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JAMES SHEVLIN IS DEAD Queens County Jockey Club President Passes Away at the Age of Eighty-Three. NEW YORK, X. Y., Nov. 25. James Shevlin, president of the Queens County Jockey Club, died Monday morning at his residence, C9 Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn, after a long illness. He was eighty-three years old and is survived by two brothers, George and Gary ; a sister, who is a member of the Monastery Convent, in West Hoboken, N. J., and a number of nephews and nieces. The veteran turfman, who was a prominent factor in Democratic politics in Brooklyn, has been ailing since the state convention at Syracuse last September. He recently returned from a vacation at Saratoga Springs. His illness took a sudden turn for the worse about six weeks ago, and hfc suffered up to the time of his death from a general physical break-down. Physicians attending Mr. Shevlin held out hopes for Jus recovery until a few days ago when flis heart manifested signs of weakening under the strain of illness. Artificial respiration was resorted to in vain Monday morning. Mr. Shevlin, who had been knighted in the Order of St Gregory by the Pope, was a devout Roman Catholic. He received tha last rites of the church before his death. Definite arrangements for the funeral have not been announced, but the deceased turfman will be interred in the family vault, in the Trinity Second of Holy Cross cemetery. James Shevlin was born in Monahan Coun ty, Ireland, in 1S42. The death of his father sent the widow, James and three other sons, to the United States. The family made their home in Brooklyn, where Mr. Shevlin has lived ever since. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m., Wednesday, in St. Augustines Church, Sixth Avenue and Sterling Place, Brooklyn.
