Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-18
BIG TIN" WAS
KILLED By TRAIN
Body of New York Politician Law
Unidentified for 13 Days
in MOrgue.

New York, Sept 14-"Big Tim" Sulli-
van, the New York politician, who rose
from neWsboy to congressman is dead.
His mangled body was identified yester-
day by his stcpbrother Larry Mullgan,
after it had lain for 10 days in local
morguc. Sullivan, who was i'll. eluded
his nurses in the early morning of Au-
gust 81. and a few hours after was struck
and killed by a train at Pelham Parkway.
With no identifying marks on the cloth
Ing or articles in the pockets. the body
lay in Tordham morguc for Il days await
ing identification.
Sullivan was about Is or 30 years of age.
He was born in New York city. When
seven years Of age his father died, and
he began selling newspapers to help sup
port his mother and the younger men,
bcrs of the family. He got occasional
chances at school, but not as many as he
would have liked to have had, and was
otherwise entirely self-educated.
As he grew in years he became a leader
among the uewshoys through his attrac-
tive personality, coupled with pugilistlc
prowcss that was the admiration of his
friends and the aw" of his enemies; and
later on like his friend the late Con-
gresham r. J. Campbell, he found en-
ploymcnt i'm the pressroom Of newspapers
Subsequently he became what was known
as a newspaper wholesaler. and in this
as in the political field he proved himself
born leader.
Before he could vote young sullivan
was up to his eyes and ears IN politics
and at the nee of q he had following
in tho neighborhood in which he lived
that few young men of his years could
boast. Then he embarked IN politics in
dead earnest. He was elected MEM
bcr Of the lower branch of the Now
York State Legislature and reelected
and reelected in all seven successive
terms.
With this experience ne turned his
eyes to the State Senate. and for four
two-yenr terms he occupied seat in
that body. In 1862, finding an old
democratic district. Represented By G
republican, who had beaten CONGRESSMAN
Perry Belmont "out of his boots" MIR
Sullivan. who regarded his legislative
career as n sort OF schooling, calling the
State Assembly his grammar school, the
Stat Senate his high school. made up
his mind that he would then go to col
lego, tho House of Representatives and
he was elected by 2e1O7 votes % 1886 for
Montague Tcsslor, republican.
Every one familiar with Now York
city politics knows that before his
mental and physical breakdown ne way
power in Tammany Hall second only
to that of the present leader, Charles
F. Murphy
In a speech he once said he had been
called King of the Underworld,r and
had been pictured as the head of the
thieves and thugs and divekeepers Of
the East Side. Then he added
Boys. I am going to say something
now and IT goes. This goes for every
newspaper, every prosecuting attorney
and every police commissioner. I
never got money from any thief, any
gambler, any divekeeper, or anything
of that kind in my life. No money
has passed through me from any of
that sort to anybody else since I was
born. And that's So so help me God"
Mr., Sullivan left his entire estate TO
the following: One-fourth to his fun
brother. Patrick H. sullivan one-fourth
to Lawrence Mulligan;, a half-brothsr;
one-fourth to Mrs Margaret Hickey, a
half-sister, and one-fourth to be divided
between the four children, two girls and
two sons, of Michael Summers. whose
deceased wife was a fun sister Of the
| late Representatives.
The Will was drawn five years ago by
| Henry j. Goldsmith who. during The
lifetime of Little Tim" was his law
partner Little Tim" is the only wit
pess. There are no codcls
, According 10 MIR, Goldsmith, the total
value of the estate after all claims are
paid, will be about 100000