Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-23
WALTER J. GERAGHTY
Funeral of School Supply Clerk will
 Be Held To1NIorrow

Be Held To-NIorrow.
 Walter J. Geraghty, for several years supply clerk of the public schools, died Saturday afternoon at his home, 131 Bishop street, after a short illness. Besides his widow he leaves two sons, John J. and Walter. also two brothers and three sisters. John J., the insurance man, Martin, and Miss Annie Geraghty of this city; Mrs Joseph Julian of New ark, N. J., and Miss Nora Geraghty of Dublin, Ireland. The funeral will o'clock with a mass of requiem at St Thomas church and interment in St Joseph's cemetery.
 Walter J. Geraghty was born in Dublin, Ireland. His father, John J. ent of the Dublin, Wicklow x Wex- ford railway. He received his educa- tion in a Christian Brothers school in his native town and went into the world we'll equipped for the battle of life so far as training, education and character can arm a young man for the struggle. At that time Ireland was chafing under an iniquitous system of land laws and coercion acts which made almost anything one might say or do a crime, and the only course open to those who sought redress was in secret organizations where met met and discussed measures of relief which have since been practically attained, even that of the right to assemble and make known through the press and from the pulpit such reforms as in their judgment were for the best in terest of the country. The stifiing of free speech was wholly responsible for the inauguration of Fenianism and Walter Geraghty, then in his teens, entered into the spirit of the institu- tion with an enthusiasm that resulted in forcing himself and many others to seek livelihood in other lands. After the failure of the insurrection led by Smith O'Brien In 1867. MT Geraghty came to the United States and settled in Waterbury, where under more fa- yorable conditions he proved himself an honest industrious citizen. Before coming to America Jae filled the posi- tion of instructor to station agents and telegraph operators on the Dublin, Wicklow & Wexford railway.
 His early training as disciplinarian OLISiA plOIIPlCd ItgdIu utilI as somewhat arbitrary, but those who knew him best admired him all the more for his persistent efforts in having things done upon a well defined plan, and in consequence he was upperlmost in the minds of his associates when money was to be handled and accounts kept accurately. On his arrival In Waterbury he entered the employ of Frank Finnegan, the Union street gro- cer. Later he was employed by the Darlington Manufa featuring Go as fore man of the japan department. He re- signed to accept a position with the late Dudley Clothing Go. which carried on business in the premises now occu- pied by E. c. Kilduff Ss Go, where his ability as bookkeeper was recognized by expert accountants.
 He was popular member of the r. of A., Waterbury lodge, | o. F., the N E. o. P. the Maccabees, St Jo- seph's T. A. B. society. and various other fraternal institutions. He took a leading part in the several inaugur- ated here in aid of home rule for Ire- land and i'll later years used to take a pride in saying that 1t was a consola- ton to him to know that what man would be thrust into jail for saying in the old world when he was boy could now be said there in the teeth of the enemy without fear of being brought up on charge of treason.