New-York tribune., 1908-07-23
POOR TOMS DAYS OVER
/ CITY HILLS PET DEAD.
Friend of Many Mayors Gone 10
Cats Happyland.

II WAS a nauseous task they called Thomas Cahiii
a patrolman attached TO the City Han station, -
perform Yesterday afternoon. rom, VINO mas
spent springs and autumns, as well as summers
90 ,,,tars for eve wears keeping the peace around
C,itv Hall Park thought that at least some one
else might be selected TO perform the TASK oi f'
ing his old friend and nanesake. But thel ne ~
on the heat and rather than see the old friend
sueer he finally mustered up the courage 10 hie
the bullet that put end to the suferihss VI po.
sihiv the most universally popular occupant OF CitS
Hail as well as one of the longest In point OIL sei
vice. =, .x,. o,..
IT was an elective Office too though IN TINS case ~
tho suffrage was limited, and the occupant was
~ -, s,s,,,aa 70 relinuuish the reins of Of
sco once he had hold of them. 1t is SO long ago
that even Marty Reese can't just Ten u-ue
which administration it happened 'h' -
leaking cat "au marked like tiger oiiis ne ,. -
big white spot underneath en. ., a,,Iar't
Hall and liked it well that ne Simply -.
- :, perhaDs il was in Mayor Hewitt 5 'ihe'
but certainly Tom. as the unimaslnati'e anu 80
teal loungers about the Han caheu iii.' Tr.,,a
,ben the Infanta Eulala and the Duque ue -.
Ia +sei, official visit Mayor Gilroy IN theil tiP
pau - =. to,n celebrate the opening OF the
..,o, 70 commemorate the four huhureu'h
,verearv of the discovery of America oy ooiu''
bus ,,, .ool sides
Tom was a good mixer ana raIes 80 ,tr
.ven though he had way OF slonhs UP ="
oa5ci.,s of varied political complexion III nc az
-. ..,,,-+u,, Keese's caresses, he also founo no
a,aeo,,,+,y in accepting reform and the he'I'"o
,vben Mavor Strong came in. ana ne hao " -
politicians and seekers for favors pea'0" -
fully when 1t came to gaining easy acce' ~
presence of the line or mayors W
Van Wyck to Mcclellan - x.a-s
A for politicians and other City Hall frequentetS'
-rono took them as they came, ard accepted 'n
condescension of the great Win an easy
- a.eo-.nt however when some of his own par
.io,,or snec,es appeared. Unlike announcer h'ii
sake he was never easy boss ana 'ooh %
port,Inty on sight to convince iiili uuei'
was there to hold down the 1oo- Inc P
e1,+s vere short and sharp, but they all tuIHe"
-. +ha san,e way This was all the more ho'io0
able during the Van Wyck administrator ""
80 lot. pandorpb Guggenhemer, then PRESIDENT Vi
~ Co,,r,on Council made 1t point each year 10
give Marty Reese half a dollar Tor Ci Is 'i'e'9
a,nner for Tom. The plum was TOO soou d 0
t,;nt of sharing with another. who might in time
grow so strong to force dls'rlpu'ioi u
good things handed out at the nan. 49,
Not that Tom depended for his hVlhs uPo "
no,iticians for City Hall Park was nhe uoi'i'. .4
n which To hunt for sparrows. At that ne couul
he beaten and he showed frequently that ne co"u
get along even if out of politics
About five wears ago he began to show the enects
of old age and gradually his sight left MN u'
he was able TO go the rounds and acKno"ieue0 ~
rs.tines of his many friends until yesterday he
- ,oagerinp about when they took him out to
~. srass Mot between City Hall and the Court
House where the twittering of heetins sParro"
stirred him for a moment. When ne lalieu u
rr,.,, IN his ears they knew he was in bad way
The oldtimers couldn't bear to see his sunerlhss'
so tbev summoned Cah who tried to put the Joo
off on the Auxiliary Society for prevention "
cruelty to Animals. When the society reported
shs+ the case was hopeless Cahill made haIf
bo,- of II before he could bring himself TO draw
his revolver