The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-04
JOHN WALLS, BUFF, IS DEAD
FIRE DEPARTMENT WOTRNS
4 FRIEND AND HELPER.
Hung On, Chieny ., n Truck. rot Al
Over sh~ Css, sh- Aes ssas~ sssIi
-Raresy MISSED n Rtg BIaSe Grand,
mother Do~sN1 Know HeN Dead

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mother Do~sNr Know HeS Dead.
he was q hulking hig man with a shock
Of red HAIR and a weather worn face
scorched nv FIRE and tanned bv smoke
n wasn'' the sort 81 face 10 express any
emotions that might lis back 81 ~ But
had his handkerchief out and he Kept u
pretty busy while he spoke with a frn-
ness too accented to ne natural
He was one fine fellow said the
fireman white Denis Mahoney tiptoed tn
the front ~ his little undertaking shop
TO answer the he'll There never was n
straiEhteF hoy Why. John Walls an I
vac brought up IN the same town Way
NJ IN Connecticut Bristol Conn Used
10 90 To school together an raise Cain
as kids
Always was a great fellow for fires
Say. he'd take q week ~ 70 60 to q fire
any day The only thing that kept him
out os the department was his grand
mother She's the only folks he ever had
His mother died afore he knew her an
his grandmother raised him When We
70, in mischief she'd spank ~ together
an separate
John was great for the engines No.
he didn't hang out A. any one place all
the time Drifted tn all the houses an
had good friends IN en- III too. Mostly
you a get him ~ y Truck in Thirty sixth
street Used To call up there whom 40
wanted him
There amt b~en a hig tire IN the las,
dozen wears that John Walls didn't 60 to
An he weren' no ordinary hud There's
pany an chase fhe alarms with EN-. but
when they gets there all they do - stand
still an gaze. John worked What he
could. I've seen him racing a. top speed
all covered with mud. his clothes ruined
an completely happy Help man a line
tap ~ on 20 the co.fee an sandwiche.
what the women were handing out Al
those things ne did Whatever come 10
hand he don" u With hts might
He was a great friend &C Billy Whs.lan
the acting chief Who vas Killed N the
Ridley tre acting chief 81 trlCk
biliy Wheelan was whcn h. was killed
Then deputy Chief B,nns knew ham we'll
an Chef Croker used 80 loosen up ar
talk with John when he -es-n him ~
for us. We ooh HIM Tor granted lie a.
good a. belonged
When I heard bod bcen hun on tho
elevated ! went 10 $50 him IN Harlem
hospital I wa - Scored an hroke no
coiIdnt hardly talk Johnny no aid
he a be all right A. som as ne could e,
his hands fres I don't know Just how
he meant that His hand, seemed TO 10
, led. he said Told IRE To make sure MS
grandmother ne lived with her down
in I2eth street didn't hear anything
about it
Mr.. Mahoney MAS busy nov answering
Z ne doOrbsl The funeral D. 20 b. held
this morning al the lltle shop a. 2339
Old Broadway. yIsf above i2o'h stree
ard tho flowers wore arriving IN great
shining masses hardly ~ ~ squeezed
through the narrow dOoT Thew born tho
ards ~ engine and truck co'npssn,-s
and chiefs of battalion Inc fireman
eyes shoue a. he looked upon the howo-a
-C;ues, hell he rcmr-nhered we'll
he -Aid awkwardly Men can cuu,s.
men IN the depart u,eEt thar j.. unIc-s
rs their time N Rulrs won L 10, v"u
His grandmother >n~ don't even
know he's ben hur' she ,anr neve-
know You 500 shes AZ old woman an
he was about all ~" mao ~ho thinks
he's chasing som. h'g hlaza an won,
h.. horns for two or three DAYS ul,t ike
h." ussd 10 roN '" al the fires Wbsr ~ was
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