The sun., 1900-11-14
KING CORCORAN IS DEAD.
THE EOINDER or IHE fAHo' /"
"ROOSJ" PASSES tWil
Tie Was Chfch, Notrd for Hl' Imp'"rao
tired Of the Police and the hsn'
Had with Ihrm-A P'cturrsoae ha,acls'
.,r,,,., Da,, I'm the Life of New YORK.

-. ,,..,,,, the king Of torcOrans
D., ,u,d -, N,nday m1rniag at the age OF
50 IA his old rickcty home ~ for'eV' s"''
between First and second avenues "m'n ~
the one remaining LANDMARKS u' the ro"9'
that at one time sheltered the Iorcorah ,'ai''
THAR goats, Iiss. COWS ana hoi'''' pu' ou'o
no welcome to the police. tho mortar 'Nci'heS
Of tho ,orcorans His death removes "ho
OF the most picturesque characters IN Ne"
York Corcoran was born In puDlh ana '','ne
IN thls country forty eight years ago. settling
I'm the .roost hlch was then almost Wider
ress He erected little shanty on the top OF
the hin which aJoundcd In rocks and lodges
and corntnauded view Of the East River.
There are many stories regarding the rea-
sors why Corcoran left Ireland and one which
found the most believers aud whl-h ne never
denied was that his father on lbs dying ben
Ind been .yictcd 10y the lrlsn con
stabulary and the CorCoran cabin razed 70
the ground Young Corcoran brought win nm
10 America buNom VIE VINO shaieu
with him his deadly hatred OF the police ana
sven up to lie las, illness 1t vas hazardous ior
unv one to mention the police 10 torc9tilh
Alter erecting the shauty Wltnot 'ohN.lLi'iS
the owner Of the properly ,orGotsn staLten ~
business bv purchasing couple oi sohts hni
selling the milk they furnished lie vas itusu M
and industrious. and soon hai enough lhohss
10 buy nine goats His next venture was 70
purohase a horse and dump cart lhen more
snunttcrs commenced to settle around nm ana
those VINO were not relatives were opHseI " ~
get his permission and -atIsiN MN O'ts \, H. 10
had the proler NulllLG-toi'' 'a 10 2cJ,.nr!hIp AZ. Was
never disputed The man ghilII, you va, -
the ability TO punch pol'e,nah :"
vs. rs ,roIicemen or the intruder d not get near
enough for ilstiC combat hi' follower. Mtit
expected 10 be aDlc u throw ro.n- AZ men,
with good cu ugh aim to 90 c>e'uuo... ~
va aruo Il i,rro,. .Ihle for D." ponce 70 reaoh
the r,ou A, the, would haze 70 clll,h over
tiie rocks and thereby e1po-e theiihei'S 10
'nf Fre2,,"t ticfi we're laid Mt the door Of the
residents Of the roo-t by 70 tne Ieu' d =,
isr.,a,"j hat n favnrl'a pa,time of thegtnc " Is
10 throw linc' and HOOKS from r1cs\ urou, d,
TORE on The } S. t acfTs naeS SH'sfc S.e ,'r
carr,nd 70 rnarFrt The drivera did not dare
to follow and the police aiHa!s iound r,, an r,o
pro.rered from the tart and within ieT years
owned a number Of c99rt'. horses ahd COWS
hnn h,n There were born to Corcoran three -ons
and a daughter, and he often nnnonncrd With
pride thlt his sons could handle themseiyoo
with any men their weight and loved po!ce-
'nHT no aSpidn pS'd nn of the he Police was frequently
drawn to the roost because OF tie Yh,s ,Mst
when there were no policemen or outsiders To
why The residents got fighting each other
IiorCoran used to excuse these little ruction. by
Iusrv wan of thin mi s.es tler fairs In the oud
country. phwers they wpd hey glorious TOMS
niver was inny hard icelln's over Il Corcoran
used To take hand In some OF ne nights nun
sell and on the ie" occasions the ponue AZ AZ
tempted TO interfere the lighters stopped me
battles and TO man turned on them ,
Corcoran's wife was almost as mHch OF q
character As he was Corcoran called heT
the al pie Of his eve and held II grand 's'indiG
on the rocks ono night when she showed him
five buttons torn from police captains coat
the men were away IRON the roost that day
Mrs Corcoran was waited upon by the captain
propertv w1S i'e sHa ' re1alittsd m 6y knocing lin
down and giving him sound thrsahing after
which she secured the buttons There was vac
the ist OF MAY. Corcoran's hIrthd,v and the
anntver,qrv Of hi, s-'tlemeGt Of thc roost
5T. d s X9a .o,d s.oT KSs HHars. oAs #.
anchored Lis ships roight there In kip's Bay
at her foot w ther rocks there forming, you
came here oi wud be here wid me bycs Ter
give them a warm reciption"
Once when asked why he hated the police
paelers In .OiIlaud, brass button, and blue
coats are the same iv"rywiers 1hoy are no
good fer Tier oincs NV m. or .o inqy poor
constructrd tho. residence which he did
" on plans q hs oyn Ihs building tIS, y y
stone and Is used TO the present day as stable
The Corcorans occupy the two upper stories.
which are OF wood Inside is rag" of hall
way. and rlckc'y balus'rade- and wooden
piazzas adorn IA. rear. Corcorln would allow
no improvements on the building and it stands
out in peculiar contrast tn tie modern build
ings surrounding One hy one the shantlei
on the roost disappeared and Corcoran's rc-
talners became scattered, urtIl the C3rcor9}n
family and their housa remained as the only
reminders Of tho famous old ro1s'
Corcoran's wife ded lasr August and 10 com;
Inenoed 10 fail rapidly aflcr hat With all
his rough qualities Corcoran was known as n
man with "A warm. generous heart. lie gave
freely 20 the poor