Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-20
CHUCK CDDN0RS'
pills FAIL HIM
hlNG O. 1uE HONI,IN II ~ r.
liD, Blr MS OID TINE
IHONil,S STAY AWAY,
MAYOR OF chinatown



NhW YORK, ~ Y, MAY ~ ospe-
cialJ With only one old limo friend,
his sister, brother and several neigh
bors 10 do him honor the funeral of
Chuck Connors known for many
years NJ "thr mayor OF Chinatown %
was held Yesterday with services I'm
a. Andrews Romal Catholic church
iu Duane street The iutermrut was
In Calvary cemetery
For many years the word of this
character OF the BoNcry was almost
regarded as law IN Chinatown, when
he was IN his prime, but when the
little cortego of nye carringos drew
away from q Dover street there was
nto single ChiHamun present Ap-
porcntly the one time friend had been
forgotten. About hundred curious
persons gathered on Dover street op-
posite the tenement house where
CHUCK spent the last few years Of
his life and watched the drivers of
the carriages as they came out " the
building bearing the cashet' Upon
the lid was engraved IPatrick q.
O'Connor died May 10, age 40" a
wreath presented by Raphael Saliva
tore, hnbitue OF Chinatown, who
had known Chuck" for years and
who was generally known as Lit
tlo Chuck" rested on the caskot,
Salvatore was the only person outside
kn "a attapdAh ha fupnrul
services
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, sister, and
her children, wero present, AZ was
phllip O'Connor, brother. Ellen
O'COnnor another sister, who is "A
trained nurse, Is with patient in
Europe. At the church, the Row
Father ENers otiiciated,
Yes, me pal Is gone" said SALIVA
tore, as lie left the dimly lighted
room oa the second floor OF the tene-
ment where Connors made his home.
"'Chuck' was good one and me and
him used to be pals But now he's
gone and I'll go It alone"
On Monday night some Of Chuck's y
more intimate friends gathered and
viewed the body for the last time but
none OF them left his haunts to at
tend the funeral.
-
his name was not Chuck at all,
il was George WASHINGTON Connors, "
said Joseph Humphrey, announcer,
nromoter and actor. Yesterday. as he
discussed his dead friend. "Ue goI
that mama OF Chuck because he was
such n biz eater.
"Connors" continued Mr. Hum
phreys. ",Vas an East Side boy. as
,ng et ba was "a and did not look
If He used TO take part I'm eating
contest,-thev were fad thirty
wears or more ago-and once Connors
ate seyenteen hot baked potatoes and
followed them up with five good Dor
tion. OF beef stew-and after that ev-
cry one called him Chuck. You see.
that is what food used to be called
No one used to say: I'm 10 and dino.
not I'm those old days that [ am
thinking of-they said: Il am going
70 have NV chuck.
"I saw Connors eat the biggest meal
that l ever saw put away on Broad ..
vav II wss twenty-three years aRo
and was st.ward et the BnrthoIdI
hotel A preat resort for business men
then and still a ane hotel met
CbucIt Connors down town and invit-
cd him nm to dina with me n, / o'cloct
the rext dev--be WAS living in Dow
era street I.u volk mn said Con
nors to get my appetite going |
,bi,ls no aid Whs, he not 10 the no
tel bs called for Joe the peaut. a
nicLnama Of NINA twentv-flve Years
ago---aud II took tho hotel folks ten
minutes IN find out who ne meant
"Tbev served us with first rate
course dinner. beginning with soup
and ending with ice cream | handed
Chuck q carolina cigar after II and
aaId. wall how does a first clasa din
ner agree with Won. Chuck AS far
as rs gone Joe. first rate he said
.hut tn telI Won tho trut' Pm waiting
for one hin dish that can mi up
on have had soun and fish n niece
of beef and the wing OF chicken.
but bolv SNAKE Joe don't we get
some great bie dish like n howl of
heer stew or ham and beans?' I saig
to tho walter TO bring him the course
dinner right over again. beginning