The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-25
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so THE WOWtS ar THE OTHER
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Q. was Dapps Rise's Thsrd Attempt To
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Toe streas foe iiim Once More.


Toe sirsnx foe him Once Mere.
Hard tines in Chinatown had a. much
10 do az ANYTHING else perhaps with Dippy
Rice's third attempt yesterday morn
ing in the Chatham Club to put a bullet
through his head. Time Was when Dippy,
always with a wary eye on tho Head
quarters bulls. walked the Bowery with
q canary diamond in thu front OF his
soft shirt. But succession OF Elizabeth
street police captains unfris-dly to
pippy's only profession. pocket picking.
and the growing belief uptown that
Chinatown after dark and Chuck Con-
uors and opium smoking were a bunk :
Impoverished MIR Rice and tinsed his
thoughts with purple
This at any rate is the explanation
given by James Kelly. leader of the
jimmy Kelly gang. for Dippy's annoy
ing conduct yesterday morning
lit just shows you. said jimmy yester-
aAy. that some FELIX'S can't be- trusted
3it a gun. l always says-you know
that, Commodore that unless guy
can't keep control Of hisself he ought
IN let the cannons alone
Never carried anything in me life
but me punch said Commodore Dutch.
nodding
Times have been rotton down here
for a year continued Mr.. Kelly. Most
Of us have felt like cashin in or takin' 70
tn hop or dom somethin foolish. but
what's Tn Use? Take my own place
I'm tellin' yuh straight that when hear
IN cash register ring mp I think it's a
fire. TN hell sounds so loud. I've had
to FIRE four barkeeps because they didn Z
have anything else TO do but get stew ed.
and when they got that way they didn I
know how to act like gen
Tony had 90 close up and beat il TO
BROOKLYN You know Tony Kelly. one
OF tn squarest guys in tn woild Tour
ists have been so scarce thar when one
OF them TOMS up all tn Chunks run out
In IN street to see him. dunno what
got into IN cope. There's been a million
Of EN- here night and day. and nachully
they brighten trade away
I'm telln' YOU this so YOU can see how
Dippy was affected | think his game
was a punk Law ANY man ought TO be
strong enough to do some kind of honest
work. but Dppy's pretty good mutt
and ain I findin' fault wit him. He " a.
dead sore on tn world and didn't have
any stren'th OF character. The bulls
had chased him away from So many marks
that he lost his noive.
Last night closes up NV dump early
and goes around Wit Niger Mike To cali
on jimmy Brown You know Jimmy
he r,.n. "a Chatham. We pick up Dippy
on tn way and he looks rotten.
whats tn complaint. NppyF l SAYS.
you kin go to he'll. he hands me back
49, 49, g., 10
10 a friend: But | figures he's sore. 10
we take him along 10 Jimmy's and go to
tn back room for a few drinks. Dippy
had had about all he needed but 10 looked
cheap TO sit there shootin' in tn drinks
and leave tn poor guy out. 80 Dippy gets
his wit IN rest About OF clock. 'spoee.
he saws:
What dye think Of a guy who hasn't
got enough sugar 10 hand his goil TN cleo
iric seal coat he promisedr And last
year I was leakin' money!
Niger an ! tried TO cheer him up,
We said il she as the right sort Of skirt
10 wouldn't make any difference to her
IL she only got "A Merry Christmas over
the phone. so long As the words sounded
sincere: you know what ! mean.
I'm goin' TO phone her says Dippy.
and he calls up III lady don't want 10
mention her name-it wasn't her fault.
Dippy gets her on tn wire and makes a
talk We cant hear. Then he winds up
wiz. Well, you listen, Kid. an you'll hear
IN shot Tn next minute it's bang,
And Dippy is on tn fioor. Jimmy hung
mp the phone and tn rest Of us lifted up
the poor feily. He had his senses all right
and figured then he d pull through. The
phone commences To ring and keeps il mp
until Jimmy unhooks the receiver and
wants 10 know who's there. Well. you
know. il was the girl scared TO death.
,nafchully. Dippy wants TO talk 20 her
and We hold him up,
You oughr to see rue now. he says
I'm a sight
Then the doc came from Hudson street
and took him away and We had tn job Of
conyincin' III lady that he wasn't goin'
to die
Dippy Rice will get well they said yes
terday At the hospital. The bullet en-
tered his head in front II the right ear
but IL did little more than plough the
scalp. The wound was not so serious a.
the one he gave himself two years ago in
q lodging house NJ Delaney street and the
Bowery. The first time Dippy tried II
wa@ three years ago in Water street "a
loon. He shot his head each time but he