The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-09-03
MNANUs SCENTS MURDER.
VAN WHO'S FIGHTING PLUNkITT
RUNS FOUL orr PLOT.
an, Home From Foley's Picnic. says He,
10 Find a stranger with . blackjack
in the Hail-To All Of Which the Hon.
q, washington Piunkitt Says. "B0sh!"

10 Find stranger WIN uAhchJbcH
IN the Hail-TO All OF which the Hon
q. washington Piunkitt Says. "Bosh!'
The Light Guard OF Tho MoNanus, four
and twenty brisk boys. are seeking in the
hvwa Va of the Fifteenth Assembly distrio
=, short. stocky man with hamlike hands
and red hair who. McMahus says lay In
wait for McAlanus early yesterday morning
TO retire him from the Tammany leadership
6obt with a blackjack. Around A52 West
Forty-ninth street, where The MoManua
and six brothers live, he exercises the high
iuutice the middle and the low. Only
me Of these will be required for the rod
bared one if he be caught.
I Tho MoManus went to Tom Foley's pic
10 on Friday night, made merry danced
4 nd pot home as the clock struck four.
The front door was wide open, surprising
thing, and the gas was out in the hail. 4,
the stairway The McManus stumbled over
q mans body. A minute or two later
when the clan Of McManus responded to
the call of their chieftain. they found The
holding a husky man who was shoeless
and sockless and who seemed far gone in
drink He said he had wandered in to
sleep off jag, and when they showed him
the iron handle Of wise with cord at
taohed he said positively that 1t didn't
belong to him.
The McManus and the six brothers kicked
the barefoot stranger out in the drizzle
and retired to mediate. They became
sorry they fired him out, for the more The
McManus meditated the more he believed
the stranger had come to kill him and had
fallen asleep on the job. McManus is
confident he will catch the man before
mother day.
This is serious matter said The
kIcManus last night. IT is too serious
o treat with levity. You can't dismiss it
With a laugh. am as sure that man planned
q assassinate me as 1 am that George
Washington Plunkitt s right name is Dennis.
wasn't the first time somebody-and
m naming no names, you understand
Red to eliminate me from public con-
Iteration | never said anything about
be first attempt, but there was scheme
o do me up.
! The opposition is like a man who goes in
( jackpot with fours and deuces. fails to
helm and gets a flash of king full in the
other fellows fingers. They know I'm
going to win. Punkitt knows he 8 goner.
The thugs and plnguglies that are against
me know the only way to beat me is to
Iend me to church feet first Therefore.
say that out of the present political situa-
lion grew q premeditated attempt on my
kfe. I have lived in that house twenty
five years. and the front door was never
open at night and the gas in the hall was
never out at night in all that time. Besides
hat the skylight in the roof was open.
sho wing that the wouldbe assassin planned
10 escape that way.
The McManus never took drink lin
bis Life 80 you may know was sober when
got home" .
George Washington Plunkitt was sitting
ictures Of Lincoln and Charles F. Murphy
esterday afternoon when he heard OF
IcManuss escape.
4 have nothing to say" remarked the
statesman, severely. 'Once before l had
occasion to say: Let the pups howl" Well,
bit. 1t Is true that there is mild, peace
hi interest in my leadership plans, but
is for a fight, contest, I haven't heard
6f one.
II believe there Is 2 person named
icManus who dreams dreams. itches to
HttentioIIto him Why, haven't begun
% do things yet. I gave q little picnic
he other day, a modest affair for 5000
people, where 1000 voters cheered for
PUNK, but the old man hasn't really gone
hto action yet. That ricinc, by the way
as free to every man. woman End child
; didn't charge the children Is cents apiece
Ind drag them around town to show what
good fellow was. either
Mr. Plunkitt was informed that the plain
people Of the district have been told that he
has his nails manicured twice week. ana
hat the report has caused as much agitation
Is the story Of his having butler and giving
ha II IT. ff
'Nerer,' said George Washington, en-
: bhatically, shave got manicured. have
lever had a manicure. PUNK has never
been trimmed yet, and he never will be-
his settlement isn't in the manicure belt
n nys may say that have s,L never
rink, told lie or had my nails polished.
Mr.. Plunkitt said he would unlimber his
guns next Tuesday night, when his general
committee meets.
i shall present my views and my. policy
Q the committee, said he, and will prob
Until that time have nothing to say.
However. it would be q good thing
Tor the public to know that In this section
pi homes there are more permanent homes
n my district than In any other in New
ork-the call for me is general and in
listent. All the old fellows are for PUNK.
hey belong to. Whyi They know that
never stuck my hand out for graft There
not cent Of tainted money that ever
tuck to me-"
Of the Plunkitt picnic they said at the
1cManus. headquarters: Twenty-Five
housand? o sugar. Most OF the people
here were for The McManus, and went just
(ut of kindness of heart 80 the old man
'ouldnt feel bad. The rest Of the crowd
rent because PUNK hadn't given picnic
Of, forty years and they wanted to see how
looked when he was spending money
On the level said Owen McManus, who
guards the door Of The's headquarters,
hey shut of the water supply at Plunk's
cnic and the only way, fellow could
et his throat was to buy beer
That said Plunkitt,- Us a lie, but
hye nothing to say: ] didn't get. my
btical muscle playing tiddle-de-winas,
ut wait until the night OF tho I'D Of Septem,,,
er, when the returns are in. You will
ear 80 many cheers for the old man that
gu will think Teddy is back In town.
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