New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-08


AWAY FROM HIS PARENTS.
"Pa, said She, get up; there's knocks
Indeed thin, will not said Pat.
Pat avourneen,- said She "are ye going to Kit on
| n, ver bed this blessed and holy mornin ?,
"IIave sinsc. woman dear Pat replied "an let ne
| sblrcp I tell ye; will yc!'
pat Nolonev are We goin' 10 disgrace yourself b.
refusing TO got up O. that an let the dacin peopA
In that, knocking AT the dre fer tn Iasht hour an
can't get in said Mary Maloney Pats wife. apn
bet We a dime to paynut there's some news
Tommy
.Mnsha. God help We, We craythur; tn rossoon hu
doad a. a doornail a week ago. dramha
NJ Tin, losht night an that's what you're dom now
| t,o dromin' OF i'm How an iver I'll 60 and SEES
Pat was by this time partly dressed and the thun.
derng on the doorway was repeated Win such fores
! that the uld hinges almost gave way. On" must know
that No Sc Oak-st Is not such substantial stIucuN
and the door never built 10 be hammered on IN
cercmoniOusly at : O'clock IN the morning.
Tommy the twelve year0ld son, VINO had beea
drowned according To thu statement OF a younger
brother BY being showed OF the dock at Beekman st.
week ago By two Of his companions. FRANK Ldgo and
Patscy Redican, given mp for dead ana nobody In
the Fourth Ward believed that he would ever sgsin
have n chance to grow mp and blossom out Into q
slucccr or be elected to the Board OF Aldermen.
Pat opened the door, and almost tainted wien No
saw Tommy. Two big black men brought him home.
| lie was alive. There wasn't a word out Of him. Ills
face was full Of frcces. but not exactly ~ clean as
Won expect 10 find the face Of a boy who lnd as II
was believed been immersed in water for more tfnn
n week. The two men, who were "Joe" Dickson
and Niger SAM both colcrcd people. WHO do moth
ing confronted Mr.. Maoney when he opened the
door When he saw Tommy he let out yell. but being
a man did not 4" fall back" This was reserved f@
his wife. Mary Malcney, who swooned away 10 the
Queens taste. She made no great cutlery. on mo
darnt were all the words that she cold utter when
she was laid on her bed. while the neighbors who
had been summoned applied the beverages Of old Ire.
land TO her temples and without consulting the doc
tor even, asked her TO swallow drop Of the same.
"Me darint child was all she could say when
she recovered. Then everybody began praisins
| Tommy, and saying what good boy he always mad
| been.
II was lust a week last Thursday since Tommys
| two companions threw him into the East River be-
tween Piers % and 90, and since then the rogulsh
| Young villain has been as dead as Pharoah. Inc
newspapers printed his pictures and full accounts OF
his disappearance, returning each day To some new
feature Of the doctor returns periodically 70
Ills patient feel his pulse. Tommy, whose business
| was that of n newsboy Is nearly twelve years old,
Frank Lago who IS accused OF having thrown him in Is
about the same age AMI lives at No Batnvia-st.
and Pa,spy Reiican, who took too prominent part
In the matter as well. only nine years old, and
! lived at No 1i2 Cherry-st. little Johnnie MaloT'y
was there too when his brother Tommy was thrown
| cf and he acted great little rascal a. any "
them, for he didn't tell his mother or father for
| week what had happened. and they were nearly
| crazy Meanwhile Tommy. who might vet be Frost.
dent OF the I-rited states reading his own o5t.
| nary every day. and eating bananas and throwing
dice on the Sidewalk lie lived this wav for a week.
while the police were searching high and low for
him. The waters Of the East River were dragged.
and dragged and dragged agai1 but one might ~
LOAD of Ctr
the policeman said. las trying to find the young
ragamufin.'
Mr. Cerry's society had charge Of tho supposed
young murderors all the time. and will until to
| day. when It Is believed they will he discharged
| now that Tommy" has turned up. The story OK
| the young lads disappearance was something Ike
this: He was I'm the neighborhood OF Beekman-st'
and the East River a week last Thursday with MS
brother and the other two boys. He had 30 CENTS
and Lago thought that II would be a good thlng 10
| take II from him, and 80 did Redcan. Then they
| threw him into the water. and when ne cimoered
ont threw him in again. and whe1 he clambered ois
threw him In n third time. As they did not see MIN
s 70 tho TOP any more they got frightened and ran
away his little brother with them. When he goe
| homo he never said a word 10 anybody about what
happened 10 Tommy" until AZ last the mother hearo
II from the other boys. and then the fun began.
From tho hour when Dickson and " Niger sam"
brought Tommy home yesterday morning stream
| Of pccpl" poured into No 81 Oak-st.
q" Let me az III young scoundrel Until lambashts
IN" said Nod Ken. edy. ~ he dropped In 10 see II
tn. story OF I ray return was true or not
We kin q, now Wild Dinny McGrat wot jumped
from the Bridge lasht week. ye hn,' said hKe
Fagartv. another 'longshoreman e v derc's any
s,nr In ID said Tommy unconcernefly. I'm w1d
We" To see the Size OF him he spoke. sitting On
an I'd rkc" c. n. t,itotncl chair. his feet half
foot fro the ground ana bis legs barred TO his knees,
one could scarcely help laughing.
"B. jabcr, Tommy - exclaimed another caller.
we'll have sind you an Ould Gid to Ia fair' an
! ven make plntv ~ money"
Who, Ould Gid ," said Tommy. looking up.
THAT'S that fellow in lllinolsc that LEI out thin
min to'hcr day. Be the powers that's foine. Mnt
light Pat,' But Maoney was slumbernC In the
! corner having heard much all day that he could
10 longer stand II.
"Ye big stuff" said Tommy. "don't ye see 90
boxes hnkcrs shet mp? He's conner dis time
| but he amt drowned like WIS, 80 he amt
"Who Is de- boke, Tommy -
Dad said he
| Mrs. Mlloncy lifted Il di>hcoth and there was
dangerous look In her eye a. she rushed toward ice
beloved boy to chastiNe him. "le dirty young
| ,r-lpcen," said she. do We name 10 talk OF YET
| dacent and hard.workin' father like that. who's
heart IS broke THRIVING 10 keep tn bit In yer mouthf
| ont aid ycv' She was going 10 hit him. when fas
| stretched iorth ais hand ana stopped her Nv ye
hurt ha In hi, head 'hes be a IrD yo, b hsso
Since you disappeared Tommy - me reporter nn
Whites WIS in d. bottom OF o. ,Ne rt ' %an WIN
mn, los an glass stlcl.ln in me feet, ana ION Win
| de-, ni.ccrs pulled rne out l went seiIin papers
| acin an Slept roun' de docks. was 100 stare" "
| conc lone - o,,
| ~ do foot of NrNy-st., near Washington var
ro, n Good nI,cr I tell yc. pOnge Higgins ana de
TWO nirecrs swpe watches an drink beer, thats
al dcy DO .,.
! "Why some stiff put me name In de papers an
| don "o niycers knew am dey brought me home"
| Tho ncighbors want Lago and Redican prosecuteo'
| but Mary and Pat LAY. In one voice q, IL were,
" The di,il swarc ever sW"lc Ill NV i"he' III" ~
not goln' ter begin now. r, ,..,. ,o,o..
p,i i"s,,cs Meade, In charge OF James Palles. an
AGENT Of the Gerry society. Tommy Moloney was