The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-16
HOW THE BooDLERs LIVE.
The Canadian Colony Sick and Tired o
Its Dreary Exile.

sudden visit of Inspector xbyrnes here some
weeks ago has largely sulsided, and the ex-
aldermen have resumed their usual habits.
None OF the colony has any daily routine of
business to attend to. One day Is very
much like another with tie exiles. and they
devote their time to playing billiards and
strolling about the Office OF the Windsor
Hotel until O'Clock in the evening, when
the New York daily papers arrive. John
keenan,, who is the y ost conservative Of
the colony, has his papers sent to his house,
but Dempsey, De Lacy and Sayles buy their
papers at the hotel newsstand and read
them together
The lie of the four exiles has become an
lntoIerable monotony. John keenan, is the
oply one whose mind is at all actively en-
gagged. When he first came here he began
study of the real estate market of Mon
ueal, and has made several large invest
ments. keenan, was the first man to leave
the Windsor Hotel and set up housekeeping
IN residence of his own. He bought the
handsome stone house at,No. l144 Sherbrooke
street, which is III the center of the fine
residence district. His home is the second of
long terrace, and faces the mountain, with
a grand sweeping view of the st. Lawrence
from the upper windows. keenan, brought
lew pieces of furniture from New York,
out ne purchased largely here. He sends
his children to school, and has a private
tutor IN French and music give instructions
at the house. Besides his residence, Keenan,
has bought several vacant city lots, and at
the present time is engaged in supervising
the construction of a long block of stone
houses little east of mis- home, which is
almost completed. He has put some money
IN Canadian bank stocks, ana a few weeks
ago, at the meeting of the stockholders of
the Windsor Hotel, he bought enough of
the stock to secure controlling interest in
the house. Keenan, is the wealthiest of the
exlles, but makes no parade of his money
he lives quietly, and does not even keep
carriage. He retains his old custom
OF sitting up until l or 2 o'clock
IN the morning, and then not rising
for breakfast before II. He is busy with a
large correspondence with politicians and
business men in New York, and still directs
his interests i'll the metropolis. In his old
home the largest part of his money is in
vested in his big brewery and il furnishing
funds to carry on city contracts. 1t is said
that keenan, has an interest in the new
acqueduct job and in several street paving
contracts. At all events his business rela-
lions are such in New York that he is great
ly inconvenienced by his exile and has
several times made secret visits to Manhat-
tan Island. On these occasions he has left
Montreal on the Canadian Pacific railway
and taken way trains to Westminster coun-
ty, reaching New York city by carriage
Keenan, is seen less by the people of Mon
treal than any of the rest of the boodlers
tie remains at home except when he drops
into tho Windsor to see the OTHER exileS or
is looking about at his new buildings.
Very little Is known about De Lacy by
the guests at the Windsor. He spends his
time between the hotel and his own resi-
donce. on Mackay street. Recently be
closed his house and went back to the hotel
to board. His wife and child are in New
York. 1t is not very clearly understood
why De Lacy has sent his family away at
this time of the year and taken up tempo
rory quarters in a hotel. If De Lacy in
tends to leave, as it is'reported, the closing
of his house is explained. He is a very
quiet man, and walks and drives every
pleasant day, always making a call in the
afternoon and again in the evening, to see
his fellow-exiles and get his New York
papers at the Windsor He is said to be
doing some specializing, but has no regular
business. He has not made any investments
IN Canada, and draws his money from New
York
Sayles is the best natured of the four
Doodle exiles. He still retains his half of
the big butcher business in New York,
which IS now managed by his brother "Sol.
The exlled member of the firm is consulted
on all matters, and has half the profits sent
him every month. Sayles lives at No. 43
Upper street, in a less aristocratic neigh
borhood than Keenan,, in the center of the
middle class quarter He enjoys his three
square meals each day, and admires the
Southdown mutton and Western beef that
he gets here SayleS sleeps late every morn
ing, and usually starts down to the Windsor
Hotel soon after dinner every day. Here
he meets Dempsey. and they chalk their
cues together in the billiard-room. Almost
every afternoon John Keenans oldest boy
is in the billiard-room. The youngster is
very fond of pool, and he plays very good
game. If Dempsey is not around, SayleS
and the boy play pool, and if the latter is
beaten, Sayles pays for the game just the
same. Sayles smokes constantly, and seems
fat and happy, and evidently worries less
than any of the rest. While he would very
much like to return to New York, he is not
so discontinued here as his fellow exiles.
Dempsey is the most interesting of the
four He is n ShOrtman who wears a round
about Jacket and lives in the hotel He
never had much money or much political
influence. and what he did have he has lost
1t is a well-known fact that Dempsey is sup.
ported by those who do not dare to have
him return to New York. He is y cry short
of money and practices the strictest econo-
my HIS only expenses arc for cigars and
an occasional game of billiards. But Demp-
sey smokes three-for-a-Quarter cigar, and
has to pay. He buys one New York news
paper every night, and what other reading
he does is from the papers on file on the
rack in the hotel reading-room.
Dempsey rises just in time to
get breakfast before the dining hall closes
and spends the forenoon walking around
the office or standing behind the swinging
doors at the hotel entrance watching the
people go III and out lie keeps an eye on
the register and notes every arrival. After
lunch he usually meets Sayles and they play
billiards or sit down ami discuss the state Of
affairs in New York. Dempsey is restless
and nervous, and longs to get back to New
York. He mas no friends here, and is too
suspicious to make acquantances
among the drummers and business
men who stop a day or two at tho
hotel and are gone again. He talas To very
few people except his fellow exiles If he
dared 60 run the risk of arrest Dempsey
would go back to New York at once, but
he knows that Keenan, is doing all he can
to get back and he is afraid of trap. Demp-
sey is not trusted by Keenan, or the rest, and
he is not in a happy frame of mind. He is
suspicious of everybody and in constant APP
prenension that some deal will he arranged
that will not include MIN. He seldom leaves
the hotel and finds little within its four
walls 10 aluuse him.
The eXileS have escaped the grasp of the
law, but they are getting their punishment
every day. The climate Of Montreal is
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