The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-17
AN EPISODE IN PHILO,CELTIC.
THREE 6AELS SMITTEN WITH A
DARK COLLEEN.

when she Chose One She Got some Bar
barOus Postal Cards, which Led TO
the Arrest OF Another and Greatly
Disturbed the PhilO-CeItc society.
Katherine Sullivan Ia pretty, strikingly
50, ~ith hef brown oyco cct black hair
She's tall, too. and can talk and singi I Gaelic.
Her beauty has disturbed the Philo-Celtic
Society, an association Of persons. young
and old. who want to preserve the songs,
dances and language Of the lrieh race.
The. society meets often and has literary
Entertainments, all with the object men
toned. II may be quite by the way that no
less than three Of he young men in the
club found Miss Sullivan far more attrac-
tive than Gaelic, fascinating as it is.
Christopher j. Lee, Jerry OLeaTy and his
brother John are the three. 1t might he
expected, with three young Iriehmen think
ing continuously and deeply o Miss
Sullivan. that they should eventually clash.
Miss Sullivan ia no coquette. and it wasn't
long before she showed her preference for
Jerry OIeary. u took no knowledge Of
Gaelic TO make that plain. John. like a tr'le
brother. yielded 70 Jerry without anything
more than regret. But from what was
said Yesterday in United States Commits
sioner Shields Office over in the Federal
Building Christy lee did not take il in
such good part.
II wasn't very long after Mlss Sullivan
had showed that Jerry was the one she
liked that she began TO get letters and postal
! cards. inscribed with things that could
hardly be called polite. N language was
distressing and vulgar, About the only
decent thing in the whole list was one which
said AS for curly headed Jerry OLeary,
curse him, You think you are the girl with
the st. Cecilia face" That was very mild.
Miss Sullivan did not even like to show
these letters to Jerry or TO her family. and
kept things quiet until one day a postal
card came in hat somebody else at home
saw. That person lost no time showing
the card to Jerry. He's a lawyer and he
knew just what to do.
Jerry told some one in Anthony Com
stocks society about the letters and postal
cards. The Comstock people took a day
or so on from thep pursuit OF art and went
after a real offender.
Last week Lee, who runs a cigar stand
IN a big hotel uptown, was arrested, charged
with having sent the postal cards. He said
IL wasn't so and he could prove II. He
was taken down to Commissioner Shields
| ana 0TTdlRneu Oh Jlo JIG &c HO CIV SJNN
bail and was released.
The story Of the arrest and the cause
got pretty wide circulation in the rooms
OF the club at 342 West Forty-seventh street,
The majority Of the members could not
believe that Lee would do a thing like that
The cause Of Sullivan Va. Lee took the
place of Gaelic for the time being. Miss
Sullivan did not CONG aroun to the society
for a time because the situation was strained,
There was a big turnout In the Com
m~issioner's room yesterday. Of member
OF the society. and most OF the persons
present were friends Of Christy Lee. Daniel
+. CohaIan. who belongs to the Irish-Ameri-
can Athletic Club. appeared for Lee.
Francis J. Carmody. Assistant United
States District Attorney, was there for the
Comstocks, the O'Learysa and Miss Sullivan.
Lee simply said he didn't do it. Johnny
O'Leary went on the stand and swore that
the handwriting was Lees. Miss Sullivan
was there and looked lovely.
COMMISSIONS Shields adjourned the hear
ing for a week. There will not be many
meetings Of the Philo-Celtic Society tina
will be cheerful and happy until after the
case is settled.