The sun., 1902-12-14
RISE And FALL OF CALLAHAN.
CHINATOWN GRIEVES AT THE
FUNERAL OF ITS KING.
Had Three saloons In the Heyday OF His
Power. but All Save One Had Gone
Fought Roosevelt When Te Ran the
Police and Never Closed His Place.

Fought Roosevelt When Ee Ran the
Police and Never Closed His Place.
Chinat own is in mourning, for Michael J..
Callahan was buried yesterday. Out Of
the ramshackle, tumbledown b lildings Il
crooked Doyers street young women IN
bright colored gowns came and stood in
groups upon the sidewalk 70 tell each other
OF Galatians kindliness
He was the kind-heartedest man what
ever brca;hcd," said one
who sent Smoke around with icecream
and oranges when | was in The Toni s.
and me sick? Who got the lawyer hen
me case KEN up in the Sessions? Who
bailed me out and paid me fneP Mike
Callahan
-Yes. and who saved Mamie Branni-
gan from goin' ter the lsland1" added
another.
Didn't he pay me rent when the Chini
landlord put the notice on me door?' added
a third
And around the corner in Mott street
Cinnamon stopped to tell Of Callahan :
good qualities.
Ping ssc liu Nike Callahanse hiao yo
tau lu." said one.
And he answer came back in a surprised
query:
ia lao We Mikee Callahanee?-
Then came question after question as TO
the wealth a. had left lehind aud a chat
tering Of -IChao!" TChao" which means
zone million But Callahan never had Il
million, although he once got togeth, r
a hundred thousand dollars. But this vas
years ago after he had purchased the sa-
loon at II Chatham square from Jerry
Hartigan
Those were the days when Fatty Walsh
was power n New York politics. Calla-
han ioh dp the po,ii al sword when Harti-
gau Eid II down from captain II an
election cijtii,t lie rose to be del uty us-
trit .eIuer. Ia 1892 lie was eIeCted to
relr 1T the Second district II New \ ork
in tur As, ,e.nbly, and lis saloon became a
poi'i al h aiqua te s Men high n the
ran,s 4 Ia an auy a mace and kept ap-
bus i'll IS iaVors from these poiliciaLs Welt
there to get Il eln.
Soon Callahan grew rich Looking about
for a prom abe n 1t ~ Mt, lie bought tie
salo, Il at i0o farN row anu II proved min,
TIE new CIi.n.nal joults buiIo ng Was
about to opn ana Callahan locke d aboW
for a salo,n n thai II III horhocd He
selected spot III Elm street ii ectly oppo-
site one # tie II ranc, ; TO tie builOing
and attracted the bulk of he trade of the
a !
trade than that found IN ire Park row
places Judg. s. lawyers ~ clerks, Health
Bard emtlpNe and nea from tie
Civil Ser, ice Bure au patroi lied Galatians :
Elm street piace.
The saloon at Chatham Square con-
tinued to be a money maker. but the
one on lower PARK row was not,
and he sold it. Then came changes in
te Crimi al Courts building Health
B ard moved uptown. the ,iyil Service
Bur au went 10 the New iork Life Insurance
buildi x, a ueN hi let Auc rney came i..,o
office, and business at the Elm street saloon
fell a At last Callahan was compelled
to get rid # the Elm street place, and in
December Il lat year he went through
bankruptcy, but continued TO conduct tie
Chatf am Square saloon, the only one he
had left.
Wit a froI tage on Chatham Square ard
two entrances on Doyers street. the Chatl am
Square place was resort for stunning
parties. Celebrities came here ard Calla-
han met them all, Here be made the ac-
quai, tai ce Of the Hon. Theodore Roose-
,elt, rCv Pre-ide' I of tie ULited States.
But his meeting with Roosevelt was Let
pleasa- /.
When Roosevelt was president OF the New
York Police Board he undertook certair
reforms. among others closing the saloons
on Sundays. OF this Callahan didl.'t ap-
prove, and he told the captain of his pre-
cil,ct that he intended TO keep his place
open oil. S day wherever he felt like il
When tie captain declared war upon him
Callahan made cha ges in his saloon 80
that ii had eLtrai. .ces through the shops in
the reighbohood. When the police watched
at the Doyers street side door Callahan
was selli z TO men who came either through
Iciglborng paint shop, laundry, or a
restaurant.
Then he established a beer trolley for
the purpose of accomn odating folks who
waI ted beer by the 1T. From a second-
story rear wi! dow tin buckets came by
rope AID pulley over the Eeighboring house,
tops to n bl /. ing in an adjol ing street
ere the owners of the cans were watt
ing for their beer.
The police captain applied to Roosevelt
for eaforcements, and the Commis-
sioner sent out a squad in teens drrs s
TO get evidence against Callahan One
policemen succeeded 4 or a fight In
arresting Callahan and made charges
before the FAci Board that tho saloon was
the resort Of dlsorderly characters. Gala
han produced before the board woman
missionary who declared the place was not
as bad AZ the police represented. The fX-
else Board dismissed the complaint, When
Callahan was arraigned before a Police
MiCistrats on a charge Of assaulting the
policeman who arre I d him the Magis-
trate imposed fine Of S.
Another attempt to arrest Callahan was
made, and Policeman named Burke finally
landed him after a fight that left Burke
looking like n man who had been hit by
cyclone. Burke became "A roundsman and
Callahan was indicted bur later the in
dictment was disms ed But he continued
TO keep his place open on Sunday Just the
same, II was his boast when he bought il
that there we're no KEYS TO any Of the doors
And he never did close It. But it was
closed Yesterday, for Chinatown was mourn
inc ~" lose ~ sc k'n-.