The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11

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Mayor Van. Wyck-he gave away his
liquor stores. He had conducted them
with scrupulous regard for the law and
the prophecies. He had prospered
and he had no regrets save when, fire.
'quently he was figure of national inn
portance, me was referred to as an ex-
bartender.
Charles I. Murphy had three broth
ers, Billy, who served for time as an
alderman; John, who was member Of
the council in the early days of the
Greater City, and Tom. All four were
smart, alert, abstemious and devoted to
their parents and sisters, hut from
early youth Charlie was the outstAnd-
ing member of the family.
Billy, the F'risnd OF All
In the days Of Charles deputy lead
ership and in the early days Of his full
district leadership, Billy did all the Jobs
that contribute to make Tammany Hall
the compact, vote producing organiza-
tion it undoubtedly Ii.
1t was Billy who was roased out of
bed at night to get some Of the neigh
that the rovertv, str;cksn a. he distr;ct
had coal and fnod IN vpinter who Wis.
ited tbe sick and rs;a1bnrss,, the nm
dertaker for burying the dead. He
waaaa district captain and Ii was said
Of him that nobody in his jurisdiction
ever voted anything but the Tammany
ticket. Thee ld timers o. the district
sav that IL CONTRACTED I cnld which
caused his death Nv ventnring ant On :
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have willingly become Mrs. Charles f..
Murphy. His closest friends believe it
was sense Of obligation he felt to his
mother and to the other members of
his family which kept him a bachelor
until he was forty-four years old.
In these times Charles F. Murphy,
In his teens and twenties, would have
been one of the champions Of an ath-
letic club. He excelled in all athletic
sports. He was an oarsman and a
sought after baseball player, being pro-
fieient as a pitcher and excelling as a
first baseman. He was SO much in
demand in baseball circles that he fire.
quently took part in two games on a
Sunday afternoon, playing with differ.
emit mines and drawing down from $40
to SIS from each. 80
From his early manhood Mr.. Murphy
took an interest in smart, ambitious
boys. Long before he became politi-
cal power he had placed many 4 youth
Of the Gashouse District in jobs which
enabled them to marry and raise farni-
lies. Brooklyn issspOtted with men Of
middle age who, headed along the road
BY Charles II. Murphy, moved out OF
the crowded area surrounding Stuy-
vesart SQUARE I'd, buy their own homes
bridge.