Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-05
BIG FL0RRIE IN BELLEVUE
TAMMANY LEADER SULLIVAN IN
A sTRAITJACKET.
Hopelessly Insane, Doctors Think.
Wanted to Go to Racetrack-Sulli-
van Clan Gets Him to Hospital.

NEW YORK, September 5.-Big Florrie
Sullivan is in the psychopathic ward at
Bellevue Hospital. DR.. Charles Fleming,
IN charge of the ward, and DR.. Graeme
Hammond, the alienst, made an examina-
ton of Sullivan, and they fear that the
big Tammany leader of the eighth dis
trict is hopelessly insane The present plans
of Sullivan's relatives and friends Is to
have him held for several days under OBJ
servation at Bellevue and then send him
to a private sanitarum. .
Immediately after his arrival from Eu-
rope Tuesday afternoon Florrie was taken
to the home of his mother, Mrs. Charles
L. Perry. at 116 East 18th street. DIR.
Graeme Hammond was called in and talk d
for some time to the Tammany leader. Fear
ing that the big politician might become
violent. two brothers of Florrie, State Sena-
tor Christie d. Sullivan and Dennis Suli-
van, remained at the house all day and
night, together with Alderman Max Levine.
To Hospital by Ruse.
Florre had insisted in the early part of
the day on his two brothers going with
him to the Sheepshead Bay racetrack. He
was persuaded to give up the trip, but from
time to time he insisted on starting for
the races. Along in the afternoon little
Tim Sullivan arrived at the house in
closed carriage. With him was Detective
Winter of the East 9th street station.
Florrie was coaxed to take drive through
the park and Detective Winter, little Tim,
Senator Christie, Dennis Sullivan and AL
derman Levine went along.
About o'clock the carriage rolled into
the grounds of Bellevue Hospital. Await
ing the arrival of Sullivan was DR.. Ham
mOnd, who had with him Assistant Super
intendent Ricard and DR.. Fleming of Belle
vue. Big Fiorrie soon realized where he
C,,lli rr;ov, Lo oil
those in the carriage who tried to restrain
him and leaped out on the sidewalk in
front Of the Bellevue reception ward. Flor
rie turned to the driver of the carriage
and begged him to help him. Policeman
George Banks, attached to the prison ward
of Bellevue, was the first to tackle Big
Florrie and Banks won't forget 1t for some
time. Florrie threw him around and tore
to restrain the insane politician and in the
mixup DR.. Hammonds clothing was rum
pied.
Straitjacket and opiate.
After a struggle they got Florrie to the
entrance of the psychopathic ward and he
was turned over to two attendants, How
ard Crisbell and Edward Campion. Su.li-
van knocked Crisbell down and was ready
to tackle the other attendant when two
big policemen came up and held the raving
Tammany leader until a straitjacket was
fitted on him. FlOrrie's condition was such
that it was necessary to give him an opiate,
which put him to sleep. ST..
Mrs. Charles I. Perry said last-night that
her son had worried greatly over the way
in which death had followed him. Mrs.
Perry pointed out how he had gone abroad
year ago with Warden Charley Ander-
son, who died at Carlsbad. Then Florrie
went to Hot Springs, as was his custom
each year, and returned early in the spring.
Shortly after his arrival IN the city his
stepfather, Mrs. Perry's husband, died,
and soon after that his brother Christie's
wife died. His cousin Mikes wife died a
short time later, followed by the death of
favorite aunt Mrs. Ellen Lambert, in
Jersey City. The final blow came with the
death of Robert Pinkerton.