The sun., 1890-08-30
HAS SnrEHAN COT eIBBs,s pARHor,
FainIul sBspicions AnoAt In the ThIrtsenth
Assembly District

PsinGul SuspieioRa AnoAt in the ThIrteenth
Assembly District
Fred Gibbs has lost his parrot He is Willing
to pay s26 for the return Of tho bird. with nu
questions asked, and he has advertised to that
effect. Up to lRst evening, however. the parrot
had not returned. 1t seems that when Mr..
Gibbs and the new-mado Justice Meade re-
turned from the chowder party on Thursday,
and the hurrah on-.EiRhth avenue over their
escape from collision and other marine dis
asters brought about the breaking n, a tele-
phone wire and the subsequent tunbling over
OF small boy and RoundsmRn Hammond. the
parrot was disturbed by the noise and few to a
window TO see what all the fuss was about
Seeing the sparks fly from the confused wires.
and seeing the roundsman and tho small boy
trying to pick each other up. the parrot just
lost Its head and skipped out, leaving the
Gibbs household disconsoiate.
Mr. Gibbs was found Inst night at the corner
OF Twenty-third street and Eighth avenue. It
had been announced that a celebration OF tho
Thirteenth district Republicans would bo held
over the appointment Of Clarence Meade to u
Justiceship. and accordingly the streets were
thronGed, but Mr. Gibbs said that tho gaining
OF 1ustieeship was small potatoes. and he re-
fused to call the assembly to order. such was
the eipnuence upon his mind Of losing bis parrot
has been trying his speeches on that parrot for
years. The parrot Is chock full OF Gibbs's
in the district, took advantage OF the excite
GSbs nSht f. f. StaS he eSa and al
Mr.. Sheehan denied this, It Is a fact, how
ever, that sheehan and Gibbs met a iew even
got to talking politics Shee6an sad: "''' '-'0'
sbSsssp sbeoS LIZ going n;.a 70 bent @ YOU next fall"
thought, You su cant do iG?t IL; you pA Know T. and
and you're not going to try"
and and you'll Iaee get knocked out the next time you
so,it may be- after all. that the Buffalo man
Justice Meade took the oath OF oIlce yester-
for few days BY his associates on the POLICE
Court bench. and will then take the assign
The appointment was STfS very iRoroaehy oS dis
cussed ali over again. There was much bet
ter feeling over it in Tammany circles than at
what he said on the matter the day before ex-
cept that in view OF the talk about the tndlet-
public the papers whose presentation to him
had removed that circumstance AS a factor in
ment These are tho documents:
MEMORANDUM.
In the mater ., Of rC GnrsneS Ms2dS.IH ie35 white
o
statsa sevised Statutes 40 preliminary eIaminaton
the testimony of sherlock who himself az Tho
same time and on his own evidence indicted Tor the
same offence Meade was not arrested nor required TO
furnish bail the propriety of the prosecution being
doubted. The prosecution was subsequently aban:
9onsd. 91 And q mol pros entered sec certificate Of
clerk OF Circuit Court BKNJAHIS Is. FosTkR.
:. NEW Yor., July ~ after animation or the
Indictment against Clarence W. Meade and inyeBRa-
tion of the circumstances under which It ordered
by the Grand Jury became satisfied that the ndict.
mont should not have been found. and cd its dis
mfsal which was ordered by tho Court in 1881.
STEWART J. WoonFoRn
Formerly United states Attorney.
Mr.. Patterson would not SIT as Police JUS
uce yesterday morning. Justice German took
his place at the Tombs. then went up TO dis
Dose OF his own cases at Jefferson Market.
came back late In the afternoon to finish up the
Toinbs cases; and sat In Special Sessions In an
interval Of leisure