Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-07
DEATH OF JAMES r. MULLEN.

& Well Known Citizen-Ex-Fire l
 Commissioner and ex-Lieutenant
 of Police.
 The friends, and they are legion, of MT. James T. Mullen, proprietor of the Reed Bitters company, will be pained to learn of his death, which occurred yesterday af- ternoon at 4;30 o'clock at his home, 84 Clark street, at the age of forty y-seven years. The cause of death was comph-
 cation of diseases, of which heart disease
 formed an important part. The deceased
 had been complaining for a number of years, sometimes feeling better and again
 worse, and during the past few months
 had been practically confined to his house.
 MT. Mullen was at one time in the his
 tory of the city quite prominently connect
 ed with local politics, having been for g
 number of years member of the board of
 fire commissioners and for some time up to
 few years ago chairman of that body.
 From 1868 to 1871 he was lieutenant of
 police and made most efficient official in
 all the capacities which he served the city.
 He was veteran of the late war, having
 served faithfully and with great credit in
 the Ninth Connecticut Volunteers, and af- ter having become enfeebled and reduced l by long sickness he was honorably dis charged. Upon his return from the war
 he assisted prominently to organize and found the Sarsfeld Guard, and remained
 with that company, devoting much of his
 time and attention to it's interest.
 MT. Mullen was also one of the founders and prime movers in the well-known or der of tue Knights of Columbus, and to 1s afF 1>, lrn fhn v>1 nal success that has attended that order. From small beginning it has grown to be
 one of the largest and most influential or ders in this part of the coudtry, and to nc one man more than to the deceased is this 5 extraordinary growth of the order due. He ! was at all times indefatigable in his efforts for the advancement of the order, and it ii probable that owing to his hard work ir
 the orders interests much of his i'll healtt in later life may be attributable. In con. nection with Daniel Colwen he devised tht ritual of the order and held the chief of fee in it for number of years, being a the time of his death grand dictator ot one of the councils.
 The deceased was painter by trade anc
 worked for a number of years for ex Captain Phillips of the Blues. He wa l naturally 8 smart and shrewd business ] man, and became connected with Georg ; w. M. Reed, when the latter years ag' conducted a wholesale liquor store on Stat : street, and with. him formed the Reet Bitters company, of which he was secre tary and treasurer for number of years T Later he became sole proprietor of tn business, MT. Reed retiring to engage il
 other business. He built large bricl building on State street, in the rear of tn ,. New Haven Folding Chair company premises some seven of eight years since :. and since then has manufactured his good @ there. At the time of his decease he ha. just completed large and elegantly fur @ nished brick house on Humphrey street a cost of $10,000 or $12,000, which he ex pected to use as his own personal resi- : dence.
 g The deceased leaves wife and child @ mourn his loss. His wife is sister of tn Hon. James P. Pigott and P. J. Cronar Il the paper box manufacturer, is brother j. in-l law.
 @ The funeral services will be held at hi ): late residence tomorrow morning at S:6 It o'clock, followed by solemn requiem hig tt mass at St. Mary's church at 9 o'clack.