The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-29
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When Chimmie told the cripple that
he was sorry for him. he resented IL
Then ChiHmie's attitude was changed.
and he told Micky that he didn't like
him but he liked his deformed sister
VINO couldn't walk like other girls ana
who madc a practice of doing deeds
Of kindness for those even more help
less than herself. He told Micky that
he would give him his news corner at
Forty-second street and Broadway
tina. it had taken him years to ac-
quire, and that he could sell papers
there and earn the money to take his
sister to a ''saw-bone" specialist. :
Four years later Micky Mcbride
called Chimmie to his corner and gave
him a check for twenty-five hundred
dollars and told him to take his sister
to the great Minnesota surgeons. So
chester. where DIR. Mayo. the saw
bone" man, saw him. For nine
months the, girl was In q plaster cast.
and at tn. end of that time she was
able to walk. When from behind she
threw her hands around the neck of
her brother in New York he dubbed
over with joy and said: '.Hully, gee.
I'm happy. I've a lump in me throat
that 1 can't swallow"
Visited Fashionable Church.
McFadden gave q graphic account
of the visit of himself and his pal,
nue. Baptist church on an Easter
Sunday. They were taken into a pew
by a wel1-to-do acquaintance. and the
people turned up their noses and won
dered who the queer specimens were.
The women drew their skirts around
them as they passed the gangsters.
Chimmie said: THE decorations cost
$4,000. We wondered what they were
for. When we asked we were told that
they were placed there in memory of
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collected for foreign missions, and
that night 100000 kids in New York
| were going to bed hungry. You don't
have to go out of this country to find
the heathen."
wanted That .sToirkcy."
McTadden told of newsboys benefit
given for $4,000 boys in New York
city. DR.. Parkhurst. the famous
clergyman. spoke to the hungry
youngsters in eloquent language which
Chimmie imitathed- and spoke far
above the heads Of the kiddies. The
when's the gink goin' to beat it-so we
can get the toirkey.' certain news
paper the next day stated that eight
thousand boys were converted, but
Chimmie maintained that not eight Of
| the number knew what they were
signing when they attached their
names or marks to the pledge cards.
They just wanted that toirkey," said
he.
1t was en- interesting story that this
heard in Kansas where there are no
big slum districts, and where crooks
are few and far between.
He brought out his points by telling
wonderful human interest stories re-
lating to himself and his associ ties.
Chimmie had real message. and he
delivered 1t with effectiveness.
Crooks Have EiR Hearts.
In the course Of his address on 1.-The
New York Unfortunates and the In
fluence Of the Church Upon The.n.
Chimmie, the ex-yangster, now menu
her of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church, told how after all some If the
worst crooks of New York city have
the biggest hearts. To illustrate his
point he told of his effort to give as
sistance to poor Irish scrubo.ng
woman, with drunken husband a,'d
two children, destitute and on the point
Of being turned out Of her miserable
lodging place. McFadden first went to
Catholic priest but was told: THE
parish Is 20 big and SO much to nc done
within it, that l can do nothing out
side.'
same excuse. Another clergyman Of
fered his prayers. and still another said
he would place the case in the hands
OF the Lord. But Chimmie was not
convinced that the hunger of the suf-
fering woman would be thus relieved
before starvation. He straightway went
to Tom Sharltey. saloonkeeper and ex-
prizeffghter. and told his story. This
man was touched by it. He telephoned
the woman's landlord saying IL he
did not waive her rent for six months
the gang Of which he was q member
would burn the landlords building. The
woman was kept q place for her fam
lily. Then $65 was raised among gam
blers and ticket Of leave men to pay
err remarked: Il had more respect for
those under ban of the Law than / had
for the preachers"
The Secret Of Success.
According to the speaker the secret
OF the success of Tammany in New
York 10 the wholeeouled, wholesome
charity extended to the poor and needy.
He said Murphy is the cleanest pofa.
tician in the United States. 1 know =
let Of him. The only men he takes
money from are the men who have Il.
When Tim Sullivan was alive q Door
man couldn't go to his house and ask
for shoes or food and be turned away
without both"
Chimmie stated that the only kind OF
talk that gangster understands IL
the talk Of gangster. 1t was thu
written statement Of q dying pick
pocket. the son OF New FORKS most
notorious crook. in this language that
caused Chimmie to take notice Of the
Bible. The dying young man foiS
briefly in the language of the slunus the
story of the Christ. Said Chimmie:
Tt was the only kind OF tax thaf
could have got under my skin-no
preacher could have done it,