John Jay Brogan, a former police captain, who retired from the force in 1892, died Sunday at his residence, 640 Riverside Drive, Manhattan, after a long illness caused by Bright's disease. He was 71 years old, two of his four surviving children, Mrs. Thomas B. Vernon and Mrs. E. Francis Faulkner, living in Brooklyn. The other children are sons, John J. Brogan of Manhattan and Arthur of Mount Vernon. Former Captain Brogan was a member of the Thirty-seventh New York Volunteers during the Civil War, having run away from home at the age of 17 to enlist. He joined the Police Department after the war and served until his retirement with a spotless record. Fot twenty-five years he had been a trustee of the West Side Savings Bank in Manhattan. He was one of the oldest living members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, having been a charter member of the New York Lodge and was very widely known in Masonic circles. A 32nd degree Mason, he was a past master of New York Lodge F. and A. M., a member of Manhattan Chapter Royal Arch Masons; of Palestine Commandery, Knights Templar; of Mecca Temple of the Mystic Shrine; of Adelphic Council, R. and S. M.; of the Masonic Veterans Association and of thr Scottish Rite bodies. He had been active for years in the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist. The funeral is to be held at 8 o'clock this evening at the Elks Home, 108 West 43rd street, Manhattan.
John Jay Brogan, a former police captain, who retired from the force in 1892, died Sunday at his residence, 640 Riverside Drive, Manhattan, after a long illness caused by Bright's disease. He was 71 years old, two of his four surviving children, Mrs. Thomas B. Vernon and Mrs. E. Francis Faulkner, living in Brooklyn. The other children are sons, John J. Brogan of Manhattan and Arthur of Mount Vernon. Former Captain Brogan was a member of the Thirty-seventh New York Volunteers during the Civil War, having run away from home at the age of 17 to enlist. He joined the Police Department after the war and served until his retirement with a spotless record. Fot twenty-five years he had been a trustee of the West Side Savings Bank in Manhattan. He was one of the oldest living members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, having been a charter member of the New York Lodge and was very widely known in Masonic circles. A 32nd degree Mason, he was a past master of New York Lodge F. and A. M., a member of Manhattan Chapter Royal Arch Masons; of Palestine Commandery, Knights Templar; of Mecca Temple of the Mystic Shrine; of Adelphic Council, R. and S. M.; of the Masonic Veterans Association and of thr Scottish Rite bodies. He had been active for years in the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist. The funeral is to be held at 8 o'clock this evening at the Elks Home, 108 West 43rd street, Manhattan.
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