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

The body OF big Tim" Sullivan.
mangled almost beyond recognition,
was discovered in the morgue at Belle
vue yesterday morning a few hours
after Il was brought down from Ford
ham morgue, where it had lain since
August 81, when it was picked ip on
the New Haven road tracks, just above
Pelham Parkway, at 40 o'clock in the
morning.
Sullivan disa ppeared about o'clock
the same morning from the home Of
his brother. PADDY" Sullivan, in East
Chester, where he had been under tho
surveillance Of three male nurses.
Whether the big fellow" sought death
under the wheels e train or whether
he was accidentally killed may never
be known.
The strangest thing about his jeath
is that his body should have lain so
long unrecognized. The lower .pA'-s of
the body werc badly cut up but the
face was ,nly slightly marred. And
yet Coroner Healy Of The Bronx, who
had known Congressman Sullivan Cor
years did not recognize the body Of lns
friend when he viewed 1t in the tor!-
ham morgue. 1t remained for police
man in the morgue at East 26th street.
who had never seen Big Tim" Sulli-
van except in the newspapers. 10 iden-
tify him.
Lay Among River Victims.
The body was brought down from
Fordham late on Friday night and was
lying among the river victims, when
Peter Perfield. the police attendant, uu-
covered it and gazed at It's altered
features
we have the body OF Congressman
Sullivan" cried Perheld, running into
the office of the morgue keeper.
Dr. Louis Schultze, a brother OF DR..
Otto T. Schultze. coroner's physician,
was summoned, and he quickly verified
the identification. Patrolman Bernard
.O'Connor, who knew Sullivan intimate
ly, looked at the face and said It wah
Big Tim"
DR.. Schultze telephoned at once to'
Larry" Mulligan. the big fellow's"l
half brother, who is managing the Ho-l
tel st. Denis. Mulligan, in alarm.
called up Paddy" Sullivan. who was
in the office OF William b. Ellison. for
mer Corporation Counsel, at No. 1867
Broadway. who was Sullivan's legal
adviser during his commitment to a
sanatorium in Yonkers last year.
Mulligan brought along Alderman
johnny" White. of Congressman Sui
livan's district, and they all arrived at
the morgue in automobiles at about tho
same time.
Paddy" Sullivan gave one glance at
the blood-stained, cinder- -soiled coat
and rushed out Of the room scbbing.
Coat Brings Truth Home.
It's Tins coat" he moaned. Il
can't look at him"
Mulligan and White came away from
the rude coffin with tears ,cursing
down their cheeks.
It's hard enough TO bear without
seeing that great hearted mans body
lying in a morGue" said White
Think of it! Within an ace Of being
buried in Potter's Field. The author
tiles of Fordham morgue ought TO he
indicted for criminal negligence for al
lowing this body 10 remain there
thirteen DAYS without making some at
tempt TO have it identified.
If Tim Sullivan had been dressed
like an ordinary tramp there might
have been some excuse for IL. But ha
had diamond cuff links and shoes OF
well known make. Besides that, his
pepper and salt suit bore the label OF
the tailor, Thomas F. Mcclure. of No.
i23 Broadway. What more did the
authorities or the police need? A fve-
cent telephone call to MCGUIRE would
have done the trick. / can't under
stand such a thing. Tim Sullivan was
The best known man in New York City,
and ne lies dead and neglected in a city
norgue for thirteen days.
Its awful! How many tir1es did
,is money take some fellows body
rom this place and give il decent
,urial somewhere besides the deep
renches up the river? Lock over