The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-06-03
JOHN KELLY DEAD,
The Noted Chief Of tho Tammany Hall
Democracy Dlea.
,0snsraI Debility aud Nervous Proatration,
Resulting from Overwork, the
Cause.--siHty-FourY Years
OF Age.

NRw YORK, June l.-JOhn Kelly, the
famous chief OF the Tanmany Hall SEQ
tIon of the New York Democracy, died
this afternoon. His prOtracted Illness
had kept him out OF sight 10 long, and
the accounts OF his improy mems and
COllapaHB had been 80 numerous that his
death finally OccuTTei without any pre-
mlri,iOn 10 the public. HIS disease
was breakup o. the nervous system aud
no was for more than q year unable TO
eat lr sleep normally, Ills Weekleea or
body extended TO his mind, though tle
fact was concealed az much ~ possible
and he ". kept strictly secluded unler
the plea that any intercourse even WIN
friends formerly most Intimate would
dangerously hurt him. The ruth seems
20 be that he became towards The last
utterly lmbeclle, and his supposed exer'
tlOn OF political iHauence In The last
municipal campaign YVES fictitious,
His Isolation was no complete that
no person, II Ia believed, aside from
hls wife and his phyi ,lan and priest
knew OF hIa lnal hours Of sinking away.
Several pollticpl m9gnatea living With
In halt q dozen squares OF his residence
were not aware OF his d mise until your
correspondent called on them late TO
night 10 get particulars u the event
They were one and oil aatoniahed TO
learn the news, for they had held no
communication with him for months,
and supposed that no was no worse OF.
Two weeks ago hls wife hoped TO take
him out OF town before hot weather set
In, and she had arranged 10 house him
comfortably nj Clifton Springs, where
he spent last summer MIS-, Kelly IN no
prostrated by her grief that she IL hya
terlcal, The particulars which abe there
fora cannot give are not 06talnable from
anybody else, save that no sunk Into
death from exhaustion aud inanill0n.
That IL what his phyeiclan says was
found to DO the end OF his malady. He
was q deyout Roman Catholic, having
been enducated partly for the priesthood
and having married u niece OF
the late Cardinal McCloskey. II
10 learned, however, that he was aware
for a week OF his near death His con
fessor quotes him as saying: II have
been called honest John Kelley, and |
was prond 10 feel that deserved the
title" That was said about ten dGya
ago when he was spoken TO on the sub
jec' and from that time on no became
weaker and weaker until no died quiet
ly and unconscioualy. This leaves
Tammany without a head. for Kelly was
nomlnally boss, though no really had
nothing 10 do with lts councils duflng
the past year. There N bound to be a
iight for the control Of the organlza.
tlon which b,at the regular Democracy
In the last election, aud has never In ila
life been stronger. Kelly was w0rshlped
by the body OF Tammany voters.
DR.. Edward l.. Keys, who attended
Mr.. Kelly Throughout hls illness, sald
TO night that hts patient had been In
falling health for two years, The nerve
forces were impaired, and oil the func
llons were dCrAnged In consequence, He
made strong efforts 10 regain hls health,
but they were oil futile, Ho Anally ac.
PnOwledged that II was useless TO hope
for recovery, aud 'Or x or eight months
past no had confessed no whe dying. At
times Mr. Kelly was much depressed IN
spirits, but ~ no iimo WAS his inlelll'
gence impaired.