The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-19
ST. PATRICWS DAY IN NEW YORK.
serious ARRAY Between tho Police and
One OF the Brooklyn SOcieties-several
of the Police Dangerously Wounded.

serious ARRAY Between tho Police and
One OF the Brooklyn SOcieties-several
OF the Police Dangerously Wounded.
About 1890 o'clock yesterday afternoon, as
tne Third Division OF tine Ancient Order of
Hlbcrnians was being formed on Grand street.
In order to join the main procession which
paraded yesterday In honor OF st. Patrick's Day
truck came up and was about passing through
that street near the corner OF Pitt street The
driver was perem ptorily ordered out of the way
by the Marshals, and as he was being hemmed
IN and jeered al by the rapidly increasing crowd
THIS driver, whose name Is at present unknown,
inquired where he should 90.
Instead of giving the man any information
several members of the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans, No. 3, from Brooklyn, who were standing
in line near by, made an attack upon the bewiI.
dered man and were driving him from the
vehicle. At this iuncture, officer August Herse-
man, OF the Thirteenth Precinct Police, who
was stationed near by. jumped on the truck to
protect the driver rom injury. His conduct in
so doint raised the ire OF the proCessionislg 10
such degree that a simultaneous assault was
made up, the officer by large number of the
Brooklyn societies lNos. 3, 4, and y and he was
knocked down and severely injured by beng
tran pied upon bv the lniurated assailants.
Information Of fhe afray soon reached the
knowledge OF Roundsman William h. Bro Hn
OF the Thirteenth Precinct, who was standing
on the corner OF Grand street and East Broad
way He Immediately collected a squad of
men, on duty near by, and ran down to assist
their brother officer As this handful OF police
crowd, they were engulfed in the mass and we're
all severely handled. The Hibernians broke
their slaves of office, and used the fragments as
shillelahs and clubs with such effect that the
officers were the recipients of several ugly scalp
wounds and bruises. They were also knocked
down, trampled on, and kicked. During the
second battle, one of the Marshals, from Brook.
lyn, drew his sabre aud dealt Officer Barratt, of
the Thirteenth Precinct, blow on the head
intictIDg a severe and DANGEROUS wound.
News OF the conflict spread rapidly, and the
officers stationed along the line ran down to
the assistance OF the officers engaged. But as
they arrived snglv the rioters we're enabled to
beat them off. Captain Helme, of the Thlr-
teenth Precinct, heard of the row, as he stood
on the corner of Clinton street and East Rroad-
way, when he and Sergeant Barntt collected
sufficient force, and soon succeeded in scat
tering the insurgents. Scarcely had he per-
formed this service when the reserves from
the Seventh and Eleventh Precincts came up
on the double-qHick, and they drove the assail-
ants down East Broadway in splendid STYLE
dealing effective and telling blows as they pro
ceeded. This ended the disturbance and the
police reformed and proceeded to pick up their
wounded, who were removed to the Delaney
Street Station House. The following is COM
plete list of those iniured:-
Capt. John G. Helme lett hand and back
Roundsman VIM. f. Brown, cut on head.
ROundsman Nones, head
Officer VIM. Barret, severe sword-cut on head
and internally injured.
Officer James b. Brown, head.
Officer VIM. }. Bloodgood, head and face.
Officer Robert w. Leach, wounded in head
and tace very dangerous condition.
Officer Patrick Folis, head and tace.
Officer Edward O'Hara, head and face.
officer John Struck, head and face.
officer Thomas Gibbons, head and face.
Officer Henry Enlner, head and body; in dan
gerous condition.
officer George j. Godfrey. head and face
officer Bernard Mcclure, dangerously wounded
on head, left eye cut out, and one finger
officer George Gasthin, very badly cut about
the head.
wounds, severe, and three ribs broken.
officer Patrick Camey, dangerous sword-cut
on the head.
Officer Hiram Coles, of the Seventh, stabbed
in left side, near hip, with dirk-knife; danger
Officer David Martin, of the Seventh, four ter.
rible scalp wounds; was injured in protecting
Captain Lansing CT the Continentals.
Officer Coleman, OF the Thirteenth, slightly
injured on the head and face.
Officer August Hersemann, severely injured
about the head and body.
officer Mclaughlin. OF the Seventh, severely
Police Surgeons James p. Bnven and Hiram
II. Pooler were summoned, and they were
assisted in attending the wounded officers by
DIR. William A James and Drs. F. and 6. Berg
hold. Several other officers we're slightly in
iured during the melee, but as they did no
report to the surgeons, their names could no
be ascertained.
is not known at present, but as he was noticed
sufficiently to render Identification an cas-
matter the detectives will no doubt succeed il
effecting his arrest. Only two persons wer
arrested and they gave their names as Bernar
Clark and Thomas Newman, the latter ackuow
ledging his participation in the assault, an
also duplicating his brother. Both of thes
prisoners we're acting as marshal's aids Thos
few of the Hibernians VINO were woun e
during the melee were carried off by thei
friends, and their number is not known. Ate
the disturbance the Brooklyn societies manage
to effect reorganization, and joined the pre-
cession.-N. r Times.