The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-04
FRANCIS NOLAN KILLED.
HE FELL FROM A TRAIN WHILE ON
HIS WY TO CHIOfGO.

One OF RrookIyn's Comuissio.ers or Chart.
ties and Democratic Leader OF the
Fourteenth Ward-He Leaves an E,tate
Estimated to be Worth Hair . Million
ERIE. Sept. 3.-This morning man Of about
90 years. clad in silk underclothes. was found
lying unconscious between the tracks Of the
Lake Shore road. between Northeast and
Moorhead's. He proved to be Commissioner oil
Charities Francis Nolan OF Brooklyn. He was
still breathing when found, but died fifteen
minutes later.
The skull was crushed In on the right side and
one leg was broken. Shortly after the finding
OF Mr.. Nolan on the tracks. his travelling COM
panion. Thomas ]. Patterson. who had missed
him from the Exposition Limited, returned
from Cleveland and went to Northeast. whittier
the body had been taken. He identified 1t as
that OF his friend,
According to Mr.. Patterson. Mr. Nolan had
been Ill during the journey and got up during
the night His berth was in the rear car. and
lie Is supposed to have made q mistake and
gone out OF the car on the platform, from
which he foil
The train was running at n sixty-mile- an
hour rate at that point He was found about
au hour after he fell from the train, but was
not missed until tho train arrived in Cleve-
land
There Mr.. Patterson and Alderman Daniel
McGrath. also OF Brooklyn. got of. and began
telegraphing back along the line for news
OF Mr.. Nolan. They finally got word
from Moorhead's that n man answering
the description had been found by the track
near Northeast. which is little station four
miles from Moorheads and fifteen miles from
Erie. Pa. McGrath and Patterson then took
the next train back to Erie.
Fred Duryea OF Williameburgh who is a SON.
1n-law OF Commissloner Nolan received de-
Cleveland saying that Mr.. Nolan had been in
.sp.teh' which nS was signed y Thomas Pat It
that Mr. Nolan 'sH dean and thst his BODY
would be brought to Brooklyn. At midnight
Assessor Patterson, stating that Mr.. Milan
iell of the train while walking from one car
Norshe"s The body viii reach the Gpand
Central Station at 81 D this afternoon, .a"D
Nolan was ns born in Ireland in ls
il The Frat ward Of brooklyn; and i vas there
No, 20 In 1916 he moved 70 Wiliamsbursh
and began life as an apprentice to. a cooper;
1850. when his health became Impaired Then
ne t entered Cd politics and was elected con-
He was reslected constable each successive
year until 1857 when he was nominated and
elected Alderman Of the Fourteenth ward, He
was nominated to the once Of Coroner. 49,,
term was again nominated and reelected. He
did not desire the nomination for third term.
but 1t was. nevertheless. forced upon him. He
was defeated by an overwhelming majority.
Mr.. Nolan then retired from politics, and 1t
was not until he was appointed Charities
Commissioner about three years ago. that
he again entered the political arena. He
occupied that office, at the time OF
Mr.. Nolan represented his Assembly and
Senatorial districts Mt many OF the State Con-
ventions. While Alderman and Coroner and
even at tho time Of his death. he was the ac-
knowledged leader Of the Democracy in the
Fourteenth ward. He was always Democrat.
Mr.. Nolan was married in 1872 to Mrs. Mar
Gueiite Fielding. and since that time he has
widow. two children. Frank and Marquette
Nolan. and four grown up stepchildren.
At the time Of his death Mr.. Nolan conducted
an undertaking business at 145 Bedford ave-
nue.. and it is estimated that he leaves fortune
OF half a million. He was a Catholi c and a