The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-21
KN0CKD0WN IN BROADWAY.
IN Assault TINT CRE TIED 4 STIR IN
THE custom house
Gen sharpe Assaulted Opposite st. pnuI'.
Church-The Exploits OF ~ brooklyn PoIIti-
elan who was Once "a Custom House Oaiccr

Gen. sharpe Assaulted Opposite st. pnuI'-
Church-The Exploit. of - Brookiyn uoIIti.
elan who was Once Custom House Onlccr ..
just before the close % the afternoon scs-
sion Of the Tombs Police Court, yesterday q
party Of men and boys. preceded by several
police officers, hastily entered the court room
and clhowcd their way 20 the front Among the
men was Gen. George II. sharpe. Surveyor Of
the Port Of New York. who was bruised and
battered. and bleeding copiously from the nose
and mouth. He was closely followed by Mr..
/ william II. Grace. who was under arrest on the
/ charge of assauting Gen. Sharpe I'm the street.
| in front of the H1dM Office. The Surveyor gave
| this account Of thc affair:
80 had just come down town on n car from
the building Of the New York Historical Society
and alighted in Park row. in front Of the Times
onlcc. Almost the first person met was VIM.
| II. Grace who. us he passed mo. made an in
sulting gesture and called out You dirty -.
! made no reply, but passed on without looking
! behind mo. had reached the HrdM building.
! aud stood at thu corner waiting for an omnibus.
| / casually faced about and close behind me was
| Grace He made use OF an insulting express
sion or two. and then at once struck mo six or
seven times. | had an umbrella and rarasol
under my arms. and WIS unable to defend my
self fell to the sidewalk and my left arm was
badly injured. ] was also cut in the lip and
nose. Grace was arrested"
Mr. Gracr's version Of the AFFAIR was entirely
different lie admitted that he struck Gen
sharpe and said that the latter first naultni
MN Toy making gesture as though no meant
Con. Sharpe. in reply said: Nothing IT tho
KIND ever occurred He struck me- without the
slight - pruyn'Itiuu.'
Justice Otterbourg placed Grace under 81 900
laii.
t the court room were several political and
81 Ia uttl ON Of h4tt
/ Mr. Charles W. Goddard. a resident OF Brook
Nn. furnished the necessary bonds.
Gen. sharpe returned 10 his office In the Gus
tom House al O'clock. His face was swollen
! 10 almost twice it, natural siIr. big welt and
a. cut about an inch in length diSngurcd his left
chr'k, an. on ms rlEht cheek WIS q cutaneous
| wound. His lips were cut and there We're evil
| d'n'rs OF rough treatment ON both Of his arms.
Several spots OF blood crlmsoncd his shirt front
lie sand:
r. was going to the Custom, House from the
Historical society. where had been Ia gather
material for an address on the approaching
o ~ ,i anpl'eTsary at Kingston. got
and walked down Park row. After
had passed Nash 4 Crook : saw Grace coming
up ihf street Gru'e was "a Custom House In
surrt"r. ana was removed on charges affecting
MS integrity ms az officer, lie used some vile
ltn-uage when passed him. but gave no
street | did not look back. and was unaware
that he wis following me. | stopped 'ust below
The corner Of Ann street and Broadway To- takc
stage, had buudl" Of important books and
pamphlets. which | got from the Historical
Soci.ty. under my left arm and in my ril.ht
hnnd carried I'm umbrella While wnitinr f,r
stag To- com" along partially turned my face
ana -nw Grace Standing hctld. me- II. said
something and then lilt me In tn" face without
ElNug NJ" an iusiauts warning. Tho blow
staggered me-. and white was trying to regain
iny i""tns IN Inc siippory pavement hc dealt
m" second powerful blow. ! fell 10 the -idr-
WHlh' Ah,' me- l,4ned over M AMI struck me-
: 'trru heavy flows about the head and body
taai a. e, a. ~ be my ic @aI at "s, - me-
way a. tl' court with the m .'r- heard Gruee
yen boy 10 ~ tgr capt. God lard. When sot
g. court ] washed thr blood ofI u my face and
th,n mad" comu.uini for assault"
Daring III" recital of his story Collector
Arthur ana others jailed 90 ascertain the extent
a. H"n Starf"'S injuries.
I 90 surveyors as-nlant Is a ward politician
n bro?N!yn. When he was IN the Custom
iou-. he was known as the biggest man there
He Is OF immense frame. being SIX feet one
men IN height and weighing about $50
l. more compa"tly built His friends say that
ne Is more than match for Grace. and that the
ny a roeId set NE best Of him only by attack
ing MN from behind. NJ he did.
Grace was removed from the Custom House
On the 23t of April last. II. was employed
tl.r. as district Inspector. In the Collectors
once u WAS SAID Yesterday that Grace was re-
moved on rharg" ~ corrupt practices. q Charge
ma'ie iy De Castro * bonner. the leading sugar
reilners IA tho city. They complained in
was almost constantly drunk when on
vessels In his district. They also said that
ie n"d mad" threat ming demands upon them
irrr"l 90 SURVEYOR sharpe for invr~. iletfon.
The Dhare's mal. hy -" Castro 4 Bonner wsr,
corr. Grated hy Th'odor. Hay meyer \ Elder
unb ly others, who called Grace a mis-. ruhin
drunken l0atHr. who had reu"0tclly dcmnnlDl
loon tn-n sugar or its equivalent. The sur
NF"r report "a ih" testimony g. th" Collie tor.
.nd Hree' W. uis.qrenty dismissed from
lh' service. H. cuulOf"l "a lawyer and had
nus N'se rrnren"d. Pending the retVauliua-
ton oi clnrs b. threatened o. 10 before the
Custom II u.' ll4y, -tigutins Commi-s ion and
make Il hot for ID" Cestr, 4 Bonner Ills law
yer 4" phrrd >tHt"uent Of his 'har-rS against
NJ nrln. They were disproyed and aiterwtrl
IRA thr'lt"n O.. lsc who had had u hand ia
h- removal Mr.. bonner called u the Cnl-
l''tors 9ili 'e and asked mat he should not bo
removed bat merely transferred a. another dis
tri q. He WAS asked whether the charges of his
FIRM IS 're tru and heunsNerrI that they were.
II was then told that Grace was not proper
ONl'rr.
Capt Goddard who heeame Graeo's bonds
niun Is "a brooklyn politician. After Grncc WAS
taii"d yesterdAy he saw Revenue Gauger De-
Nign" ana de- rh'd 10 him how he had got
hWtre. IN tle Surveyor.
Mr.. Grace says that the alteration did not
ariSe from his dismissal from the Custom
House hut that II md IT. origin IN cirDum-
uIn'es c.pnecitd with tho pas-age Of the bag
eusc Of Miss May Denny OF boston from tie
steamship Bothnn on the lc,h of June. 1915.