The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-26
BLACKBOARD O'MARA
The Notorious Mike Well
Thrashed for Insult
ing Ladies.
W. H. KEYES' GOOD WORK
The Election Rascal and Fake
Advertising Solicitor
Knocked Down
Twice.
NOT HIS FIRST OFFENCE.
He Has Made 1t Practice TO Air
His Whiskers on the Avenue
of Late.


Mr.. William H. Keyes should be wear
ing crown of laurels today for an act
performed by him last night. Instead OF
wreath, however, he has three cut and
bruised fingers on his right hand. These
please him more than the crown because
they carry with them confirmation of
the belief that he landed all three of them
on the nose of notorious thug, loafer and
scamp.
Nike O'Mara was hisvictim, aud it Is re-
marked with considerable regret that
this snake in the grass is still able to
walk. Last night at about half past eight
O'Clock, O'Mara, attired in his best. aud
with his customary jag on, posted himself
directly in front of the New Opera House.
O'Mara's hobby is to insult women. and
much to The detriment OF Mr.. Mullone's
place of amusement he selects the entrance
thereof as his staud. O'Mara was on the
Look out last night. Two ladies whom he
has followed, insuIted and assaulted by
grabbing them by the arms passed by.
They were neatly dressed women and
walked right ahead, not looking to the
right or left aud not giving o. Mara the
slightest encouragement for Irritation.
As the ladies walked along, OMara,
with drunken leer and with his usual
idea hat his style and whiskers could
not be resisted by the female sex, stepped
directly in front of them and with the
avenue masher, he stared at the ladies
and said:-
Good evening, out for a pleasant
walk? You would not mind me accom-
pAnying you, Pm sure?o
Both the ladies flushed and endeavored
f1 h,7f oI oi,
and made remark which is too filthy
for publication. One of the women be-
gan to cry aud crowd gathered. Then
O'Mara realized that matters were get
ting serious and he went into Heller's
saloon, where ne braced himself against
the bar.
The ladies were soon surrounded by
sympathetic crewd and If O'Mara had
poked his whiskers out of the saloon at
that moment he would have Jared badly,
but as it was he received his just deserts
later on.
MR.. KEYEs COMES IN.
One OF the young LADIES who had been
in ulted by O'Mara is engaged, it is said.
to be married to William H. Keyes, the
Newark avenue saloon keeper. Her feel
ings had been deeply wounded and she
was yet iu tears when she sent boy into
MIR. Keye's saloon to tell the proprietor
that she wanted TO see him. When
Mr.. Keyes came out of the
saloon the young lady burst
out crying afresh and for some minutes
she was unable to tell connected story.
Finally, in voice, broken with sobs, she
told KeYes how she had been stopped on
the avenue by O'Mara DESPITE her efforts
to avpid him and of the insulting words
he had used.
Keyes has a reputation for being cool
under trying circumstances, but the tears
and the story of the young lady caused
L rxytN D1e,,
his teeth he muttereu:-
II will fix that dirty insulter of wom-
en-" and quickly re-entering the saloon
he donned his coat and came out few
minutes later. Several of the customers
in the saloon had overheard the
Keyes' excited demeanor. They followed
and by the time that Mulone's theatre
was reached, the athletic young saloon
keeper had host Of friends at his heels
who had heard the story, and were pre-
pared to render Keyes any assistance
necessary to chastise O'Mara. But as it
subsequently proved, their presence was
not necessary, as O'Mara proved himself
to be, as all women insulters are, an ar
rant coward.
SURE OF HIS MAN
Keyes was sure of his man. The Ia
dies had described him so minutely that
there could be no mistake. When Keyes
reached Keller's saloon, next to
the Opera House, O'Mara was
leaning against the bar drinking,
as usual, at the expense of another When
They entered the saloon O'Mara was tell
ing of the 'schoke Off he had received
from two ''fa ies," as he termed the
ladies, or the avenue.
Keyes conld scarcely contain himself
In a voice that WAS trembling with rage
he said:
.O'Mara, want to see you'll"
n L.. i
coming from keyes's manner, but in a
blufflng voice, he said:
IF You want to see me, you can see: me
here"
well, as you like it. / will see you
there" said Keyes, moving towards
O'Mara.
During this conversation which had
been carried on in A high tone OF voice,
the crowd had filed into the saloon. There
was an iutermission between the acts at
the Opera House and many of the audi
ence from the theatre were in the saloon.
O'Mara began to quake and moved back
step.
''O'Mara, you dirty skunk, p said Keyes,
''you have insuited two ladies. friends of
mine, on the avenue tonight. 1t is not
the first time you have done it, and in
tend that You shall pay for 1t, you miser-
abe cur"
whoever says so is a - liar,n said
O'Mara, in loud blufing voice and ad-
vancing step or two.
KNOCKED OUT.
Get out,n said Keys. and the
next minute he let his
left fist fly out, catching
O'Mara square Gu the nose. Before
O'Mara could recover, Keyes followed
the blow up with one from his right
hand. knocking O'MarA clean off his feet
As O'Mara struggled to get up, he was
dealt another blow and again knocked
down.
At this junciure, several of Keyes'
friends, believing that O'Mara had been
punished severely enough, dragged the
inturiated saloonkeeper away from his
victim. Keycs went back to his
saloon. washed the blood from
his fingers and WAS voted
a hero by all who entered his place Of
business last night. 1t is perhaps need
less to add that the young ladies were
delighted at the manner in when this in
snit has been avenged.
O'Mara. suffering from the effects of