New-York tribune., 1910-11-04
EX-MAYOR GRANT ;
DIES SUDDENLY
Stricken in Auto, He Is Carried
Into House to q Before
Doctors AfivaI.
JUST BACK fRoM VIRGINIA
Had Been Seeking Health at Hot
Springs Fhere-Twice Elect
ed Mayor and Twice
Beaten in Race.

HuZ0XJ- NTEdEL~ LNiCc 01C~-~~
Of NeF York city and twice defeated
for IA Office. died suddenly iats last
evefng at hts home. No ~ East 72d
~.
IT.. Grant had been out on business.
afd was stricken in his auronobus "a
4 was on his way home He was helped
n his room and put TO bed but died be-
fore his doctor could reach him Mr.
O,HanIon. the Coroner's physician, said
death was due 70 nephritis-
FarIv in the evening Mr. Grant had
complained of feeling Ill. bur. although
a member Of the family suggested that
a physician be called. the former Nay
OF said he did not need one.
DR. George VI Swift. the family
nrvsfcian. Of No. % West 55th street.
reported the death to the Coronsrs' Of
fee. as due TO heart disease. from which
complaint the former Mayor had been
4 sufferer for some time Mr. Grant vas
only fftv-fve years old
Mr.. Grant had been i'll for about
year. Two weeks ago he returned from
the virginia Hot Springs. where he had
beer for several months. in the hope or
recovering his health
Persons In Mr. Grants house IN I'd
street were retfcent directly after the
news Of his death became known Early
this morning Anthony n Brady. WIN
whom Mr.. Grant was associated in a
nun7oer Of corporations. called ar the
house and was admitted at once
Mr.. Grant was born IN 1855 in West
9th street. His father was A successful
1fqror dealer. who invested his savings
IN real estate and became wealthy The
elder Grant expended money Iavishly on
The education Of his son, who was his
only child After attending public school
Hugh was sent 20 Europe. where ne
studied German. French and music re
came back 70 New York when about
seventeen years old. and finished hts
education at St Francis Xaviers Col
Ieze. where he spent four years. After
ward he studied law. and was gradu-
ated from the Columbia Law school
He opened real estate and law Offices at
No o Chambers street ard No. 3JS
West 54th street
Vert Into Politics ~ 1880
Mr.. Grant went into politics about
1850. and Two years later was elected TO
the Board Of Aldermen from the 18Th.
District. He was reelected in 1SS3, and
first acquired fame by refusing 20 vote
for the ''boodIe'' Broadway steal John
Kelly. who then controlled Tammany
Hall. took him up for Mayor the next
year. but he was defeated By William
R Grace. County Democrat The next
year. having Kelly still behind him. Mr..
Grant was elected Sheriff He was
elected Mayor in 1858. defeating Joel B
Erhardt Republican candidate. and
Abram :. Hewitt. County Democrat, and
was reelected in 1890 over Francis VI.
Scott. the fusion candidate. At the end
OF his second term Croker refused him
another nomination. and Thomas 2 Gil
roy succeeded him.
The testimony before the Fa assett n
vestigating COMMITTEES Of 1890 revealed
a system Of raladntnistratton in The
Sherif-s Office running through Mr.
Grants term. II also brought out the
remarkable relations which existed be-
w N-u NIIdlL anu ENLttldLtA Y AHHrA-. I'll
Guiding the gift Of $4,000 70 "Flossie''
Croker Richard Croker's infant daugh-
ter Grants excuse for this present to
the Tammany Hall chiefrain's daughter
was that he was godfather 70 the child.
Croker however. under the prodding of
counsel. before the Fazsett committee.
admitted that he had taken the money
himself and had invested II in his
Mount Morris property
His Appointments Attscksd.
Many Of Mr. Grants appointments az
Mayor We're severely criticised One y
his principal achievements in that Office
was the removal or all overhead eIsctrtc
wires in the city IN 1894 he ran again
for Mayor on the Tammany ticket the
Lexow revelations having made Msyo-
Gilroy's denomination impossible. but
was defeated
Since his retirement from oH7cs Mr.
Grant had been active in the real estate
field His father. John Grant was a
large investor in real estate. and the son
was wealthy in his own right while till
a Young man
In 1900 he was made receiver % ths
Third Avenue Railroad. ard held the
place until The Metropolitan Street Rail
way toOk control of the system. IN
Nav OF the same year. In that year also
he was appointed permanent receiver
OF the Forty second Street Manhattan
VILE & 81 Nicholas Avenue Railroad. N
the proceedings brought By the Lorain
Steel Company. of Ohio Mr.. Grant was
the receiver OF the ~. Nicholas Bank.
and closed up the affairs OF that bank
In a manner that gave much satisfaction
He was selected BY counsel 20 be the re-
ceiver OF the Brooklyn Wharf and Ware
house Company when Justice Fitzgerald
appointed John F Carroll
Married Senator Murphy's Daughter.
Mr Grant married a daughter OF sx-
Senator Edward Murphy. jr.. and had
three children. Julia. fourteen years old,
Edna. ten. and Hugh. seven He rad a
summer home IN New Jersey. where ha
also had farm for breeding horses For
years he had been fond n driving fast
trottins horses. and he had owned sew
srsL He took an interest IN the turf and
was seen frequently at the races For a
few years. including the latter Part y
bts rnavcralrv term. he managed the
racing stud Of Nathan Straus-
re was a member of the Manhattan.