New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-06
GANG RULE on THE EAST SIDE.
now THE East RIVER GANG TERRonzEs TIN
NfIGnBnEHOnD OF DRY DOCK-sL

now THE FAST RIVER GANG ItRkpliLtS mn
NfIGHBoEHOOD OF DRY DOCK->T.
ave will clean em up by and by sad big Po-
lceman Kelly a. ne moPpcd his brow yesterday IN
the Essex Market Court That two OF the East
River Gang that's been pulled m this week
Kelly then ara gucd before Justice Patterson a
rough looking young man, who described himself a.
James Corr1gan. age twcnty-Ouc. a junkman OF the
East River and Lleycnth-st; The prisoner was ac-
cuScd bv Mrs RvucaT. of No. II Dry-Dock-St., of
entering the grocery store at that place yesterday
morning aud acting in di>Orderly manner Alter
taking some tomatoes he began 10 steal things from
the counter, when Kelly heard the noise and
arrested Inn.
II was tendn' the store for Mr. Reilly, Judge,
who was arrested for shootm ms VIE ~ the
back said Mis-. Ryncar when he fired at James
McCaulev the leader of the gang
"Fonr months ON the island SAID the Judge {;
"Il warm won fellows backs The prisoner was
hustled along into the pen with the others
James McCauley, the young rough who entered
No. / Dry nock-st ON THURSDAY nel ~ ana VINE
cripple vlo struck his wife instead, was held IN
yeh ison Market yesterday, to await the result oi
Mts. Reilly sinuties. 81 ~ lying az ST. tnnrl
Hospital in critical condition. Reilly.
wbo was arrested at the ttue, was discharged
hrpins ~ ltnih and eudq pt lhitiocnil AMI Lies
tutNrrn Avenue pud ihu lnsi lN,rL hr hrith-
huihnpl is uu" ui tir pnWot ~ ihr tllN nnd l7
hnnWnps Mhrhoirtillr" INV lhrh siu ntruid-
inp 80 iho snir riiaoi aiotri"p'is 10 Che vicinity
~ Infested nightly With tHuua che niiuuerai in
point of nnmhrir huhlt-i and moti liWlra7 hrins
The lnst Raven plnp lhri' nee about lliircn mom-
boia ui II. aud thr iuliUr i'mr1,nt th'msthrH as
bcns uunhle Ia hl,uh lhcm up
II have been 40 the uciu Ihnrh0pl doing patrol
duty ioI sume time" sad Policeman RELY lou
1nBIkI Iepuftcr Ihrlr are Wuupn iu tlir tcno-
menl, that VII complain a4d mako l"ud lh7s'
anu then b' the INST lo ,ltld me s,aulp1 Nh'n we
ar ln phi ui OF ihtln. Nhcu ~ ttl all ll, EthB
they sOuttle ututolus. through thr dail hallVaNs,
and ont uu the toul-. Where they tic down hilrks
upun ua. ] lac women often hldp them uniti THEN
beds. | have followed them into cellars and un TO
housctOps but ~ would take "a regiment of police
80 unoall one of th'm. line only hope ia to sneak
-" tiut Won caught McCmloy aud Cottiean."
"Nc4i that Was owing to then holug drunk.
1htun niglts ngu they caught 'Iush ~ tho
httrrta dthrsud him iu - hallway stripped him Of
lia tlni hoa robbed him and throw hn ont again,
lhrY had been gel ting dunk on jhc proceeds 81 iho
robbery hud That how thrN managed TO- l,t W' 49,
upon thrm, That Mri mlcY ~ u h'kHmiihn
helper "a John lt"pch'H shop Whom he's Hi Wotk
when b. pi",'"u' hridunh t"nigm pWtrnun To- bo
~ Juukiuau, bat m reality lac b. q thlrl.'
There IN no iomrdy lrii Go pcarcahlc clt i/eua"
sad james ktlly, the htoirltcpcr 10 the Icpuilrr,
"cKcept To uso hlcarma. The gang come around
my door aud spit al the feet Of th, women coming
~. ! tel them to 20 away and they swear at me,
call me names SAY they were here before / was and
viii be- here after am IN 49,, Woaid give 5000 II
that pistol ball was IL Mct ducy BRAIN instead of
IL my wife S back"
BEATING AND KICKING His THIRD WIFE.
Patrick Kearus. laborer at Bay shore, SUFFOLK
County, when lac returned home from lhs WORK on
Thursday evening began 10 abuse lls ne, ANA from
words lac soon to blows, taking an axe handle
and beating her over the head until she Tell uncon
sciOus to the floor. He then jumped. upon her and
kicked hcr IN the abdomen with hls heavy boots
until ne Was apparently extinct HE assault was
witnessed by one OF MS uogAbDrs who was afraid To
Interfere 10 save the woman, but ran % the village
where an OnceI was procured who drove quickly
g. KcaTn's house and arrested him rs he was pack
ing up his clothes. Mrs. Kearns lay upon the floor
In the kitchen unconscious. A ply stefan was sum
noned, and every effort made TO revive the injured
woman, and she did not regain consciousness until
rornlng, and was then too weak to make her ante