Telegram-herald., 1888-04-06
JACOB SHARP ISDEAD
DEATH SAVES IN FsoA SING saNe
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NV YoEx. April s---JAeob sharp died Al
- tonl.hf kiter = sewers ATTACK " coosa-
.ax All vomiting Hs A4d bsea aaeoa-
seloas aacs i4st Aondas nisAt and a. :
O'Clock Ihls morning as Daysicizns an
noancsf hat as de.lh could NOT Dc loo Z
dsieffsd.
On Tuesday morning Justice Patterson.
Ia ths NeS YORK Supreme I0uFJ special
tsrm hazasd District Attorney Fellows The
reports u lns p1ysla4ns regarding the con-
dltion ~ the hes "a ii 5zcOb onarD.
Or. Alfred l.. Looms report Nas a. Ioi-
loss
.-Fais : 10 csrtify tnat Jacob sharp Is
eondnsd 70 n.s osa sitn acute capillary
bronchitis. o0mpiieating cnrOnic disease Of
his heart and kidneys. | regard hin ss very
sefiously III
The ssport signed - Drs. Fordyce Barker
and tie0rxs b. fOrlef, while consider zoiY
longer than DR. LOOMS. oOrr0oated the
l4tJer's statement and s.idsd that la view Oi
6harps great sge. the natural progress Of
recovery ~ a suihclent degrees 70 admit OF
as being Iaken - a court room would re-
qulfs st east four weeks.
Alter tie report bad been read the srgu-
msnt upon the motion for chAnge OF
venue vas postponed until "Wednesday
April IL
5harD .as over 70 years Of age. lie had
spent over thirty Yeas Of ais life n the
street railway business "a New YORK, and
al that time had been striving 10 get
lrancbiss i0r q road In Broadway. Whsa
be nnsliv succeeded Il vas Al tne cost OF the
better part ol s. 90. 600 and his reputation.
ft sts0 yssls since Jacob sharp. then q
leadinz street railway nlagns,e Of New \ orx
CITY ~ss nrst brought unpieasantiy into
ths public mind 0Y newspaper exposure
u hls meshOds ln securing franchises from
the board OF aldermen. Hs 0ougnt them
outright ia tac most shaInel ess manner,
paid soc them IN ehscks on leading banks.
snd ln othsr says showed bis utter lack Of
fear o. being detected. The New ork
board Of aldermen Of l3S4 Vas notOri Ously
corrupt. containing a. it did such nen as
Fuiizrst CleaFy, lashne " ate and q Nell.
az hsvin< ss It's clerk Bully Mooney,
uOfed as riDgsler and Oboer The
soart voted JAKE SHARP tran
ehises for street railway IN
Broadway. and a cross town Inc on
Thirty i3urth-sf The papers investigated
the matter 81 tns franchises and exposure
folo~sd exposure. Cleary. AOi0ney.
81 Seill. Jaehns zEd Waite were indicted
for bribery Jaehne and y Nsii are now
ssrYing time ia sing sing. Waite got on
for ths Information be gave the District
Attorney. A0louey aud Fuugraft supped
- Canada q Nelu was placed IN tie hands
oi ais friends mental wreck, thus es-
eaping trial aud judgment. Peter McLaush-
un, Who vas as deep "a the mire IS any,
snd a. whose home the alleged combins-
uon was male. died before the exposure
came.
sharp Was placed on trial by District A.
tornsY MArti1e Waen the others wers dis
posed or fho ease dragged along slowly,
but Ia July isst he was convicted. The
resources u the izW ia me lower courts
were exhausted. and tbs congict sentenced
10 pay q lne Of S5000 knd serve four years
ia the penitentiary. A stay OF proceedings
vas asked for and granted BY one OF tue
suprsms Judges. and. on appeal. the finding
Of the court below vas reversed
since the later part VI 1887 sharp had
been OUT OF prison on q large bail bOad. and
the pew trial has been delayed time and
again. untl the iong-sufferiug public came
10 belisVs that it would never Dc com
uaenced again