The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-02-10
GLASS House ANGELS
A Whole Series of Bur-
glaries at the Foot of
Fairmount Avenue.
PISTOL SHOT RECEPTION.
One Place Was Too Hot for the
Gang-A Place Where Active
Police Work Is Needed.

Last Sunday night and early Sunday
glass house sngelsu who rendezvous on
Paramount avenue at the foot OF the Hill
They entered a grocery store, where
they ate and smoked; then they visited
the saloon Of Pat DonneIly on White
street, but ne received them with q re-
volyer, SO they turned TO the saloon Of
McIntyre on Fairmont avenue, between
White and Grand streets. where they got
away with twelve decanters of whisky.
cigars. cold ham and pot Of cabbage and
and potatoes.
The gang is 8 large one, and congre-
gates nightly around what Is called the
glass house neighborhood, being that part
Of Fairmont avenue between Cornelison
and White street. The members hail
| from Wayne and First streets. Railroad
1 ties, and the residents in the neighDor-
hood fear them.
TWELVE O'CLOCK
4 As far as can be judged the depreda-
tons OF the gang Sunday night begau
about quarter 10 twelve. Tney entered
| O'Neilfs grocery store through the rear
door. forcing a panel of the door in
They ransacked every drawer and space
in the store, ate dozen pies, crackers
and butter an1 threw around the
floor half barrel OF sugar.
Tney then entered back room
and taking pipes and tobacco from the
showcase mad 10 all appearances quite
smoke. On the pauei OF the door aud on
| slips OF paper on the counter were found
/ blood spots. An alarm clock which they
moved from the shelf 10 the counter
stopped running 1T five minutes past
| twelve.
Neignbors upstairs heard the noise but
| were afraid to make any outcry.
ONE O'CLOCK
! About one o'clock Patrick DonneIly,
| who keeps saloon around the corner on
! White street, heard a noise at his door.
He lives alone, back of the store being his
bedroom, and another small room his
/ kitchen. Patrick is troD bled with rhea-
/ matItm. but ne is spunky and won't let
| anyone get the better OF him II he knows
| it.
When Patrick heard the noise he
! peeped out from mis- room and saw q
| number Of faces at the two windows
either side of the door. Two of them
| moved over to the door and were abouE
TO force in when he fired at them with .
| revolver.
LET rs skip. boys, this place is too hot
for US, was the cry Of one OF the gang,
and they all ran away. In the glass vt
| the door is the bullet hole, but there are
no blood marks or other evidences that
any one was shot
The next place robbed was the saloon
| OF Mcintyre, a cheap looking place on
Fairmount avenue. towards Grand street.
| Here little light was Cleaned as TO who
| is responsible for the rooberies.
Sunday night, about ten O'Clock, boy
I about eighteen years of age. one of the
| gang, and two companions entered Ne
| Intyre's place and wanted beer for moth
furr NqTn zs4du md
from the place There was a little row
and the lad left, with the remark, ''Al'
right, Mac, I'll get square before morn
ing"
About two o'clock Mrs Mcintyre, who
had retired upstairs, heard noise on the
| stoop; sne looked out and asked who was
there. but the only reply she got was a
! Kissing noise She grabbed a smoothing
iron and threw il down. Whoever was
on the stoop ran away
The thieves entered MeIntyre's saloon
! through a back window, breaking the
glass. They stole all the cigars and
/ twelve decanters Of liquor. Mrs. Nc
| Intyre had pot of cabbage and potatoes
on the stove. and some cold ham in the
ice box. This the thieves devoured- They
carried away the liquor, and three empty
bottles were found this morning in yard
on Corneilson avenue.
1t is evident all through that number
were concerned in those raids, and no
doubt whatever they were disorderly and
made considerable noise. but the resi-
/ dents all profess to have heard nothing
whatever of the affair, and from their
manner it is evident they fear bodily
harm from the gang.
Mr.. McInt6re's little boy, about seven
teen years of age, was told to 90 to the
station house, but he went out and
walked fpast. and then came home and
told his mother He was afraid TO go in
Z far ha nr hnxr
would kill him if he did,"
The police Of the Fourth precinct are
investigating the Mcintyre robbery,
while the police of the Seventh are look
ing after the O'Neill affair.