West-Jersey pioneer., 1878-03-21
AN OFFICIAL WITH THREE NAMES.


S steamed out of the Grand Central Depot
Among the passengers were Senator Eccle
d sine and fine-looking gentleman with
full beard and forid complexion. They en-
tered sleeping car, and had just got com
3 fortably fixed, when the train conducto
came along and called for their tickets
a Both presented Legislative passes, and th
conductor politely moved on. He was sue
ceded by the official in charge of the sleeper
and legislature passes were again shown =
With gracious bow the second conducto
assigned them lower berths, and left them
Soon afterward the two conductors me
and fell into conversation. One of then
casually remarked that Ecclesne had evi
IDENTIFY been showing a country Senato
around the city.
"What Senator ?'' asked the train con
ductor.
''Senator JONES'" was the reply
"What kind of looking man is he o.
was the next inquiry.
''Fine-looking fellow, full beard, and nc
moustache, looks like champagne samp.
ler," answered the conductor of the sleeper
'Oh, that's Assemblyman Holahan," said
the train man.
you're mistaken returned the other.
Hes Senator Jones. saw his pass.''
''Not much amt Mistaken replied
the train man. 81 saw his pass, and know
he's an Assemblyman.
The dispute became so warm that the
sleeping car Conductor went to Senator Ec.
clesine and asked the name of his companion.
"Why that's Senator Jones of Greene
county. Don't you know him ?'
Meantime the train conductor had asked
the f1orid-face gentleman if he would be so
kind as to give him his name.
| "Holahan," he answered. "Holahan,
member Of Assembly from New York
You ought to know me. You've seen me
often enough.
| Again the conductors came together.
| "What did tell you ?" said the conduct
or of the sleeper. "Are you satisfied now?"
''Im satisfied that his name is Holahan, :"
| said the train man.
"Why, Senator Ecclesine just told me
| that he was Senator JONES'" protested the
| other.
"And the man himself just told me that
he was Assemblyman Holahan," said the
train man, and at the blowing of the whis-
tie away he rushed, swinging his lantern.
The sleeping-car official began to chew
his cud. 1t was barely possible that the
man might prove to be Assemblyman Hola-
han with Senator Jones's Wagner car ticket.
In that case Ecclesine would be caught tell
ing an untruth, and it would be polite to
drop the matter and let the Assemblyman
slip through.
Not long afterward the same conductor
met friend in a forward car, and asked
him if he knew Assemblymal Holahan-
The man said he did. The conductor in
vlted him to the sleeper, and pointed out
the florid- faced gentleman, saying, SIS that
MIN ?''
"No," was the answer. He don't look
anything like him. never saw the man
before"
made up his mind that Ecclesine had told
the truth, and that the florid- faced man
was really Senator JONES' but that for some
unknown reason he was travelling on Hola-
hams pass. He told his experience to the
train conductor, and that official resolved
to probe the matter to the bottom. AS the
train neared Albany he called the atten-
tion of a well-known New York politician
to the mysterious stranger and asked
whether he was Senator Jones or Assem-
blyman Holahan.
''Senator Jones?" repeated the politician
with langh "Why, that's Tom O'Cal-
laghan, one of Barney Reilly's gang of dep
uty sheriffs."
The conductor of the sleeper overheard
it. He rushed over to the florid- faced gent
and caught him by the arm.
"Look here Sir,' said he, 81 must insist
on knowing your name. Senator Ecclesne
say you are Senator Jones, you say you are
Assemblyman Holahan, and this man says
you are Deputy Sheriff o. Callaghan. Who
the devil are you, anyhow ?''
The man laughed, and owned that he was
a deputy sheriff.
"Then l demand your fare," said the
train conductor, cor off the train you co.,
"And l want the money for your BERTH"
said the evil genius of the sleeper cor out
of this car you 60"
1t was Thomas O'Callaghan, the we'll
known bosom friend of Col. Tom Dunlap.
He was on his way to Montreal with Assem-
blyman Holahan's railroad pass in his pock-
ct and sleeping car ticket owned by Sena-
tor Jones. He paid his fare and slung out
the money for his berth with deep sigh,
and turned the conversation into the chan
mel of official corruption. Like the majori-
ty of deputy sheriffs, he preferred free
pass to buying ticket, and is said to have
once remained in Albany until his hotel
bill exceeded 800 while waiting for one
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