The sun., 1909-06-28
FLORRIE SULLIVAN BURIED
ALL TAMMANY OUT TO PAY
HIM THE LAST HONORS.

Not Few BepublicAne IN tno Crowd T0e
Church Services snd . Msrct
Aoross Queensboro Bridge 70 Calvsr,
Cemcteey-Danny Lookup's Part.
They took the body Of Florrie Sullivan
out over the Greensboro Bridge yeeter-
day afternoon and left It in Calvary Gene
terry. far on tho other aide Of Long Island
City. Thero was hardly member OF
Florrie's Tammany club down In the
Eighth district who didn't walk In the
funeral prooee sion. and besides them
there were most all the Tammany leaders
In New York, to say nothing Of a few Re-
publicans who came to show that there
was something more In Florrie Sullivan's
makeup than partisanship.
But 1t was mostly Tammany funeral
In the streets that lie between the house
OF Florrie's sister. Mrs. Lena Maloney,
at sa3 East Sixty-eighth street. and the
church OF st. Catharine OF Sienna, on
Sixty-ninth street. the other side Of First
avenue, thousand Tammany men stood
on the sidewalks waiting for the process
sion to be got under way. They we're
the ones who went the whole way to Cal
vary Cemetery in line of marohers and
carriages that stretched out for blocks.
SITS not because he was leader down
in the Eighth that we're here" they
would say .It's because Big Florrie had
heart as big as himself. We cared for
Florrie. We cared for him let"
And so they gathered there in front
OF Mrs. Maloney's house. where Florrie
used to live. and such Of them as couldn't
get into the roadway struggled down
Sixty-eighth street and around the cor
ner to the church.
The pallbearers were these: John p.
Cohalan. Borough President John F.
Ahearn, Philip B. Benjamin. Little Tim
Sullivan. Justice Edward E. Mccall,
John Scannell. Justice Leonard A. Gle
gerich, Sheriff Tom Foley, Patrick F.
McGowan. Percy Nagle. Thomas F.
MoAvoy. the chairman OF Tammany's
executive committee. and Battery Dan
Finn.
A list OF the rest OF the men who were
there on the street reads like the roster
OF Tammany Hall. Thomas F. Grady,
Congressman Goldfogle. Alderman James
j. Smith. Larry Muligan. John Sexton.
Joseph Soully. Justice Herman Joseph
OF the Municipal Court. who brought
Florrie back from Germany after Robert
Pinkerton died. John Hoyer. Thomas p.
Dinnean. both Judges Of the Municipal
Court-thoee are the names OF few
Of the men who came out with thunder
storms a. a-grumbllng to wait for the chance
Of going across to Long Island with Flor
rie Sullivan's body.
Big Tim Sullivan Is in Paris. He cabled
over orders for some flowers. a big wreath
shaped like heart, Hyman Bushel said.
who saw it. The Eighth sent up another
croes which Hyman said was fifteen feet
high II it was an inch. And he was care
full to explain that those came from the
club. and there we're probably hundreds
more from the members.
OF the long string OF carriages there
were five that carried nothing but the
flowers which Florrie's friends sent to
them there were 80 many roses. lilies Of
the valley. orchids and other flowers
that they spilled over and had to be laid
at the feet OF the coachmen.
At the church Father George l. Conlan
with four other priests sang the last
benediction: Then the Very Rev. J.
RAYMOND Meagher. prior Of st; Vincent
NiuhCb ol JiAtN-slAlll btIttt
talked for ten minutes about Florence
Sullivan. He spoke OF his charity. that
being the greatest Of the three graces
and then OF HIS work down there in the
Eighth when he first took hold and cleaned
itup. He said that just now in the whole
Of the Eighth district there's not a low
place Of the sort that fourished there
when Florrie was made the leader.
Danny Lookup. who has worked in a
fish market on Spring street of and on
for fifteen years and has been honest all
that time ani shows you Il papr! from
his patron Ito prove il, was outside the
church while the prayers were being said
Danny, whose real name appears to he
Daniel F. Gallagher, got people to calling
Of holding his head. Danny doesn't look
squarely out Of his eyes at you. but out
OF the bottoms OF them. SO II you chance
to be taller than he is his neck crooks and
his head drops back. That gives Danny
an appearance Of exaltation, as though
he were seeing things beyond the ken OF
men OF this world He wears his coat
inside his trousers.
'Sure,' says Danny, i've been going
to Sullivan funerals now for forty Ave
years-o6 and on. you understand, OF
and on. I'm 81 now, and honest every
day. Forty-five years to Sullivan funer-
ais, and I'm going to this ono to-day
When the procession started from the
church and wound it's way back to Third
on its roundabout course to the Queens
boro Bridge Danny stuck to his work.
Two hundred and fifty carriages there
were, stringing out blocks behind the five
which carried the toll OF flowers, and yet
Danny kept them all in line, and saw to
II that the one in front was always trailed
closely by the one behind
4 - H., k-sI
headed policeman tried to keep Danny
from waving his arms. He could not
understand what right Danny had to
wave his arms. and he was going to stop
him. But somebody interfered.
oh, don't you know who that is?
That's Danny Lookup. and he's been
going TO Sullivan funerals for forty five
voa - Jt's M TINA IN RtOt, him now