The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-09
A HORSE WRECKS A SALOON.
ATTACKED ny BLIND STIGGERS, IT
FILLS DOWN STAIRS.

In Possession OF tho Place for Two Hours
and Finally Removed nv n DcrrIck-D Dan.
gcrouH IntIl Mr.. Meyer sat on Ita Hsnd
As rule George Meyer who runs a little
German restaurant and saloon In tho base
mont OF 55T Pearl street, just off Broadway
hasn't any reason to complain Of his visitors
who are mostly well-ordcrcd individuals doing
business in the dry goods district but about
o. O'Clock last night no had most UNEXPECTED
call. 1t was in the person of n big dray horse,
who unceremoniously rolled down the stairs
and into the saloon where he lust about owned
things Tor two hours and wrecked everything
within TANGO OF his heels A single truck be.
longing to the sackett 4 Wilhelms LithoCraph-
ing Company Of 100 Fifth avenue. with load OF
lithographinE stone, was being hauled TN Pearl
street by n hoavy black horse shortly after 5
o'clock Yesterday. man known In the neigh
borhood rs Billy was tho driver. Suddenly
the passers-by noticed tho horse shaking in
his harness and somebody yelled out that lt
had the blind staggers 1t was quickly UNI
hltchcd from tho truck, and BILLY" jump ned
down to take charge of it. The horse was wild,
but dozen mon soon had 1t down on the
sidewalk. In its frenzy tho horse shook it,
selffree. and Kicked and struggled so that tho
crowd quickly formed n wide circle around it,
Before any one OF the crowd was aware OF 1t.
the crazed animal had worked himself to tho
top of the flight OF eight or ten steps leading
down to Meyers saloon. The animal balanced
there moment, and then, with a lunge.
plunged down to the bottom at one fall Meyer
was standing ut tho front door when he hoard
such a crash as n dozen drunken mon couldn't
have made, and lie Jumped to tho rear OF the
saloon in hurry. The frame OF the big double
S H.on rd was strong io and II didn't give
ss undf the hos $500 w nsuna damned d6%n
on his launches which wero cut and bleed
Ing + from the br?ken glass The fright
head as battcrinG ram it broke, down tho
door framew9Grk and rolled in upon the floor Of
pyramids of glass plled up behind the bar
came down with clatter under the Earring,
directions. They knocked tho washstand just
inside the door into Kind, ling wood, ard broke
tine pS sr E Et the water to gah
rail and left the imprints OF their shoes on
eyeTythinE in range
despair for a time hut finally saw his oppor-
tunity and jumped on the horses head. A few
distance, then, and the qundrupeds legs were
soon tied up with bits OF roe. Meyer sent out
nS fs hS he hEsi
his shoulders and said he'd have to leave the
driver to lomk out for his own horse; The ami:
c blood NJ Which vas in flowing from dozen
who dared to venture down stairs 1t began
to look as II Never would have to house his
other effort to stir up tho minion Of the law.
The policeman was finally persuaded to send
for ono o. the big ambulanc belonging to tho
Society for tho Prevention OF Cruelty to AMI
mails. and at ~ o'clock it arrived. Much to his
roief Meyer saw tho horse windlasaed up the
stairs anu carefully laid on bod OF straw
Then the crowd dispersed. and Meyer sat up
the rest Of tho night guarding his stock OF
liquors, with big gap leading to the street
whore the door had been. He PUTS his dam
ages ut 300. which Sackett II Wilhelms have
promised to pay.