The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-14
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S. Bedside-His
81 i1Y's Grief.
TO SUCCEED HIM.
lskoboke@ Excellent Mayor Will
Give the County First
Class Service.
JAILER DAVIS MUCH WORRIED.
Rumors That lie Wants the Office
For Personal Adherent- Many
Aspirants.
JAILER DAVIS MUCH WORRIED.

The announcement of the death oil
Sheriff John j. McPhillipps was exclus
lively published in an extra edition Of
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS last night. The
Sheriff .lied at five minutes past five
O'Clock, and the extra of The JERSEY CITY
NEWS was on the street at twenty minutes
past five O'Clock.
Yesterday afternoon when it was known
that the Sheriff was not expected to live
throughout the day. the excitement in the
neighborhood of the Court House was in.
tense. Reports of the Sheriff's condition L
were received every half hour, and as
none of them bore any evidence of i'm
provement, there were many expressions
of sympathy for the family OF the unfor-
tunate man.
at three O'Clock Drs. Nevin and Buffet
and two New York physicians examined
the patient and held a consultation. I'm
der Sheriff Jeremiah Maher, Counsellor
Mervyn Armstrong and several of the in.
innate friends of the family awaited IN q
room adjoining the sick cham Der to learn
what the phvsicia US had TO say. At half
past three o'clock the physicians left the
sick chamber aud their solemn counte-
Sheriff.
I'VE have done all that mortal man
can DO for the Sheriff." said DIR. Noble,
who acted as spokesman for the doetors.
There is only one chance in million of
his recovery. Unless all signs fail he
cannot live the day out"
The grief of Mrs. McPhillIps, the esti-
mabIe wife OF the Sheriff. and the chill
dren, who were old ecouGh to realizs
what the physician said, was painful to
witness. Under Sheriff Maher aud Coun-
sellor Armstrong brongnt the news TO the
Court House and everybody had a kind
word Tor the unfortunate mans family.
The real nature Of the Shertffs illness
had not until this time become thoroughly
known. DR.. Noble said that the most
serious of the complication of diseases
f,om which the Sheriff was suffering was
Br1gnL's disease of the kidneys.
THE END.
The end came at exactly five minutes
past five O'clock. The Sheriff was uncon-
scious, and his death was painless In
the sick chamber at the hour of death
vere j. j. Williamson, an old friend of
the family; Mrs. McPhillips, the deceased
Sneriff's mother; Mrs. Williamson, Miss
McPhlltips, the dying mans sister; Mr..
Coogan. Constable Carroll, and the wife
and children of Mr.. McPhillips The
news of the death spread RAPIDLY and was
soon known from one end OF the county
to the oJher.
Ex-Coroner John V. Burke, the Newark
avenue undertaken, and an intimate
friend of the Sheriff in life, has charge of
the funeral arrangements. Mr.. Burke
told reporter for THE JERSEY CITY
NEWS this morning that the Sheriff would
hot be buried until Saturday morning.
The body will be placed in handsome
caske5 iD the front parlor of the resi-
dence, No. II Jones street aud will be
Inscribed as follows
JOIN J. McPHTLLIps
Died Tuesday, December a. 1892
Aged thirty-hv years, six months and twenty
eight days.
The body will be taken from the house
TO ST. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church.
where a solemn high mass of requiem
will be celebrated, and the body will
then be taken to the family plot in the
Hudson County Catholic Cemetery The
deceased leaves q widow and four chill
dr4n, espectively:-Annie. six years old:
John, five years CID; Cornelius, three
years old, and Laura, one year old. A
sketch OF the deceased Sheriff's life was
published in last nights JERSEY CITY
NEWS.
AT THE COURT HOUSE.
About the Court House this morning
the death of the Sheriff was the sole
topic OF conversation, and much specula-
tion was rife as to who his successor
would be. The flag on the Court House
was at half mast. About the first person
TO arrive at the Court House was Coroner
Parslow, of Hoboken. He was greeted
OH all sides as Mr.. Sheriff and many law
yers shook his hand warmly. BY virtue
of his Office as Senior Coroner of the
county, Mr.. Parslow is in a certain sense
the Sheriff of the county today. The law
contemplates that if any legal paper Is to
be served by the Sheriff, it shall in
case of this kind be served by the Coroner.
In order that the legal machinery of
the county should not be interrupted by
the death of the Sheriff, the Court
OF Common Pleas notified Coroner
ParsIow last last night to appear in
Court today. The Coroner did SO and.
acting under the instructions of the
Court, he TOOK charge of the Sheriff's Of
flee and will retain it until Governor
Abbett appoints successor to Sheriff
McPhlllips.
DAVIS WORRIED.
The stuffy little den which constitutes
the Sheriff's Office was soon crowded with
lawyers and constables. Business was
practically at stand still. His ex-Honor,
JaiIer Davis, entered the Office about a
quarter to ten o'clock. He wore a
troubled expression of countenance.
WHAT are all these reporters doing
here" he asked of Under Sheriff Maher
in cranky voice.
Jere" made no answer and "Bobn and
"Jere" went into the inner office.
PLENTY OF WoULD-BE's
Ex-Judge Allan l.. McDermot5 said this
morning that the appointment must.
under the law, be made forthwith after
Lhe Clerk OF the Court certifies to the
Governor that the vacancy exists, It
may be presumed from this that a new
Sheriff will be in charge before the end
of next week.
Governor Albeit will have plenty of an
plicants to choose from. The short time
allowed the Governor to make the an
pointment has brought the hopeful ones
to The surface simultaneously. Among
the names mentioned In connection with
The Office are Edward +. Stanton. Mayor
of HoDoken; ex-Sheriff Ferdinand
Beipize; Coroner W. N. Parslow, Police
Just ce Kimmetly and Collector P. Fl,
O'Neiil. From what could be learned
TO ay, only two of these men have a ghost
of chance and they are Stanton aud
EeiaIze.
or Lnese two Mayer Stanton is con-
sideced to have by far the better chance
for succeeding the late Sheriff.
HOB0KENss 3 CLAIM.
When John J. McPhiilips was seeking
the nomination two years ago Mayor