The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-22
THE WAR ON 9HE SGT
Father Hanley Tells
He Was Led to Begin Itt
HIS STORY OF HIS VISIT TO THEN
There Is to Be No Truce So Long as
They Remain in the City.

II am real glad you have told me this"
Such was the Rev. Father Hanley's re-
mark when reporter called at the priests
Church this morning to ask if he intended
to continue his war on the "scups," and
found that the dutiful priest was not yet
aware that the managers, after being dis
lodged through his efforts from Mercer
street, had located their pernicious ma
chimes in the old Mara Foundry on Grand
street.
You may rest assured" he continued,
If they are still within access Of the
young Of my parish. I'll follow them up
till drive them from the place"
Father Hanley was too modest to as
sumo the credit of driving the soups from
his parish.
THE FIRST MOVE ON THE SOUPS.
II simply did my duty as a priest" he
said. II investigated the matter and de-
nounced 1t from the altar"
What first led you to make an investi-
CATION, the reporter asked.
'Neighbors were talking of the out
rage and intimated that it was public inn
morality. l think fit of inspiration
seized me one night on coming home
from Newark. heard the shrill shrieks
of laughter, mingled with the discordanr
sound of monotonous music. 1t was not
was wrong. came into the house and
donning an extra coat, for it had grown
quite chilly during the evening, and cali
ing for my blackthorn stick, started Off
in the direction of the soups. Actually
felt almost like fighting.
81 saw actions of bad boys and girls
before / reached the soups which can
not relate to you; but it cut me to the
heart to see such proceedings under the
very shadow of St. Bridget's Church.
Arriving on the outskirts Of the crowd /
surveyed the scene. There were nearly a
thousand people present, including hum
dreds of young girls belonging to my
parish What | saw was by no means
conducive to the morality of these people.
There were bad boys, bad girls, and bad
men, all mixed up with the innocent; and
such conduct as should not be permitted
in any civilized locality
FATHER HANLEY'S ORDER.
81 called a policeman and asked him if
he didn't observe anything wrong in such
proceedings. He answered Yes With
the policeman | crossed the ropes, with
my stick in hand. A big, strapping man,
and roughly asked what was doing in
side the ropes without permission. The
policeman said to him, sHushi This is
Father Hanley, of st. Bridget's Church.
The man quieted down and meekly asked
what wanted. / told him wanted him
to move his Infamous traps out OF my
parish.
s'The woman In charge appeared to be
a very respectable sort of woman; but
appearances are awfully deceptive. I
asked the woman when she was going to
leave. She said she had a lease of several
weeks and could not leave without con-
siderable loss. This, found out after
ward, was a barefaced story. Mr..
Kane, acting as agent for Mr.. Colgate, Of
Orange, the owner of the property, told
me she was renting the lot by the week
The first week she paid IS; the next week
$1S. Mr. Colgate, know, is man who
would not tolerate the idea of letting his
property to iniquitous persons.
THE CITY's TOO SMALL FOR THEM.
81 understood afterward," continued
Father Hanley, sthat Chief of Police
Murphy appeared upon the scene day
or two after with several policemen. and
ordered them to pack up their trumpery
within a given time or he would arrest
every one concerned and take charge of
the whole paraphanalia. How true this
is don't know. But am surprised they
should be allowed to settle near by, as
you say, in quarters that are more con-
ducive to immortality than even the open
lots, and | shall wait upon the Mayor this
afternoon to see what can be done to oust
them. So long as they are within reach
of the young of my parish | will not rest
till they are driven away--even from the
limits of the city.