New-York tribune., 1910-11-24

the new president
would GO our with ne and I would snend
ali the money He told me- he was q can
NasseF lhen, but he used 70 come around
al al! hours and If I had stopped TO think
Of II I would have known that anv man
VINO had steady work wouldn't have had al
the time off that he had He alwavs had
time whenever he wanted it
He would come to see me and We vyoiIIs
80 out together and he would b,Iv one
drink never knew him 10 buy more than
one drink. Then I would buy a couple and
! then I would begin TO spend my money.
I and he wouldn't spend q cent and we would
GO around and have good tine. He talked
! lot about his friend, the French artist,
about Caller. but I never saw Caller
IN 1901 I was going back 10 ireland to
see the old folks, and gave sort of party
IN Marsh's where I worked then. at Sixth
avenue and 34th street. There was lots to
drink. and some Of the boys gave me 4
( diamond ring I lost il since, I was living
with Mrs. Keating then. at No. 202 West
Slst street Lewis went home with me and
Joe Byrne went home with me. too.
7 had 500, when I went 10 bed that
night, in nv trousers pocket. Byrne had s.
I in his pocket He slept on lounge.
! was going to sail for Ireland the next day
! July 3. When ! woke I'D in the morning I
/ had onlv S459 in nv pocket and Lewis was
/ gone Byrne's pocket was inside out and
there was 50 lying on the floor beside him,
but the s. was gone.
Wouldn't Believe Lewis Robher.
Lewis was around in the morning to GO
to the steamer with me- though, and he
wanted cce 10 so 70 the police station and
make 2 complaint. was afraid Of the po-
lice, though, and 7 didn't have time, Ny
friends tod me then that Lewis vas a.
snake in the grass, but I wouIdn't believe
them. He was too smooth. have always
thought since, though, that it was mighty
nice Of him 20 leave ne the $40 SO that 1
could 20 home. And It was nice Of him TO
leave Byrne the e
When came back Lewis was the first
man 70 shake hands with ne when I came
down the gangplank. That was in Sep
tember. and brought him some fire linen
handkerchiefs that I had had marked with
his initials. He often showed me the hand
kerchiefs afterward, and he wanted to
know how much they cost. I lent him q.
pair Of gloves once TO wear in the evening
white gloves, you know-but he never
showed them 70 me again.
When I came back I went 70 live in 4
house in SD street. 4 block away from
where he lived. I often went TO see him
IN his house. and he talked about his
friend Caller. but never saw him He
came to see ne one tine when was out,
and 4 friend Of mine was waiting there
for ne He went 70 sleep while he was
waiting, and when he woke up Lewis was
I don't say that Lewis stole the money,
because I didn't see him do il And don
say he stole the $3.50 from me and the IS
from Joe By-ne. but il does look mighty
funny that the money was always gone
wh@r lewis was.
II lost sight Of Lewis for while until
1904 ana that year I was working down /
a. Rcckaway Beach. Lewis came down
there and saw me, and wanted to know
where 7 had been all the tine. He said
he would have got a job down there him
self i he lad known 7 was going to be
there I told him il wasn't too late yet
but he said the season was nearly over
and he would wait until the next year and
come then. i I was going 10 be there
But the rext year went 10 work on the |
Great Lakes
Saw Lewis Last in 1904.
Lewis always had a bottle Of whIskey !
IN MS room He was very particular about !
his whiskey. It vas Irish and he got II /
at Z particular place downtown He had /
a bottle cased in wickerwork that he kept !
It in. He had IL in his trunk at Garden |
city and offered me a drink out OF it. ! !
saw II in his trunk again in SD street |
knew the bottle because II had 4. nick !
il one side I spoke about its being the !
same bottle and he laughed and said he /
wouldn't lose that bottle for q lot
The last time I saw him was in the
fall Of 1904. I net him in The street one
day and he asked ne to stand up at his
welding I told him that I would. but 7
never saw him again
Lewis IS said by those who knew him
70 have been very regular in his religious
obse-vances- While he was ~ the Critch-
eys in Brooklyn n 1885 he went every
Sunday to mass ac 81. MichaeI's Roman
Catholic Church, in Clermont avenue, and
when he lived in Harlem he was regular
attendant at AL Saints, al Madison ave
nue. and 129th street He was 10 have been
married at St Joseph's At Columbus ave
hue ard I25th street. Father Power, Of
ST Joseph's, was his confessor
Lewis and Miss Enright were 70 have
been married On January IL lSUo- Ihey both
rent 70 confession on the Saturday before
he wedding day and took communion TO-
yether the next morning
Lewis thought that he had consumption
and while they tried TO deny il 10 him
many OF his friends thought so also and
we're OF the opinion that ne could not tive
ong- The Criuchleys thought that he was I
Consumptlvc and for this rea son advised
i'm 70 ride his bicycle much a possible !
md live in the open air
Mrs. Kenny, with whom he lived for soma
ime, was sure that Lewis had consunD-
ION She said thai he had two bright sn0te
n his cheeks and had q tad cough From ,
,Irs kenny's Lewis went 10 live with Mrs
shton Gt 1o4Lh street and Manhattan ava
ue He vas introduced there bv Police
IL, q IN.