New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-23
SCARED BY RUFFIANS.
LAwLEssNEss IN THE UPPER SUBURBS.
.ov..cx MISTAKEN FOR ANOTHER MANTLE

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aASaMAAcK MISTAKEN FOR ANOTHER MAN-ihh
poINGs OF RIoTOUs VISITORS.
C,or,ss r Fl. Lapgmaack, tho young pipe-carver
s-hn va shot and robbed in Morrisania, near Ep-
i,ng,s brewery on Saturday night, was saio 70 %
improving at the Ninety street hOsP,.a se
Gstecf,ye sergeants who were sent rom fonce
HEADQUARTERS to search for the highwaymen have
come the conclusion that the a were sre in the
lower part Of the city. There IS go9d reason ~
believe that the robbers mistook young Langmaack
for h tine tbs Day 6aS been lying wait o
s soms time. The paymaster usually carried
so% small satcbel IN his hand and followed the
path which the youth took by accident Oh '"'uiu"'
While the detectives searching for lniPt ma
tion about the bighwaymen, they ascerI nnrtons Of
residents of Morrisania and adjoining p9rt9nn 10
Westcbester County have been annoyeu soi No.
by residents of the slums OF the lower marus y
outrageous actions on the ppt The annexed dis
trlct have been reported wltnin rev of tho
bands of law breakers have taken - t small
fact thot the notice force in the distrlct IL 700 s
20 furnish sufficient protection 10 the peaceaDle
citizens there On every Sunday OF July anu f
this year several gangs OF the le Harlem Bridge into
Westchester County, and have proceeGeu peyvnu
the city limits to fight or TO play S Of
of the law They have carried along nash1 ~
Gauor and they have returned late IN the evening,
drunk and noisy Two lines Of street cars peyo,ra a
the bridge have been used " unesu whiIs the
inc runnins 70 west Farms: and riding on the oars
of either line Sunday nights mas Deen have
agreeable and even dangerous snd nrofaae songs and
conversations and the conductors ana VI ng f
cars have not been able to enforce oioer. ooe VI
the most disorderly Of the gangs nave oeen kops
In an biectlOn by policemen, VINO nave ooon
;ndneed to ride on the cars when danger
was apprehended but the % nss ~ tbs rail-
roads in the district at night Two OF lhTee oiu cun
ductOrs told TRIBUNE reporter tnaD from
afraid TO attempt to eject one OF the humans Ho
cor hecause thew felt sure of being assaulted.
Citizens. who feared to have their names pup
lshed told the reporter that ROBBERY was commute
secona. at shortly before midnight on last Sunday
night by several intoxicated rufiaps who got on
the car that point and rode 10 t1e nt hcb
are placed crosswise In the car, ana ln1lm-
idated two or three respectable Ger
mans who were among the passengers Iney began
nv asking the Germans for drink. and when they
were reminded that the car was not I'quo, SUI LIZ
leader of the gang said give us 'ne 0a9n, o If
There was an ex preston of dissent gwen 6y one o.
fhe Germans. and then the ruf1an added WIN
vigorous profanity " II you're mean enough 70 re-
fuse the price of drink we can yske made and
there was a concerted movement among the ROD
beers as If they medltated violence Inc germ ans ans
roaues what small change they had In tneii
rockets Conductors OF cars whiGn passeu
0ne-hundred- and-seventy- second-st. apouo . sns
honr mentioned Sunday night saiu tnsI ,Dey
had not noticed such robbery, but t0ey 'adnltteo
that the cars were crowded and that several noisy
rufians were among the passengers
party of ba-payers who were returning TON
grounds near the Roman Catholic Protectory. on a
recent Sunday night, caused much alarm at West
harms Inv lighting in the street for about an hour
Three If the fighters stole car-horse from the
stable of the railroad company at West Farms, and
rode the animal are-baeked and at full gSllop 10
within short distance of the Thirdtllrd Precinct
Police station at One They
turned the horse loose in the street. and went on
foot TO the bridge Reports that several persons IN
night aud asked for money by the rufians were not
believed by the police