The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-15
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Famous lou East y! Side q District i in
Deep M!,ol'uIlfning 81 For its.
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i's'iins Iaea,a ion q the. Body.

from the e00kL.0$34, the STRONGHOLD of
Big Tim" suilly during his political
days. followed sfS body Of the late
Congressman, tS Is cathedral and its
last resting pl1lAn the cemetery, at
BROOKLYN tod4 Other thousands
gsxed on his fSlres while the body
was lying "a stltG5n the old cathedral
Of St. Patrick, ns1r the rooms Of tho
association bsar3n6 his name.
A deleEation;6f fSonEressmen headed
BY Representatives Kinkead Of New
Jersey. led the mdnrners. Seldom has
the east side molr4ned more eloquent
~ In the arnJ that passed BY the
bier. as the hody1ay In state, men in
silk hats rubbed houlders with bow
Boweiy.,tn Mourning. ~.
Tho bowery hs5n deep mourning.
The residents form groups and discuss
the passing OF: :1hsar leader, Congress
man big Tim Gnllivan, and lament
10 heard expressions Of regret for the
unfortunate circumstances which al
most sent the body to pauper's. grave
after It had lain two weeks unidenti-
ned after his death beneath the wheels
Of . freight locomotive.
Wave Of Indignation.
Tho anger Of his relatives ana Of
longtime friends, broke through the
brother. Lawrenee 4iligan. and Alder
man John WHITE hts political lieuten-
ant. spoke plainly, \ In fact there 10 .
general wave of itdignation at the
stupidity Of the spollce and other OH
GERS, II.
"As pablo oflieial and close friend
Of Congressman 0nlliyan's," said Mr..
White, .I say that 1t was the worst
piece Of criminal negligence New York
He declared that there would GER
tainly be an Investigation.
Nobody knows ,1nd NOBODY is ever
likely 70 knot sthA reai :tlrsuanstaaeea
of, Congressman 4GAlxonsSsA sAeAth. Aii
EAlaxlves and .hisk4 n4Ss befieye sin.
lcerslys thet ne did n6tacofhmit suicide,
that he did 10 give way to his mel
ancholy and depression az to 60 out
at night and throw himself in front
Of q locomotive. No. they say. II
must .have been an accident, the out
come Of the last Of many runaways. o1
many attempts to got from his gentle
imprisonment to train that would
take him to the city. :; -.
4 The Sullivans have an idea that he
tried to swing onto a train. missed his
hold and was thrown to the track, and
that he lay there unconscious or dead
when. q switching engine crushed the
life out Of him.
Sullivan sportsnan.
big Tim" Sullivan for many years
was considered the first sporting man
Of the United States, . Tammany pol
itioian. worth at one time at least
100000, which he made from poll
tical concessions. This photograph,
stare. His mind broke down a little
more than a year ago ana he was Tor
mally declared insane. A committee
Of his person and estate was appoint
ed to take charge Of him. Since
then he has travelled and lived quietly
In an effort to recover his reason. His
relatives and friends insisted that his
mind was all right. But he wandered
away from the home Of his brother,
Patrick H. Sullivan, escaping three
guards.
Held Big Purse.
II was "Big Tim" who hold the
purse in the Jeffries-J Johnson fight.
Long before that he had been q pa
pionships battles in the days Of the
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friends know him. was deeply con-
cerned. He was either q stakeholder
or hacker for most Of the old heavy
weight champions.
More than any one else Sullivan
fixed the general reputation borne BY
Tammany Hall. He was once "Kine
of the Bowery," his political domain
including that famous section. While
tician could make It. from backing
tirian corld rnake II fro yuh. oi-,. =
| gambling houses to race horses, he
gave away large sums In fact, he
has posed for years az the most gen
erous man in New York, and his
friends love to say II he had SIC, 900 in
his pocket and were to walk down
Broadway for a mile. he would have
none at the end, his tender heart hav-
ing been touched for his full pocket
book.