Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14
COMPLAINT Is Made of Narrow
Escape. From the Pot.
ter'S Field.
CLUES TO HIS IDENTITY
WERE ON HIS CLOTHING
Nightly Bread Line Before Bowery
Mission Given Up to Gaze on
Dead Idols Face.

markable demonstrations Of sorrow were
witnessed on the East Side tonight.
among the former haunts Of Representa-
tive big Tim" Sullivan. following the
identification Of his body with that OF the
dead man who had remained without q
name In the Fordham morgue for thirteen
days.
The bread line that forms nightly In
front Of the Bowery Mission was broken,
and many derelicts gave up the chance Of
getting coffee and rolls to visit the rooms
Of the Timothy D. Sullivan Association
and look upon the dead face OF the man
who had befriended thousands. The line
Of Persons that passed the CONN OF the
dead idol Of the East Side tonight was
still long one at late hour, and the
prospects were that It would continue all
night.
The death OF the beloved politician at
August 81 was the sole topic Of con-
versation in homes and in resorts
along the Bowery, Sd and I'd avenues,
14th and 23d streets. The remarkable
circumstances Of his body having lain
time. during which his friends ana rsla-
tives were securing the country for
him. after his disappearance from his
brothers home near Pelham, was g.
cause for wonderment among. the thou
sands who knew him SO we'll
Clues Not Run Down.
When 1t was established that he had
been killed by a railroad train at Pei.
ham Manor. after eluding his guards
his hrnfhor,o Ia htno nj
grew that clues to the identity Of the
dead man who was picked up on the
railroad tracks had not been run down,
for there was q tailor's label In his
coat, and q name In the hat worn by
the dead man. the name In the hat
being that of one Of the men who had
served as a guard for Sullivan at his
East Side said tonight, that the body
had been brought from Fordham
Morgue down to that Of Bellevue. and
that q chance view Of the face of the
policeman who knew Sullivan.
Patrick H. Sullivan. brother Of the
dead congressman. tonight complained
bitterly that the body had been permitted
to lie so long without an attempt to iden-
ufy it.
His Face Not MARRIED.
Had not the keeper Of the Bellevue
morgue been diligent and listed the
marks found. and had not a patrolman
friend Of big Tins recognised the
face, which was not marred. the body
might have been passed to an unmarked
grave. In potters field buried at public
expense ard been unmourned by his
thousands of Bowery friends.
viewed by Coroner Healy: but he failed
to recognize 1t as that Of his lifelong
friend.
The taiIops who made the suit worn
by the congressman said that they
could have identified the body had they
been called upon to do 50. The hat was
evidently picked up by big Tim" when
he stealthily crept away from his
sleeping guards on the morning OF his
disappearance The name r J; McClos.
band. In addition to these marks.
which any Of the Sullivan clan would
have recognized. the shirt worn by the
congressman bore his laundry mark.
. Relatives Were Diligent.
sullivan's relatives did not admit his
disappearance until last Monday, and
even then they pretended that he had
only recently left them. and that they
were not seriously worried as to what
had become Of him. But, nevertheless
they were searching every one Of his old
haunts. looking up every man with whom
to cities all over the country. In q des-
perate l.ope that he was still alive.
William B. Ellison. who was Sullivan's
personal counsel. reiterated today his be-
lief that Sullivan was q sane man. and
declared that there was not the slightest
reason to believe that the man had COM
mitted suicide.
HE was down here" said Ellison.
-
way. "Friday. August %. and he stayed
here two hours. He was here again the
following day. Saturday. the 30th. and
his mind was as clear as 1t ever had
been in all his life. He attended to the
transaction Of his bubsiness. going NIL
nutely into every detail. That was the
very day before he died.
Killed Two Miles Away.
"As am informed, his body was
'ound some time between and 6
o'clock in the morning Of the follow.
.ng day. Sunday. 1t was near the Pei
nam railroad station. The station is
about two miles from his brothers
mouse.
Il do not think for an instant that
cath was due to suicide. There is not
! chance OF It,"
Some months ago Sullivan was taken
seriously i'll. and at that time 1t was
eported that his mind was giving way.
He was in a sanitarium for several
months and then took q trip to Europe.
Upon his return. he told his friends
that he felt much better. but 1t was
evident that his half-brother. with
whom he lived. did not place much
faith In his recovery, for the ex-chief-
.ain was never permitted to go out
alone, and his movements were subject
to strict surveillance.
Did Not Like Congress.
At the time of his mental breakdown.