The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-26
HOBOKEN SALOON ROW.

One Tough TsrrOriZes Many Pool
Players-Blows and Blood All Around.
That there was not a murder committed
in Roboken on Saturday night is wonder
full. There was general melee in bar
room in which cart rung. beer mallet
and revolver figured as weapons. Two
of the participants were seriously wound
ed and couple of arrests were made by
the police. The fight attracted hundreds
OF people and the greatest excitement
prevailed In the neighborhood.
The saloon where the row occurred is
at the corner of Grove and Newark
streets, directly on the boundary line be-
tween this city and Hoboken The pro-
prietor is Christian Muller. Many fights
have occurred in the place.
Among the young men who loiter about
the corner, is John Spillane. When sober
he is an inoffensive good natured fellow
but when he drinks he is very vicious.
He is pugilist of no mean ability and
does not know what fear is.
WORKING OFF GRUDGE.
For some time it is said Spillane has
nursed grudge against the proprietor of
the saloon and many of his customers.
On Saturday night the place was crowded
and number of Germans were playing
pool in rear room. Spillane had been
drinking heavily all the afternoon and
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saloon. He was, armed with big cart
rung and at once proceeded to make
things interesting.
He entered the pool room and swinging
the murderous club over his head he
ordered ali hands out The crowd did
not move quickly enough to suit him,
and he brought the cart rung down with
crushing force on the head of Conrad
Luckhardt, middIe-aged man. Wish
moan, Luckhardt fell to the floor. The
others endeavored to grapple with Spill
lane, but he kept them all at bay
A big crowd had collected by this time,
and IL was said that the man whom Spill
lane had struck was dead. SpilIane, in
the meantime, held possession of the pool
room. People in the neigh berhood cried
Police" and the Jersey City horse cars
were blocked by the crowd.
Finally Schultz, the proprietor OF the
saloon, sneaked behind Spiliane with
beer mallet in his hand and dealt him o
terrible blow on the back of the head
with the butt end. Spillane fell to the
floor with the blood squirting from hide
GUS cash.
Policeman Gerrick ana Delaney then
arrived upon the scene and brought Spill
lane and Luckhardt to the police station.
Both men were covered with blood, and
City yPhysicianSimon dressed their wounds
after which Spillane was locked up.
a SUPPLEMENTARY ROW.
While the policemen were on their way
to the station house, some of Spillane's
companions endeayored TO enter the sa-
loon. The bartender, John Hansen,
thinking that they meant mischief, pro-
cured revolver from behind the par and
ordered them out. They backed out
slowly but loitered in 1.-THE neighborhood.
Pretty soon a big paving stone came fly
ing through the plate glass window of the
saloon. Then the bartender acted like
crazy man. He came out on the ssoop
flourishing the revolver aud threatened to
shoot everybody in sight. He stood in
the doorway gesticulating wildly, and
people were afraid to pass along the
street. Thomas Curran, young
man who bears a good rep
utation and lives at No. $50
Newark street went up to the half crazed
bartender and endeavored to reason with
him. The bartender pointed the revolver
at Curran, and Curran promptly knocked
him down and won the applause of the
crowd. At this juncture Policemen Gar
rick and Delaney came back to the scene,
and on Muller's complaint arrested Cur
ran. Spillane and Curran were held for
the Grand Jury.