New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH.
Hoo Sergeant Zimmerman Came
Near Being Physician.

sergeant John Zimmerman acting captain Of the
r,utler-st station. who expects to attain the full
rank when the captains are appointed soon,
surprised a crowd long ago by skilfully dress
ing wonan's injuries when ambulance was
DELAYED in reaching the OF trolley accident
When the physician arrived he said he could not
have done better himself Sergeant Zimmerman
then explained how narrowly he had missed be-
coming physician and how odd as 1t may seem.
in-heath the cause of his becoming police
man When his father killed at the battle Of
Gettysburg Zimmerman was just four years old
Thus faded away the dream that the mother had OF
sending her boy to college. Often he had to leave
school so that he might small stipend as er-
rand boy 10 the village doctor in Catskill Greene
County, his native place
In spite of his disadvantages the boy studied by
himself and years time was better equipped
than his old companions who had remained in
school Just as the boy getting vision of pre-
pairing himself for college the physician died. and
he had TO go to work on a farm. Until his nine
teenth year he remained there, to be near his
inss in a bandanna handkerchief. and with his en-
tire capital IS bill. in his pocket started for
man in drug store. and once more the longing to
be Rsa b ans over Clerk Kim IN the store and
studying at the College astaarmacy Then he en-
STUDY studying there his hard broke down his
health A physician advised him to join the po-
80 good restore his health and build up his con-
then as now, and zimmerman became a cop In
q year he was one of the finest specimens of phys
soundsman. and year later sergeant He came
70 like the work. and decided to remain police
estimated to be worth 10000 which has been in
sone day he es may come in for fair sized slice Of
this money, although the chances are not Of the
tanplation Of a prospective fortune to interfere
with his police work. however
Speaking of fortunes Sergeant James Allen, of
the Butler-st station. tells sad story of how he
lost $50 900 through i'll timed laugh These pros
poets gona he decided to become policeman. Ac-
cord,ng &c the yarn that Allen spins when he is IN
q particularly reminiscent mood. he had an uncle
In the West whose fortune 100000 He was
IN poor health and somewhat peculiar, and was
constantly making odd wills. When he died
s. found that, according to his last VIII and
testament he had left half of his fortune to young
Allen: but there a stipulation that the young
man must settle down and show that he had the
capacity to hold a steady position. He was re-
CURED to make good inside of three months and
b could not try more than three different employ
Sosn.A Unless he succeeded in of three in three
months tho $4,000 go 20 a distant relative
in Iowa First young Allen became an apprentice
IA dentists Office. He was getting along finely
Whsn the village grocerynans daughter with whom
hs he'd happened TO fail in love. came in to have
seans work done. While The dentist was working
ON the object Of his affections he called of
ne room for moment. Ghe young man. yielding
20 temptation approached the young woman with
pe11 OK nlppe!S thinking he had been instructed
20 90 some part OF the work, she offered no obiec-
douS when be leaned over her. But when he
planted q kiss on her lips she screamed The dem
dst canae in just IN time soc II all and his as
eistant was promptly sent into the cold world
Aliens next employment was in the office of the
secretary OF large corporation Here. too. he did
veil and WIS popular But one day he could not
coat and scare the other clerks. who were ioafine
fu but came In While the f young man
had his coat and hat No suitable expana ton
could b made, and again Allen had failed TO
make good" His la5r chance ne took with a lite
Yary man. who took great fancy to him One
day young woman with whom Aliens employer
, IL IA rove n sppsnd 70 % IN tho library The
but II happsned that there was spring lock on the
door, which had banged shut, and the young acc
rotary could not get out So he said nothing but
SGT down In q secluded nook and took IN a copV
Of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer" In a few min
OF the literary man Just at that moment Allen
hard to explain, because he knew that 1t was his
last chance. his three months would be up in
three hours and the fortune would be his IL he did
not get fred IN the time; bat the literary
man would listen to none OF the explanations
offered by his secretary and the young man WAS
turned out OF the house. His uncle's fortune went
TO the in Iowa