Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-11
SPENDS $4,000
IN SIX MONTHS
Cigarette Mccarthy, ex-Sand-
witch Man, Returns to New
ark After Squandering Sum.

After running through $4,000 in six
months. Cigarette Mccarthy" ex-
sandwich man. Is back in Newark,
! penniless.
He drifted along Broad street yes
terday, ragged, bleary-eyed figure
of woe, despite the fact that he in
danger of becoming heir to fully
100000 more.
Not one word of complaint did he
make, however, about the last tickle
turn of fortunes wheel. He had spent
I his money on gorgeous scale and
the spending of it had pleased him.
But he was disconsolate at the way
his erstwhile friends had disowned
him upon his return.
"I chucked money to 'em by the
handfuls before I went away" he
said. Now I've come back and
they've turned me down. I went into
the place used to hang out in and
they wanted me to show EN- some
coin.
"'Boys, I'm broke I says. For
twelve years this here place was my
home. You all are my friends. That's
why I came back
What was it they said to me-
these old pals of mine who had
grabbed everything I gave 'em when
1 got my fortune They told me to
beat it before 1 got thrown Quit"
And Cigarette" paused dramatic
ally in order that due emphasis might
/ be given the tragedy of his home
coming
"'An' just because Pm broke!'" he
added.
While Cigarette" was tramping
along Market street on July 80, 1912
! between the decorative oilcloth sides
of a shoe-store sandwich sign, we'll
dressed man halted him, peered in
| his face and said:
! Aren't you Joseph Hart?"
cigarettes" real name is Joseph
Hart, but it's a long time since he
has answered to it.
"G'wan, beat it." was his fiippant
answer to the stranger. I'm John
ID. in disguise trying to find out how
| old Ann is"
But you are Joseph Hart, aren't
you?" persisted the other.
| When Cigarette" admitted that he
was he was told story that made
| his eyes bulge. His aunt Becky in
South Schodack, N. Y, had died and
( left him an estate valued at $33 900.
ITS a fine pipe dream" said
| Cigarette" when the lawyer had
ended, but you can't kid me- I got.
to see some coin first"
When the stranger peeled severa
bills off a roll and handed them over
Cigarette" promptly tossed his sand
witch sign into the street and started
spending. Spending was his prlncipa
occupation thenceforth until Deem
Der 2. when his money gave out.
Shaved, manicured and resplenden
in a tailored suit, Cigarette" lef
Newark on July 81, after havin,
given the boys" who roomed witt
him at 191 Washington street tn
most glorious blowout they had eve
dreamed of. A seedy and unshavei
party of cronies gathered at tn
Pennsylvania station to see him de
part in the reg0 magniflcence of ;
parlor car
He first went to Boston, then {,
South Schodack, where he collecte,
his fortune, and then to variou
cities.
THAT money sure did go quick,
said Cigarette" today. 'I had tw,
autos. The second one got tanglet
up with a telegraph pole one nigh
after l had been giving some boy
q great old time"
Cigarette" is hopeful of comm,
into another fortune. He is heir L
an estate estimated at between $500,
900 and 100000. Most of it is in rea
estate in Schenectady and Alban,
and two farms in Rensselaer, county
one of 265 acres and the other of 12t
The family of Cigarette" were larg
property holders in New York State
He was once an athlete and trainer
He fought Jake Kilrain at an exhi
bition in Monument Hall, Boston
and 1t is said he won on points. XII
rain afterwards fought Sullivan.