The sun., 1903-09-16
DEVERY BEATEN AND RAGING
IT'S THE LAST or HIN, LEADER
RPHI THINKS.
Hagan O,crihrOws SeNtOn-NulqUeen Wins
-Isirrrli. S,icbling. Hilliari and Doe
lc,.oOlry Among the Vanauisheti-IiOT.
per and <trasbourger Far Ahead.


for John b $ Mon. who stood so long as
the leader of tho NiNrtecnth. Ex-Warden
Hagan OF the Tombs, who beat Sexton.
is Murphy man, Joseph F. Mulqueen.
who was dnsignat' d by John + Carroll to
succeed him in he lead rshir of the Twenty
ninth, won by small margin over Thomas
Z. Rush. who had Murphy's support
Ex-Police Inspector Thomas +. McAvoy
carried the Twenty-thrd against the musi-'
cal Dooley man. Battery Dan Finn, in the
First, and Isaac A, Hopper, IN the Thirty
first lad no din Guilty in winning over their
opponents
Three Republican district leaders went
down to defeat. Henry Brrell, who took
the leadership of the rwenty-ffth from
Dock Commissioner MrDoug1l Hawkes.
was outvoted by Alderman Herbert Par
sons, who vas the Hawkes. candidate this
time Jacob Newstead beat John s iebling
in the Twelfth Deputy Excise O~nmis-
81 nor George Willard, in tine Sixteenth, was
beaten by $. s Koenig by $50 majority.
D4very was beaten in the Ninth by the
combination of Frank j. Goodwin's and
Alderman Frank l.. Dowling's forces,
which named the same tickets, but trans
posol The nam 's 80 as to ascertain which
of them cast the larger vote and was en-
titled to the leadership If this union had
no, been made, Devery would have won
az he won last year. when Sheehan's vote
and GoodwinR together would have beaten
him. As it was, he lost by 1893. The vote
stood:
Deverv, .3as' Goodwin, 1,l9l; Bowling.
545 Last year Devery got l,095 votes,
Sheehan $40 and Goodwin 1873. The total
vote was 869 less than year ago Devery
says that 500 voters have removed from
the district since last year.
nEvERY RACES THROUGH THE DISTRICT
Devery was in high temper all day and
made no effort TO conceal 1t. He went
through the district like mad bull, shouting
epithets at the district leaders of his oppo-
nents seeking quarrels. ordering the police
around, threatening men with prison as
illegal voters and storming at Charles r.
Murphy and Tammany Hall.
II was evident from the ex Chiefs tone
early in the day that he expected to be
beaten. He was then complaining OF
had sent SIS 600 into the district to carry
it for Goodwin and also 1000 repeaters
to vote on the names of dead and removed
voters.
Leader Murphy did not deny that he
was interested in beating Devery and early
in the afternoon his brother, John j Murphy,
and Alderman James Gaffney from Murphy's
district, appeared in the Ninth, where
they remained most Of the day
Big Bill set out in an open carriage TO
| make a tour of the twenty-five election dis
tricts little after the polls opened, He
was accompanied by his Assemblyman
! Richard Butler. Under his direction his
men had been challenging almost every
voter who came up and was known to be for
| his opponent. Eight policemen were on
| duty at each voting place. Wherever
Deverv went he issued orders to the force
as if he still ruled in Mulberry street. and
almost invariably his orders we're taken.
THOUGHT OF PUNCHING TOM SMITH
The weather had wilted Big Bill = collar
and infamed his temper so that he was
in an ugly mood when he got to the polling
place in Ninth avenue between twenty
third and Twent y-fourth streets, where
Thomas F. Smith. secretary Of Tammany
Hall, lives and was working for Goodwin.
Big Bill walked up to Smith and shook his
huge fist in his face. :,
y ought to punch your - head
Off, ;" said Bill You're a CRATER. You've
zone back on your friends. I ought to
punch you, / say"
4Punch ahead" said Smith, moving up to
Big Bill. And number of stalwart fell
lows, Smith men, moved forward impui-
svely a..
.Do YOU know where got my monsy7'
asked Devery. still shaking his FIST ~.
,, Il don't" said Smith, 1but IL your con-
science is easy keep your money.
DID PUNCH TIM SULLIVAN MAJ.
Bill ct tormed about robbers, tb4eves, crooks
and such, got into his caIriefSe and drove
to Twentv-fourth street and Eighth avenue.
| He had his eve on four men who had walled
over that way from Smiths district. Ono
| of them wore Timothy d. Sullivan badge.
Bill overlook them and said: Get out OF
this district, youse, or III out your Liver
| out" One Of the men started an argument.
hand shot out, catching the man On the
law, Az the man fell he tunbled over
an onlooker who was standing in the gutter
beside his bicycle.
Both men fell over the bicycle in hsap.
! One of the mans companions stepped utp
to Devery and hit him ON the, the nose, the
blow glancing and bruising Bills lett sys.
bringing streak of blood. The man
sprang away and dashed up Eighth avenue
| a hundred Devery men at his heelA-
Some two hundred people were about
when this happened. dozen policeman
tried to restore order Biz Biils assailant
had left his hat behind. Bill kicked q hole
through it, then tore the felt to pieces,
threw the pieces on the walk and jumped
, on them.
By this time the crowd had swelled to 500.
| Deverv's men caught the assailant and
| brought him back, dusty and out Of breath.
Deverv's rage had vented itself TO an ex-
tent, and after ec'uring the man he let
| him go, warning him and his companions
not TO be seen in he district again or he
would have their livers ont
The ex-Chief got into another fight at
| Twenty-sixth street and Tenth avenue
| when he encountered Michael Bowling
! n brother of the Alderman. In the mix-up
bet ween the crowd that followed Devery
and Bowling friends three men were
knocked down and some Of he spectators
nyer that Drvery drew his revolver from
hi- hip pocket but put il back at once
Deverv denied this Bowling said that the
! fight didn't amount TO anything as none OF
| the m u knocked down waS hurt
| When night came Eighth avenue, from
Twentv-third TO Thirtieth street was a
! mass Of People, and the police reserves
were called out. Around the corner Of
| Twenty eighth street and Eighth avenue,
| vi ore the rooms of the Devery Association
| are the crowd was largest Devery locked
| himself in "A room on the third floor with two
or three OF his intimates and ventured down
10 the crowded hall below only at long
| intervals.
| CHEATED, HE CRIES.
Tl g earliest returns IN were from couple
of districts which Dcvery had carried Then
came figures from diairl"ts dc"idod!y .S5
other way and the house was filled with
gloom When .he resIlt was known Deyery
said
"lye been cheated My vote has fallen
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