New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-27
BROOKLYN NEWS.
FATHER MALONE DYING.
TIE PRIESTS LAST HOURS EMBlTTERED
BY STRIFE AT HIS BEDSIDE.
c1.rRGyMEN AND RELATIVES AT ODDS AND
: DIsCoRD RESULTS FROM SUPPOSED
PROVISIONS OF HIS WILL


Father Sylvester Malone the irremovable rector
of SITS Peter and Pauls Roman Cathohc Churcn
~ Rrooklyn a Regent OF the State University ana
the most prominent Irish Catholic Repuohcah
priest in the city. is believed by his physician Ut
George Westbrook TO have but few days YET 10
i've and those few days being spent aInid sur
roundings which make the close of the veneraoie
priest's life only little less than tragic. A pa
dent investigation Of the many stories indicating
strife between the priests ecclesiastical househoid
and his family which have been circulated FOR the
last two weeks reveals most unusual state OF
affairs and abe feeling that Father Malone's last
days are not as comfortable and happy as they
might be has taken possession of thousands OF peo
pie in the Eastern District Of Brooklyn.
This afternoon at O'Clock the Rev. DR.. Newell
Woolsey Wells. for fifty years pastor Of the South
Third Street Presbyterian Church. and the Rev. DR..
s. NJ Haskns. for than fifty years pastor
of 81. Marks Protestant Episcopal Church, almost
lifelong neighbors of Father Malone, will call on
Father Malone learn for themselves whether he Is
= happy or not and pray with and for him. Their
faction is only one of the many indications of the
INTENSE interest manifested in Father Malone at the
lpresent time
l There is little doubt that the recent making OF
his will by the venerable priest is the direct cause
Iof the strife which has divided his household
(against itself Father Malone's slsterin-law. Mrs
(Edward Malone. and her children, Sylvester l..
Malone a lawyer, and Miss Marcella Malone, his
SISTER apparently deeply grieVed over the VIII,
which
on the second floor OF his home, at No 90 South
Third-st Father Malone is believed TO be wealthy
man. His will made at recent date. and
so far as is known only his assistant priests were
with him when II drawn. There are many
rconjectures by Dr. Malone's intimate friends about
The disposition Of his property.
The situation in his home Is extraordinary He
lives in a commodious three story brick building.
The basement and first floor are occupied by
Fathers oBrien and Walsh, who during Father
M1lone's illness have had all the parish work TO
do. on the second floor is Father Malone. his
brothers widow. Mrs Edward Malone. and her son
and daughter Sylvester l.. Malone and Miss Mar
celia Malone. Besides these there are two men
The top floor is occupied by the eccesi-
astical members OF the household. There is out
spoken and fierce antagonism between the Malones
the second floor and all the other inmates of the
house This is intense that when caller asks
at the front door 10 Father Malone or any one
on the second floor It is impossible to get any
message taken TO the second floor The only thing
10 do is go upstairs and knock til the visitor
comes 10 the right door.
The blood relations of Father Malone are with
him the second floor on the sufferance OF Bishop
Mcdonnell II Is against the rules of the Church
for a priests female relatives TO live under the
roof with him in this manner. Mrs Malone
and her family have been the second floor for
nearly a month now. and they propose stay till
Father Malone either RECEIVERS of which there is
little hope. until he passes away.
Memorial institute, Contested with Father Maiones
church. secretary, with salary of 1900 a
Mcnamara and d. Bishop Mcdonnell He is therefore
especially unwelcome in the house at this time to
during the critical illness Of Father Malone having
been frequently a. he house Sylvester L. Malone
cali meeting of the trustees in the sick priests
tsryship If he does not resign. Sylvester Malone
has the keys of the institute and he asserts that
asserted by the Maones that the water running
,, the os second n floor is shut off at the
erly nurse the aged priest The relations between
the Maiones became so strained a few weeks ago
that Miss Marcella Malone raised an upper window
BY ass,Thg that she had FOUND imposstbe to
When a Tribune reporter called at the house last
night he Miss Marcella Malone. She
requested them to leave the house in order to do
away with the prevailing strife. For reply she had
envelope, which she handed TO the reporter:
Inc family, at Father Malone's request and at
the proper time will make public all the facts in
Father OBrien IS about thirty years old with
frank manner and treated the reporter with great
I'VE wouldn't have said a word about the un-
fortunate condition of affairs in this house said
ne: I'll II had not been for TIE attack made on us
ceiling III IS not true that Father Malone has
thing he has asked In his condition n he :" changes
his mind often. and We have needed his slightest
tended him for years and indicated that he wanted
Or. WeStbrOOk. We had Dr. WeStbrOok
moned at once. SO II Is with a hundred different
things. Those people say were not sincere when
Sunday asked for the prayers of the con-
gregation for Father Malone believing that It was
probable that he was failing rapidly. What bust
ness was IL of theirs whether prayed for him
noty What had they to do with IT? The whole
affair Is most unfortunate"
DR. Wells, of the South Third Street Presbyterian
Church talked 10 the point about his relations with
- Father Malone
II wish you would say in The Tribune" said he.
" that the leading members Of Father Malone )
demonstration, who love him and esteem him for
y his noble citizenship. owe II to themselves and to
the people OF this great city, where DR. Malone
IS so well known, to call him and learn for
themselves about his surroundings. The affairs at
Ns home have assumed the aspect OF a scandal. and
II Is only just and right that his leading church
members should visit the house and afterward
make q formal statement to how they found
Father Malone. II would aay great deal Of ap-
prehension and dispe great deal Of painful doubt.
i him last three weeks ago, and although
weak, he was the me to he had ALWAYS
been. When | told him that / had been delega ed
by those who had attended the dinner for Register
, elect Howe TO tell him that he had been prayed for
at that dinner. the tears down his checks ar
he took my hands in his and said: II have been
praying for you and your flock up the street for
many years.
SHERIFF CREAMER GETS A DIAMOND RING