Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-10-23
Mccullough Receives Figure Of
Fireman. Dressed In Police
SsrSeant's Coat.
COMES IN CASKET CASE
Monhagens Say He Entered the
Packer House Window and Hid
in a Uniform Chest.
TRACED THROUGH THE NEWS
New Workers Became Greatly At
tached to His Royal Highness and
Had Him Photographed.

During the day of the firemen's
parade October II, those who were
admiring the decorations at Henry
McCullough's store on Smith street,
must have at once seen handsomely
attired fireman standing on the cen
ter edge of the roof overlooking the
street. He was attired in a uniform
of blue with brass buttons and had on
| the belt and helmet of a fire mar
shal
This position he held all day, and
viewed both the parade and carnival
in the evening. If those who viewed
this figure from the street had gone
the hand, they would have found that
the very natural looking figure was
only an effigy
1t seems that during the night the
fireman" grew very tired of remain
ing in his confined and cramped
position. Ever and anon during the
day he had been seen several times to
gaze yearningly at the windows of
the Packer House, where Monhagen
Hose Company of Middletown, N. Y,
was quartered. However, during the
early hours of the morning he took
French leave of his position over Mr..
McCullough's store, darted across the
two roofs and into one of the win
dows of the Packer House Fearing
discovery, he secreted himself in one
of the large chests containing the
Monhagens' dress uniforms and was
not discovered by them until just be-
fore reaching Middletown on the re-
turn home. He was greeted with
cheers and applause and formed a
conspicuous feature in the parade to
the truck house, as one of the troph-
les. He was duly photographed and
was allowed living quarters in the
truck house.
But the JOY of the Middletown fire.
men was short-lived, as, through the
columns of the EVENING NEWS,
which they received the next day,
they discovered that their friend was
wearing coat belonging to Sergeant
Durham, of the Perth Amboy police
force.
In view of the bare-faced theft of
the officers coat, the Middletown
firemen firmly ordered "him" to re-
turn to Perth Amboy with the stolen
coat, restore it to it's owner and re-
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Jersey justice.
But the dummy refused to return
and attempted to escape. In the
struggle he lost his life and portion
of one of his No. / l shoes. A lined
burial case was then procured and,
after lingering look at their Jersey
companion the Monhagens sent the
remains to this city. While the Mid
dletown firemen were reluctant at
first to part with him, this feeling
changed when they found out his
thieving proclivities and they are
glad they found it out as soon as they
did as he might have run away from
them and traces of the stolen coat
been lost forever. They modestly
disclaim any wishes for a reward
The remains of the fireman" ar
rived in this city on the us O'Clock
train this morning, consigned to Chief
Mullen of the Perth Amboy fire de-
partment, and was delivered to the
undertaking rooms of Flynn & Null
len on New Brunswick avenue by the
Adams Express Company shortly af-
terward A handsome bouquet of
hydrangeas was found
clasped in his arms.
Chief Mullen says that the remains
will be delivered to Mr.. Mccullough.
The fireman, it Is understood, will lie
in state in the window of Mr.. McCul- |
lough's store, where all may have a !
chance to view it.
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