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now and Then in the houses Of Bottle Alley,
Park ana BS1ssr" strsots, insiiy made Bottle
alley, but The humber Of ro6beries. doubled.
s haS ePI' WRiSS g Sl amt ora Iowa wa1 rom SarU tSc Sidewalk
b SR ~ rs sfSssii Il xs $ss oS n Mn SSSah h lt Ss. % siss
in the tunnel that Charlie Simmons, nnegro
we'll known lp the alley, was shot and killed by
saRIns1 'i PrisoD wG por Z the SG cTi@ SsrV' ne T italian IN 0 was
s m6teRS 4, In Isg 70 sleSs9 years and slS
By n%0g 9obn R ", CON- now n Re e 9 Sge ao pEDs who AZ
that Inc vas an Assistant District Attorney
effort to protect the lives Of those who lived in
the nslghboEhood or those who Ventured Into
Ses st as possible sRiss there the pottiES The b Bsa9 e A torn rs
ONCE succeeded In getting convictions In the
that if22 men who were arrested in bottle Alley
from 1890 to 1895 were sentenced for terms
raIh,ginE fr2m ten years e life imp~risoRment
Attorney, made his record. as a prosecuting
Si%fs Were f Bottle Sf Riey cases so I'M Mr. SHSSs cfn EnsSR x as
d day the H 6l Ess Rnt R e ShS5Ss q 6f Ne murder SnS T 5s {
succeeded In trying and c0nvlctInG foEty-four
Bottle Alley, The, newspapers. In commenting
upon the Bottle Alley convictions In the Court
OF General S%esslons, referred to the term OF the
court az the Bloody AssiZe."
Bottle Alley at that time" said Mr.. McIn-
tyre, was the, bloodiest part OF New, York. The
were murders committed in or about Bottle
Alley. There were Iorty.f9uE Of them tried be-
got convictions in each OF the cases tried. many
Of those convicted being executed afterward.
Bottle. Alley had become so notorious
that the District Attorneys ONCE. decided
TO try to, wipe II out OF existence, We rushed
the murder cases of so quickly that often we
had convictions at nightfall in cases which we
commenced in the morning In one of the
go'cloek one morning. and. by noon, | had aI
o'clock that, night the jury returned a verdict
finding the detsndant guilty Of murder in the
court, as | called it. was the greatest term OF
the Criminal Court on record in this county.
The best thing that ever happened TO New
York was the wiping out of Bottle Alley. 1t
would be a hard matter to- keep, track Of the
number Of robberies committed there. II was
the resort for beggars and thieves. l remem-
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Hunt was arrested at the time, placed on trial.
Snd i mansa got fye yesS ai,i in sing ris sl9s Prison Prison
that they would avenge his murder, When
Hunts term, OF imprisonment expired. he came
ddown from sing Sing and joined the old mem
hearing that Hunt tRaand been S''' released ti'f rom
prison. went about Dragging, that Hunt would
vans murder would be avenged.
shortly after this. Just at daylight. an old
s SsEsnif from %o Rer roS S1SR "a BSttI eq IiIey shs s FtisHssSS
llSSRgth pnon the ground at the t9ot Of the stairs.
the other houses, and within a few minutes the
hRe%s had g9 |tted forth Tn R that Sn33tth lnY m THs To had
hurried to, the. scene. and. when they reached
the corpse on the ground. Every one iR the
the murderer Of Poll Sullivan. Kid Hunt had
" Sulliyan's friends did it to aveng his muir
Kid Hunts body.
In Locking for the meep wh9 killed KID Hunt
Paddy Shay, There was no proof that either
they qS% S SeTe Teisas sRf 0 FRls w aGT cns 81 s the n 5asGr
ders i9 Bottle Alley which have never been
One Of the best known frequenters OF Bottle
Happy Ihie IA Annie ne ha AZ far !; H $SIi,s as 1887 Harry
those days Happy Annie was the recipient
OF much attention from the men who at
tended it. Annie's commQn-law husband
was a negro, named John Dorsey, He was
jealous OF Beef" McCarty. a deniZen Of
the alley to whom Happy Annie took a liking,
On March 10, 1857, Happy Annie danced for
the last time in her life at Bottle Alley, Her
partner was Beef McCarty, Dorsey followed
her into the alley, and. climbing on one OF the
Yoodsheds there. watched her through q win
dow OF a broken down shanty. He finally sent
q messenger to tell her that he wanted
her TO come TO their home at 3 Worth
street. Fearing that Dorsey might do her bod
lily harm, the woman asked McCarty to see her
as far as the street; She believed that Dorsey
was hiding somewhere In the alley, and, as he
had on various occasions Threatened to kill her,
she knew from the tone OF the note which he
sent that he was determined to carry out his
threat that night. Dorsey remained hid
Ing In the alley until tho, woman and
her companion had reached the street.
There McCarty left her. and returned
to the Bottle Alley dance, Dorsey crept
along in the shadow Of the rickety buildings on
Baxter street. following the woman closely.
When she reached 3 Worth street he drew O
razor from his pocket, and, sprinRing upon her,
cut her throat, almost seyerinR her head from
her body; For this crime Dorsey was tried and
convicted. and on July IL, 1857, he was hanged
IN the Tombs. Prison yard.
From that time on murders were so frequent
IN bottle Alley that the police found II neces-
saTy To make the alley a post of duty for one
policeman, who was stationed there ,%continu-
the rear yard murders were committed every
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BOTTLE ALLEY.

And Bottle Alleys gone ?" said the burglar
with q sigh.
Yes" answered the bartender, and derell
never be anything like It again in New York"
Il guess you're right" remarked the man
from Sing Sing. New York never could get
up anything like 1t again"
Down In Bottle Alley
Lives Timothy McNAlly.
A wealthy politician and a gentleman at that;
Admired by the ladies',
The gOsBoons and the babies.
Who represent the tenants In McNally's big fiat.
THAT'S what Ned Harrlgan used to sing"
said Burglar Murphy, resuming his CONVERSE
tlon with the Baxter street bartender.
Down In Bottle Alley
Lives Timothy Mentally.
."Dere were no Timothy McNallys In de al
ley when de city wiped 1t OUT said de barten-
der; deere were only Eyctalians Twin dere. Dey
were mostly raRpickers an begGars."
We'll" said Murphy. lin my time there were
all sorts OF people who lived in the broken
Town houses In Bottle Alley. The only school
the children In the alley ever went to was n
play school In the open air. They used to do
sums In addition with chalk on the doors OF
~woodhouses. What a difference now with
that new school which has the flag on top Of 1t
on the other sidO OF the park The people who
ITeu IN the alley were OF assorted cOl0rS-red,
yellow. white and black. There were a couple
Of Vcilow-faced Chinese. together with Whis-
key Bill. q man who had the reddest face in
New York. and negroes who were blacker than
coal; Then there were some Irish people. who
had skin as white as the driven snow. They
aleptOn piles Of rags surrounded by bags OF
bones and musty paper gathered by the rag
pickers, who had no uso for the Health Board
Sanitary Inspectors. Som OF the people who
lived there slept on straw and ate from a table
made. OF old boxes. with soap boxes for chairs.
Five aud six people lived In "A single room. I
knew every inch OF Bottle Alley, and l rcmem-
Der all OF the hiding places. A man could keep
ont OF the way Of the police for months provid-
ing he buried himself IN Bottle Alley. No one
thoro would squeal on a fellow II they knew he
waA hiding In the alloy to escape being pinched
by tho police. Some OF the people who built
sheds In the alley 20 use as drying racks. ]
speak q OF the rag pickers. lived day and night
IN these sheds. II was owing to the fact
that the rag pickers gathered barrels
IT bottles and stored them in the alley
thai the place got the name o. Bottle Alley
There was a stale hser dive in the alley where q
man Gould buy enough beer for 3 cents 10 keoT
drunk on for two days. Further along the alley
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III SPORT.
Fresh Advocates of Public School Athletics
Probable Boom in Rowing.

GTObn AuVOCateb Oh fuDllC SCuOOl hthAcNlCo-
Probable Boom in Rowing.
A surprise in scholastic circles is the an
nouncemept that the Manual Training High
School of Brooklvn favors the movement for n
public school athletic organization and will try
to induce the other public schools of that
borough to combine and organize n Long ISL
and public school athletic association. which.
with the pronosed New York public school
athletic association. would he similar To the
present New York and Long Island inter-
scholastic athletic bodies. The action OF the
Manual Training High School has stirred I'm
the officers of the Long Island Interscbolastio
Athletic League.
The ~captain- eleet Of the football team to rem
resent CoIumhia Grammar Scboo, who ia stiIl
a. a. H. haD ...rnns ono 49,
In tne city. mas outlined an excellent plan ior
ont n 1rst-class team sbopId he oroonized-
A. a dinner given to the Tri IN School boss-
ball team recently. Phil Seixas was again elect
ed N manage and coach tho nine for 1900 He
said that he would do all in his power to again
turn out a winning team. and that the only
the boys. seixas will also handle the football
eleven to represent the school.
ane annouhcemene tnat an enort is oelne
MADE 70 form On interscholastic rowing asso-
asm bv the schoolbovs in this vicinity A.
though not brought to public attention as freely
as track athletics. rowing already occupies a
very prominent place in nterscholastic circles.
many Of the young men who are enlisted in the
rowing ranks oil the big colleges receive early
training at some preparatory school. and are
put through lust the same rigorous course Of
discinline az faIs 10 tho Iots 81 oond,datao ,or
,.asattn GO ,"'' ~ a. tous " cail1itSEos y
p~aratory training can be cited than the Cornell
cravs which arc drottod mninIv trono tho
c,vIS, nh " a''s Hialli rom tne
The school is located at Ithaca. in the very
ohodow ~ Cornam TrJnoraitr % rnhtoL -
sn"uo" =" Norheh ohiNelsiIS' Vi WHICH IL
has long been the leading fitting school. 1t is
devoted to the preparation of boys for college,
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nc." addedthe Baxter street bar

"Or for q dime" the Baxter street bar
tender.
Murphy. the burglar. treated the bartender
with some Of the money which he had earned In
Sing Sing prison and then crossed the street to
sit on one Of the park benches which stand on
the old site Of Bottle Alley.
The Bottle Alley Of Murphy's m was not the
Bottle Alley which the city employees found at
the head of Leonard street when they began TO
tear the old buildings down to make room for
the new city park. The old Bottle Alley. which
was made famous by Ned HarrIgan. the author
and actor, figured in no less than ten murder
cases. 1t was customary for the District At
%torney's Office to produce pictures OF the old
Bottle Alley in some OF the murder cases which
occurred there. and the pictures were afterward
aired in the Court OF General Sessions. The
copies Of photographs used in some OF the Bottle
Alley murder trials by the District Attorney.
They are probably the only pictures OF Bottle
Alley now In existence.
1t was on a stormy night In 1888 when five
members Of the notorious Whyo gang gathered
in a cellar in Bottle alley and planned to kill a
man who was well known in the vicinity Of the
Five Points. The victim selected was Poll I"
Sullivan; While having the reputation of a
fighter. he was not q thief, as were the majority
Of the men with whom he had associated. Poll
Sullivan was a pal Of Danny Lyons, who was
afterward, murdered by Michael Sliney, He
ieade srs %h sof killed. B Bea 2eRnGE a PfisS0a an '9 unt S9yo
ported Driscoli.
The murder of Sullivan was committed at
by Kid Hunt, q member OF the Whyo gang who
had been selected to commit the murder.
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in telling his experience. "Nobody, could de-
gave the health authoritles, . gTeat deal Of
they seemed. afraid Of me. I remember going
lodging house ever. heard Of In this city. Il
Known as Bia Dan. rh %IS'S WA Sep a Rfo5ns. eel,
iaE that run Under several houses theTne
was discovered BY Big Dan. He hired Il ut a
cheap rental and permitted men 70 sleep there
at the rate Of one cent a night. In the winter
was 80 big that Il held several hundred people.
A many as 800 OF. 600 crowded In there every
IP oSfIne. a BE S Bah S e them nbD DS!a 4. Z q SS Wsef t9 Sy R Rs
scheme. The dodgers huddled together in every
twisted shape and form. Thoy slept In punches
The scenes Witnessed there nightly Nbesgar de-
out gathering cigar stumps. 4 man
each iodeer would SiGA be treated to IS smoke when
three or four hundred Of these men not 70
CELLAR. so much much smoke sSoEap would 'e eseaps from the
door, leading. to the sidewalk that very often
people would believe the house was on Are. 1q
have been Connected With the Health Board, |
never knew a lodging house to equal Big Dams
eSS1 L Tas i IN bottle Alley that the famous Bud
record n this city, Adjoining the alley he put
Plumbing nSq IN this t city at T that III Time 1s" The Health
Department sent me there to see. about some
complaints made by the tenants Of Bottle Alley.
who found water undermining their shsnties;
Upon making Investigation, l found that
Buddensiek had built his houses with the
drain water, pipes leading into the cel-
Connected With a sewer. There We're ten
families In each OF. .Buddensiek's houses.
The waste water which they had, used was
permitted TO run down into the cellar until 1t
undermined the foundations of the adjoining
houses. By the time this discovery was made
Buddensiek had sold the houses to another
man, who was afterward sorry that he ever got
near Bottle Alley. for no was compelled to put
IN new plumbing and connect each, OF the
houses with the sewer. A short time after that
the BUILDING Department, in Investigating the
Bottle Alley district, pulled down the front
walls of the Buddensiek houses because they
were about to fall.
There were many attempts after that to
make, a change in Bottle Alley and its people, A
wealthy young woman who lived uptown DC.
TO the alley with two policemen, and. after
looking 1t over. came to the conclusion that she
had better. go home and forget about reform
ing anything or anybody, Later she came
had become interested in the work being
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there named Waters who had a stepdaughter
R WHrSt Kissy BlH Who They ever woTE ye probably N the
York; arrested both, of them a score
OF times, but each time that they got
alley and continue their occupation. which was
mat q robbery, ! remember one case where
t ue held nR q sailor In the alley. one o., the
other holding his left arm, Kthird appeared
with a pair OF scissors and clipped out both Of
The Women Who Reid the sailor Sa We're RtS @ st4oSE;
f SheI tbrs 10 9 ~ ib two men sfterward arrested
Island, When their terms OF lmprisonmen
expired they repeated the same game on an
other man; There were murders and robberIes
90 duty In the, alleyYay with a pistol In my hand
70 prevent crime; IL were 70 start Up to tell
take me a year to tell II. Il Is suficienE' there
fore, to say that L was undoubtedly the worst
place n New York city, and there Will probably
city OF New York eXiBtS."
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A marked change has come over Mrs. Marth0
M. Place since her conviction on Friday after
noon of murder in the first degree for killing
her 1S-year-old stepdaughter. Ida Place. Her
remarkable self-possession during the trial
disappeared on her return to Raymond Street
Jail. On reaching her cell she wept and
moaned. Sheriff Dreamer feared that she
might commit suicide. and he assigned two
women to, watch her. Yesterday Mrs. Place had
screams could be heard all through the Jail.
She will probably be sentenced on Friday. Mr..
Van Iderstine, Mrs. Places. counsel, will try
to have the verdict set aside, mainly on the
admission Of the evidence of Mrs. Places at
tack on her husband with an axe on the even-
ing OF the murder.
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In house No. 3. lived a sooro Of professional
beggars. There was n cellar under one OF these
houses which led TO the cellar OF a house adioin-
ing, 80 that n man could get into this cellar, II
he was chased by tho police. and then
make his escape through tho hallway
Of almost any house OH the block,
for he could 20 into the adjoining
cellar and get out into the rear yard. and then
ho would find II an easy matter TO jump a fence
and escape by any OF a dozen ways OF reaching
the street. That was the Bottle Alley OF my
time. Now and then TO make things lively
there was a murder. and II wasa common thing
for a man to be found dead under the
Strangers Stoop.' That was a flight OF
rickety stairs leading to one OF the houses.
Many a fellow was strangled Just under those
stairs, for they would do YOU in the alley for a
quarter"
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sUNFIsH BUILDING A NEST.
IndustriOusIy Mt Work Moving Gravel in q
Tank at the Aquarium.

IndustriOusly Mt Work Moving Gravel in n
Tank at the Aquarium.
One Of the little sunfish In a gallery tank on
the fresh-water side at the aquarium is build
ing a nest In which to deposit It's spawn. In
nature the suntish would make its nest in the
sand or gravel In a shallow spot near the edge
OF the water. tanning out the gravel with Its
tail and carrying the pebbles out In its mouth.
There Is no sand in this tank-sand In an aqua
rum tank would choke up the traine and
outlet pipes-but the bottom here IL covered
with coarse gravel. This the little sunfish
most industriously removes. II weaves rapidly
back and forth close TO the bottom in the hol-
low OF the nest, tanning the gravel there with
Its tail. and by the little currents thus started
moving, some OF the finer pebbles, but most Of
the pebbles must be actually carried away, and
me spnnsh does this by picking them up In It's
It wriggles across the bottom and then turnH
and picks up n pebble aud swallows 1t appar-
entity, and then makes for the outside OF the
spnfsh p pilinG these pebbles up against the
glass Ia front. When it has dipped its head and
picked mp a pebble. II comes 10 the glass and
G fs np6 53s w H5atI 6oR and sonE6E Up Us pebble q
which Is reallya bank that the sunash has piIed
up. Then back to the nest.
II any q the other synHsh swim down toward
ttRbeeI as soe sn Sn Sest s6 builder der fryes them on and
ieg. across n the hollow and brushing out in
that way what 1t can, and then nlpping up a
psDOle TO carry over to add to the material II Is
blllng up against the glass In front. SOmetimeS
ple KS up = Pebble 20 5iT that y can only get
ne pebble Dus with this stone held between is
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BOTTLE ALLEYS CRIMES
THE ALLEY wow FART or MCL-
BERRP BENZ PARK.

"Cherry-Eyed" Murphy Fails to Find His
Former Home on Ills Return from sing
RinG-The Alley the Continual Scene of
Murder, Robbery, Poverty and Disease.
WitAln the last ten days three men have been
released from Sing Sing prison. after serv-
Ing long terms there for crimes committed In
what was known rs Bottle Alley. a lane that ex-
tended from Baxter street, at the head Of Leon
Ard street. into what Is now Mulberry Bend
Park.
"Cherry-eyed Murphy, a burglar well known
10 the police Of this city, who for many years
hid from the police In Bottle Alley, Is one Of the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-27
DOLE IN WASHINGTON,

Washington, Jan. 27.-President Dole
OF Hawaii arrived Wednesday afternoon
and in behalf OF the government was
welcomed by Secretary sherman ano
Assistant Secretary Adee. President
McKinley's call was entirely formal anc
did not last longer than Is minutes.
At AIS o'clock President Dole returned
the visit of President Mckinley. At the
entrance TO the White House. President
Dole was met by Colonel Bingham. and
the party was led 10 the elevator. whence
IL was soon transferred TO the library on
the second floor There President Nc.
Einley was in waiting and gave his guest
a greeting. Aftera few words Of general
conversation the two presidents retired
10 a couch in one corner OF the room and
spent about five minutes I'm consultation.
II was said that this talk was purely un-
official and personal Then the party
was escorted downstairs and returned to
the hotel
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Mr.. Chandler to produce any recognizes
authority which included free coiflage IN
the definition of bimetallism. Mr.. Plat
maintained that II might not in the esti
nation Of silver advocates make mucl
difference whether the millionaire wer
paid a debt owed him or not: but
wanted 10 call attention to the fact that
every pensioner was the great bond.
holder the great creditor OF the country;
every pension was bond and the annual
interest on that bond was the amount
annually paid upon IL. Whatever was
meted out TO the bondholders would also
be meted out TO the soldier.
Mr. Daniel maintained that Il was not
In violation OF public faith, as had beer
suggested by Mr.. Hoar. 10 pay the bonds
in silver at the option OF the govern.
ment. The bulk of the outstanding
bonds had been secured from the United
States at reduction In price. and he
asserted that any payment OF those bonds
In the coin of this country would amply
repay the holders. He said there was nc
disposition 10 pay the government oh.
legations In discredited silver bullion,
but In finished silver dollars. that were
just as good as gold dollars. Mr.. Daniel
thought that the adoption OF the resolu.
ton would tend to prevent raids upor
the treasury. and he quoted a statement
made by Secretary Sherman in 1887 tc
that effect
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COOPERATIVE BANKS.


Boston, Jan. 21.-More than 40 co.
operative banks of this state were repre-.
sented at the annual meeting of the Mas.
sachusetts Cooperative Bank league
Among the matters discussed were these
What legislation. If any. is needed tt
perfect the system? To what extent. q.
~ all, has the lowering rate OF interest
in the general market affected co-opera-
tive banks? Would the establishment
OF postal savings banks by the govern.
ment affect cooperative banks. and il
so, in what way? What is the most sat
isfactory and the most practical method
10 be employed in auditing pass-b books
or shareholders? one result OF the dis.
cussion was the reference TO the eXecu
tive committee Of the matter Of formu.
dating bill to cover existing difficulties,
TO be presented to the legislature.
AS TO the question OF reduced interest.
the opinion was unanimous that the rate
must be- reduced from the present
figures. ranging from percent down.
ward 20 percent. The matter OF posta
savings banks was laid on the table. The
question of the best method Of AUDITING
books was discussed and put sse with.
out definite action.
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Cycling Through Corsica.

The next lecture to be given at Infantry
Hall next Tuesday evening by Mr. +. Burton
Holmes is on the subject particularly inter-
esiing, both on account of the locality chosen
or exploitation and also on account of the
method of travel adopted by Mr.. Holmes DUR
ing his researches and the many historical
memories associated with the subject IN h nd.
The title of this lecture is Cycling 4 through
Corsica" Corsica was the birthplace of Ma
poleon and lis the home of the Vendetta. Be
yond these facts interesting as they may he,
very little more Il known aDout this island
Switzerland, where towering peaks, wild
mountain gorges. fruitful valleys and modiae-
val cities exist, while through and over and
around them run roads almost nerfect as TO
roadbed, and Ill, al IA 10 pictures Iueness, q de-
light to the WI eelmsn, the artist and the
luy,r OF the Quaint and romantic.
Pictorially this lecture il even superior 10
the lecture on Thessaly, while the subject
matter of the le, ture IN intensely interesting,
giving carefully studied exposition oi the
historic points, Ine odd customs and the brav-
CIV and vengefulness cf the Ieople and
through il all, a touch of quiet humor. On
the 4ih Mr. bolmes lectures ON The yellow
stone National farR," On the 10th ON "The
Cities of the Bombay Coast" and on the 18th
on 'sghe Gases OF Algerian sahara" Ttoss lie
Of course tickets will be closed Feb LIST.