up stairs"
DIR. James, after search in pgeon-hole, said that
Edward Faulkner lived at No. 10 Kngst THIS on the
West side, one street below Houston. woman opened
e door, and said that Mr. Faulkner ought to be in, be-
cause he usually OUT in the morning only and by
going up two dights and knocking at the back attic
room where Mr. Faulkner lived with his little boy it
would he easy to!nd out If he wasn't in. He wasn't.
About O'Clock, at second call, the landlady smiled
with that Mr. Faulkner was up stairs
He is a small durE-vsaged man. with hair erect like Old
John Browns, and wears white mOustache. hear
that yuu have been prosecuted Mr. Faulkner ~ said his
visitor who was ushrred into the plainly room
Horace Greeley knew that" h. replied; He always
took part. 1 was born in New-YOrk sixty years
ago, aud have always hvcd here. Twenty eight years
ago began street preaching on temperance When You
talk on temperance you've got TO run where rum rs so
preached on piers at Bro0mc-st and the E st River
aud in the City Hall Park For fifteen years ! wasn't
disturbed but when Jonn Kennedy was MADE Police el-
pe inendn he came up one Sunday when was talking
To a crowd-ths was before the warTabd 20 me u
The people John Ke lnedy He was mad
and sent eight men ana sergeant 10 arrest me.
/ was taken before Police Justice Barney Osborn,
who give nye days 50 ftue. was locked up aud
Barney OsGotn tor false Imprisonment and two years
after got iudgment against hlm for $1,000 prom
would never surrender and Kept on aud they ar;
rested me for 1t. knew Horace Greeley very we'll aud
said they had no right to iOck me up. He gave me
$50 to carry on the suit against Osborn; Ex-Mayor
James Harper also helped me. William r. Dodge Cyrus
getting the pace held in the General Sessions As
saG Jcat Osborn nd also got judgment against Po-
lice CAPTAIN Steers for $3.50 another against Assistant
superintendent CARPENTER !or 1900 and think another
against sergeant Thompson for $500 He Fan away
ri make them STUART for thus last Prosecution"
"What were the crcumstancesi" -.
"Ou Sunday September 3, ] was talking TO about
1000 the piegs, when officer comes up TO me and
says Have you got permit tr0 ,6 rep eS snS
! don't want no other show me your permit says
ne 'oI I'll run you in' WELL then, you'll run me In,
says l. because Pm gong TO talk Till you do AT
o'clock IN the afternoon was put INTO the ihrleentn
rigeousiy. 1t was a dirty vemin-1ed cell. Water
stood in drops the wall MY father has kept hogs IN
morning aud caught a terrible cold. Have had rheu-
matsm in the legs ever since. Tnere were sixteen
Next morning at the TOmbs there were thlrty-nye
women and .9rty-two men all np ior drGGkenSesS. SiS
we could crush out this cVil; now liquor
gets the best Of us %6y eS 5 Ee listen 80 DptS To
me, but he opens court for liquor seller On sunday,
September l5they put me in the Fourth Precinct station
aud was kept over night again. Have been Obliged to
have physician shall preach next SUNDAY II thi9k
What was there IN your remarks that was dispiea$
ing to the authoritiesP'
some man has gone and told John Kelly that i've been
talking against Tammany Hail. and he's sent the officers
rum business save Tammaay Hall 10000
votes Years ago. when the authorities sad there were
aOS aSpOO foanS SSOr i7SSo ;ISe Recently & john ks
G'hf4 Sa Sraad 'rif Hc AGAINST FS
ha ha Well III make them retract that or make
them smart. WAS metnDef Oi Tue uenefM SOmmhtco
OF Talnmany thirty years ago. have got character
as good as any mans In NeW-YOrk You can't put your
nnKer ON a Dad spot IN my character. Peter Cooper,
Moses Taylor aud those othet men mentioned know
me-" 80
How about the Court Of General SessiOnsi"
"Yes, they turned me cut because knew TOO much.
and could much for Judge Haekett and the other
fellows. DU belong any temperance society NOS
to none except my work independently there 10
nobody 20 defeud me but the Lord Every year we or
ganlze a society the piers publicly have obtained
$4,000 sixners 70 the pledge" He showed blank
pledge OF the " East River Temperance Society," y.
Faulkner president and j. Gibson secretary, when
bore date 1869. Mr.. Gibson he said was dead.
"Js there anything that will make grain