The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-04-25


Descrfpaon or he Diagram.
Tssrs 81 sy hi i0Ss Sndsi the screen .., being
stabbed.
I. Water pitcher on the bar. broken.
Counter behind ssi vita Sots cigar boxes.
cards. cribbage boxes, and gambling implements.
). Adyertisik card, where "Keno is played every
r,s'S; St ON the 6TS s.Gss1 Lager beer ra
l2 back room, where customers engage in gambling.
y Broken chair, and card table.
s, IS Door RON back room. and passage to yard.
z Gate from alley TO yard.
TO- Rack window
a. D. double front doors and step. leading thereto
a.. Inc aileyway.
"a. Lager beer Kegs.
To conceal the customers inside from those who
may be passing the mont entrance door, green
swinging screen is suspended from the ceiling and
Oh the len side OF the are the bar, &c. (-ee
dagram) the opposite side being occupied by round
tables and chairs. Behind the bar is q SHELF on
which are displayed bottles, cigar boxes, glasses
and the various paraphernalia OF q liquor saloon,
including dice, cards, eribbage boxes, &C.; and at
the upper end OF the shelf two lager beer kegs
Under the bar and shelf are numerous rack boxes,
containing soda, esrsaparilla, sc. Against the wall
behind the bar are pictures, looking glass, &c. and
a card announcing that the game OF
KENO Is PLAYED EVERY EVENING.
Agan,, the dividing partition Of the room. is the
well riddled target Of "Our own Guard which,
on November 9, 1860, went out under the captancy
OF Thomas Nelgnn.
Dave O'Day on Saturday nigh, started OF with a
came upon one john Harvey. whom he assaulted
and bruially battered. The gang roamed about all
night
DRINKING AND FIGHTING,
and at about eight o'clock yesterday morning
brousht up at Purcell's hauor saloon, nj King and
xsrek streets At hi time g., they numbered six
Kelly, Marty Michaels, Charley O'Connor and
Johnny Drout. Wsen they arrived at Purcel's
newspaper, and rs he knew the whole party he
greeted them cordially. From words that passed,
psnions m had previously been dispStins, and lint
o'Day was bent upon having hghtwi some one,
for he challenged PHI Cooney and threatened to
OF The party said II o'Day wished to eight, he would
cooled o'D,y down for time, and Porter advised
oDay TO- keep quiet, for the others were too many
for him."
DRIVEN OUT WITH SHARP STICK.
Fearing a disturbance the barkeeper went up
stairs and reused the proprietor, who Is well known
as Pap" among the boys. Pap Purcell" has
uSS Ssh h hG SSys
morning, Pap fastened down stairs with his ad
monilory stick. and to prevent any trouble on his
premises, drove them all out, giving one or two Of
them playful stroke on the pnntaloons, and when
he got them into the street, the door was closed as
much as to say, "Iou need not expect to get In here
agpin." Porter was driven out with the rest, and
when outside, he MAS invited to join the party lilo
accepted the invitation. The party then went along
King street toward the river, and who nopposito 81
one OF them said:
LET Us co INTO LARRr's.
This proposal was accepted, and knowing one,
as the front door was closed piloted the rest along
tho AIleyway to the rear gate which was found
open, then down the stops leading from the yard,
through the passage way and card room into the
harrOom. werere Porter sat down on chair by the
table nearest to the screen. Andrew stanton, the
barkeeper, lad Of 10, had only Just had time to
clear up the place before these unwecOme guests
arrived but stil he was ready TO attend to the Gus
toners Drout called Tor some beer, which was
then o Day called Tor second round, which having
been drawn, he tendered note In payment. Not
having change, the Young barkeeper went out
through the ulleywuy to get currency for the note
and while he was absent
THR MURDER WAS COMMITTED.
Dave O'Day, II appears, again challenged Cooney
to fight and the latter replied that he did not wish
to aga and was indeed md no no match ior him bu! II ne
who would whip him all to pieces. This reply in
eensed o'Day, who called Cooney ed id
lager beer glass. A sculie ensned during which
The glass went flying across the room to the further
lost, and breaking piece on the pitcher O'Day
and Cooney were by this time between the screen
and the front door, and soon alter"ard O'Day fell
against the screen, which giving way, let lin fall on
10 the ground the feet towards the door outside the
screen and the head lying towards tho back room.
BLOOD SPIRITED
from O'Day mouth and nostrils, and when Porter
and Charles O'CUnoT saw that IL was blood they
said: Here's precious 20; fetch a Doctor and
the party scattered In search of surgical asssance
the foremost meeting the barkeeper In the alley ne
he was returning. 1t was then ascertained that
ODny had been stabbed In the LETT side. This was
at anOut quarter past eight o'clock In the morning
THE POLICE.
The barkeeper returning and finding Drout and
lt.,s. a.I l.NA. la
around to the Greenwich street Police Station, and