Evening journal., 1891-05-21
HARRINGTON CHOKED.
CONTEST IN A BRoTHEL BACK
YARD.

C0nstaDles Attempt 20 MAKE an Afroho
and Come In Conflict with the Mavor
and SIR. Hayes-The Madam stin Holds
the Fort
There was a lively clash between
county and municipal authority at the
house of i'll fame kept by Ada Winters
No 713 Shipley street, last night. 1t
kept the neighborhood in an uproar for
two or three hours, and ended in Ada
Winters coming out ahead Of all author
ity in the general skirmish
The general fight involved Mayor Har
rington, Walter Fl. Hayes. Constabes
Neutz and Brown, as well as several
others. A large crowd collected during
the disturbance, and for . time II seemed
as If pandemonium had been let loose
The trouble arose over a warrant which
the two constsbles went TO serve on the
mistress Of the establishment.
what Ada winters Says
Ada Winters was interviewed at her
house this morning by an EVENING jour
NAL reporter She said
AT O'Clock, as near as | can Judge,
four men came to the door drunk The
girls would not let them in. They said
they were looking for woman. They
were still refused admittance and burst
In the inner hall door which is a slat
door Then they lit all the gas, called
for beer and said they wanted
the landlady. They took complete
charge Of the house In my absence They
frightened the girls; told them they
were going to have them all arrested and
| taken before a magistrate They had
no warrant then. It was simply case
Of bluff They waited some time l did
not come homs. and they all went out
| came home about 6 30 o'clock The
neighbors told me how they had been
carrying on. While was on my way to
Mullins, where understood the young
men had gone, | met Officer Swift. |
| stated the whole thing to Swift and he
said : will come up and see what 1t Is
| You GO back home and | Will come up
When got back home the girls were all
/ crying and very much worried over their
| threats Shortly after got back three
/ of the men came over the back gate and
told me they had a warrant for me.
said: We'll, what is the warrantT
closed up the house and would not let
them in. They said thvy would read the
warrant and take as all down to the
squires, for me to plead guilty to keep
ing house Of i'll fame, and settle with
then"
Not very difficult thing for them to
prove, suggested the reporter.
mo. replied Ada laughing. "I'ssid
| would not do ii as | cid not understand
the case at all. In the meantime | sent
| for these two officers. as they did not
come up as they had promised. Then
they came over, The mayor and Walter
Hayes were in Ainscow's eating supper.
/ They heard of the trouble and came in
| THE mayor wanted TO know what
was going on They told him that he
/ (the mayor had no right in this place,
nor any Of the off GERS; that they were
attending to this themselves Finally
they all grsppled together In the yard
| the mayor, ennstables and officers
Browney took officer Swift's club away
from him and refused to give 1t back
Walter Hayes inallY got 1t away from
him and gave 1t back TO the officer Then
the mayor walked out and left the con
stables and their friends In the house.
II went and told Officer Emmons hs
would have to come back and stay, as
would not stay here with them. 81
Officer Emmons came back Ia the house
and got them all out. Then they wen
away and closed the house up. -hel
about o'clock these constables cam
back with two more officers, and thi
time they read warrant sworn on
against me before Magistrate Monaghan
They read the warrants and made the
officers take rhom out.
"As the officers toek the constable
out they told me | should come over Il
Squire Monsghan's office at o'clocl
1 To xS1aaI rrn4isu "a haanfnnr
| house OF ill-fame and pay $50 aud costs
II went over to Magistrate Monaghan
this morning he told me not to bottle
with 1t unless they interfe ed with me
and then for me to have them ARRESTED
for breaking the door in and carrying Of
as they did. That is all have to sa.
about it,
MAYOR Harrington choked.
During the melee Constable Brown IN
advertantly got his fingers entwine,
around Mayor Harrington's windpipe
and did not seem to have much respec
for the municipal director of publi
safety. The two constables were sss
at Magistrate Monaghan's Office thi
, morning They were told the substance
of the interview with Ada Winters, Con
stable Nentz said:
II went there with warrant aud 60
Constable Brown TO assist me in servin
it. They refused to recognize me as q
officer and ordered us out. and threat
ened to scald us, and then telephones
down for the police
Ibid you break down the doorp
mo. sir l did not break anything
Ibid you light the gas throughout tn
house and threaten the girlsI'
I'VE lit the gas 50 that we could res'
the warrant"
Ibid you order the girls to get yol
beerf'
mo, we did not
''Did yCn demand to see the landlady?
| Eyes. for the purpose Of reading to he
the warrant"
i Ibid you leave and go to Mullin's9"
/ I'VE did not"
"Did you come back and climb over tn
back fence to effect an entranes2'
mo, the gate was open"
"Were there two other men wit
your"
"Yes. there were two others. The
knew had the warrant and simply wen
as lockers on. "
"Who were theyR'
. II decline to answer. do not wan
their names to appear in thing Of tina
kind"
"Were you all drunk as is charged3'
''No, we were not; there was not
drunken man among us
"Why did you serve the warrantg"
"Oh, we'll; did 1t for a purpose
. did 1t for another man who had som
| trouble there