New-York tribune., 1882-08-15
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
WOES OF LONG ISLAND CITY.

r,orav Police Commissioners of Long leland
CITY qualified YESTERDAY, put tney wl1i not nor
lieyed that they will take any action 70 arrest the
proprietors OF the pool rooms anu gambling houses
School Commissioner James W. Smith resigned yes
ierdsy aud his resignation was at once accepted by
Mayor DE Bevolse. who appointed as has successor
Henry &. Johnson. postmaster oil Astoria ana %
nromiuent local Republican politician Mir john
s,,u has occupied the position of School Commls-
sioner several times before. He ran upon the ke.
publican city ticket last fall for police justice, but
The petition requesting the Mayor to force the
Police Commissioners To do their duty ana 10 o%iueI %
the arrest of all persons concerned IN poolSciMns M
and gambling at Hunters Point or 10 r'hish ,I,o ~,
Office, has received signatures Mayor ne
Bevoise stated yesterday that he haa not h' ds =,
a consultation with Commissioners ller anu |'"'A0
The decentralization OF the police mas "a,
made the rufiians IN Long Island CITY very ooiu'
On SUNDAY nignt man named Germuhuer wac. Ma9 IT, ~,
ientIy assanIfeI by a gang OF rufians whlle lie
was escortire lady home iron cpuich ~ IA ; us
wood. Mr. Gernunder had he Drlcgc oI nd ri th ,
broken The police made no arrests anu IT, .n1 y, ~
inred man was helped to his hohle Dy 'he lau!
when he was cseortmg. On the evening previous
a disturbance took pace not lar rom tme PIace
where Mr. Gcrmunder attacked, William
Wright, tho owner of a grocery store IN Ravens
wood ordered number oil ruinans, VINO nav nlauo III no
the front of his store their headquarters, to go
away They refused and Mr.. Wright attempted 10
make cne OF them go away he entlre gang then SET
upon him. following hm INTO ms store store, eoi,I o.ad
drove the ruhans awav. Deiore tn.s
accomplished, HONeNcii ~ 80, .I,a
the men struck Mr. Wright terrible blow on , lhe
back of his head rendering him unconscious me me
notice did not make any arrests IN TINS case. Ou
Sunday night two policemen arrested u uruuhcu
man nj Hunters Point. The man was lncapaDle oI
walking and the policemen had to carry hlm on
stretcher TO the police station. On the way, they
were attacked by a party OF Tuffians VINO tniTW
bottles sticks and stones at thela. None OF the
rnflians were arrested. On Saturday evening, as
fwo ladies were i'll Fulton-st., Astoria, a man
stepped out from a crowd and seized one OF them hy
fhe waist Percevng the ladys companion, thc
rntliau lei 60 his hold and ran away.
The inofclency OF the water supply OF the city was
again made apparent yesterday. 4 ire broke out IN
a small nouor store, kept by James Owens III
Astoria The fire companies were compelled 70 tear
down one side of the house IN order to save the rest
of the building There was not wafer enough Ill the
mains to throw stream sufficiently high To reach
the roof OF the structure.
In the suit of the people against Mayor De Beyolse
to recover $lOs, 900 OF public money which, 1t Is
alleged was illegally used, motion was made yes
tertay III the Supreme Court Brooklyn before
.Jndge Barnard for a bill of particulars The coun-
sci for the Mayor opposed it, saying that the COM
elaint charged the nisappropation OF Is bonds OF
$500 each while the aIsWer set up that only twenty
bonds were appropriated and they legally. The de
cision was reserved. a motion for struck jury
was agreed 10.