BROADBRIM'S NEW YORK LETTER.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXII, Issue 11401, 13 May 1889, Page 2

BROADBRIM'S NEW YORK LETTER.

v . t w/ • [Special to Chronicle.] The Corsicn.il and Sicilian vendettas - aro matters of history : running through/ countless generations and frequently not' stopping till one side or the other had not material to vendetta upon. Kentucky .: 4 n ;t.}nie? I Pfts§Jmß.fuwiisb.ed.uß«witli.«*»toe excellent specimens. Tennessee antl West ' /Virginia haye/put ipjsome fine- Tfrdrlt/in : the way of -roadside assassinations/ Dtifc -?.IWU. hardily. look.jor...a..firßtwciaßa. sonmtion of that kind in the staid city; of ' Brooklyn. Yaks*), it taJtfi.OAS the .outskirts of the town lived Wo well-fordo German families who had almost grown • up together, and were ..familiar, r ind . happy as' happy' conjd.be; ,' They ,'d/anlH • the same. b»ck, J beer I ,^Vyhect'ti&e. samik A sausage, seiuioricd' the ''repast - *ith Scwitzer Kase and saiir. kratit,..,and. froqiien% Woitnd vp 1 .the 1 'evehjng 'mtS,, copious* libations'of schnapps' 'straight"' from the z»iy.der 3ee.^ Jft^hort, it- was' '" lhijtossible-for any twbMmU''e*tb'-y*on • more familiar terntsth4 th^timaiSS? theSchluchners; nor wemit\atiffrisefi&i&*MouflS^ n d. foolish,., fpr ; Mr6..SfculWihadM. ; heen marMed£wenty T nvo yeSnirand Mrs Schluchnor. .Qyeij.thjrty s . bothihSdfamiles • ,gFown v np,7 and; s.omq of( tJieufToWldWn were married. Bub^s. (bad prospered with the,Shultzs. andtfojrtuneJisdttotbßeii rtnkind to the Schluchners. Each'lived--inhis own home and hadajnice'little sum laid «,way in attacking) for But there is no such thing;; as-^perfect '. ' bliss in this miserable world ommrs, and a t^at these-t^vo" families soon ifqunSToutT " Schluchner was ,a gay filOd^yJJrgiiijr . towards 1 feixtyj it.isWe.to;'asm%^ ! a'" r *: iWyear'-old'colt^ l«;«l^a^ nbt" uncomely „t6. i ; : look^ ( npqii, ! ' ) {liiit 'offi^ Sehluchner fo'ulda^qme'mng' ve^! mu ! cl' > H njore attractive 'over' 'atV^u^z^WtmsioW'^^ than he : found, at his own pretty, little^' ' ; cottage.- .-,lt : Wad i ndt'iv r e"igw lon^riKeforisFt h jShultz,;; began to smelFan iexcrodiiffetyiHa, largedisized mjcejand Mrs SohltnftrieiskV 1 eyes would snap like, a first class dynsnno^tj : 111 .sight. -jj; ?■'.; .-. : v:t-,T JW;t)'/!ito.liVfif> ;• j ln a very short. time-wan waß'delkt^dv^'j? and Mrs SchluchnerimadeSt'exdaßdiHßljA • -•- ',wi»rm for Mr Sehluchner andijrr4-Shuft«;i«. f ( MriShtiltii;- soaiidalizedi byfy/hiiriKwiffl^"' ■bfbaviovir, lefti her 'and sot hp!ai I sripat l ate',<<4i eatablishmentfitlfof >."h&nseir{ijaittd Mr Sclilu^chperleftMrsSchlttehner all alone in .: hertglory.' The'war waged ibLjajidipna,-,^ daylis't week Slniltz wjnt-home^! 'ne.Tia'd '■ ' beon'sbnio time getting his courage up t^_ the"sticking point, ;b\df he did"get"it ~up. - . at last, | and on Mi-si Shultz remonstrating with him for .his condufit lie ma^e. a .rush. ■ » forhe'r a'Ad'^ve 1 Ket^^^rlbie^ beating!'''^ She fled to the barnjfor safety and Schtdtz' . went to. bed. ', The .next' morning; Mrs •■--• Shultz-gdt up,'!''wentritoi : her''b'ui;eaU : Md' l taking oufe p.; 'small' Smiths t&d<<W&lVtO?' [ revolver, blew her braing-bttti'id^Hß-Kew^-'---flew.liko.wildfire tnrou^hf^h-© 'nei'gliiß'iniP^ hpody.and one !of;<the-'first' io 4 flWa^Vfli&'* 1 joyful intelligence was Mra^SbMtfannyH;^ ,Whem -tho mcßsengef told''her that;her ■" ■? eiemy^vas deadJisTie J fasrly?>danced;'i6f'v jojy. .She.'Beht down to the dry-goO^s. '" BtprG,an.dgot.aJot_of,ci i apa, : Jind-gettin'g;'a-^~; large , Amerip^ii ,flag; ah;q7ehip?6wer£diifcr . all around with black, 'iynd|;When -ttie' job ■' w^s, finished she, flung;44tp. thq^brQezeiclW!' ffl 9f|hor"frorit window.,- , $hejtQokj,nK) pains ... tOjConcealfrpnVheEineighbpumvitKe -fact' thiit, she .was .celebrating the death ipf Mrs Shultz. j Then, thefi^iigbourd bec^me-^,^ indignij,ntiand|,vpwqd,y,epgoance' 011^6^ 1 Schluchneis.', ; Hpr ; . sons.) "kppiPifrjJlwpt^?^ store and they bacjeed (their mother Up' .in^ i' what sho^ad done, butrtheyr soon<begaA'" ' tojfind that nobody wpuH of them I,'1 ,' so as financial ruin" wSß&tatinlg "->' .' thpmirii'the face; at the end^of.rtfirte ; days Mrs SchltfchneT "hauled "dowifJEer '.." fla^ • , ■ •,.'■'•■•• '.■•■ ,;. The week'has' peon 'an' exceedinglj. >« lively tme ' anionff n the.lLepublican 1 politiv V-j cians who w.ere preparintftojtake a 'hana;.^ in) the inaugiiratioii. where all the'moriey cohies'from 1 , bnr'it-V---comoßi.i. The clans. itemed oht^byi/hiibo;^ dreda, jiad,a:sweller looking^. lot''it -'would' '• be! :hardrtoi<,find. were-:"! .unique, and there, were high white ; ! hfttef l v .' anji.white ,topcoats,patentrledther^Bhtfoß{l' r ( and, button-hole bouquets; -Thore >I «we^e';>'< t3 1 datfi' Prince Albert coats. and'fa^iY.''' colburad j>ant9, white "6hb6e&V.aHd'(iifgH; X l ooljars.thatjialmostiicut ''off theitt Kaad^^ : Some, wQpei ailßtersT withnihitssivef^ialpyß','«^ •while others displaye^i^ebrManly'fdrmß/''^'' in fewallpw, tailed- coata'and low ctttrit'e'sisH-'} . jit was a very Dqinocratic crowd's. Whites* 1 W« evoryone was}a'sj^rellraß-sw.eU; do'nldiiberW ■- thore was no putttfag!ott!airk. (- ; > f&a Y Tfiv'e < } - 1 lmndredheelp.Bs ,f rorn- Johnny O'Btien'aj ■' Biffht-h,., Assembly Disttioii'crabkea jokes iWitjh the silk', stocking ! brigade' ( led? lbyt "• Col,one?l:NGi;uga.W &nd -made 1 1 ! 1« entkoly comfortable and happy as happy could be; and the Mike Dady legion from' • Br^oklya'flanked By. theT J£hn Y. Mcgaite : batyaiionvspared 'thfef J'glor^ of -flSiei ' ds^.^ 'esppeially as.'itC w&B.tkn6Wh r j^i44tM«i^^ John. Y. McEaneiwho piiUe'd^own'^Hie-/ niajority of Kings .Gonntyv snd\ by 1 - doing ' so tendered the election of Mr Harrison' possible,- ■<: i ■•■■ "."■"/ i ■•'■•!'■ ,(■■?<■>>»/.'». I weUj recollect thb' de^arftre o!>'ffl6'-?}\ clans tqiWashiriglonf6ur;yßaHiago. Tftßri 1 '! .county. 1 Democracy 'w&s theil'tin top^'Sncl I ''.^ Tammany Jwas oiily.a" remote'.'contingehtl'" I , The Mike^'.Miu-phy'le'gion -filled 1 fsixteßfi I '/:'! cara.and tli.e,Qqn)mi,Bß!iry;dop.artmontal6iiki ' had pi;oyoßider iind , drinks fqr, an anmy^.-ir' twice pi^size]. ,-i- sawtiiom;departgal]an<|«i)i.' andj gay; axtd'at^theend ,of !; three dayajli/-, »' saw, the return of'.thejhattore.i.'.remnant, for |one half; pf-theiii camd^back jßJWjjjf" their uppers! l ,Tho JB^pribbca^gpl^ack in much better. sha^e/' ■'Sa^irdayiand. j . ( ., t - Sunday were ev|en^iil|. days' 'for. the rait^' ,V •road people. Train 'after 'tmin^rollea foiit'but Beomed to make very little. iinr . -'• pros'sion on the ; crowd/ Ataasttheyiworo allpVovidod'for and'got off ;f.tHey saw.ttor' '-. great pageant, and got back;- 'i'Allagreed ,<" ! "; that) it .-was a great show, 'but r they said^ :-'*''' thoyj had had aU^he,,.inaugiu-atf9i^tliey.T " wanted and,wero'well satisfl.ed.to getbacik).-^."/ home. ""_'; ', ,-., .\jr. „<,, . „ Harry Genetis;Blowly.,dying,of,a|pain- ■• 'fill disease which' only niiike8 s his f deat^ a .". , question of a' few iveeks/ 'Many who have \*\' entered on- public life withih'the last ten" 1 '' ' years may ask who js Harry Genet;?. Y6tt' n \";; would not have had to ask that question' I ':: foiu-teen.or fifteen years ago, 'when WmV '' : IM. Tweed was.a.ipowor in tho "city! jiiid. Prince Harry Genet wore the" largest of 'V 1 1- ' the tigei- badges, on his 1 coaij. and the..: l - - ; costliest of diamonds gjittored onhp^massivo 'shirt front:. s , The', diamond ring', o.n i .-, : his finger^n-oclaimed him a p'rinco ofthe ' blood, and no one' disputed his riglitfto reigd. Gay 'times' were ithos'o for. Prince ' '■' Hal.j If hn. wanted money .ho hat{,onjy.to'. ■■,• draw; his 'check' on the city treasury and .;, .the money cam'e'jiist; the same, as'^t' would ''„,:.. for the autograph of a'Vanderbilt or a ■" Gould. With the collapsb of the .Tweed ' ring Harry Genet became a f ugitivß f rdi«' justice, and, escaping.. the officers- who-ar-K'i'. ' rested him, lay in hiding f orniariy weeks; ■ ! i < . ■ Ho might havo escaped. to Canada, as many other boodlers; have'- dorioj' but life out' of New York for him was only a living death, so. af last he' surrendered himself- '*' . and stood his trial; -ho wns' convicted, but 1 a merciful,- judge, (instead of'sending, />.; V him to States' Prison, committed him to the Penitentiary, where all- tho keepers ,anfl (l . :, i officors wero his olid tinte. friends, . They-. . . cropped his 'head' and ','shayed' off his..' ," ' ■ luxiuiant v moustachoand '' compelled ' him ■ ' " ' to r dop a. convict's striped suit^ and; he /: j niarche.dXn th'p.lock^tep withy^hiovesandj 1 J iiiuSderers. At last his time^ of imprisonment |ended, anid he had scarcely cast'hi's convict's sh-ipes when ' some •'indiscreet friends nominated him for the Legislature) •'''"' ' He failed of election and opened'a saloon^ l( ,' ; ' there was -a rush for a fe'w'da'ys 'and then '"' the saloon becamebankrupt/ Oldfrienda'' 1 < ■' ' whom hehad assisted -in. the 'day of his •'■■...-, power pnssed him byi iinnoticed' in the : '■• ' street, and the ingratitude broke his heart.; >- -. y • Unfortunate speculations ' and false.,,;; friends swept' away the bulk of his illi . gotten gains and he felt the day of doom . .'.' and retribution had come. The..terriblo !,. ..'„','.-. disease, cancer in the mouth, , attacked . him, and now, in suffering indescribable, ends (v life that twenty years ago pro."

, inised to be one of the gayest and most promising in this gay and busy capital His fate should bo a warning to ail younf » »ne~n. Nature, did everything for him Fortune reached out her hand to aid him but ho bartered hope, fame and honor f oi ,/the oompanionßhip ' of swindlers anc /■"^hievos. He threw tho chances of lift r upon a single, cast for ill-gotten gold and lOBt. , . . .■ ' • ' • Anothor sad sight is Honry S. Iveaand his partner Stayner ; in Ludlow-streei A year ago Henry S. Ivos had hie town house, bis country house, his yacht ; ' ''retinues of ,- servants, who ■ waited hie bidding ; his check was good f OMuillions. - Old men representing the wealth and honour of the city; stood uncovered in the presences of this stripling who in two short years had risen from an humble clerkship to the control of thousands of miles of railroad,' Hill all : Wall-street looked upon this young Napoleon as the only man who' could possibly down Jay Gould. \,He had already effected a combination that made' the Little Wizard tremble, and the future seomed big with -, - fate. ! Wall-street had Ferdinand Ward fast in :i States. Prison,- 'and here was another case almost parrallel to Ward's. IJoth had .started on the same capital — chef ifcvrand both had created millions out of the same capital — wind. ' And for wind and cheek Wall-streot .Cincinnati, Baltimore,.Chicago, and, St: 1 Louis laid down nearly •, twenty millions in- solid gold. JjUst, think of it ! ■ Hard-fisted : old curmudgeons who- would'' pinch- a" silver dollar till they 'made the eagle squeal, unlocked):',their > strong ' boxes to this •windy'finanoierand baae him help.himself to all he wanted, and' he' did. In two, years the. bubble-b urst, 'and now. Henry ,-S.. Ives and' his partner Staynor are lodged in>Ludlow-street Gaol, with the almost certain- prospect of States Prison before them. ■• • ' 1; ;' ', . „ An 4as if this was notv enough' f,oir one wo«l?| the town- wfes stai-tled- with, the intelligorice that General Franz -Sigol's son had swindled, .the pension office, of which he-hadoharge.ftothe amoiintof thousands of dollars. ,• -While there is no sympathy felt.foi; swindler himself, '-tlw deepest and; most, profound; sympathy '< is felt for hie, honored, father- who placed in'him the utmost confidence; ' FOrthopast two or thrjee years db appeara-that he has , systematically, violated tho ■ law' bjj -exhorting fees ,and- forging names.' Should he be. convipted on the counts now 'against him he would not. get rout, of prison 'for a nnhdred, and fifty. years',- ' " •".'. .