Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-15
Jimmy HENDERSON
FOLLOWED TO GRAVE
BY GRIEVING FRIENDS
corrow Pervades Downtown
Section as Last Tribute Is
Paid to Kindly
Constable
urrMANITY HIS CREED
Merry Walked Hand in Hand With
Him in His Discharge of
Duty

s,r,o Of the kids were late for school
,.rntown today And there was a mist
!. ,,c ewes Of many of them as they tried
,o,iow the lessons. There was an air
J, ..dress. too, among the shopkeepers.
=. ovsrybody knew that Jimmy Hen
80, was being buried. No celebrity
Ia have had bigger following of the
s.nbful than that which gathered near
a-,,v,s home. at 1901 South Carlisle
street
.,y one who was anybody at all down
%, was there, from the little ragged
.ornester i'm the nelghborhood to Con-
nssman "Bill" Ware, who came all the
~ from Washington, and his brother,
eenator ed"
immv was constable, but not the
.ind that you usually hear about He
- attached to the office of Magistrate
Tps Sps0S briggs at Broad and Federal
.,rssts He was of the same sort as
80 'tTudge" himself 1t is little Won
ssr that they were known as the gloom
ssasors for sunshine was the order OF
,be day in this court OF law.
CONSTABLE AND FRIEND.
I, struck no terror to the heart of n
roor woman, who was in arrears in
ami when n heartless landlord in the
Nm Ward declared, "Ill put the Con-
.,sble on YOU" She knew that the Con-
,,sble would be Jimmy Henderson, and
he would see that she got chance to
i've
Sometimes when he was sent to put a
mia home out on the sidewalk Jimmy
found utter misery among the unhappy
hmily. If it was due to the husband,
Tho was out of a job, Jimmy gave him
a note to a politician and he would soon
ret work Often he'd call at the corner
grocery and in quick time there were
ample provisions in the house. 1t was
then up to Jimmy to "stave off, the land
lord, and in nine out of ten cases he
brought about peace. He saw to It, too,
that Justice was done where the down
and.outers' got on their feet.
strue that he, Jimmy, was some times
imposed upon by women's tears, but they
could always lick him with the pathetic
stuff" as the fellows around the corners
expressed 1t.
And there was many n time when poor
women who could little afford 1t were
for rushing into the Magistrates court
and wasting their money in warrants
and suits And how many times did
Jimmy and the old Judge" meet them
at the door and tell them to go home
and behave themselves and take the
kids out to the Park" of summer after
noon with the money they wanted to
squander
kids" HIS LOYAL ADMIRERS.
As for the kids on the street they found
Jimmy an easy mark. He was always
there with the money for baseball or a
bat or rattle tickets for suits for the ball
team. Is it any wonder then that floral
wreath sent by these selfsame kids had
an Important place today among the
scores of floral offerings which were
banked around Jimmy's coffin?
There were remembrances from the
Loyal Order of Moose, from the Ware
Brothers, the police of the 18th and
Snyder avenue station, the 26th Ward
Club and numerous other organizations.
Thousands poured into Jimmy's home
today and last night TO view for the last
time their loyal friend. There were tear
stained faces, too, at many doors when
the passing of the coffin revived memories
Of days of Jimmy's good deeds.
81. Teresa's Church, at Broad and
Catharine streets. was packed to the doors
when Solemn High Mass was celebrated
And hundreds of the faithful followed
him to the grave in the Holy Sepulchre
Cemetery.