The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-15
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Residents of Bergen Avenue Terrorized
by Nevada Ncd's Cowboys and Indians.
The village on Bergen Avenue, com posed
sof.a few INDIANS, possibly one or two gem
uine Cowboys anda horde of participants
in the nightly revels OF more of less du-
bious character, all under the personal
supervision of the SO. called g Nevada Ned"
who probably never was nearer a,prairier
4han the Newark meadows, continues
to flourish without let or iiindrAnce, all be-
cause not oneof the citizens to whom the
catch-penny pandemonium Is really annoy
ing dare complain against the proprietor
for keeping disorderly house and have
the place raided as would be any low down
bagnlo. the existence of which the police
NAV be made aware Of Any night from
two to a half dozen females may be seen
leaning against the fence on Atlantic street
talking with the Irish scavengers with
trousers that spring all over their shoes
and broad brimmed hat to give them an
appearance OF the role they appear in.
Nor is it an unusual thing to see these
characters on the inside take more or less
disgusting liberties with these young girls
and women, whose parents and may be
husbands, had they the remotest idea of
their doings would renounce them for
ever. Nor IS This all, tor after the
show is over this den of infamy- the long.
tent on the Atlantic street side-is nightly
inhabited by these same would-be cow
boys, and larger or smaller number of
Young girls and women who drink beer and
carry on their ribald revelry till often long
after midnight. Aside from all this the
sound of band (although it is very poor
excuse FOR music the noise the band makes)
and the hope of seeing real, live indian
or two attracts little stripliDgs of girls
ranging in age from ten to fifteen, from
their homes blocks away, who are nightly
subjected to revolving insults. Notwith-
standiag all this immortality and vice and
all these insults to which women and girls
are subjected, there are some people in the
neighborhood who are frightened doubt
less into silence or even praise as to the
demoralizing exhibition.
why" said man named Littletield,
who boards in the big white house on
Bergen avenue opposite the target enclos-
ure. 81 will really miss the thing when its
gone. really think its something to be
proud of and it is certainly an orderly
affair" Another party living on Atlantic
street Immediately adjoining the show
I. said: ssWe've got nothing against the show.
The folks there have treated us very
nicely"
1t has been suggested that some of the
people In the immediate vicinity of the
show have been subsidized by
g Nevada Ned to talk to- anyone
that approaches them with view to hay-
ing the place raided in manner to leave
the impression that they have no fault to
find, and this may be so. for one woman,
talking to the reporter on Friday night,
seemed to be very much annoyed because
the New, York World had reported that she
had denounced the show as a nuisance.
s.Tll say nothing to newspaper men about
it, she said, s:for onevreporter published
an interview with me in which he repre-
sented me as saying just exactly the re-
verse of what did say. I dent object 10
the show at all, and want it understood
that / would rather have it than not. :"
But the more independent people of the
neighborhood denounce the show and the
immoral influence itcasts over the youth
full mindin the vicinity, and declare that
the whole thing is an intolerable as well as
disgraceful nuisance, which should be
compelled to pull up its stakes and get
out =.