The New York herald., 1870-09-08
BLCODY RIOT III JERSEY.
Knife Practice by Pete Burns First Ward
Gang-Three Men etebbed.

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gang of some thirty r0ughs from the FIRST ward
OF New York, calling themselves the Lady Washing.
ton Chowder Club, but who will be better known as
Pete Burns gang, went on o bender to McDonald's,
at BayOnne, N. j., yesterday. In the afternoon,
when they became well filled with meat and drink,
ten twelve OF the party returned to New York by
the Central Railroad. Those who renamed were
either at loss for diversion or were spelling for
night, and about five O'Clock q melee took
place in which the entire gang was engaged. They
clntched one another by the throat welded knives
and hac ked each other till one OF the party known
all over the First ward as Buck SculltOn received
stab in the neck, the knife severng the windppe.
fight had ragged with great fury up to this point
when the cry Murder" -" was raised and
this 0ahs fvS awe S ae had
two Others besides Sculli0n were severely stabbed
= The latter soon recovered CONSEQUENCES, but he
was unable TO artlcuate word. The muscles of
one arm ABOVE the elbow were severed by stab
and the numerous rents in his clothing showed that
the knife had been used vigorously. He was soon
across the Central Railroad ferry to his resi-
the wounds were not necessarily fatal. Meanwhile
kilograms were sent to the police headquarters at
New York and Jersey City that two men had been
murdered and four others fatally wounded. These
dispatches were sent by an eye Witness who be.
neyed that the riot would result rs he stated. Two
Of the men VINO were stabbed were taken away by
their cOnfedcrafes
A squad OF JERSEY City police, accompanied by
detectives Carroll and StiatJord, were despatched 30
the scene, but had not proceeded farther than the
canal bridge on the Plank road, near the Fourth
precinct police station, when they met the stages
containing the ''bhoys,o and they arrested the
eutire group most OF whom were lodged In the
Fourth precinct The others were taken to the First
precinct Five OF the prisoners are mere boys, none
of whom s over sixteen years old. The following
are the names, many Of which IL Is believed are
hctitious-ThOmas McCabe, James Ash, John
Mccarthy, Peter Daniels, Patrick Currie, John DO.
ran, Thomas Sullivan, William Morgan Pete Bet
finger, Richard b. SnedecOr, William Knight and
George H. Clarke. These include the stage drivers,
who VIII he detained as witnesses. Detective XII.
cauey arrested Pete Ewald at the Central Railroad
depot and had hun locked up at the First precinct.
When the arrests were being made one Of the party
(McCarthyl made an attack on detective Stratford,
who dealt HIN a lew sharp blows with a billy and
brought him 10 terms. Another fellow tried TO throw
on an officer, but was greeted with the muzzle OF
revolver
tailed IRON the Twenty seventh precinct New YORK,
to keep watch at the ferries, and two detectives
were sent 10 the residence of Scullion. in Washing.
ton street, where they found INN suffering gr, atty
from his wounds. He refused positively to give any
Information regarding tne ARRAY or TO implicate the
man who stabbed him. But the Jersey police had
already received the name of this Individual, who
the First ward OF New York. The name was
gwen 10 the sergeant OF the Twenty yseventh pre-
clnct, anu the HERALD reporter was requested not
10 publish IL I'LL the man Is under arrest. Denis
holiand tne express man, VINO resides at 81 wash
1ngt0n street. and John Murphy, his confederate,
divIduals VINO conveyed sCuIlion from the scene OF
the riot to his residence, arrested late m the
evening anu lodged in the Twenty y-seventh precinct
station.