The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-01
SILVER DOLLAR SMITHS SHUT.
ON TIMERS WEIR AND TAME
70 THE no ~.
al ,h~ ibel,ars Priesi Up and rev
Sornpsn, Take Hold n saloon ~
t1rst q Great winner and Power an
n.st side, et Late Had neen . Loser.

The famous Silver Dollar Smith Ho''l
IN t..saN street cln>.-i It, dours YESTERDAY
ana IN. smith family announced hat II
va. through with n" usinc Their i"r
god since the des'h 81 Silver Dollar
smith. business in the place has steadily
declin"d.
smith, who was just then launching
out as a rover ia Last Side politics opeh"d
m. plsc, about fifteen years ago and roh'
ceiy.d the idea Of putting silver dollars
On the floor and ia the chandeliers over
the har. He was laushen al nv many
A, M. time and the wi~' men OF heH'rt
street aid |, wa "a shan" TO Use such good
money for such hase purposes
The wisdom Of smiths idea VA, ~onn
seen. however. The saloon was advertiser
from one .nl ~ thu country 10 the other
ard Smith earned th" famous title maj
stuck 20 him al! the r''~t al hi- I've. DURING
IN. fir- w,.k ne saloon Was open an rnuf-
nous hue ncs-, NOR" than Sufficient u paw
f,r the dnliar- ten times over, wa- trans
acted. there were about 30 silver dollar
in Al di-playci about the place. mos, OF
which wen, imteii"i IA the marble h""r
Tia. otsnin, VA, attended 10y politicians
OF high ant Iuw dog'"" aitd N,ltfhL~ "'
tfls grual blowout XIV b''""h "N
Ia This day nf the riNrr~ III ChamIsgil" thht
flowed on that occasion IN p1a'r Tor a
long time WIS visited daily Uy hundreds -
-iyi,ieeers, Who's" patronage pf''lsd u"
mAs. = NTH a Ticl man Va a ~h"ri l'Wf
The saloon soon leCainc the Mecca Tor
all IA. l..,dinp politicians ~ N. fa.t Side
In ia, rear rootn aud smiths prlNst" apart
u.ut- upstAirH Aldermen, Assembly, men
AMI Congr-sspen were made and utin id-
1hcr. many a political deal Of iar-rea'hing
impurtan. Wa contaminated
IT, tho~- DAYS the power ot the net IN"
club 81 the pistol ruled the ballot box IA
this section. and II Those rooms could tak
thew would tell stories Oi how votes 10y th"
thousand wen. turned ON" way 81 IN" other
IN pr-sii"u'lsl campaigns when New i"fN
was a pivotal STATE
Amorg IN. politicians who met thor"
~er~ B.Tt.v Rourk., John J o'BrI~n, Dry
Dullar sullivan. EdGI. Sp~arenburg, the
Hon. Tim Campbell. John -Stin-- Simp-
snu. Johnnie Brodsky, Martin Eng"l. Harry
Miner and many -lnc~ passed away
Smith made motley fast. bu, let IL GO
Tue, a. quickly u. often remarked Just
before his death that II he had plsNrN n
safe game instead "f always irving '" hrraN
q faro bank he would - u riCh man. lie
ai-d comparatively Ioor
After hs death ms son, Half Dollar smith.
had a hard time Watching the dollars on
III. four 4 few months ago, when IN"
Enssl,.- out 81 a job h+gsn 80 make whole
sale rants Ola them Ia" dollars ~ef" r"-
moved
The ostraci1~d set 81 the Martin Engel
Association. consisting at fIddir- finkei-
stein. Long Reach ReagaE, spider Joe.
Headlight joe. Chris Brsunigsn and Prot
z.ls Louis, were eJeCt-d Yesterday from
their quarters In the cellar where they Ner"
a.luw,-i 20 sleep IN the SaNdust birs fiddleS
~fink.l>trln tied m few bel"nginss III a
red handkerchief and started away i'hth-
remark
I'm ~. fsllers ! 80 ne ~ ier rail-
road track uud' rl-eb under trees N right
I'm T.. too. SAID Reagan. We'll walk
- sratog 60 and get -" ia nm" f.r thrr
race. Ma"l- ~ cau then g't fl'rri"
S4Ilvan a. Marin r. g, TO- XIV" IL -'ih"
handouts
mo 20 the crowd wrpt when they re-
ahx-i that the news was '-r. some OF
~" har grrS-on had zen letter days ana
for years si~nt their nights ard daN-
N the saloon which Was the only home they
anew
The news that Silver Dollar Smith =
v.- no NOR. srreaI \" vlldfr~ a. over
he di-triC' H. a -'.r vG', y crowd
gathered fn front o. - which ul"ckhfed ~"
...,-r' MAJ -uE g'.".r auH- .U Efiei
The trcWug 0pipIarN hat has a mort
gage Du NJ" place VIII tai" charge 'hl-
morning
ne smith family now ltr" in Mount
Vernon.