The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-11-27
4 LfvELY TIME IN GEOanEGAN,s.
Prize FtGbt by Two Rowdic aud Gene
rni Fight by the whole Party.

FIVE desperadOes, who have many times
slumbered back Of prison bars, caroused in tho
Bowery yesterday morning. They began at
about 10 O'Clock In the saloon ut Hester street,
where they demanded free drinks. The bar
tender John English, aged 10, stubbornly de-
clined to serve them, aud one OF tue rum ans
pointed pistol at the boys head. English
yelled for help, and the cfy was heard in the
street. That alarmed tue uesperadoes, aud they
He'd. Next they entered Owen Gcoghepah's
loon, at lO3 BOwory. There were about III cen
persons IN the room, and two OF them were
women. The mon were fighters, such as fire.
ducnt the place. and they welcomed the en-
trance Of he i've rum ms, who were members Of
what Is known as the Hook gang" Pa'rick
Larigan was behind the har. They requested
hun To- out up tue booze" tlfinks) Lirieln
sud NO. ana they were about 70 level revu.v-
ets on hiT, nut they saw tue thirteen hgntlng
men Ia tue rear rOOu. - u
The ave at once suggested Prize MT. None
OF the thirteen, dcstgn. ted he unknown. ="
Was Matched against one " the i've. Jack,
ihe warrior" and IN hickey, the variety ges;
Just en- cred Tor his morning cocktail. Tine
w. c He'd 10y referee, and tue lighters went to
work. ne, were without gloves. aud they
After the nant had lasted six minutes the
nEnttr, seconds ana spectators went t. the
bar and called for drinks. Behind the uar was
a. IrN"lNNl "puul el-utt u lltN,s 10 leh- H.
This flrmidaDie weapon was uickle plated, aud
was SHOWN 10 great dlNdut 4EI IN front 81 "a
miiror. card gave the information that the
pistol was to b. III "a for ON Saturday evening
next. one Of the ave drew SIN III pepper box
| uistol, aud seemed bent on mischief. The bar
tenuerp4t his revo YER Oh the iitte III IL beneath
| the counter, and was ready Tor action. 1hen
| one OF ths i've gave "a war whoop. sprinx over
the bar, and snstvhed the big revolver, whicu
was uniu ided. Instantly his COMPANIONS drew
| tneiT p-tOs. INA the thirteen displayed their
weapons. he men shouted AZ the too of their
voices. and one Of them hfed "a shot ut the b ~
tender. uut rissod MIN. This was the signdi'for
general tonLiut. ma the lltcc rang with pistoi
suuis. la the nids of the widest confusion,
owen Ge'g estn appeared IN MS night clothing
III the rear room, ma tranuished neavS Re-
NOlNer from sixteen TO twenty shots were He'd
! but uuf .OsclN Nttn q aim, ~ no one W. ia
Jufcd. ins women escaped through .ne bacK
door. Ohcyr James Reilly, OF tue E,dridge
stT, 90 ponce station. entered the siloou, ana "a
bullet Wa .zztd ciuse to his head. Iuum IA with
Was about to repeat II, Dut The ofi cer seized
III ana forced hin iuto TOO street
There thc prisoner. Dennis Donovan,
a Hver thie', VINO recently return from
iahen to tbs station Onc.rs B,cun IA and
Konuina ana kpuudsm. Campbell He'd for
assistance. ahu then sturmcd tuc loon, arrest
iug ala the Inmates. luty saNc their nan is
George Morris. en- rles .icLauIhiin, Jas. Burns.
Charles hiu-. IOTIis AOOie. Anrhm E.tiugct,
,bcrt Otth. \ uEu-t smith. j Ohm iiugncs, OLn
l,Atucr-to one. John F.rFs, latIicN |. Ryan aud
IL "a iIu cannon. Satn lucke, gave an assumed
mans. ONcu a to-hsgai. IL .rulug tuat the pu-
lac were coming, uuttltd into MS bedroom and
way "a and dragged MIN from is bed. Al the
prisoners we're locked up IA the Eidrdse street
sii.inu, and are to by Hrr ned this morning.
The man who stole the biz . stol escased. lhe
Il-tol v . IuUud IN an are way IN Bruumr
reer. rly al of the dpiur,d men were
biOod stained aud truiseG.