Show TA HALL LEADER LEA IS DEAD BEAU CHARLES 7 F MURPHY VICTIM OF ACUTE indigestion DIES SUDDENLY AT NEW YORK nations Nat foni marter politician cuccu succumbs in bs to attack of short duration end closes dramatic career 1 new york charles F murphy 1 I u leader ol of tammany 11 hall ill died april 25 from acute indigestion coming as it does only to mo mouths months he before fore the national democratic convention ven tion the passing of tile the fames js IB expected to have an important i e effect t f e ct ot of the choice atthe 0 the D democratic t 1 c nominee next june with the wizard of 0 tammany hall dead the dramatic career ot of one of 0 the nations master politicians ended mr murphy leaped from an obscure driver of 0 a horse dmn streetcar to the position where the flick of 0 his finger either made or broke political aspirants in new york caty and new york state and the widespread in fluence ot of the domineering machine ho be built carried its influence into the democratic national machine lie ile was born bom in new york in iset 1853 the son ot of john 31 murphy educated tor for a period in new york schools he was la later baters a student in a parochial 1601 ills first employment was in a wire factory then lie he became a driver ot of a horse drawn streetcar in new yorks early days sir mr murphys Murp hys political career started sla as leadar of the eighteenth assembly district ot of now new york in 1802 subsequently he ha became commissioner of 0 docks and terries and finally finally treasurer ot of the board ills his chief bid to tame fame came when he succeeded to the chairmanship ol of tammany sachem in 1902 taking control ot of the organization founded by tha th late richard croker lie welded welde d it into a machine ot of nationwide strength attacked on all sides by newspapers and organizations ho he went quietly about ills his political path choosing candidates from the th lowliest ot of lob job hold ers era to governors ills success lay in picking po popular lular eandi candidates dates friends and toes both admit ue ile was retiring seeking po no friends and no publicity the most recent victorious fight was waged against william randolph heads f a man a aith ath whom he had ormed formed many coalitions in the municipal judgeship elections in 1923 hearst and murphy split and war to the hilt was declared He hearses arsts candidates camhout came out driling tr alim in the rear once more sh otting mur I 1 pats phys skill the death death was totally unexpected and it was more more than an hour before murphy closest friends learned of his death governor al smith called tammany hallin hall ln person refusing to fir first st believe reports he heard ot of the passing of the alie tammany chieftain the governor was greatly affect e Z ills his military aide said smith ana murphy were close friends mrs murphy who was vas ln in atlantic city was notified by telephone that lier her husband was seriously ill and left at once tor for new kew york she was not told that murphy mui phy was dead ile he was wag given to relieve his pali pain caused by the acute indigestion from which he had buffe suffered red for weeks at various times during the last two years murphy returned only a few days ago from not hot Sp springs ringi va where he hail had con conferred ferrea with tom ta gart and other democratic leaders |