The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-06
mlDE PRISONERS ~ 1 srEauBOAE
Three Young Women UnndcuGed 10 stnnch-
ions In the Hold.

A hack carried yesterday to the. Tombs
Police Court three men and threr young women.
One OF the young women. who seemed to he
suffering. was supported 10y her companions.
The young women wrr' PIT I'm The prison pen.
nmong the drunkards. The men. Capt. Georgr
j. Nye. Clerk Samuel Wallron. and J. Levy. the
night watchmnn OF the steamboat \arraguns"tt
% tn" Stoningtun Line. charged the women
with having been trunk. AMI with raising dis
turbance in TN" boat. Capt Nye testified to hour
INK shrcks ON the forward dock. tie ran to the
upper dock and there found Clerk Waldron
and Night Waterman Levy fighting with two
women. one of them WIS stretched on the
deck. and wa~ kicking and screaming and
foaming at IN" mouth. H." attempted To- assist
his olii'"r- was struck IN the iAc,. and kick'd
In the stomach II" then called some deck
hands. and ordered them to take ih" women 10
the forward strcrlge hold. The women wcr"
very violent. On" II them sad that her sister
WIS IN IL. Capt Nyo thought they were
drunk.
Hardly had Capt. Nyo finished his testimony
hriOrr Live Ryan fell back in "A faint. and was
carried ont hy officers of the court. Justice
kilDrcth ,hon called Morn o Neil. Il quiet, lady.
ike plcusani faced girl. who sud: Mysrli
and my two companions have boon employed
fur the past Tire" months NJ III" Continental
llotri. Narragans, pi"r. v ihG hotel was
about to be cluS"d. Mr. bradford the manager.
discharged Us. giving us each "A certificate.
here is mine" and Nora handed the following:
roSr>,St'l lio'rt. N'gH,e,N,,tr r'" sept is'-
ehtrrrln iv,uunienh Nora Nrh q. ivtus a sirhis
and faithful lit. who La been iurus tn. my
cmpl1, y O. bt'rtuW'. Manager
We took passage. in the Narragansrtt Ia re-
turn to our parents. who live at ig2 Monroe
street. lizzie Ryan il subject TO Hts, After
supper W. sat on the upper deck. NJ about 10
O'Clock Li2l" suddenly fell forward IN III.
Her sister aud screamed for help. We un-
luoscn"d her clothing. and wrr" dong our best
for her when the clerk and night wntchmHn ran
up. As soon ~ they saw a. they crrt What
are you --- -- doing mere We told th"m.
We are not drunk. but Iizze had u IT, They
said she would have To- ~ elsewhere with her
I'll. and not disturb the passengers They then
seized her rudrly. when her sister. Mary
Brown. inierf"red. The Captain then hurried
w. aud ordered us To hr taken into tho urisun.
! said t. him. Captain. she has "A fit He re-
Piled. Yes. n ia drunken it,. Mary Brown
would not allow the men 20 handle her sister
roughly. and then Capt Nyr and Clerk Waldrun
seized her hy the throat and attempted to strun-
gle her. The two girls were then dragged down
the stairs 10y n number ~ men and forced into
n dark pit aud hnndcuffrd. ! begged to be al
lowed To- 20 to them. but wis refused A. the
poor girls screamed, | forced my way To- them.
aud WIS myself clutched hy the neck and half
sirangled
Justice khr"th having recalled the Captain
and ci.rs, asked them whether II was true that
they had handcuil'd th" girls. Tho officers ad
miticd doing 50. saving that the women were
drunk. Justice kllhrrih then dismissed the
cast for want If jurisdiction.
\ reporter visited the Narragansctt. The hold
in which the gin Wore put Il a dark. dirty part
OF the vessel used for slowing away rope. tar
barrels. and ships waste.