The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-03-23

Captain Wohlleben's illness prevented
him from. attending, but he is convale-
scing. Then the reputation of the de-
partment as beef-steak eaters was in no
danger of being lost with the presence
and active participation of Detectives
Frank Bennett, Dam Lee, Bob"
Pearson, Jimmie" Larkin, BILLY"
Prescott and oh, Lord, "Chic" Clark, the
champion. was almost forgotten in the
list. Police Sergeants James O'Brien
and Andrew Booth, Roundsnen Sydney,
O'Donnell, Sniffen and johnson Of the
Second were all there. All the. patrol
men and acting patrolmen of the
Second actively participated in the
festivities. Among invited guests. be
sides the heads of the department were
Andrew j. Corcoran, Street and Water
Commissioner Thomas p Connolly of the
Fagan Board, Finance Commissioner
VIM. Quinn, City Hall Custodian Jas.
Connolly, John j. Treacey of the Dixon
Crucible Works, Thomas f. Carey,
Harry Stultz, Michael Corrigan, Frank
McDermott, NJ II. Connolly, Michael
Sullivan Col. John W. Holmes of the
Bijou theatre; Counsellor Charles Kelly,
David Hooper, Samuel G. Smith, Eugene
Sullivan, Excise Commissioner John
O'Brien, J. ]. Murphy and Frank A.
Jaeger.
There was some serious speech-making
before the real fun began. Police cap
tain Kelly was really touched by the
spirit of loyalty and devotion thus dis
played on the part of the officers and
men under his command. He thanked
them and said it was a matter of pride
with him that he had commanded the
second precinct for fifteen years and
stood at all times in the good favor of
his men, Notwithstanding it has been
necessary to deal harshly with some as
a matter of discipline. In social mat
ters, he said, all the officers and men
could meet on the same plane and he
was never so happy as when mingling
with his men.
Andrew J. Corcoran and others eulo-
gized the Captain for his ability as
commanding officer and told how
much the residents of the Second Pre-
cinct were indebted to. him and his men
for protection of property and life. Mr..
Corcoran dwelt especially upon the pro-
lection afforded children
After the serious speechmaking the
men became gay. Good outside tai
ent had been secured by the committee,
but there was really enough inside
talent to have kept the ball rolling all
night. The men had great fun with
each other. The whole jealous ''caboo-
die" vented their spleen on Patrolman~
Frank McGurk just because he has
been recently the victim of Shove of
praise from the Chief and his other
superiors for number of brilliant thief
captures and other excellent police work.
His brother patrolmen presented him
with big tin medal surmounted with
an American eagle and pot of beans
as pendant. 1t was otherwise patri-
otically embellished OF course the
donors had it that the medal was given
McGurk because he was the champion
spare rib eater of the district. Nc
Gurk showed his appreciation by exc
cutting war dance with a whoop in the
most approved Delsartian fashion. Pa
Patrolman Jim" Harris was awarded
the leather medal as the champion beef
steak eater. "Jim's partial to A. P.
German for the Democratic nomination
for president" so the committee said.
and they declared he was regular Cor
mandizer. That nationality cuts no
figure among the men was demonstrated
by the artistic execution of an 44.sA rec
by Policemen Patrick Gordon and Stan
islaw Zalinski. Patrolman Wickham COW
cred himself all over with glory by re-.
citing "The Twisting of the Lions Tail
and Patrolman Henry Eldott was really
cute in reciting his Sunday school piece.
How ! Marched In the Parade. Other
policemen contributed largely to the en-
joyment of the affair. But in addition
to music rendered by Rolfs' orchestra
there We're songs, dances and sketches
by others Franz and Booker gave 4
good sketch, entitled ''The Two vegeta-
bles.' Tommy o'Brien, Tommy Doyle
William J. Moerlin and Peter ]. Ken
nedy sang and John T. Powers, John ].
sheehan, Walter G. Kelly and Others
told witty stories. Talon and Doolv
contributed sketch and Fred. Gepp