New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-14


there"-pointing TO the buildings OF
Bellevue Hospital-"there are some Cd
iacts Of his charity there now, wager ;
and how many sick ones did heSsenu
there with orders 10 give them The best
there VASE
How the Body Was Found.
Peering through the mist early on
sunday morning, August 81. William .
Young. of No. 1926 Hight avenue, Inc
Bronx. saw black mound on the track
ahead of him and instantly reversed
lis engine. Before he could apply the
brakes he saw the object was man.
The locomotive and tender passed over
it. Young backed his train, and the
mangled form was gathered up ana
laid beside the tracks. Later the
death wagon" took the body to the
West Chester police station, ana the
following record was entered on the
blotter:
AN unidentified man. about fifty-two
years old ) feet inches tall Weighing
about 1870 pounds. with brownish gray
hair. wearing a dark gray sack coat
and trousers, black stockings and shoes
and a felt fedora hat with the name OF
FL. McCmskey on the swaziland, was
run over and killed by train of the
Harlem River division Of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad about
200 feet north Of Pelham Parkway
Here is the New Haven roads re-
port:
AN engine and caboose of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
while backing down from the main
track into the West Chester yard at
i:45 a. m, August 81, ran over the body
OF man lying prone on the tracks. He
was a trespasser, fifty-five years of age.
The body was removed TO the Fordham
Morgue, and Patrolman ]. Stack sum-
moned Coroner J. Healy. The man
had evidently been run over before he
was hit by the engine and caboose."
When the news Of the disappearance
Of Representative Sullivan appeared in
the newspapers Tuesday Larry" Null
ligan, Johnny White, Mr.. Ellison and
other friends Of big Tins" declared
that he had taken advantage of his
nurses by getting up early in the morn
ing, and had gone off 10 visit with some
cronies and be free from his irksome
attendants.
Had Wandered Two Miles.
II Is about two miles and a half from
the house to the spot where he was killed.
II Ia presumed that he walked the entire
distance. In the opinion of his friends.
he was either walking the tracks or
crossing them In the early morning mist,
and on account Of his fatigue and cloud
ed mind he got in the path OF south
bound freight train, and his body was
thrown over TO the northbound track,
where IL was again run over. II was
said that the body was almost cold when
II was finally picked up.
WAS II suicide?' some one asked Mr..
Ellison at his Broadway Office a few
hours after the body had been identified.
IL am absolutely convinced that it was
not" ne replied. Il knew Tim Sullivan
AS well as any man on earth, and know
he wasn't one who would commit suicide !
And. besides he wouldn't walk two miles I!
and a half to commit suicide He was
accidentally killed. When he quit the
house he made careful selection of lin- |
en-. choosing a soft silk shirt and his best
shoes. understand that he wore one
II
the strange name in the swaziland"
DO you intend TO investigate the cir
cumstances of his death?'
No, / do not am convinced that he |
was killed while trying to reach the near |
est station to board train coming I'm TO |
New York. II may be that he was so |
weakened by his long walk that he STUN
bled and fell. He had no reason 20 end !
his life"
Mr. Ellison was asked about certain |
forged notes, amounting 60 many thou
sands Of dollars, which were said TO have J
been uttered by INSCRIPTIONS persons and |
in many cases renewed at the expense of !
Representative Sullivan.
Says Estate Is Ample
Notes were forged. but cannot dig
cuss the matter now. They Will not af- |
feet Tins ample estate
Several of the forged papers bore dates |
subsequent 10 Representative Sullivan's |
commitment 10 the Yonkers sanatorium. |
The report OF handwriting experts, who |
have been comparing the notes 10 detect |
the spurious ones, Will be made soon. and |
Mr. Ellison intimated that he would give |
out statement with their report.
AS far as ! know" Mr.. Ellison said. |
Congressman Sullivan is solvent, and his |
estate will be approximately 100000"
Before the body was removed from the |
morgue Mrs. Catherine Sullivan, widow OF |
Little Tim" Sullivan, and Mrs. Margaret |
Hickey. a sister OF big Tim" who is |
visiting with friends at No. 240 West 18th |
street, completed the Identification. At
first IL was arranged TO have the body |
embalmed by John Whelan. an undertake |
er, at No. 4e6 Pearl street, and then II |
was TO be taken 10 Mrs. Sullivan's home |
No. 222 East 18th street. The widow OF
Little Tim, with sw lien eyes, went !
home TO prepare the house for the recep- |
ton OF the body. but then the plans were |
changed, so as TO bring the body 10 the |
rooms of the Timothy ID. Sullivan Asso- |
citation at No. 207 Bowery (upstairs) in |
the evening in order that all of Tins |
friends might have a chance 10 look on \