New-York tribune., 1902-08-10
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH


stories are being told which show the natural ten
derness Of the heart that lay beneath the roush
and rugged exterior. The widespread ana fio-
found sorrow Of the thousands OF poor people III
the aldermans district tells better than words ol
| the affection with which he regarded. Deputy
Commissioner of Charities Charles F. Teale said
yesterday that when was sitting on the peheh
as police magistrate Mr. Bridges trequenty Ven ven
1o+i1ss ~ and hefore asking Magistrate Teale to
grant a favor would always say: Now don't
want this done judge II IL an an ra{ haer kent
OF jail and the penitentary and helped TO iea9 @
! Jimmie Bridges.
The room into which the Brooklyn aldermen
moved their headquarters in the Borough Hall.
after being obliged abandon their old room
| while repairs were under way. is No lS This
story was told yesterday of an occurrence in the
| room the day before Alderman Bridges was taken
sick. He hustled into the room where a number OF
| his colleagues were engaged in desultory conver-
son LoG2 M a5aqd he r6 counted 6 weyf M Ead %f
a laugh thirteen of Us in Room 13, and I'm the
| thirteenth Mr.. Bridges said that he had been TO
of Special Sessions. looking after the interests of
other members Tor their idleneSS. II was a NOT
! day and the alderman was oyerheated He com
near an open window. He woke up with a chill,
| Not many hours after Alderman Bridges died on
! Friday committee of young about twenty
| years old. called Thomas Donnely, the under
| taker. and told him they wanted to arrange for a
| floral piece for the funeral The young fellows
were all poor, hardworking lads, with too
much money. but they had raised $50 and were
anxious TO get the finest setpiece that their money
would buy-for - Jimmie was a good friend
| boys" as one young man expressed it We
never forget him" After some discussion be
tween the committee and the undertaken it was
decided that floral chair would be an appropriate
on the Tora piece There Is a vacant chair IN the
the ground that it seemed to confne their idols
PaeEs Of gTeatness and the gTef over his death to
character said Of the young So the
morning inscribed. simply .:TherS is vacant
chair So great is the anxiety among the work,
respect TO the memory OF their dead friend and
some of the departments in some of the factories
in that section of the borough should not be opened
until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
There is probably no way in which a persons
mental calibre can be more quickly ascertained
than by placing him on the witness stand. Some
of the funny things that are heard in court are
plainly due TO the witness becoming confused, but
the answers that are sometimes made to the sim
| plest questions are enough to break down the
dignity Of the court The manner in which the
answers are given is sometimes humorous
! than the words themselves The following is a
case Of stupidity which Is not infrequently exhib
tied in What is your trader" asked Justice
Gaynor of a witness, The reply Il have no
trade except shipping clerk, and the brains
which ] posses.
An impatient lawyer trying TO get
intelligent answers from witness day regard
ing keg of nails that had been stolen Finally he
/ asked: We'll. what was the prisoner doing with
] the keg when you him. Was he lifting il,
! He just after falling down with it was the
reply. which sent the courtroom into spasm OF
/ laughter and caused the lawyer abruptly to dsmss
I the witness
! Witnesses are not the only ones, however. who
/ exhibit gross ignorance and amusing stupidity
: Some of the men who pose before the bar as law
| yers make one wonder at the extraordinary turn
/ of fortune that took them through the bar exam
I nations. Justice Gaynor has III concealed
antipathy for that kind of lawyers The following
| exhibition brought forth of his most Caustic
/ comments. Where does the plaintiff TeSide?"
! asked Justice GaynOr. The lawyer replied, She
doesn't reside. your honor; she's bookkeeper in
/ New-YOrk.' A certain lawyer who making
an inpa ssoned plea behalf of widow spoiled il
! all by saying: She has been left without dollar
| and i've children
There are many evidences that the unusually cool
| and pleasant summer is keeping many persons in
| the city who are accustomed to go away for sew
! eraI months each year. This shown in pc
! cIIliar way yesterday, when the report of the
Brooklyn Public Library for the month Of July was
made public. II showed that 105,691 books had been
dra vn for the month, increase of 1900 volumes
over the record Of the previous July. The records