The New York herald., 1876-11-27
A SCENE OF RIoTING.
THE fUslLLADE THAT TOOK PLACE IN Ho-
roRIous BowERY DEN YEsrEnDAy-TIf-

ToRloUs BowERY DEN YEsrEnDAY-TIF-
TEEN PERSONS ARRESTED.
AZ No. los Bowory, between Grand and Hester
streets, is situated tho notorious establishment Of
'sOney" Geoghegan, place marked on tho records OF
the police one Of the most frcquentcd resorts for
thieves and cutthroats In tho city Of New York It's
a combination OF dance hall, concert saloon barroom
and general rendezvous Ththcr the police GO
and lay waiI when any great crime
which sturtles the community Is committed,
for although the criminal may not trust himself dur
Ing the excitement within It's doors he invariably pays
IL visit later. IL thcro where Detective
Dorsey first got his clew to the murderer OF Mr. Noe
and twas by patiently watching its habfs that he
finally succeeded in bringing him to the rAiows. Tho
nigh, before his execution Do!an. In almost his last
words indeEbly stamped the place u pest that
should be allowed 10 Said he TO the writer:
.My being hero under sentence of ueath Is due more
TO oncy Geoghegan's saloon than to anything else in
the world"
The place is opcn during all hours OF the day ana
night but its busy is after midnight. whom rot
Ing and iccntiousness find full sway among the dis
reputable men and women who mako IL head.
quarters.
Yesterday morning q scene oil moro than usual riot
ing took place there. Shots fred In volleys and
acts OF utter lawlcssnoss committed. Desperate
indiscrimiately. while threats and curses 1sd the
air To their drunkenness, however, and conscqucnt
unstcadiness OF ann. many OF owe their liv.s
glasses. counters. wallis and ceilings, instead
OF their own bodies, received the LuLts.
Nobody hurt, almost .raculous result, when IL
Is taken into consideration that sixteen bullet holes
perforated The various objects In tho place few of
the balls penetrated tho doors aud whiyzlug
the street. but luckily struck no paSserby. The tme
Of this remarkable occurrence was eleven O'Clock, and
the Bowcry hau ts usual number OF pedestrians for
Among the first to hear the shooting was Officer
Reilly, oftnc Tenth precinct, whose post was near by
HuTryng 10 the pace he reached the door man,
who proved bc Denis Donovan brandishins PISTOL
rushed out ball hsscd by the circcr's head as hc
seized tho weapon and made ITS holder prisoner
Then he quickly shut the front door, and there
other egrcss the rioters wero Gagged. The
concoursc people, who blocked tho and sde.
walk. The cxcisment rapidly spread. and within .
few minutes onss,s ca,,,s brennan and Roberts
scene. Tho presence o. the police stopped
tho iawlessness, and the officers proceeded
TO arrest The inmates. They took In all fifteen
prisoners two Of tho officers remaining In charge
while other took them in pairs TO the station
house, making several trips. In tho confusion two
women ana ono man who wore IN the place succeeded
IN getting away. The last 20 be taken was ''Oncy"
Gcoshsgan himself whom tho officers a. nrst ailsd
nnd but after searching through tho place Onlcer
Reilly discovered HIM little room in the gallery,
the door OF which was locked. His demand Tor ad-
mittancc being refused the policeman broke In the
door and took Gcoghegan prisoner
Tho follow ny account OF the roting given by
ing at the bur when Ave men, who hang about tho
hook in tho Seventh ward entered Tue time was
about halI-past ton O'Clock There were about four
ing The comers appeared 10 havc been drinking
Ttey went. TO the bar and, In = bo,steroas
who was behind the counter, refused to servo
them and told them 10 go out One or the re-
Marked .wcll II We can't have anything to drink We
little" The party then went TO tho theatre
part Of tho house ana began sparring "Jack, tho |
Warrior" who has served most Of hs life IN State
OH forn nf ham xran
known Irish comedian, under engagement at tho Eagle
Theatre acted as second for tho oshor. ! RECON |
just come from Sing Sing. Larcgan ntercrcd and
dcuvorcd to have them leave tho place. ''Oncy" |
some parley the mcu stopped boxing and went
back 10 the bar again aud called for drinks, |
one Of them taking ou. his pistol as
drew his own pistol placing y under the bar large
navy revolver, which 10 be railed next Saturday
night. was hanging on tho wall behind the counter
ono OF the men saying, "Lcs Us get that pis.ol,'
jumped the bar and seized It. Laregan grupplcd
with him aud somo one ilrod shot. Then every ono
drew his pistol and tho firing became general .oncy"
Geoghegan, awakened by tho sound, rushed down in |
bis night clothes, with his pistol In hand About this
time the police arrived and arrested nl OF US.
While further investigating the cause Of tho trouble
the police learned that the same party OF hve had been
Mulberry street, where thcy had acted disordery,
placing loaded Scvolvers at thc head OF the baFkcepe
agreed TO 70 to Geoghcgans 10 RAISE disturbances.
few Of weapons by the shooters found
their person and taken possession of BY the police:
One murdcrous looking revolver Of the 'pepper
box pattern, and had threc chambers still
loaded, tho remaining ones being empty. The
weapon which was 10 be rallied found
the Of Broomc sroet and che Bowcry, where
had been thrown by OF the persons who escaped
Its barrel Is sixteen inches IN length.
The following ara the names OF the persons arrested
as given by the prisoncrs:Owen GeoghcRan, propre
tor; Patrick Laregan, bartender; Dennis Donovan,
George Morrison, Charles Mclaughlin, James Burns,
Charles King, Maurice Moore. Abraham Etngcr Albert
Worth. August smith, John Fethsrs.on. John Ferris,
John Hughes and Bernard Cannon. They Will be ar
eho Eoon Muvt fcuve n