San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-06-06
MANY of the walters added to the

general confusion which prevailed by
their negligence and insolence. While
they eagerly handed out bottle after
bottle of champagne to those who
"tipped' them, it was almost impos.
bic, except in few instances, to Sc
cure anything to eat or drink with
out compliance with their exactions.
Food was strewnSlpon the floor, the
appearance of the buffet and the
space behind it rapidly became unin.
viting, and the noise and drunken
ness increased so much that about
twenty minutes past one Sergeant
Schmittberger entered the room at
the head of some twenty policemen,
and announced that the sale of wine
must cease. The walters, who had
been drinking freely, clamorously
protested that they had already
ceased to serve wine, but several
struggles for the possession Of SNUG
gled bottles ensued. The walters
engaged in fight, which resulted in
the contents of wine glass being
spilled down lady's neck, maudlin
guests argued with the blue coats as
to the propriety of their interference
and pandemonium reigned. Finally
orders were given to clear the room.
This proved a difficult matter. The
sober folks tried to haul their drum.
ken friends out of the way, but with
indifferent success. Some of them
succeed, however, with the result that
one or two scenes occurred in the
corridors. A policeman seized one
particularly disorderly individual, at
tired, as were nearly all the drunkards
at this stage in dress
suit, and upon q determined
attempt at rescue being made by
his "aristocratic" friends, pushed him
into o closet and guarded the door
with the assistance of a fireman until
Inspector Steers arrived and sue
ceeded in restoring peace Mean
while policemen, firemep, and several
queerly dressed, tough-looking men
were eating their fill in the supper
room, and three or four blue coats at
the door were repelling the attempts
of half dozen more OF less intoxi-
Gated walters to force an entrance.
Having left the room, these fellows
protested that they must be readmit-
ted, but the police refused to distin-
guish between walters and guests,
and no one was allowed to enter.
several free fights were going on in
the supper rooms, and half q dozen
men were sprawling on the wine
soaked floor when Stuyvesant Fish
and Inspector Steers arrived on the
scene and endeavored to accelerate
the clearance of the rooms.
This was finally accomplished
amid crashing of glass and crock
cry which evinced the fall of many
reluctant innividual, until at last the
police, by dint of pushing and rough
handling, elected the last brawler
and locked the doors In the mems
cloak rooms scarcely less disgrace
full scene was enacted. A line was
formed extending across the corridor
but slow progress was made, and the
antics and remarks of the fugitives
from the upper rooms provoked
many quarrels. The scene in the
ball room was lot edifying as the
hours went on. Women were dane
ing there, and were even seated in
some of the boxes, who were evil
dently, to say the least, affected by
their visits to the supper room, and
one rather pretty girl excited COM
ment by her obvious lack of steadi-
ness, while her escort was the sub
iect of considerable indignation as
he strolled across the floor at the
conclusion of dance with his arm
still around her waist. The strains
Of "Home, Sweet Home," effectually
cleared the ball room at few min
ltes past three o'clock.