The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-27
WOULD OLD SALTS GAMBLE?
THE GREAT SHOCK THAT CAME tP
FROM SAILORS SNUG HARBOR.
It went Straight TO Jerome. ana ihe"
There Was an InNestlSatinh--A"".
90 Wartmaster Robert Gcrrish All"
Capn smith and Ills WrEdrrfui SnOre.

Cap'n SnlItn ana AIS N'''N''" '''''
The Sailors Snug Harbor on the "eSt,rh
shore of Staten Island was never "'''
a darker couo than that "hch 'o"''"
above it to-day Nay not even "heh ,he
tainted smoke OF the Bayonne renherieS
actually cut OIL the suns hight Tor Gays
together. HoTrid scandal Sgn'aks up ana
down the shaded gravel walks Inc sea
does growl The hall resonnds with NUT
tsred threats that the "newspapers II De
told the hull sensation. "uv'nor or no
GUY 'nor"
Can. ConLn Smiths snore furnished the
overture. In truth that snore was more
than an overture, it was whole chamber
concert. But sound and fury have in this
case sipnified something to wit gaming
bitter hearts, ugly words, strong drink
exile and D,str ct Attorney Jerome
.Wby sure," observed Cap'n Skate Face
Morris. soul nting cheerily at an inter-
eiawer aoros.t a table on til" veranda AT
fhe Sign of tLe Stone jug. adjacent To the
Snug Harbor grounds. "Why sure, jerome s
IN n. NV son, il the old days was back
and there was good clipper ships dong the
worlds business again instead of a lot OF
hoatin' teakettles---if as ! say the old days
WAS back and | ws,s som'er of the Wind
ward Islands and a school of right whales
vas to rush unanimous up out OF deep
water and try to kill 'emselves bc keepln
m leapin' out of the water (as whales Will
vvhen rendered d,.sprit in them waters)
7 woh,ldn't waste no time nowadays in
vestieatin how and why these things
rome about Never bit, would l. ID
% NV way, rejoicin' and KNOWN as we'll
hin, that Jerome q
broke loose in new place, The charts
amt got nothn' to do with him. They
saw he amt to bo feared outside Of New
York county. But look what happened to
Cap'n Smith.
Il was indeed a chronicle Of disaster.
Cap'n Smith has long suffered from an
affection OF the rose and throat "hich
causes him to wheeze heavily when awake.
and when asleep to emit roar Ike the eH-
haast pipe of an ocean liner. He was put
in the hospital. Sleep. for any one else
was murdered. A great tumult arose.
caused by the snoring Of Capn smith or
night and the angry roarrs OF al! the other
patients by day. Robert Gerrish the ward
master, made every effort to find place
where the stertornis slumbers of Capt n
smith would create less trouble, The
Cap'n was moved from one floor to another
and from wing to wing. The complaints
followed him. ,
Some little irritation was, generated
'twixt the wardmaster and the ratient e.
Their differences grew to hot del ates.
When Wardmaster GerTish ordered Capn
Smiths bed to be spread in the boiler room
In the sub-basement, there was an open
explosion. Smith swore that r GerIi sh
that Smith would soon find less hosPit able
quarters than the Sailors Snug Harhor.
The ancient sailormen who bask in the
eunshine along the harbor walks gcssiped
about the strife. Life has not been so
While Smith suffered threats and snored
wardmaster Gerrish went about his own
campaign with devilish elaboration. He
wrote a letter to District Attorney Jerome
an inmate of Sailors Snug Harbor, was
demoraizing and undermining the viz,
tues OF that revered institution, SAID
Smith, wrote Gerrish went to Manhattan
borough on the ferry every DAY, laden
down with money tempted from the pockets
OF the povertystricken inmates This
money was turned over to certn New York
poolrooms, policy shops and other places
of chance.
have an opportunity in the institution of
earning from Is to % cents day at light
thStasss over the walks and picking stray
darfdelion blossoms out of the lawn To-
bacC0 rs supplied 10 tnen' anu the' olllS
opportunities for eXtravasance are in the
purchase of rum and in gambling.
According to Wardmaster Gerrish,
Smiths roll amounted on some days
to AZ much as $2,85. 1t was even charged
that the policy shops paid Smith COM
mission on the sums he brought over TO
Manhattan.
Az a consequence Of this letter of Ger
rish's detectives from Inspector Schmitt
iberger's Office visited Sailors Snug Harbor,
They called on Gov, Delahunty and asked
,him to tell them more about the alliance
Coy. DelahuntN threw .fliphapss over his
ear. II there's one thing in the world
which gives the Governor the jiggers it
Is hint that scandal is coming to Sailors
Snug Harbor. Gambling, "Poolrooms, "
POLICY = horrors. Scouts were sent to the
Battery to wigwag news 10 Staten Island
of the approsch Of newspaper reporters,
Double guards wcIo nut on all the gates.
All employees were cautioned not to speak
above a whisper.
Capt. Smith was suspended for a year
for quarreling with the wardmaster. Ger
IRISH was forced to resign; notices were
posted that he lost his JOB "for going over
the heads of his superiors in attempting to
discipline an inmate"
These desperate measures were deemed
necessary to forestall an invasion of Staten
Island by the terrible Jerome whose heralds
are scandal and notoriety for evidoers.
Cap'n Smith moved over to the Stone jug,
The landlord had two winter roomers on
the top floor Of whom he wanted to get rid.
Cap'n Smith went up there and snored for
Cap'n moved out on Monday and then
made for Bowery lodging house. II
the police and Mr.. jerome fail to find him
to use as a witness against the policy shops,
it is understood that Cover O. Delahunty
Will manage to control his grief