The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-08
PRINCE HAL GENET.
The Life and Adventures of Boss
Tweed'S Lieutenant.
THE MINTER CITY RIOTS ENDED.
No More Trouble is Anticipated-A California
Desperate Captured-Attemptt to Lynch
Kansas Murderer Frustrated.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch
New YORK, Sept. Harry w. Genet
died yesterday morning of cancer produced
by bad tooth and the Incorporate usa of
tobacco. 'Prince Hail." as he was known IN
the days of Tweed's power, was grandson
of Madame Campans. Her brother, Ed
mund Charles Genet, was sent by the ma
tional convention in 1892 as French ambas-
to the United States. He was born in 1928
and he began his career as lawyer. In 1857
he was elected member of the common
council. He held the Office of alderman for
many years successfully, becoming finally
wealthy. Then he took in the county
clerkship for three years. In 1867 he went
to the assembly. At the end of his term he
became state senator, and after serving two
terms was, in 1871, retired from public Ffe
by the election of the reform candidate
Prince Hal was an INSCRIPTIONS ward
politician, but very popular on account of
his open-handed manner and generous dis
position He became badly mixed up in the
operations of the Tweed ring and was in
dicted for procuring Mayor Halls signature
to a warrant to Mcbride Davidson for
a, SOP for ironwork, etc, furnished the
Harlem court house, upon false representa-
tions that it was current bill, when in
fact the material had not been furnished.
He was arrested and bailed, but on No
vember "a, 1873, he was again arrested,
this time on bench warrant issued by
Judge Davis in the court of oyer and ter
miner. He was held to appear for trial in
the sum of s., 900 bail on each indictment
He was convicted on one of the indictments
December 20, 1873 His trial occupied only
three days. His defense was that David
son had refused to furnish the materials
for the court house, except for money in
advance, but authorized him TO collect the
money for him and to endorse his name;
that after he had collected the money Da-
wilson refused to furnish the materials and
he retained the money to use in procuring
other court house supplies. Justice Daniels
remanded him for sentence on the follow
ing Monday, but before that time Genet
was gone. Sheriff Brennan had detailed
two of his deputies, Shields and Cahill, to
keep him in charge and see that he did not
escape. With his two custodians, Genet
left the court and taking a coach drove
around to many of his old haunts. On
Saturday evening he took the deputy
sheriffs to his house in Harlem, where
they whiled away hours in pleasant chat
and fragrant cigars. Sunday was devoted
to drive up Harlem. In the evening,
Deputy Sheriff Cahill being i'll, went home
and left Shields and Genet in the Harlem
mansion. About o'clock Sunday morning
Genet asked PERMISSION to visit his wife's
room for moment or so. 1t was granted.
Falling aleep, the deputy sheriff knew
nothing of the flight of time until o'clock
in the morning, but the bird had flown,
Genet had never visited his wife's room,
but had left the house by way of the roof.
Genet's case is very reminiscent of Sen
ator Creighton, of California, for in Febru
airy, 1873, he unexpectedly returned from
his exile in foreign parts and surrendered
himself to the sheriff. Genet was a mem
Der of the senate when the proposal was
made to build the ninth district court house
in Harlem. Tweed, Josiah Porter, and
John McQuade were the building commits
sioners, and Genet was their counsel. Four
hundred thousand dollars were drawn from
the city, but little of it was used for the
building. The amount that Genet actually
stole was many times greater than was laid
to his charge in the Indictment on which he
was convicted and sentenced.
March 3D. 1881, seven years after, he was
tried and convicted and sentenced to i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary for eight
months and to pay fine of S9,t04, but
Genet was released the following Noyem-
Der, and indeed it is probably fact that
he never suffered confinement in the peni-
tertiary at all. During the time he was
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island, he was really enjoying himself
royalty in Harlem.
Genet was called Prince Hall for his
liberality. His dinners and breakfasts were
famous, and his exploits on the race track
were the sensation of the day. Fifty
thousand dollar bets were often offered by
him until the sporting fraternity became
afraid of him and refused to take his bets.
He was a great lover of horse flesh and
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General Butler, horse that trotted against
Dexter