The sun., 1892-05-08
THE STAR,
86th St.. and Sd Az.
OBITD.lRE

Ex-Polce Captain Theron II. Bennett dice
at $3.50 o'clock yesterday morning ut his home
PIT East 127th street Hcwas born in Pough.
koepsie on July T. 1913. He camo to New
| York In 1929. and was successfully n bakers
| apprentices. foreman OF n construction gang
on the Hudson River Railroad. steward and
mato on tho steamers Oregon. Neptune. and
| Telegraph OH New Yorl; and Boston lines
and conductor on the Fourth Avenue Railroad.
Mayor Ca!ebJ. Woodruff appointed him assist
ant Captain Of Police in the Eighteenth ward in
lS47. and eight years later he was made Can
tain. In 1868, when 200 Germans and Irish
gagged IN II race riot. Cant. Bennett and eleven
| men landed on the island. checked an attack
ot th. rioters with revolver fire. and held item
to Wa,H's Island, in big scows., The rioters
double lines Of police. who disarmed them.
About thirty OF the rioters wers wounded. but
nss IT wss ae nSsSs Wis.,
Academy of Muscirom destruction by dispers-
ing ~ means Of persuasion rather than force
wreck til" building because t,,o directors had
refused to pstmit meeting there Of the fol
at the head OF lis men in several Of tho live. a
iiest fights Of the drift riots pf ls.k The
,osk aw
net of the lore. with him. He had charge OF
the Harlem police, tor many years. Tut was in
H dsth dSs ens to- Id
age He leaves an aged widow and son and
daughtnr. both Of whom are married and re-
tain died Funeral services will be he Id there
on Monday evening. and the interment viii! DO
surerntsndent. 1nsi~ctors. and cartains OF Of
police met at the Central Office yesterday anil
death.
Daniel p Cummjns tbo walI. .t,or, ar,n,;ar
President Of the Girard National Bank and n
director Of the Penpsylvania Railroad, died
Friday evening. His death was due to he ef:
fects of a cold contracted at the launching OF
The cruiser New York ut CRAMPS shipyard last
one Of the leading members Of the Clearing
House, Association. n director Of the Pennsyi:
College. director, of the Philadelphia Trust
Company and of the Western Savings Fund
Of ths on"n League
avestrymen Of f1inits Episcopal chnrch chS :ef!s He
Wsssthe sole executor Of the vast estate Of !. v.
property to the Pennsylvania Com pany Tor in
snrances s m on lives and granting annuity vas as
Col. GeoAe W: Bushyhead delegate to the
the Providence lntrmary on Tuesday last.
CO... Blshyheat was an eX.ehief OF the Chero-
chef, Of the !Cheroke.s Of the reservation in
resic nins the ONCE of chief Of his tribe o b"san cyan
preaching. and was ordained Baptist minis
ter. He went to Atlanta three weeks ago. in
terding to remain there and attend the Con-
vertion.
The Rev. ". +. McIlvane one Of the most
prlrinent figures in the early days Of Presby-
ber OF the Synod of Pittsburgh. died at his re-
born in Carlisle on Jpn; 2. 1891; ca and graduated
dainoi by the Presbytery Of Ohio in 1890. and
was tho continuous pastor Of tho Fast Liberty.
IA. Presbyterian church for nearly half a con-
tury. He WAS twice married.
Dr.. Patrick McShane. assistant surgeon OF
IT, Tw"nsy; second Nsy 3 l2Ek at; Cay dGayary irom
wMs bnrn and
m ,dlc..:e in Roc shSstrr. lie leaves two dauyh-
holy lay unclaimed IN the Nioreue until yes.
terday, when man named Quigley said he
would hurry 1t II 10 one eso would.
street. stareton s l.. in his s"s 7lst $,
year. He patented Il mach inc to turn lead
Pencils and y latho Tor table leg making; For |
rcived largo sums from tho Government. by |
which they were used He was the Ironrietor |
three S sons. and two daughters survive Eim. inv
Friday evening. aged 81, He was We'll.
minion Club Of PittsburGh:. He was class
nate Of Andrew Carnegie. Henry Ihipps. Jr.. |
Robert Pitcairn. d. Is. and Henry Oliver. J. B. |
Dorrington. and others.
Mrs Ann Armstrong. wife OF Deacon James
sicCaw of the Norwich. n. L Congregational
,ity editor Of the Norwich Morning !Srn. died
On Thursday. aged ~ years. She was n native
u Dumfriesshirc Scotland. and came to Nor
vlch with her husband In 1857.
Florist Alfred II. Crummey died OF apopleXy
IN the stooD OF his house. 800 Sccoud street,
Brooklyn. on Friday night. in his 3Uth year.