The evening world., 1911-01-14

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gilistic Jekyll and Hyde for you!
Down Flatbush way Tommy Muir
pays ability and reputation as a WELD
er OF the padded fists amounts TO al
most nothing. lie is a busy real estate
man there. with a big reputation among
Ian investors. buying. selling and ex-
changing houses, lots and mortgages
every day in the week, with financial
profit, and always on the alert for
something new in the way OF a real es-
tate bargain.
To-day Tommy Murphy has real es-
tate holdings representing something
like $4,000. He has three two-family
houses In Flatbush: four Brighton l.
lots in the vicinity of Twelfth street
and Avenue j; twenty lots OF unim-
proved property in Canarsie. and ten
shorefront lots at Arverne. l.. /.
Sold House and Farm.
Until recently he a a house and
farm of something like twenty lots at
H~icksville. l.. /. lie exchanged a mort
gage on this and sold the house for the
Arverne property.
Murphy will dodge all questions on
pugilism to ak real estate. The sub
ject Is his hobby.
"F1atbush 10 the only place around
New York right now said Tommy to-
day. where property is going up. Lots
worth $500 &c : years ago Re now bring
ing $500. It's jumping every day. Up
In the Bro-~ Ian is way above par and
Id advise anybody to steer clear of 1t.
You know. ) u can get stuck and
stuck badly in -eal estate" went on
Tommy. as he warmed up to his sub
ject. II have my wv l. as about
things. For instance lots over the $1,000
mark are not the best in the world TO
speculate n. ] pre- to buy them
cheaper than 5000 and sell them as
quickly as possible. I'll sell for slcO ad-
vance over the purchase price n time.
Only yesterday l sold two lots at a s22J
pront. I picked them up a week before
at 4 sacrifice sale and figured hat the
SEQ advance was finding the money
Doesn't Like to Hold.
NO, I don't want to hold anything. ]
might get in bad because when you are
doing business on a small scale its hard
to compete with the bigger fellows,
I'm always looking to get In and get
out with a profit.
II can sell my Arverne lots at an
advance. but l won't Just yet. That's
one piece OF property that ] want tc
hold, but anybody can have my
\ Canarsle stuff In bulk II the money Is
J big enough"
Tommy doesn't think the average
man working for a salary has any riSh'
to buy a one-family house.
Suppose such n man has 5000 cash,
said Tommy, land sinks 1t in a 500
home. Here he has "A 5000 mortgage
at 6 per cent, assessments and taSes
to pay before he a ever hope to pay
anything off on his house. 1t woul,
break him."
Murphy goes on at this rate almos
necessarily when talking real estate
lie doesn't seem to have an idea OF
any other subject, n yet we know
him to be one OF the classlest littl'
fighters In the game to-day. 1t all Is
mighty tribute to u manly little chal
with nothing but a stout heart and
pair of fists to start with who has made
a success OF two separate and dlstinc
pursuits.
Has a Handsome Home.
Murphy is only twenty-six years old
He has been married three years, ma
n pretty little wife and a seven
months old daughter. He has a I'm
nome at No. $40 East Twenty-eightl
street. Flatbush, furnished tastefull!
and In Al style. Everything insid
the house IL Of the best OF quality
suggesting the home Of a successful
professional a rather than that o
q prize fighter.
There isn't the sligh>est trace OF any
49, u,Apll tndfNafn tho nWnar'
calling, not a boxing glove nor
punching bag. Far back In a darkene'
corner OF ''baby's room Is a picture o
Tommy In fighting logs, but one woLl'
never see 1t unless attention was calle'
20 It.
Heavy mahogany furniture, an expen
siye Persian rug. an upright plano,
curio cabinet and a music rack OF IN
same material, with oil paintings an
y panels in rich boxed frames, constitute
Inc parlor furnishings OF the Murph
home. The dining room. a model G
coslness and cleanliness Is richly fur
rdshsd. too. On one side OF the roor
from the floor 70 the ceiling is a chin
l closet containing a most eNpensiV
dinner set and on the other SIDE
cabinet built IN the wall Is we'll stoke
with cut glass.
1 Murphy a Home Man.
Except when away on training trip
or out driving real estate Sargainl
Murphy is always at home. The whit
lights rarely blink on him. He Is
home man entirely and nnds plenty !
interest him In his twenty-year-old VIII
\ and cooling baby. He sits for hour
II playing with the ~youngster.
~ Murphy doesn't like to fight. Amy
body that does 10 crazy" he said In r.
\ ply TO a question on the subject. 'Bl
I'm glad / took up the game. It's mad
a lot Of money for me mat ! couidn
: ave earned otherwise"
do you intend to stick to 1T"