The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-04


was newsboy in the cold northern
city which puts>out into Lake Erie. He
was the brightest OF all the guild in
that town. and made hosts Of friends
among the merchants and lawyers
whom he supplied with morning and
evening papers. for the lad was tire
less in those days as he has since
proven in politics and worked night
and day. Among his patrons was 4
leading young lawyer OF Buffalo,
Charles f. Tabor BIZ name Tabor had
been assigned by the court OF over
and terminer TO defend a man of in
temperate habits. but otherwise of
good reputation. who had been charged
with robbing drunken eomrade OF a
watch and four hundred dollars IN
money. 1t was case OF eircumstantial
evidence and the burden Of proof
seemed to be against Tabors client.
Tabor. however. was convinced Of the
mans innocence and he eoaxed blue
Eyed Billy the newsboy, to work il
up
Billy always had rare detective fac
lesSness in short order. He ascer-
tanned the name of every place where
the supposed criminal and his friend
had been on the night of the robbery.
He could work in safety, as his extreme
youth saved him even from the impu-
tation of being an amateur detective.
He discovered that the man, now an
esteemed citizen of Buffalo, whom we
will call Larkins, had visited q. den on
Genessee street. called the "Gut." 1t
was a place frequented by the de-
PRAYED of both sexes. Larkins' friend
very unwiseiy flashed a roll" That
settled his fate and that of his cicer-
one. Both were given peters" in
their liquor and were soon uncon-
scious. Next morning the friend Of
Larkins awoke in hotel to which no
had been carried, and he missed his
valuables. On repairing to the saloon
he had visited the night before he was
persuaded by the evidence of four
witnesses that his friend had robbed
him, and he forthwith caused his ar
rest. "Blue-Eyed Billy overheard
the proprietor and his wife" chuck
ling over their good fortune, and he
induced two of his comrades to visit
the den and hear the story retold.
Next day the proprietor and his wife
were arrested and the evidence of
"Blue-Eyed Billy" corroborated by his
youthful associates, saved poor Lark:
ms from felon's cell.
Tabor vas so much impressed with
Billy's precocity that he took him into
his Office as Office boy. Since then
Charles F. Tabor has been attorney
general of the state and ''Blue-Eyed
Billy" has risen to be his partner in the
biggest law business in Buffalo. Billy
has since then been assembyman four
times, speaker twice and is now lieu
tenant governor of the state. He is .
man of boundless ambition and has
the rosiest of prospects before him
And now comes the renowned Tim
othy Dry Dollar Sullivan, best known
of all the New York newsboys. Tim
is only thirty years of age. yet his
fame has prevailed all portions Of the
continent He has been elected sew
eral times to the assembly and the end
is not yet. He is practically the leader
there and he signs for new worlds to
conquer. Big Chiefs Richard Croker
and Ia. ley BOurke are his bosom
friends and the Lord only knows what
the future win have in store for Sir
Timothy.
1t was as newsboy that Tim got
n~1 He
only little midget of Eve, selling
newspapers down in the Sixth ward
after the stirring events of the war OF
the rebellion. The government then
exacted heavy duties from brewers
and manufacturers of tobacco. The
revenue stamp on Q beer barrel resem-
bled an old fashioned greenback. Tim
espied one in the gutter directly in
front Of the saloon on Center street. OF
which he was afterwards the proprie-
tor. He quickly seized it. and. IS it
was wet from the moisture OF the keg
from which it slipped, he Strengthened
it out on the palm Of his hand.
What are you going to do with that
rag, TimP' asked John p Eckhardt,
father Of ."Johnny" Eckhardt. referee
of the Coney Island Athletic club.
I'm thoin to thake it home" isped
the child, aud phut it before the fro,
and thwen its hot I'll have q good dry
dollar"
The name stuck to Tim ever after.
AS lad Tim was noted for his utter
fearlessress and shrewdness "a well.
He never walked az inch out Of any
boys path and his Judgment of charac-
ter was remarkable. One day Fatty"
Walsh. then the king Of the Sixth
ward, tested his ability in the latter d.
rection. Jimmie" he said. BLANK 10
a dead straight fellow. isn't hep"
The man was noted among keen poll
ticians for his duplicity, but Fatty
thought we'll of him and wanted the
boys opinion. upon the principl e, l
suppose, that drum zen men and chill
dren speak the truth
Yes" said Tim. promptly. hes a.
straight as Pearl street" Pearl street,
as all New Workers know, is an irregu-
lar semi-circle, crossing Broadway at
two different points.
The reply caught ION haisn ana
ever after that Tim was his favorite
boy and in time he sent him to the
assembly. Since Tim has become .
statesman be has not lost a particle OF
his early wit An instance may not be
amiss. -Four years ago the late Gen
James ". Hustled was accused by fell
low member of using his position to
advance mis- own interests, and with ini'
pressive soiemnity Gen Hustled arose
to question Of privilege, and spoke
in mart as follows: The gentleman