Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-06
FOURTH OF JULY CELERRANTS Who Fell Into the Hands of the PO-
 lice.

lice.
 Thomas Burke celebrated the Fourth by getting gloriously drunk and insulting two l ladies on the corner of Orchard and Oak streets Officer Cook attempted to arrest ! Burke, but he thought it below his dignity to be molested by common police officer on the nations holiday. He resisted hercely. Mr. Burke has been to Wethersfeld prison | for two years and thought it right he should | resist. The patrol wagon was summoned and with Detective Reilly's assistance he was soon placed behind the bars
 Michael Fender was fighting drunk at the corner of Congress avenue and Hill street Saturday evening. The officer on that beat | attempted to arrest him, but he resisted so fercely that the patrol wagon was summoned. Officer Rice was kicked in the stomach by the man before he could be placed in the wagon. It took the combined efforts of four officers to place Fender in the lookup. Michael Rosenberg, New York peddler, was selling canes Chapel and Church streets Saturday afternoon. Officer Donne- gan arrested him on n charge of violating the city ordinance in selling on the streets with out a license. A large bundle of canes and MT. Rosenberg were brought to the lookup to spend Sunday. MT. Rosenberg thought tt a very unjust ordinance that prohibited poor man from trying to gain a livelihood. Bridget Mcdonald is a servant in the em-
 
 family was away enjoying the pleasures at tendant on the Fourth, Mrs Mcdonald was left in charge of the house. She showed her proficiency for that task by getting singing drunk. A complaint was made at police headquarters and Bridget was placed behind the iron doors.
 Complaint was made to Officer Orr Satur- day evening, whose beat is in the vicinity of College street, that a man had been seen proving around the house of Professor Dwight on the corner of Wall and College streets The officer arrested the man, who gave his name as Thomas Enright. He was charged with vagrancy. A partner who was with Enright escaped arrest.
 James Campbell was having good time celebrating the Fourth of July, but his pleas ures were married by the appearance of po- lice officer, who arrested him on charge of non-support of wife.
 Michael S. Donahue and Michael Hennes- sey got very drunk at Savin Rock Saturday evening. They had hired team of Johnson, the Fair Haven Hveryman, and drove 1t to- wards the city at furious rate of speed and when near the corner of Church and Center streets ran over passing pedestrian. They
 were both arrested and MT. Johnson notified of the whereabouts of his team. The man
 run over was not injured beyond few scratches.
 The total number of arrests up to two o'clock Sunday morning were thirty-six most of which were for drunkenness. Seven of
 the prisoners were women. The police wag- on between sunrise and set on Saturday
 travelled thirty-two miles and brought fifteen persons to the lookup.
 A very exciting and disgraceful fight took place in Webster street Saturday afternoon about o'clock in the neighborhood of Herr man Goumal's saloon. A crowd of negroes got very drunk and became noisy and uproar- ious A crowd collected around them and
 began to jeer at them. The negroes were about to resent the insulting jeers when two of the most hilarious of the crowd got into a quarrel. These two were ''Andy' the barber, an old man whose name IS Andrew Hammond, and Frank Moore.
 'tAndy" immediately proceeded to draw a razor from his pocket over foot long and
 waved it in the air in the immediate vicini-
 ty of Moores face. This was signal for other razors to appear and 8 general melee ensued. The result was that Moore's hands
 were badly cut up, several of his fingers be- ing partially severed. "Andy" was also slashed somewhat and William Chicks also received a severe cut on the hand. Officer
 Bissen appeared on the seene and arrested
 Moore and Hammond Chicks got away, but
 was arrested in Broadway by Officer Keitel later in the day. Moore was sent to the hos
 pital to have his wounds dressed.