The New York herald., 1877-08-27
AN INTERESTING LOT.

HOW A GREENPoINr SOCIAL CLUB SPENT SUM-
DAY-KNlvEs, PISTOLS AND CLuBs-Two MEN
SHOT, NUMBER WOUNDED AND BROOKLYN
POLICE ovERPowERED.
Tho Manhattan Cotcre OF Greenpoint decided upon
having u Sunday excursion. Yesterday was selected
as the time and the LOWS Roberts as the barge On
the trip home skrmish between several OF tho mem-
bers guests commenced, and It was not long be-
tho melee became general. Tho barge kept on It's
course down the river. tho attempts at music being
drowned by frantic yells and curses. Knives
drawn and pistols freely used, but few
were injured When tho ''socia excursion"
reached l25th street the barge was floating Bedam
The confusion and terrible. Girls screamed
and men shouted and fought Two police officers OF
the Twelfth precinct Of Brooklyn, named Ryan and
Keiser, who board 10 preserve order, at
tempted do so, but their efforts OF no avail In
few moments they were overpowered, knocked down
and terribly beaten.
THE YORK POLICE oUELL THE RIOT.
sm,nck and a section of police Of the Tnir-
ticth precinct, armed with night clubs Inc
scene as the police boarded was, was an exceed, ,%c
ingly Wild one. The officers. climbing over inc
sides OF the1barge were met by some OF the lighters
who attempted TO drive them back But they per.
severed and foohold once gained, did somo terrible
execution with their clubs. After several minutes Of
severe lighting tho mob was clubbed into comparative
order The police arrested and locked up eleven per
sons who were pointed the instigators OF the
attack upon the Brooklyn police. They also removed
Frederick Hillberg, Of Greonpont and Frederick
G0dng, oil Hunters Point, both OF whom were shot in
the head. G0ldng sent to the hospital.
ExcrKMENT AT GREENPoIXT
When HERALD reporter visited Greenpoint. about
eleven O'Clock last evening, little knots Of excited
people found street discussing the
that had been circulated during the evening,
and II SAID that d0zea persons had been more or
less injured. At the station house ia Grecnpont ave-
WAS found sergeant OH duty who profcssod 10
know nothing beyond the fact that there had Deon
row, aud that the had been quelled by tho New
York police. He had official knowledge OF the facts,
and did not even know OF the existence or such
q club tho Manhnttun Coterie. A citizen present
enlightened the reporter with the information that
the club was an association young roughs ranging
In age all the way from fifteen to twenty years. that
between them anu club OF roughs named the Liberty
Club rivalry has existed for years. and that every
yeur there bitter feeling between the factions
TO the girls who accompany these annual excursions.
Last year, he reported, the "Llbertes'' had picnic
characterized by tue most dsgraceiul orgies and
shooting and cutting ARRAYS IN which their rivals par
ticipated
The most Ineligible report made by man who
had the bar tho barge His statement Is that the
rival factions got into general tight drew knives and
pistols and that the ringeader, who freely used re-
volver and another jumped overheard whom the police
charged the side; that the ringeader rescued
ana captured, wnilc the other whose numc he did
not learn was drowned. He further stated to ferry
hands that when tho 6ght was at It's highest the cap
into the ptcr at Manbattanville secured police
force, and with II returned TO the barge, when the
riot queled The barge arrived at her pier at
Greenpoint and discharged her living freight about
nine O'clock Hillberg shot IN tho neck, the ball
passing out the temple 1t is said that when his
tather who keeps saloon In Green street, Union
avenue, heard Of the woun1ing OF h.s son, he an-
nounced that he would not 80 him. 40 many or
these statements second hand they may not be
In all particulars correct but Is safe TO say that In
the main the facts are as given above.