The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-07
Irish News.

irish News,
A notable recent arrival in Ireland
is that of Very Rev. Dean McNulty,
the venerable pastor of st. johns
church, Paterson, n. j.. known
throughout that state as an unrelent-
ing foe Of intemperance. Dean Nc
Nulty went to Ireland to celebrate his
golden jubilee mass in st. Mary's
chapel. Cashelard. County Donegal.
The mass was offered on a marble
altar which the dean recently gave to
the struggling little Irish parish. The
dean received an affectionate farewell
greeting from a large delegation OF
priests and laymen, Protestants as well
as Catholics, for it is not among his
own people alone that the white-haired
priest is honored. When he returns
to Paterson, in October, he will cele-
his pastorate of st. Johns, and the
people of Paterson are preparing TO
make the occasion memorable.
Regarding this notable man the
papers are now busy telling stories il
Illustrative of his character and of his
power exemplifed at the time of the
Carrot Mountain riots in May, 1880.
Carrot Mountain overloOks Silk
City" 1t was the gathering place for
German singing societies to greet the
rising sun on the first Sunday in May,
and a large and merry party was as
sembled there, when William Dalzell,
still a resident of Paterson, and at
that time the owner Of a garden patch
on Carrot Mountain, shot and killed
John Van Houten for trespassing on
his property. The shooting caused
great uproar. not only among the MEM
hers of the singing societies, but also
throughout the city. Thousands gath
cred on the mountains clamoring for
the life of Dalzell He was pursued
from one place to another, and the
torch was applied to the buildings in
which he sought refuge The police
were helpless although the entire
force and all the constables available
were on the ground. Sheriff Van Voor-
HES wired to Governor Mcclellan for
troops, but meanwhile police sergeant
Mcbride concluded there was a man in
Paterson who could prevent a lynch
ing. He hurried to st. Johns parson-
age and returned in a carriage with
Father Mac. The mob fell back at the
command of the priest. He directed
Dalzell to enter the carriage and then
gave instructions to drive to Newark.
Dalzell was taken to the Essex county
jail. He was subsequently tried in
Bergen county and acquitted. Ex-At-
tOrney General John w. Griggs was at
the time city counsel of Paterson.
After a conference with Mayor Ora
ham and Sheriff Won VOORHEES, he sent
word to Governor Mcclellan that the
presence of the troops modified in
Jersey City and ready to start for
Paterson was unnecessary.
In, 1,i H.
selling Deal McNulty has had many
exciting experiences. Prior to the
passage of the bishops law the saloon
keepers of Paterson who did business
on Sunday feared no one but the
dean. In order to circumvent his Wis
its the saloonkeepers provided their
side doors with a latch and chain,
which became known as the Pap
Mac lock. A guard was on duty in
side and when the door opened as far
as the chain permitted, it was bis duty
to remove the chain and permit the
visitor to enter-that is, if the visitor
was not Dean McNulty. Despite these
precautions, however, the dean fire.
quently managed to make his way into
crowded barrooms on Sundays ard in
variably the crowd fled through doors
and windows. Seldom a Monday
passed that did not IND the dean be-
fore the recorder making complaints
against saloonkeepers for violating the
excise law, and in nearly every case
the saloonkeeper paid his fine without
contest or protest.
On one occasion the dean was at
tracted to a saloon in Oliver street.
The guard was momentarily off duty
and when the priest made his way to
the barroom the crowd fed, leaving
a score or more of beer mugs on the
bar. Eyeing the beer mugs, the dean
We'll, thought l was COM
ing into a saloon, but I see it is a
shop" The saloonkeeper paid
a fine next day. In all his unaided
raids on saloons only once was the
dean attacked by a saloonkeeper. The
paid a fine of $3.50. and
only the intercession of the priest
STAYED him from state prison.