The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-16

tained employment at the Eaton Cole Burnham factory where he rose to the position of a foreman. It was during his factory life at this plant mat vas formed the lasting irlendshlp between himself and Will nam F. Burnham which continued without interruption till his death The late B. G. Burnham, one of Brldgeport's honored and lamented manufacturers was also a warm friend of the deceased.
 Early in life Peter Doolan an ac tive worker for the Republican party and 1t can in truth be said that he was one Of the most energetic and re- sourceful lieutenants that party in Bridgeport ever had. When the late E. G. Burnham was elected senator from Bridgeport Peter Doolan made a friends that is said by old timers to have resulted in the election of Mn Burnham.
 Deciding to leave the factory and take outdoor employment he became an insurance agent and was later ap- pointed a policeman. This was at the time there was intense. bitterness in local political circles and after. serv- ing with credit one year he was de- posed because it was declared that he was over age when appointed. Friends offered to defray the expenses of an appeal but Peter Doolan said mo- He went back to insurance work but only for brief spell for shortly thereafter Sheriff S. E.. Hawley then serving his first term as county sheriff named Peter as his first deputy. It was only a few days ago that Sheriff Doolan passed his 18th year of service as deputy for Sheriff Hawley. His record in that office is one that has rarely been e1ualled and never excelled. It is the opinion of leading lawyers of the county that Sheriff Doolan as an officer was in a class by himself. Despite his rough exterior he had a heart beneath his bosom as sympa- thetic as a woman's and his strenuous diplOmacy-maybe that is not the name which describes it but whatever it was-in the exercise of his business brought the clients of his employers to terms very frequently ending liti- gation even before it had well begun.
 He handled practically all of the big law suits that required the services of sheriff hereabouts in recent years and he so thoroughly mastered the re- responsibilities of the office that no lawyer ever feared when their papers were entrusted to Peter Doolan to serve. Really as he often remarked later in life he owed the Democratic party of Bridgeport more than he could ever repay for had he not been deposed as. policeman he would have missed the best and most remunera- tive job of his career.
 Few knew the bigness of his heart yet there are in business here firms that can and do attest to his gener- osity. Family after family in needy circumstances that came under his ob- servation as a sheriff were helped by him. He did not advertise his char itable deeds. He was doing such acts constantly. It was perhaps his proud est boast that never during his career would he act in the capacity of eject ing a poor family from the roof that sheltered them.
 There was nothing he would not do for friend and conversely he had but little use for a hypOcrite. It was of ten said he made enemies by his blunt manner He was brusque at times but it was the brusqueness of man who could not condOne lack of princi- pie. Although stalwart Republican some of the closest friends he had were just as stalwart Democrats. In all his career as political worker none ever found him false to friend. He was not of that class of office holders who having gotten plum
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