The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-01
CAPT. M'NUL TY
DEAD.
Popular and Efficient Police
Officer Passes Away
in His Home.
SURGICAL AID IN VAIN
Deep Grief Over the Sad
Event Points in a Stir
ring Career.

| teTNdl, HAS DeeH III cOInHldHu Ol liie SlAtu
precinct police since May l, 1883, died at
his home No 30 Palisade avenue, short
/ ly after two o'clock this morning. His
| death occurred exactly one month after
| the death of the late Captain Charles
! Holderer, who as a Sergeant under him
| was promoted to a Captaincy and sue
-ceeded Captain Moses Newton, retired
| from active service by the Police Board
] One month ago Captain McNulty was
| apparently in robust health. On January
4 he felt i'll and took to his bed. Grip
! was prevalent. 1t was given out at the
| Webster avenue station hous that the
Captain had been attacked by grip. 1t
| was known that the Captain was quite i'll,
but those who knew of his robust con-
sstitution felt satisfied that he would soon
be on his feet again. When however, a
/ few days late it was whispered abroad
| that even ex-Polce Captain Newton, his
! life long friend and boon companion, was
/ denied access to his bedroom his friends
/ became uneasy.
/ THE Captain must surely be very ILL.,
| they argued.
They were right. The Captain was very
i'll.
|
bust Captain founght the malady which
had attacked him. 1t was not altogether
the grip. The sick Captain was suffering
with an enlargement of the liver and
other ailments incidental thereto. Cap
| tain McNulty's constitution aided by all
most every device known to medical and
! surgical science, was no match for the
disease that was surely and swiftly bear
| i,,er :, hrrr 81
/ On Sunday morning last Drs. Nevin,
McGill and Janeway the latter of New
| York, performed an operation in des-
| perate effort to save the Captains life.
He at first rallied from the effects of the
| operation, but later began to sink rap
| idly, and those nearest to him realized
| that the end was fast approaching.
| His faithful wife was at his bedside.
His eyes were CLASSY from four o'clock
yesterday afternoon. BY glances alone
was it manifest that ne recognized his
wife in his bed of death. Chief Of Police
Murphy was there al yesterday afternoon.
Las1night Sergeant Barney Wade and
| Acting Detective Dan" Lee both at
| tached to the Webster avenue station
| house, were on duty, faithfully waiting
and ready to execute any orders the dy-
/ ing Captains advisers might wish exc
/
| cuted
! Captain MoNulty did not even recognize
his Chief, who called at 4:S0 P. NJ. This
condition continued until six P NJ, when
| heavy breathing was audible all through
/ the house. Chief Murphy had meanwhile
returned to headquarters and in response
to query by the President of the Police
Board, replied
Co Not, will ~ hn have NIB
the midnight roll is called.''
1t was a quarter past twelve o'clock
this morning when Mrs. McNulty noticed
that her husband was undergoing
spasm and was further afflicted by chok-
ing. Sergeant Wade and Dan Lee were
called. Then he Strengthened out his
limbs and died, passing away without
further struggle
Police Captain McNulty was popular
with his associates. He was always
Democrat, but never showed his PARTISAN
ship in his police work. Chief Murphy,
a Republican, says this.
The Chief said this morning: 81 have
always looked upon Captain A1cNulty as
a thorough police officer. He was very
methodical, and while a strict officer he
had kind heart He granted many
favors consistent with police business.
The aim of his life, however, for the
past two years, was to get the home of
his command located in the proposed sta
tion house building in Hutton street, near
Central avenue He continually decried
the present location of the station house
in Webster avenue, declaring that with
the rapid growth of that sction of the
city it was impossible to do thoroughly
effective police work unless the station
house was more centrally located.
He also decried the accommodations
at sthe present precinct headquarters, de-
claring that even the sleeping accommo-
datoins of the men ON reserve were abom-
Unable.
Any one who knows of the present mis-
erable quarters in which the Sixth pre-
cinct police are lodged will thoroughly
appreciate the solcitude of the dead cap
tain for his men.
Captain McNulty was born in New
York on April 2, 1858. When he was two
years old his parents moved to this city
He attended the public schools until he
was eighteen years old. He first joined
his father in the manufacture of cream
of tartar. In 1878 he was appointed to
the police force as a sergeant.
April seemed to have been his lucky
month. On April Is, 1888, under the Police
Board, then composed of James N. Davis,
Fenner, O'Donnell Roberts, Kelly and
Nugent, he was promoted to the captaincy
of what then was known as a sub-station
of the Third precinct of which Captain
Glenny was in command, the appointment
to take effect on May l following, with the
pay of sergeant until appropriations
would allow of full pay as captain. The
Sixth precinct is now the oily sub station
of the Third precinct, and one of the most
rapidly growing sections of the city.
During the great coal strike of 1889 he
was given command of a detail at the
Central Railroad docks. He maintained
the best of order without having to resort
to any violence.
He had host of friends. He was 4
prominent member of the Berkeley Club.
one of the highest toned organizations of
citizens in the Hudson City section. The
district IS almost exclusively German
-Four years ago while trying to reach
fire he jumped on the platform Of No.