The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-25


sight of Barry Wall. He can ko!l
big round glass in one eye longel
than any other fellow in New
York, and to do that well with you7
mouth open OH one side as if yoy
were having tooth pulled is ar
accomplishment Which is not to bt
sneezed at. 1t is a melancholy ex
hibitiou in one sense for the man.
hood Of the future. for a more use.
less set titan the New York Dudes
could scarcely be found on the
face Of the earth. They seem to
have no aim in life but to get peo.
pie to gaze at them in stupid won.
der, at what tie tool killer was
doing when such creatures were
allowed to live.
it is with pleasure that 1 an.
nounce that the season Of excurs-
; ions is drawing to close. The
strict administration of our Excise
law on Sunday has a tendency to
! drive the dissipated and drinking
portion Of New York and Brooklyn
! on the Lords day. All sorts of
excursions are improvised 10 the
neighboring towns, which profit of
course by the hegira from the city.
In fact, there are great many
places about New York which are
almost entirely supported by this
Sunday trade Forty or fifty cx-
cursions leave here every Sunday.
One advertises The Wharf Rats
Coteria," another "The Jumpin'
Plugs" another The Saw Me Leg
OF Rangers, and from The titles
you can form G pretty good idea OF
the quality Of the company.
To see one of these excursion
boats start you might imagine that
some States Prison had suddenly
emptied. Riot and drunkenness
are their general characteristics i;
fights are frequent and murder not
unusual. There are also many res
pectable people who so on these
Sunday excursions, but as a gen.
eral thing they have cause to regret
it. Of late the excursions have
been worse than usual, on account
of the inefficient police protection,
and the almost positive immunity
from punishment. Bands of or:
ganized roughs have taken posses.
sion of the boats, manning and
wounding innocent people who op.
posed them. The shocking murder
Of an inofensive German, a couple
OF weeks ago, on one Of these excur-
sions has thoroughly aroused the,
authorities, and we are in hopes
that, at least, some of these muir
derous rufians may be brought to
justice.
These bands of Thugs generally
make their head quarters at some
liquor store, and the chances are
ten to one that it either belongs to
the Alderman Of the Ward, or to |
some intimate friend of his who
conducts it in his interest. If one !
Of the gang is arrested, the Alder
man is on hand to go his bail, and
Dy some h0cuS pocuS the complaint
is pigecn.holed, and that is the last
that is heard Of it.
One Of the very worst Of the
gang who participated in the mur.
der spoke of was young rufian,
who aspired TO be a tough that is
to say, one who has downed lis
man, or in other words, murd, red
him. This particular youth was the
error of his desperate pals, and
yet when indicated for his terrible
offence, his mother testified with
ears in her eyes that he was one of
he gentlest, sweetest hammered
Boys that q loving mother ever
lad. One Of the participants in
he assassination was a villain by
he name of Judge, who as he was
knocked down his female
companion, and almost stamped the
ife out Of her with his boot heels,
And yet, with the moral peryersity
# womanhood, which no fellow can
the poor creature with her {
lead bound up, and her face bruis.
d beyond recognition, was at the {
uffian's prison door pleading FOR
is release. Explain the mystery I
Vho can. 1t may not be desirable {
r practicable to close the doors of {
ur city, and keep all the people in t
n Sunday; but if these excursions t
re permitted they must be con-
ueted within the pale of the law. '
'olice protection must be afforded q
nem, and if necessary an example +
lust be made of these lawless ri
ters, such as we have been called l
pom TO make on several occasions t
efore. A few dead "Short Boys" or r
Dead Rabbits, could well be spared il
nd while they are tolerably sure to t
- - the, gallows at last, I think q q
| reacS 9 Ss;a:Hs ~ -popt,tar,a 7soe..=l n
f little wholesome lynching woul,
not be out of place.
! Bnt oyerstepping every othe
3. question in New York at the pres
, ent time, is the all absorbing one