The sun., 1894-04-01

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Harry nil H va. certainly worth ss much a.
$500. .000 at one time. he bought $50 acres q
and IN Flushing, extending from IN. town !; q !
contain Cd ths most vsiusble deposits Of build.
aiA v.. AZ IIlIt.ssts man ana Knew slmo.. ),
Sr sno.n 1i SSSHsy 'pa i2
body ION on 'dit Credit without sdsGuste security.
necsssitsted buying tugs and building ,,is
%s iTSnd SSt From .ssmbos, pTopr.tO eTs
Of Flushing By est.bllshing a steam ierry lin.
place and TIE foot OF Fulton street in this city.
In this vsnture he sunk Thousands Of dollars.
u..d only =. n frsisht IYp route M DO' W. SUI
.s..lnE that the ferry bushes. was not
sSn 70 succeed asy b.m h rented ,S. sIsy ss oHf %
sndis tn. most palstisl vessel in those waters.
tion OF what he had spent on them. While he
had them they got into collisions and involved
When Hill purchased his estate at Flush:
ins he left a mortgage on It, which was held
brouel the inventor of vsseline. Ne took q
any bank. and endorsed notes Tor, friends
utterly regardless Of business principles.
his II. SSas. s %fh rUS tGs a DGcs Si
seven thousand dollars day to almost moth
Ing. He made desperate efforts to retrieve his
.iiort to start what he called the Gurio. now
His notes b began to fsil due. end he was % com:
Delled to raise iunds to meet them by further
mortssses on his Flushing -, propGfrty fIty. Ihs
p. T. Bsrnum turned him out. .Hertzberg.
Moses Bierbach. and Browning, the builder;
we're some ot ~ those wno held MS notes. ana
The nrst news that ,fiarry, Hill was on the
fSr S for cUsi used Iet on Sis steamsrs s
was the first, holder Of his notes to sue him
lost 1t s th sas Flu SGSsF'f Hsts
Tn h ssnS shSS
sold SS Then sa vmss bs On FInssnS
house % was IS rsclosed and he lost that
Mr.. Chesebrough used him with the ut
most kisdness. but he was compelled to fore
nee 81 AZ All Hills remaining property. valued
H.rem R@eT SsSS. for lis Bae the po
ToDy SeS
close. This left Hi practically penniless.
That was four years, ago. Since then he has
a,Sur. 10 %as sa s
position he had encountered in New York was
by & sS sS ss sosS aS5r not
get q fresh start. He kept retreating further
from the police until nov he is located in
Hill's mistake was IN foollshly. madIy going
into lines OF business he did not understand
TsneTositg @ ' and his trust IN Other emu mem @ were @
what caused his downfall He is member OF
aosF Hs III sSS 81 sros..a the Williams.
hurgh Ferry aud took Newtown car for Harry
Hills saloon in Maspeth. 1t was. a long. cold
e e: there :F rsSsnsa ss% out walk f' nv: nn ss
hfen ovss ws' sss .nlsuaa Ta the &n ssS S..
used to adorn the walls Of the, Houston street
any other In that neighborhood Hill lay In
reclining chair In the back room. A little girl.
leaving her alone in the world. is his com pan. pan.
%sp hs Srnt
handsome Newfoundland dog. The old man
arose and expressed the greatest pleasure at
I'VE. SEQ very few people out here he OK:
planned. Why. before the Corbett- Mitchell
the II ~ result Of the rounds would Ss builstinsd
you think came TO sec it2 Not one. and had
gone to the expense or a special wire"
Mr.. Hill was far more Interested In describ-
Ing his former successes than his recent fail
up Vo to this time to let his poverty be generally
known. He had absolutely no capital and he
was forced 70 TAX i.y opportunity that offered
II / only had a couple of thousand dollars"
he said. Il could start good. respecsable road
Brooklyn, I have friends enough who drive
out occasion ally. to support such q place. II
you would mention the fact that when / ran
the old place on Houston street gave the use
Of my stage every Thursday for some charity
perforinancs, and furnished the house and
the band and q good many Of the performers.
E1; mount unit siysn to the Gensiisiarr. "''' 'H'
Harry Hill looks sad when asked for q list of
Ing ce Since the Harlem venture Was - sold out. He
% Ma then to the Plapf road IL ia:
% q the the .utaoritiss oi Hollis. I. l.. but some ci
Ihs newspapers opposed that and the license
sslk :nS IN East New york Hs little pses
In Maspeth costs him SO month rent Dur
ing the wnOi; two hSTrs The ts ws thsT
ives In the saloon and does his own cooking
In the rear room He sleeps 10 little room
IL tho coldest days last winter he was met
walking through the streets and shiyering.
Han tS sosH Iuh IT, 'fsg2 fsplisd the % old sport.
i. Bsb1a as he calls the iittls orphan who
o school. and old Harry had pawned his over
,oat TO buy her q cloak.
Mr.. Hills three sons are all living. but they
Ire none OF them In position to support their
athsr Edward is 9 pilot. employed by Boyer
I Co, who Ineeeedsd his father as owners Of
he ferry. Richard keeps q small hotel IN
Flushing, bur has absolutely no means. Will
lam Is janitor in a house In this city.
Mr.. Hill says he 10 80 years old. His lawyer
Iays he has sons who are over so. and that his
iill's pride to resist the flight OF years. His
ace is more wrinkled than formerly. but his
,ye is not dimmed nor his natural force sbated.
they tell stories In MAspeth OF his having ex-
'rted an am Azing amount OF strsnRIh on one
,r two recent occasions whom IL became nee
,ssaIy to eject quArrelsome customers from
lis little saloon out there. Harry Hill IL still
Joss OF his own shop
A fund. said to sxcssd $500 already. ,is being
'aised for the old man By Richard X. Fox.
Henry q Miner has agreed 20 give the use OF
he Peoples Theatre. POI Bowery. free OF
hargs for q benefit TO Harry Hill which will
probably take place Sunday evening. April ~.
rhs old man will himself take part In the en-
sEtAinment by giving an exhibition OF Indian |
lub swinging. for which he once held cham |
'ionship. He says he was the first to give eI;
libitions OF this art. and that he never refused
o perform with the clubs free Of charge for |
my worthy benefit Haaeks all his old Protes. |
ionsl friends Is who 81 sspesr f.; his benefit
.etresses who frst |.ffornle4 on Harry Hilrs |