Evening journal., 1894-03-21
WITHOUT WARNING,
The Grim Monster Came Into
a Happy Home Yesterday.
MERCHANT JOHEF, BRADYs DEATH

violent Cramps In the stomach Caused
His Death. Just as They killed His
Father Years Before-How the Delaware
Iron " orks Came to BE Established in
the Delaware Town.
special Correspondence Evening journal.
NKW CASTLE March 2l--A swift as
tbe arrows flight came the death mes
senger yesterday into the home Of one
Of the most popular and best known
young men in New Castle. and to-day the
whole community mourns the loss Of
beloved fellow citizen.
While at work In his store on Monday,
Merchant John +. Brady, OF Young
street. was taken sick with severe
cramps and went ia the house to lie
down awhile He suffered during the
entire day aud DR.. Black was sent for
Mr.. Brady started to resume his work
yesterday morning, when he was again
seized with violent cramps in the
stomach, and went back to lie on a
lounge IN his house He never got up
agaiu, and died on the lounge at o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Until ten minutes
before death the sufferer was per
fectly conscious.
The real cause Of his death was
haemaiemesis or cramp collie as some
people term &C. MIR Bradys father died
in exactly the same way twenty-five
Years ago The elder Mr. Brady WAS
then employed In Wilmington and one
morning about II o'clock he was seized
with violent stomach pains and at .
o'clock he was brought home dead
John r. Brady was 40 years old and
merchant OF remarkable enterprise aud
ihrift. He was unmarried and seemed
60 devote all his time to his widowed
mother and TO his business the latter
assuming such large proportions with
the aid Of his brother, James b. Brady,
that three or four assistants had to be
engaged Mr.. Brady started on little or
nothing and built up a splendid business
and accumulated.an estate Of three mod
ern-patterned houses and three stores
Mr. Bradys constant application was
remarkable because he was great lover
Of outdoor sports IN his early life and for
years played protest. oual baseball He
played short stop on the Quickstep Club,
of Wilmington, in the early seventies
and was the organizer and manager of
the once famous Brady Senate team, Of
this city When be went into business
however everything else was forgotten.
Mr. Brady's libarality TO the poor wrs
also remarkable as, during the pa
winter, be cared FIR a score Of families
who nobody ever knew were ia want so
quietly did he look after them One
iamily-one OF the sorrowing Of which
there Is a multitude-was even provided
with home by him, in addition TO being
clothed and fed
why the Big Iron works Came Here.
The Philadelphia Record Of TO. day con-
tanned an interesting story Of how the
Delaware Iron Works came 10 be founded
here Ia part il Is es follows.
"The tactics now being employed 10
City Councils to delay and possibly de-
feat the ordinance which gives the
Cramps permission to enlarge their ship
yard, and which at the same time pro.
vides for extensive needed street i'm
provements in the northeasterly section
Of the city, SAVIOR strongly OF the unwise
policy that drove The great iron works Of
Morris, Tesker & Co, from this city,
twenty years ago Just as other cities
are now making hattering offers 10 the
Cramps TO induce them to leave Philsdel-
phis and locate elsewhere, so then strong
Inducements were held out to Morris.
Tasker & Co TO move, and theyiaccepted
them, establishing their new plant 90
New Castle, Del The southeastern sec
tion Of the city suffered severely by this
change, as hundreds OF workinggen with
their families followed the firm to their
new home
'In 1870, Morris Tasker & Co., whose
practically idle works still cover the
entire square Of ground bounded by
Fourth. Fifth, Morris and Tasker
streets, found that their business had
increased TO such proportions that the
transportation OF fuel and material TO the
works and The shipping Of the finished
product could no longer be carried on
proftahy by teams. They were par.
tleularly anxious to stay at the old place
and an ordinance was introduced into
councils TO grant them permission IA
lay tracks over Moyamensmg avenue
aud some small streets 20 connect with
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal
timore railroad tracks on Washington
avenue.
'At that time that portion Of the cit!