The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-06
"A SURPRISE PARTY. :"
Hoboken's Mayor Grants a
Permit for One Which
Was a Disorderly
Dance.

The Hoboken police authorities were
either very easily fooled yesterday or
they willingly allowed themselves to be
made dupes. Under the pretence of
holding surprise party couple of young
men held dance at a public hall in that
city last night, which the most depraved
of both sexes attended
The young men charged twenty five
cents admission and made quite neat
sum of money. When asked how they
managed to violate the Sunday law so
openly, they snapped their fingers and
boasted of having a "pull" with the
police.
the leader of whom is said to be p.
Sherry, of this city, hired Christian
Weitkamp's, formerly Hiney's Hall. The
hall under it's previous management bore
an unenviable reputation and was the
scene of the typical Saturday night
''chippie" dances. The hall is situated
at the corner of Henderson and Ferry
agreed to let it to the young
men and very hard crowd Of citizens
and young women Of the class known as
''spielers" attended. The dance shut
down promptly at twelve O'Clock, and
thus the Sunday law had not been vio-
morality were violated greatly.
It appears that yesterday some OF the
young men thought it would be a capital
idea to run Off Sunday night dance. If
permission could only be obtained from
the police there would be lots of money
tendance would be insured. They must
qave succeeded admirably as the hall was
in full blast lest night.
People on their way to church were
mortified at seeing coarse women enter
ing the hall and hearing the discordant
noise within. The scum of this city and
Hoboken attended. All of the women,
some of the girls scarcely sixteen years of
age, drank beer.
An indignant citizen went to the police
station and reported that there was q
dance in progress. Sergeant Tanning.
who. was at the desk, i'm
arrived there the young men laughed
at him and defied him. They said they
had permit to hold surprise party"
from the Mayor. Sergeant Tanning was
indi gnant. and said that he would report
the matter to the Mayor.
Captain Hayes, when seen this morn
ing, said that he had heard that there
was surprise party at Weitkamp's
Hall last night, and that permission had
been given to hold the same. That was
all he knew about.
1t was not surprise party that was
held last night, but it was dance" that
would rival the dances in the palmiest
days of Billy McGiory's dance house. 1t
is to be hoped that the authorities will
not be SO easily fooled in the future.
Hoboken Notes.
Cronheim has good variety show this
week.
Amelia Knenster, an eighteen year old
girl of No $50 East Eleventh street, New
York, created considerable excitement in
| the Barclay street ferry house last night
| by falling in fainting fit. She was taken
| to the police station and attended by DR..
| Heller, after which she was sent home.
The Passionist Fathers from the West
| Hoboken Monastery are holding a sue
cesful mission at the Church of Our Lady
| of Grace.
John Murray, fourteen-year-old boy,
while standing on the stoop of his resi-
| dence, No. ia Newark street, last night,
was struck in the temple by cobble
stone and seriously wounded. It is not
| known who fired the stone.
| Policeman Nelson found carrier pig
con at the Fourteenth street forry. On
the leg of the pigeon was tag bearing
the following, Fl. 1914.
| Joseph Kennedy, laborer, of No. 101
| Jefferson street, entered the police station
| bleeding from an ugly scalp wound.
Kennedy said he had been stabbed with
| putty knife by fellow workman on the
building at No. II Jefferson street.
| A fellow who said he was George C.
! Jacobs, salesman, of No. 201 Washing
ton street, Jersey City, pleaded guilty be-
| fore the Recorder this morning to steal
\ ing watch from John Glade, the saloon
keeper at the corner of Grove and New
ark streets, and was committed for trial.