New-York tribune., 1907-08-11
GOSSIPOF THE BOROUGH
Magistrate HyIan SaUes T1co LiOes.
but Gets No Carnegie Medal.


Magistrate Hylan saved two lives the other
day. Timothy Mccarthy had been brought De-
fore the bar in the New Jersey avenue police
court on the charge Of habitual drunheihess'
nraferred against him by his wife. While those
who were interested In the case were arranging
themselves before the magistrate, Mrs. McCar-
thy nassed around the rear of the bar to a posi-
tion near Hylan's seat
Judge. yer worship she began, 'Oi hev
few worruds T. say t. ye. This mon is ov ma
airthiy use"
.sNo?'' queried the magistrate.
mo sir not since the day Oi married I'M.
Sure yer worship, he's been here SIX tolfls al
tyery toim he's give We the blarney to sich an
extent that We hiv sed: 'Sintence suspended!
.awellr" said Hylan-
-.Now yer worship, continued the complain
ant If ven listen TO me fer the space ov
minute, OF wud ioik to say that if We let i'm go
this toirn it's two deaths yen be afther haVlh
TO answer fer!
-Indeedg" exclaimed the magistrate, gianclhs
around at the woman in surprise
''Yis yer worship, that's so. Last noight' vi
kicked i'm out ov the house and the policeman
got i'm If he comes back this noight us muir muir
ther most foul Orn be committin'. Thin Ofn
be arristed and bye and bye yen hear ov me
bein' 'lectrocuted in Sing Sing. That I'd be the
second death. Dye foler me- yer worship
The magistrate nodded graveiy-
Never let il be said that am responsible
for two deaths, let alone one, ne aAis"Sh0u-
Then. turning to the culprit, who stood gazing
blackly at his wife, Hylan proceeded; NC
Carthy you will not so home to-night IN
stead you will go TO Blackwells Island for SIX
months"
..rTis foine ledge ye arer' cried Mrs McCar-
,hv hut Mccarthy did not share her delight. AS
the policeman led him away he turned his head
IN her direction and muttered softly;
'Whin OF git out me prisint trouples'
woman, beware."
On the first floor of the municipal building
one may hear something like this: Herrrrre'
Topsy. Topsy, Topsy!'' Blink, bunk. Blink.
bunk Blink. bunk "Herrrre, Topsy, Iopsy'
, Topsy, That's Old Charley. to be distin-
euished from Charley the Watch. Incident
ally IL is meal time for the cats of the munlcl-
pal building and other public buildings OF the
block.
. When Old Charley first got his job under the
city Is a matter of history, but not Of the MEM
cry of man. AS the elevator man said;
oh he's always been here"
Every morning and every night Old CharIey-
and he is more than seventy years DID, they
sar-calls the cats to their meals The meals
consist of what is regularly known in butcher
shops as 'cat meat" Who pays for the meals
thus distributed? Nobody seems 10 know out
he probably pays for them himself.
Religious circles have been much stirred up
by the announcement of the laying Of the cor
nerstone on last Sunday Of the Brooklyn Branch
OF the Reformed Church of Jesus Christ OF Lat
ter Day Saints and the subsequent house-to-
house canvass of the organizations missionaries
Catholics and Protestants see in these things
threatened Mormon invasion Of the City OF
Churches. According 10 the newcomers, their
missionaries have not been making house-to-
house canvass, and the Church does not believe
iu poivgamy Mrs. Ethan Squire, of No IL
Sherlock Place, whose husband is leader IN
the branch had this to say Of the enterprise:
Our congregation numbers between 100
and 115. We do not send out missionaries
Our meetings advertised regularly in the
newspapers. and we try TO persuade our neigh
bors TO attend the meetings, but beyond this
We do not go II attempts 10 increase our
numbers. Polygamy is contrary to our doc
trires Just prior TO her DEATH Joseph Smiths
wife announced to people that no such doc
trine had Ger been received by her husband
and that she had never heard anything concern
ing II That was a doctrine introduced in Utah
sn 1882 without the authority OF any revelation
and contrary the doctrines of the Church
In this respect. would like TO say that there
is a branch Of the Utah Mormons in this bor-
ough which is hampering greatly in our
work That branch is making a house-to
house canvass. and, while processing not TO be-
H0ve in polygaIny. the leaders Of the movement
practising Il themselves. This know for
a fact Ae far as we are concerned. it can hurt
no one TO become convert TO our Church. Its
doctrines are not harmful They conform to the
letter and the spirit OF the law. Baptism is
perhaps the most important tenet of our belief.
We are acting as evangelsts. asking the people
to~believe in God and in Jesus Christ, the
son Of God: asking them to repent of their sins
and to be baptized for the remission Of sin and
10 seek the laying OF hands for the gift of the
Holy Ghost We also believe that the end of
the world is near at hand."