The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-29
INDECENT BATHERS.
TalIa CHASE AND cAPrUEE-srEANaE SCENE

THkIa CHASE AND cAPrUEE-srLANdE ooINA
IN STREET CAR.
Private citizens have had occasion 10 make COM
plant TO the police authorities, particularly during
The heated term, OF tue improprieties praciceo "
young men who take a tree land easy) oath from 'ns
public bulkheads. These fellows dsresarded law anu
decency. They we're to be sesn at all houfs oil tue
day and evening, Ike amph5'ous creatures, o's-
porting in the water or skvlarking on tho per-
Az last they became emboldened by tho license
granted lhem by tho police that they would s'ana LOT
hours exposed to gaze OF the public, ana passengers
IN the horse frequently insulted by these
indecent fellows They brought their shameful prac-
tces SO lar as 10 be seen frequently sEyarkng on tho
string piece of the dock which adjoins the puohc
thoroughfare Yesterday a number OF these scamps
went bathing in the North River A. pier No q.
Iaere restraint their actions or movements
They MADE no pretsnce OF donning ahytning IN tne
shape bathing suit. They acted like wLd savages
in nomadic state. The negnbornood Is thicAiy
populated, and the travel the West street morse
gong 10 tue Staten Island and other ferries. Ihese
rude fellows IN tho lace OF women and children mad
viewed with DISCUS, and Indignation. Sergeant
Ga.in, officer Bnel and ofnccr McCaniey, oil
the Western Steamboat SQUAD. had .he. ,ns q.
people. The officers promptly decided 10 arrest
the offenders possible or, falling IN that to dsprrse
tpcm The young men acted dsnantly at nrst and
Laughed at efforts OF officers 10 capture them
Seeiug however, that Sergeant Gatin and his men
meant business, there vas general Jumping match
iuto the water, their clothes were on the pier
they mad 10 come TO terms.
SINGULAR REFUGE.
One oil the party, VINO Wac conspicuous among the
others for ms Indecent behavior, finding himself
he AIDED from the river, made dash for the street.
and run into West street car the officer ~ MS
heels the crowded az tho mo.
inent. aud there was general constcrnat!on
among the passengers Ut Inc startling sshi OF u
naked man rushing pell neil through pubic thor
oughfare and through crowded Gar. he was mem med
In between the passengers, many OF whom were
ladies'; out before The onccr could have lniu hands
on he got out ut the front platform and made Tor
the pier again. He dashed headlong overheard and
the stiii kept up thu chase, Jumping into tho
water after tho fugitive The excitement OF the
chase did not end here. Tho TWO men struggled des-
peratcly In tho water; but handicapped as the
officer WAS with his ciohiug, he hold on
manruiiy to his prisoner and pummeiied him
soundy to reduce him to subjec,on Sergeant Gatlin
threw rope 10 mo officer winch the latter tied aoout
his prisoner, and ny luis means the man was hauel
shore, ike curious monster oil the oeep. no
gave mis- uams Dxnici Morrisou aged twenty years,
ana his resiuenoe as No. Is state street. Ia the
meantime Two other fellows were captured. James
O'Brien, twenty years OF rye, Of No. % Warrington
street, Corneius DJuovan, twenty Years o. age,
OF No. 20 Greenwich street. Tney were alioweo 70
don their garments, wnen they we're taken 10 'he
station house anu locked up.
In u similar manner SIX other bsthers were SUD
sequen,ly arrested and imprisoned. They VIII pe
arraigned ut court to-day.