The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-06
WHAT MIR. T.. C. PLATT MISSED
rEsrEnDAY,s EyENTFUL ExCURsr0N
FROM CH0NNY BRoDSKY'S OWN ATE.

An er The Beys Went Along, and Beer ana
Rlaysag Cards Were Served on Board ths
Deat-ssons Iattis Opposition to Faro
bat Nese 10 Poker. Over-sevsn-or-Uader,
Seven, and Thimble Riss,ne-Lctters Of
Bssrss Frsn Mr. Piatt and Ham. Fish.
300 horo. now. dis 10 dc silk stockin' gang
o do alta. seef Dis amt any O. de Smitty gang
dis u do gentlemen o do Ate. see and youse
bokies want Z call It dat an muffin else. SEQ p
That was what they told the reporter aftor he
had got aboard tho boat at the foot Of Broomo
strcot, and aftor Chonny Brodsky had pinned
rod. white. and blue badge labelled Invited
Guest" on him. The namo Of II was the Fas-
soft and vroomnn Campaign Club Of the Eighth
Assembly District. That's the new name for
Chonny Brodsky's branch Of the John j.
OBrien Association. The boat was the Black
bird. q mlddlc-sized steamer capable Of hold
Ing 500 or 800 passengers There were about
800 aboard. THE Sun reporter was trifo late
9ettiug to the pier. and the boat was held
until he arrived. Thcn II steamed of
slowly for College Point to Grand
Chowdcr." everybody said There were
thirty kegs Of beer aboard. several dozen
cases Of whiskoy. and several dozen has,
ksts Of champagne. or lzz, rs the short hairs
called II. Two young men with paper boxes
circulated in the crowd. shouting Dougher-
tvs best cards for sale"
There was great crowd OF silk stockings
aboard that boat. beginning with Chonny
Brodsky and running down to split-eared
Mike. who carried thimble- rigging layout in
his ooat-tail pocket There was Barney Isaac.
6am Engol. Frank Wolf. Gus Schurman. Eph
eamucls. Christian Goctz. Marty EnRel. Sam
RNhArta Ink he E,ri
Nackeldoy. Sam Strasbourger. The Ruhle.
Max Lsuthman. George Smock. pete Malley.
Meyer Meyer. Charley Marth. Charley Hofr-
man. Joe Alderman. Billy Cody. jack
Adams. Maurice Alderman. and Mendel
Alderman. These wero all ON the front
OF the boot The crowd on the tail
end WIS no less conspicuous. There was
6tasssr and sheeny Abe and One-eyed Psto
and Scar-faced Mike and Puddin' Isaac. Cut
Up Sam. Split earod Ike Poker Bill. Slim Jake.
Tad McGinnis. Spider Jim. Pete the Cut. Sly
Dick. Happy Horace. and Sweat O'Connor. be-
stdos lot Of loss prominent Ate silk stock
ings. They came for business on the tail end
Of that boat. too Sweat O'Connor had his
board with him: 10 did Sheeny Abe. Stasger
was willing to take quiet hand ct poker.
6ptt-oared Ike md One-eyed Pete each had
thimhle-rigging layout. and Scar-faced Mike
was ready to cap for them. Slim Jake and
Spider Jim had red-and- black board. Pud-
din Isaao was looking for something soft in
the way Of poker. Cut-lip Sam had q faro lay
out It takes cards to play all these games.
and the young men calling " Dougherty's best"
were kept busy.
A big crowd Of silk stockings who hadn't the
prico Of ticket had been left behind on the
Broomo street pier. They had cheered as the
Blnckbird pulled out Sam Engle, who was
brodsky's tear shedder. had cried little bit
Tor them. and then led the front-end crowd UP
on the upper deck. The band was UP there
playing Hail Columbia and Annie Rooney"
There was no beer up there. The crowd was
well-behaved. Down on the tail end Split
cared Ike was calling his three-shell game
Puddin' Isaac had set his table down in one
. little game o poker wit 50.cent limit: take
. hand: take hand. gents" Spider Jim and
Slim Jake had their red and black board out
and were calling for custom.
They were Just getting to work when Etienne
Bayer descended like thousand Of brick and
ordered every game to close. mo game on
The boat gents: it's against Brodsky's ORDERS"
he said. Then want there howl Scar
tDced Mike proposed "chuckin de bloke
over" Boyer is good deal bigger than Scar
md hs STOOD bis ground Ne game.
lsyouts we're put away. Boyer went back up up
stairs Spider aim lay buck on bench and |
,RfI In ,, q cuckoo II Z aint like eoin' to
lIs e hell 81 a gang" commented Split
dc. see." Left to themselves. this tail.end
Ecld BroaskS there was mutny tH H" camp mp
heIp sss Bgs Sd "were resu.
'er Republicans. and we cant stand any Of |
!sst o. aboard the boat or after
Twenty minHtes elapsed after Bqyer's visit
M saan Sy a ASs said
sos.d isso Bssk q the main So room ans P TIE
.as 2 slab in there and part Of ,the
Iuard the door. Puddin' Isaac again called
"a b0-osnt limit eamo: Ie, got one. Three
benz came game q sweat oa and fad thi%b SlsIG
ssf sso y Ss.s ava as a liz
9 sss spu IT, There Amt going to BE- any gambling
u fe1f boat now you hsSr me- eh,,., p,s.,
Wall l don't mind card playing" said
h%sef eams u now wns ASKED
.AAt constituted gambling. well. don't
ntna game 9t poker" he said; ,.- H.,
= Qr sweat, shouted sweat O,Connor
sQy ehella." added Ono:eyed Pete.
well" resumed Rrodsky, "as said. ! don't
1iad Snpp poker but you don't play faro and gam
There was much Joy. Faro was stopped. but
s" went mt on l0' ana 0'"eK ono inc
: ths BOAT got opposite BlaekWell's Island "A
nall on shore. Holt u dozen Of the silk stock
pGs stood up and waved their hats The In
eligent leader Of the band struck up Com
eSched his side in three jumps and
hreatencd to choke him. The rest OF
Oonrades" was reserved for later on thetrip.
lieutenant said the band lad been |
ribbed by Emitty and Rourke. Snitty ard
burke wore much talked about on tho trip
own; Drodsky himself didn't have much to
~ about them. but his lieutenants were hot
hey also talked Of tho absence OF one Cross
.yed. what his other name was they didn't
card, Notwithstanding the fact that he be-
Sn8ed to Smitty's cohorts. belittled his stand
ri ms . statesman and q politician.
The boat Jagged. The beer ran free. Eight
sss wore drunk before College Point was even
hero was one. hight which Rudolph Erodsky,
honpys brother. settled In short order. and
mt both young men about their business.
LOet conspicuous In the crowd on the upper |