New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
DESCENDED FROM A PIRATE QUEEN.
ONE REASON WHY AssEMBLYMAN O'MAI
LEY rs so HARD TO BEAT.

Albany. March (speciaD.-There IS member
Of the Assembly this year who boasts that he is
a descendant Of queen and. what may seem still
more remarkable. Of a pirate queen The Assem-
blyman IS Edward r. O'Malley OF Erie County,
and those who have heard him tell OF his royal
ancestor call him Prince OMalley." or, what IS
more frequently heard. "the Prince"
The story was never told better than by ex-sena-
tor Ford the other evening in the parlor OF the
Tub Mr. Ford is a relative Of the Erie Assembly
man and he sitting in that hostlery famous
in Albany for the politicians and newspaper men
who lodge there. and which is called the Tub, more
because there are Turkish baths 10 be had there
than because its proprietor IS in any way Diogenes
The ex-senator as he spoke. addressed his remarks
to ex-Assemblyman Oliver. better known as
Jimmy Oliver of Paradise Park"
Well" began Mr.. Ford, 1t is with pride that
can say that Ed here IS the descendant Of a
queen Her name was Queen Nell, and she ruled
over small island not far from the shores OF the
Emerald Isle. Her immediate subjects pirates
and so loyal they her sceptre and such
good fighters were they that she swept up and
down the English Channel. conquering and captur-
ing every kind of craft that she encountered
at was in the time of Queen Elizabeth and Sir
Walter Raleigh. Queen Elizabeth heard from
source another Of this wonderful pirate queen,
and feet out 10 capture her and bring her to
London in chains. But Queen Nell was too
sourceful. When she heard that the feet m
ing she held her brgands In hiding until the hos
tile ships had arrived and had moored near the
island. Then night she sent a merchantmen that
she had captured into the feet with the in
strlcted like the sailors OF a peaceful trade
ship Well the captain OF the crew conferred with
the admiral Of the feet. told him that the
chantman had almost been captured by the pirate
queen, and offered 10 pilot the feet where II could
capture Queen Nell The consequences were that
the captain ran the whole feet onto the rocks. ad-
mira and all.
For years after that Queen Nell was undisputed
Ireland Quieted down. it did occasionally, she
would land some of her bands shores for
a plundeT1ng tour, taking back TO her own little
island sheep and oxen enough for a hundred barbe-
Well, the story got rather stale in the Lon
don evening papers and finally Queen Elizabeth
war, sought to gain her favor by peaceful means
Accordingly she went 10 Ireland, up her
the shore opposite the island Of Queen
Nell Then she sent ENJOYS TO the pirate monarch
offering her a part Of the firm green surface of
Ireland IL she would only settle down and behave
herself
"A most remarkable compromise for Queen Eliza
BETH remarked the eX-Assemblyman
1T the only thing she could do was the
And the strangest part of II is that
Queen Nell came ashore and took luncheon with
the En- glish sovereign. After luncheon II was
and burn her ships and make her home in Ireland
with great strip Of land for her estate 1t an
pears too. that the two queens took a great fancy
TO each other"
II understand that remarked the ex-Assem-
blyman again. Il hey found much in each
other that congenial'
And what is more" said the ex-senator. her
descendant here has lost of her fighting blood
The only way you can beat O'Maley is to make
peace with him.