The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-31
VILLAGE OF RIOTS and SPOTS
JINk SrETFENS TELLS GREEN.
wen THtT IRIS SPOIIT.
, H, Town I" the Town Hail To sec It's
-rah1tisa Proved b, squares Ia.
He'd Ga-." water" Vice. - and
'rn~ rropir." M oa q blackboard.

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+ Rich. the chief OF police Of
'snN y put Il. IL came like a blow
orr Inwrapred Wet wcaktsh in the
TO-. '1"n Link SteT.ns. a. whom life
-..-' lnc darn civic shame after another.
-'c'd lp al n dinner outside the limits
rU town OF Greenwich. Conn. cit was
ne annual banquet of the Common
."Il'h Club, New Britain. and the time
.re" weeks ago.. and said this u the
a.nrrs about his own home village.
Greenwich In as corrupt - any city
70 the United States
Link Steden- IL the we'll known pub
lcist. He prefers to h. known. however.
a. Lincoln St.f.n~. magazin. writer and
puhli,isi.
h. II was who wrote -Sham.s Here.
There and Everywhere or some such
work, and IA he has gon. through life
ns has uncovered so much corruption
that II Is next To impossible for him to
raise his head.
But when the magazine writer and pub
licist went 20 the extreme OF making re-
marks at this Common wealth Club din
ner at New Britain about his own Green
~ich town. the township roso GSom Green
wlch village in the western end To its
eastern extremity. which IL Sound Beach
the homo Of Mayor George sammis, who
is the only man by the name Of Sammis
who does not live on Long Island.
Just FOR that. Link said Greenwich.
you come to the Town Hall. Greenwich
avenue. Greenwich. next door to Finch =
drug store. on the night Of Friday. De-
cen,ber 30. and get heckled. Make good
your charges and we shall appoint a chair
man and one by one various speakers will
arise and repudiate you
So last night the magazine writer and
publicist appeared before crowded
house.
All the town was there and II was .vl-
dent ss the town filed IN that Greenwich
vas peeved A reporter from The SrS
was or the point Of entering and trying
90 wedge through the crowd as the guest
OF Julian Street. who although not a
pubhcist is a magazine writer, when
Julian presented the reporter To Chief
Of Police Billy AZ the Town Hall entrance
Billy. an interesting raconteur. brought
up one thing after another A. result
the time passed 20 pleasantly that hefor.
Julan's g1es, realized the Iaten-ss Of
the hour the II ,o3 train 10 New York was
due and the reporter had to hotfoo, "
down Greenwich avenue to the railroad
station 10 catch the train
Bat while standing outsid. listening 10
Billy's "reminiscences runners can" out
to tell Of what was going on inside And
20 by patching these messages together
piscn Ivy piece connected story of what
Link was talking about and what he
citizens Of Greenwich were saying IN reply
wa~ oh, Alled
RIfor. Link came over To- the Toxn
Hall on his home in Rive SIDE place
So md Bea n. TO get hackled " was lea ned
/. ON Julian Street and his freed ChIsf
Billy Rich thai for many months. almost
yea :. LInk has h~el going a"oInd ti.eer
With telling Iis citizens that II" town v as
corrupt The villa re didn't mind that.
he we've. until LAX began 10 talk aho'.t
Greenwich outside the tovi iirn!'-
Vince Dsmuks. 70" Insta1C'. said a.,
niRhr to the little group gathered s-c'lnd
J liam Street and Chief Bily Rich o4i-Ii.
the Town Hall whil.' Link was speaking.
-Only q week ago l8s, Saturra n 80
just finished making up my oys.Fr -.
and was starting back along >Iea'uboa
road when along comes Link and ma 2.
zine Teller from Eroryhpfjs named Wa
Lippman; ,u,.,.
Morning. Vince says Link, pleasant
enough. and then he stopped m" wn.r.
I stood.
Vince. Link goes on | suppose YOU
a. town oticer nave seen 90 l. that me
new sewer has been continued through
East Elm street,
well now / come TO think ~ tn
sewer answers him, also civii. rs
slipped my mind.
frhat's it, yells Link. shaking his
finger in my face. That's 49, Tn"y nave
GOT TO YOU too: 1ou.ve -, zen nonghl'
rupt as New York. or Camden. = j. II
you were down in New York you proba-
bly,. not possibly but probably. would
os a I ammany hireiinE. This village -
a. had or worse than a grea, city. ism,
that so.
Guess you're right. Lins I.answers.
70 be agreeable. 'Geet ap Prince. and |
drove on didn't mind him saying thai.
because no one outside the village was
listening. But when Link gets up ON
side the town limits and begins tn knock
90 rhe world that but just then OIL,
from The Town Hail came little Willie
Quigley the fiTst runner. to -ay thar he
meeting had been called TO order.
-Hows the stage set'- asked Julian
Street.
There's q painted pink cur ain.
Willie answered. land Links got on a
sack suit and a soft rolled collar and
butterfly tie with the wings tucked in
Indsr the rolls. They've picked Henry
DAYTON as chairman and there's n young
:allo~ on the stag. who has a piece 81
chalk and IS drawing pictures a. Link
'alks He's made a square with the word
Eas n the middle ~ II and next tn the
ga -pIlara !. another one wirh water
AMI electric light written onto u Link
. talking about corruption IN Philad"i-
phis Denver. san francisco. -. Louis
nd Pttsburg
Why don't you com. around To IN"
rl.'n- Treat olub;- asked Julian. adj
Grss-.ng the reporter. i looked for YOU
.a-' rie-day. but you didn't show ur
Tid you get that one about IN" two
.torad persons fishing" asked chef
= Us Rich He addressing Julian
-'r..' There were two negroes fish-
..s no vent on The first one was the
..-,,r"w Of tn. other. but the second negro
- not the uncle ~ the first WHAT re-
....,r | ask you. was the second negro
.. ~. hrst'"
bite answered Julian W nat
.afipn vas the second negro TO the
tulio OI.igley came out again Link
BE- .tF.ng quoted Willie, that ther" II
..t.nf now uOinE on III the I nI'ad