The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-23
HARRY HILL BROKE.
The Eventual Career Of : Cele-
brated New Yorker.
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Harry Hin IL broke The famous old
sports tast abiding place In Harlem has
beeu finally closed. and I'll it, goods and
belongings Gold out by N auctsoneer.
.sI.sck q polics protection u the cause
Ten years ago Harry Hin vas generally re-
putsd TO b worth S500.o0o. although he
was not worth that His place u Houston
and Crosby streets was, perhaps, the most
ceisbrated sporting plscs" In the whole
country. To-day the old man 10 practically
without means. All his possessions have
vanished IN bitter fight with the police.
He has besn driven from pillar 70 post,
and il now helpless and alone HIS
best frisnd-or ~ least the one Ia
whom he trusted most-deserted him
. few years ago with $4,000 OF his
money. The old man has lost great deal
by speculation and Bod debts; but the main
cause Of his misfortune has been his tight
9Th tho police. The police have bested
him, and Harry HUI has given up the bat
tie.
The essence Of the whole matter = that
Harry Hill always kept IN 'all night
house--perhaps the most peculiar house OF
its kind in The world. The business done
Was entirely Of an 'sall night character.
and a. such. Of course. was in utter viola
ton OF the excise laws. To run such
business required police protection.
This protection Harry Hin secured for
wears and years, until finally there was
a H.. II
alleged that he Was made 70 pay altogether
too much to the police for bis protection.
He made kick Of the biggest kind. and
charged Police Captain Murphy and
Detective Moran, OF the Prince
street station, with levying large
bIackmail upon him. There was . hot
time for while. the upshot Of the whole
matter being that Captain Murphy and his
detective were transferred to the West One
Hundredth street station, and Harry Hills
place was ordered closed up for good--that
IL. he was not allowed to beep his famous
hall open after O'Clock q m. under any
circumstances. That meant that he might
Is well not keep open ct ALL Then the
excise board refused TO grant Harry Hill .
license. and his place was shut up In dead
earnest. Then the building in which
Harry Hill had his hall was torn down,
and today . big warehouse occupies its
place. Harry Hill declared that he was
bankYuptsd when hs left. but 1t was be-
lieved that he still had money.
Harry Hill went mp to Harlem and built
. quaint little structure on piles at the
southeast corner Of Harlem bridge. II was
not . profitable venture. and the police
were continually interfering with It In
every possible way, Harry Hili's bar
protsction'' Was denied TO him from the
outset. He had no chance TO build up q
business anything like his old one. He
has finally had 10 quit impoverished. He
became 50 poor 1t last that In buying hts
beer from the brewers he had no credit,
hut had TO pay each day for the beer furn-
ished him. Swarms Of policemen ana de.
tectives were ever on the lookout for the
or his agents. Finally Harry Hill has had
to call in m auctionecr and sell out all his
establishment. When or where he will
try next Il not known. He himself said
the other day:
Il am disgustsd with myself and every
body. The world in general makes me
tired"
No man in his day enjoyed the conf
dence and respect Of the sporting CON-
munity-which is moro suspicious than
any other part Of society--as much as did
Harry Hill. He became known from
Maine 10 California rs thoroughly square
man. He was known a. liberal and genial
in his habits. and many acts OF unostenta-
iious and generous charity are related OF
him. No one knows exactly how old a
man Harry Hill Is. but those who have
known him long say that he is about
IS years old. He was born in
EPSON, England, and spent most
all his boy hood DAYS upon the famous rae
ing track there. He came Of a ''horsey''
family, his uncle being very weli-known
betting man and lover OF horsetiesh. The
missioner" OF Lord George Bentinck- In
the spring OF 1850 George NJ. woolsey. a
member OF the sugar manufacturing firm
here OF Rowland, Aspinwai h Woolsey,
met and became acquainted with Harry
Hin on the EPSON track. The result ol
this acquaintance was that Mr.. Woolsey
engaged vouag Hin 20 come to America
aud take charge OF his stable in
Astoria. For this Harry Hill was to re-
eslve $50 a year aud his board and clothes.
Hin stayed with Mr.. Woolsey = couple ol
years and then came TO this city aud be-
came horse dealer in the neighhorhood
OF the Old Bulls Head hotel, on Third
avenue. He remained here in business foi
some time. During these years Harry Hill
man and fellow who was pretty handy
with his tssts II need be. lie was particu
larry good III wrestling. and acquired hiet
reputation In this particular. On April Ia
isss. he wrestled with Lieut. Ainsworth, o.
New Britain. Conn. in Mozart hall and de
feated him. Ainsworth was nj this tim.
the champion middle-weight wrestler. Hi
won the 81 500 stakes on the match beside.
bis bets. John MorrisSey was his hacker
and from that time on was always Htlr,
friend.
Long before this. in 1854. Harry Hill hae
established his sporting house at Houston
and Crosby streets. Ii speedily becam.
prominent in the sporting life Of the town
II became one OF the institutions of Ia.
city and Mace OF national fame IL wa,
in very en- neighborhood. The meg
who went there AZ first were almost ex
ciusiseiy bad characters, who were in .
fight or seeing fight about ali the time
Harry Hill put psscarsls on his wall
strangely announcing that indecent q
prosanc language would not he tolerated o
bad conduct of say sort allowed. III,
haasled that he would run a plsce tina
should be perfectly free and easy and We
perfectly safe Tor any man. These AZ,
copies ot some OF the plscards
levers nes appreciated here. therefore no
waRted.
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IN feal OF Obscene language.
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by the WAY.
Id was Harry Hills famous beast thu
no man was ever rohhci in his place. le
the ronShs objected 20 bis rules and for
time insisted on breaking them Rsrr,
Hill had 10 have many ngAs before n
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