The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-05
A HOB0KEN STREET ROW.
DRUNKEN SAILORS BADLY BEAT
POLICEMAN RYAN


Court--A Peddier Falls from His
Truck While Drunk--Hoboken Notes.
Fred Mailburg, Carl Wilkey. Johann
Wiltgrube, Ernest Merkel, Hugo Gerte,
Reudolph Keune and Adoiph Schoff, all
firemen of the steamship Elbe, were ar
! raigned before the Recorder this morn
ing on a charge of atrocious assault and
battery committed on Policeman Ryan
while in the discharge of his duty.
| Last night a crowd of about a dozen of
| the firemen of the Elbe were considerably
| under the influence of liquor and were
| hooting and singing on River street, near
| the Bremen dock. Policeman Ryan or
dered them to desist. They answered
| him insolently and continued their dis
| turbance. Again Ryan ordered them to
| be quiet and warned them that if they
| did not do SO he would arrest them. They
laughed at him and continued to sing
and shout.
ATTACKING THE POLICEMAN.
| Ryan attempted to arrest one of them.
| AS he placed his hands on the mans
| shoulder the rest of the crowd sprang
| upon him and beat him with clubs and
sticks. Ryan fought hard, using his club
| vigorously, but being no match for his
assailants was soon overpowered and
| beaten into insensibllity. They then
him with all their strength into corner.
! A young man named Lewis Miller wit
messed the scene, and went to Ryan's as
| Sistance.
The ruffians turned their attention to
him and adopted the same tactics to dis
| pose of him. Miller was too quick for
them, and eluded their blows. They
were finally worn out by this manner of
| fighting and after parting blow, which.
fortunately missed HIM, they went aboard
the Elbe.
Ryan had recovered consciousness by
this time and was assisted TO Police
Headquarters. DR.. Simon attended him
and ordered his removal to st. Marys
| Hospital.
| REPELLING BoARDERs.
| AS soon as Ryan had been sent to the
hospital Aid Rathjen and a squad of
| policemen went to the steamer and
| attempted to board her.
! Thev were met by the first officer, who
refused to permit them to board her, and
| to enforce his orders the crowd that had
assaulted Ryan, and who were on the
! deck, met the police squad on the gang
plank and knocked Rathjen down. They
| then went back on board the ship.
The aid again attempted to board the
| ship and this time succeeded, although
| First Officer Charles Won Bartlanden at
tempted to keep him off
This morning Acting Recorder Rusch
1 d SbdtSHlGuU lTOul Que VI bue nT6-
men, in which he said that Won Bartlan-
den and Richard Rullmann, the second
engineer, were the ringleaders. Justice
| RuSch promptly made out warrant for
their arrest. Aid Rathjen and Detective
| Gallagher went to the Elbe and took the
men into custody.
THE OFFENDERS BAILED.
When arraigned before the acting Re-
corder. Bartlanden's head was swathed in
| bandageS. He was suffering from q
wound received during the melee. Aid
Rathjen preferred a charge against Bart
landen of interfering with the police in
discharge of their duty, in addition to the
charge upon which he was arrested.
City Physical Heller visited st Mary's
Hospital at eleven O'Clock today and
made an examination of Ryan's injuries.
He reported to Acting Recorder Rusch
that although Ryan's head and body
| were badly injured, he was in no danger,
unless some unforeseen change should
take place.
Acting Recorder Rusch, DR.. Helfer and
Chief Donovan held consultation as to
whether the first officer and second en-
gineer could be admitted to bail.
1t was decided to admit them to bail in
81, 900 each, and an extra bond of $500 was
imposed upon the first officer William
Utz, passenger agent of the company,
gave bail, and the two were released.
| FeIL from Ills Wnlle
Thomas Smith, thirty-seven years old,
peddler living at No. 157 Bloomfield
street, fell from his wagon at the corner
of Newark and Monroe streets last even
ing while drunk. He received several
severe bruises A policeman took him to
the station house. He was attended by
Dr. Simon and then locked up on charge
of drunkenness.
Recorder McDonough discharged him
this morning. giving as his reason that
the man was punished enough, having
broken his nose.
| HobOken Notes.
Mr.. B. Vette has been proposed for
membership in the Hoboken Quartette
Club.
The Oriental Hotel, near the Fourteenth
street ferry, has become the headquarters
for members of boating clubs.
The Hoboken Quartette Club will lead
the singing at the morning services con-
Quoted by Pastor Freund at Cranes Hall
tomorrow.