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

sight of Barry Wall. He can ho!t
u big round glass in one eye Longer
than any other fellow in New
York, and to do that well with youl
mouth open On one side as if you
were having tooth pulled is an
accomplishment Which is not to be
sueezed at. 1t is melancholy ex
hibition 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.
1t is with pleasure that I an.
nounce that the season Of excurs-
ions is drawing to a 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 TO the
neighboring towns, which profit Of
course by the hegira from the city.
In fact, there are a 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 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 !;
fights are frequent and murder not
unusual. There are, also many res
pectable people who go 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, 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 mur-
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
By some hocus pocus the complaint
is pigeon-holed, and that is tine last
that is heard of it.
One Of the very worst of the
gang who participated in the mur-
der spoke of was q young ruffian,
Who aspired to be a tough that is
20 say, one who has downed his
man, or in other words, murd, red
1im. This particular youth was the
error Of his desperate pals, and
yet when indicated for his terrible
'ffence, his mother testified with
ears in her eyes that he was one of
he gentlest, sweetest hammered
'oys that q loving mother ever
lad. One of the participants in
he assassination was villain by J
he name Of Judge, who as he was s
scaping knocked down his female {
ompanion, and almost stamped the q
ife out of her with his boot heels,
md yet, with the moral peryersity '
f womanhood, which no fellow can {
xplain, the poor creature with her a
cad bound up, and her face bruis- 8
d beyond recognition, was at the Q
lfian's prison door pleading For ?
is release. Explain the mystery t
Tho can. 1t may not be desirable 8
practicable to close the doors of e
lr city, and keep all the people in t.
q Sunday; but if these excursions e
re permitted they must be con. q
ucted within the pale of the law. v
olice protection must be afforded a.
lem, and if necessary an example II
ust be made of these lawless ri 7
;ers, such as We have been called Il
pom to make on several occasions Il
efore. 4 few dead "Short Boys" or p
Dead Rabbits, could well be spared II
I'd while they are tolerably sure to tt
4,hs the gallows at last, l think al
d reacIF cIFsal1ing naS 70 popular, soenl. n B
if little wholesome lynching woul
t, not be out OF. place.
n Bat oyerstepping every othe
}. question in New York at the pres
e ent time, is the all absorbing one