New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-17
THROWS MONEY TO CROWD
DEyERY DELIGHTS YOUNGSTERS WITH
HANDFULS OF COIN.
PLANNING TO GIVE FREE ICE TO HIS con-
sTITUENTS BUT AS TO FREE BEER.
'.CI-T 1T OFT"

Big "Bill" Devery threw away money last
night at The Pump Twenty-eighth-st. and
Eighth-ave.--threw away lstfuls of it-threw IT
away until the small boys and girls rolled over
and over in the street in confused mass in
their mad scramble to get some Of IT,
Mr.. Devery appeared at his old stamping
ground at o'clock. and the gang ready
with the glad hand"
"Hoo-ray fur de big chief"
Tree cheers fur de real ting polertishun!"
The street grew black with men, women and
children. Devery, with his stiff. wide brimmed
straw hat tilted TO side. struggled to the
steps in front of the corner saloon, reached
down into his pocket and tren--
Swish"
The air was full of money which caught
sheen from the electric lights.
Swish. SWISH Every swish" meant
handful of nickels and dimes. The tracks
were blocked When Devery paused TO the
effect of his prodigality the crowd made rush
for him. Small boys caught him around the
legs, by the coat tails and by the hands. One
lad stronger than the others, caught his hand
and wrenched it open TO find more treasure
RUSHED BY SMALL BOYS.
.Leg-gor' shouted Devery. showing the boy
away. But the boys would not be denied. They
wanted more money. They surged around the
spot Wnere DekerE was LnS central UBuEt,
the sidewalk became impossible
When the newspaper men reached the ex-
police chief he was red in the face. but happy.
I'm breakin' right in to do something" said
he. I'm goin' to show them political sports
III the Ixth that I'm live Jes stick a
pin there. Say, you can't do nothin' with the
people unless you do somethin' for em. I'm
goin' to give the people free ice while the hot
weather lasts. I'm goin' to hire stores in Sew
enth Ninth and Tenth ayes. for free ice. and
every one of them will be BIZ Devery head
quarters"
How about free beer?" he was asked
Say, cut it out-cut it right out. That amt
the way to make good citizens. Free ice is
enough. What has this dstric ever got from
Sheehan or Goodwin? Nothin'. Where is our
wreak-reation pier? Where is cur free BATH
an where is public park? We amt got en-
When ] get to runnin' this distric' I'll get them
There was a bill passed some time ago for
free park down between Twenty-eighth and
Twenty-ninth-st., Ninth-ave. Why didn't
Goodwin Sheehan get the bill into law and
produce the park? l amt gon' to sit down
when get to be leader an play whist or Dom
Pedro. Politicians ought to be out lookin' after
the people, whether they're poor or rich Look
at Sheehan. He's been here for years. Not long
since he tried to stand in Croker's shoes. What's
he done? Nothin'. Sheehan's dead slow the
whistles Of the Empire State Empress couldn't
git move on him. I'm goin to have a pier
where the kids dance, and a free vaudeville
continuous in the evenin All these fellers, like
Goodwin and Chesty Tom Smith. want is to
put the nuggets into their own clothes. That's
right. Ask the people around here"
GOING TO HAVE AN EXCURSION.
AN that amt ALL continued Devery, as he
caught his second wind. I've hired Raritan
Point Grove, and July 80 all the women and
children of the distric is gon TO have free
excursion there. There'll be room enough on
the boats an barges for every one in the dis
trio
At $40 Devery and a few of his friends
headed procession that started for Tenth-ave
through Twenty-eighth-st.
I'm jes' goin' over in Tenth-aVe to a few
of the places there an grab off a few of
John Sheehans Buffaloes," said he.
Where the Sheehan men were known to con-
gregate along Tenth-ave. there Devery went.
He bought beer for everybody that would drink.
The crowd kept growing bigger and bigger. and
the greater number stayed with him until he
got around to Eighth-ave. again.
Pm with the people an the people with
me- said Devery, he started for his train
for Far Rockaway. at 10 o'clock.