New-York tribune., 1909-03-16
DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW
YEARS AGO.
Sale of His Club Shoes Former
Gambler Many BeLeUed Dead
Living IN Long Branch.

in secluSiOn in the West End section or Long
Branch, under the constant care of his wife
sufficient realized at the sale to pay OF
all the Indebtedness on the Daily parcels and to
keep the former gambler and his wife and son
in comfortable circunstan for the remainder
of their lives. So completely has Daily dropped
from public view that many persons when they
heard Of the sale remarked chat they had be
lieved him dead years ago.
The sale was held by Bryan L. Kennedy, at
the Real Estate Exchange Salesroom No 14-16
Vesey street, in the presence of many well
known investors and spectators and persons
who years ago were numbered among the init
mate friends Of Mr.. Daily. There spirited
bidding for the property, the first offer being
| $4,000.
Simon Hess. a well known business man of
this city, was the successful bidder. He got the
famous club site, including the building on it,
| for $4,000. The terms of sale were 10 per cent
| of the purchase price the day of the auction
| and the remainder when title is delivered to
! him in thirty days.
! Few persons in the auction rooms knew that
If the auctioneer was not successful in finding
buyer for the property at reasona BILE price Mr..
! DAILY and his faithful wife would have TO seek
| the aid Of charitable friends TO provide a roof
| over their heads and the necessary comforts of
/ life Grim poverty with all that the term i'm
| plies for persons who have been accustomed 10
| many of the luxuries of life was what the faith
many OF the luxuries of life was what faced Mr-
/ and Mrs. DAILY at the time of the sale
For years Phil" Days name has been only
! a memory, chiefly recalling the days when he
! entertained in a sumptuous manner at his club
/ many well known persons who liked to take
/ chances with Dame Fortune at the gambling
/ tables The stakes were large. and according
/ TO reports on one memorable occasion one of
the players left the club nearly 81 100000 poorer
| than when he entered the brilliantly lighted
! halls to hazard a wager on the turn Of the
! roulette wheel
THOUGHT DEAD FOR YEARS.
/ The general public lost sight Of Phil" Daily
/ after his trip TO this city on December 5, 1855.
! when he was the victim Of badger game" b"
| being held up and then wounded in the temple
/ by two men while he was speaking TO young
! woman in fat in Fourth avenue. near 5oth
! street For some years afterward his name was
/ occasionally seen in the pa pers, and then he
disappeared from his usual haunts in this city.
Daily is now an cid man, unable to attend %
J any business affairs. and practically recuse
in a house IN Chelsea avenue. Long. Branch.
which he bought years ago and gave 10 his
wife At times mis- mind is said TO be q blank,
! and at other periods he is able TO converse in
telligently with few old associates and friends
/ VINO are occasionally permitted 70 sec him.
Daily never fully recovered from the effects Of
/ the wound which he received in his encounter
with the ''hoid-up"
When the Pennsylvania Club was forced 10
close its doors about eight years ago. as a result
! CT the efforts of Governor Fort, who then
! Judge Of the Circuit Court, 10 stamp out gam
bling in all its forms at the New Jersey seashors
resorts. "Phil" Daily was practically a penni-
less man. He had large real estate holdings.
but the fee to the properties was held by his
I wife, and most Of the premises were heavily en-
! numbered
| Mrs. Daily had urged her husband 10 give up
| gambling and go into a reputable business, and.
| in spite of the fact that when he was finally
| forced TO close the club he a poor man. she
looked on that day, it is said. as one OF the
| happiest In her lie. Soon afterward. when The
wound in Days head began to trouble him
seriously and cause him 10 have spells Of for
| getfulnesz she worked harder than ever to hold
the properties intact and TO keep them from
| being sold under foreclosure.
PROPERTY HEAVILY MORTGAGED.
The mortgage leans, however. were heavy
burden. There was one mortgage Of S50000
held by the Mutual Life Insurance Company OIL
| all the DAILY properties at West End. There was
second mortgage for $4,000 held by the "Ar'
Adams estate and a third. affecting all the prop
critics, for $1,000
The properties included. besides the Pennsyl-
nue.. Long Branch in one of which Mr.. and Mrs
| Daly have made their home for years. The total
sum due on the parcels vas considerably over
SCI 900 as interest on some of the loans was
long past due.
! A foreclosure action was begun some months
| ago against Mrs. Catherine Daily as the owner
! Of the properties and the Pennsylvania Club
| house was scheduled to be sold at sherif's sale
to-day TO satisfy that judgment A person &C
ouainted with all the facts OF the fight made by
| Mrs DaIy 10 stave off foreclosure proceedings
visited officers of the Mutual Life yesterday d
feu, hours before tho time set for the voluntary
sale of the premises and guaranteed that the
! insurance company. the plaintiff in the fore
! closure action would suffer loss by a post
nonenaent of that sale, and the desired adjourn
| rnent was ordered. The date Of the foreclosure
| sale was then set for thirty days from to-day
Owing to the results of the voluntary sale
Yesterday there will be no need for reoffering the
property, as the $4,000 will meet all the mort
gage loans together with interest and referees
charges Mrs. DAILY will receive about SS,ooo
| cash.
MRS DALY'S SMALL FORTUNE.
When MI Kennedy stepped down from his
auction stand yesterday Mrs. DAILY owned in fee
simple and unencumbered the two houses in
Chelsea avenue. which are conservatively esti-
mated to be worth $4,000 each. Thus her fort
une. now comprises real estate and cash in hand
totalling about S10S,000.
When she decided to seek buyer at a volun-
| tarv sale of the Pennsylvania Club property
Mrs Daily had no money to pay for the neces-
| sary advertising She went TO her jewel case
from which she took diamond ring given TO
| her bv her husband about twenty years ago
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