The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-30
WORST IN THE TWO CITIES.
40 ANYWHERE IN SAFETY EXCEPT TO
LITTLE STIEE7, BROOkLTN.

LITTLE STREI7, BROOkLYN
The Little sire ct Gang IL Up TO Everything.
hut Grimes OF Violence arc Its Specially
poiicen Patrol II In Pairs.
Tho second evening OF tho wal;o over tho
h div Of Kcrr,gan or Johnny Dobhs. tho burg
lar n stalwart young man turned from Front
into Ilttle street. Brooklyn and started down
toward tho river. lIs was accompanied by two
r,,icomcn. Tho wake was Mt No. s. where Kcr-
rirans widow and his children lived, and
whcro his body was taken after his death in
Bellevue Hospital. There was a crowd in Lit
Ito street. ns there always Is Mt night. 1t was
mndo up of what tho police called tough
mugs" They eyed this young man with sus-
ep;cion. IIc wore good clothes. Ono or two Of
the mugs yenturcd to guy him. aud one was
bold enough 10 hcave paving block ut him.
II missed his head and went between tho two
policemen. who turned and flung back q guam
tity Of denuncation. but they made no effort
10 dispense the crowd or to make any arrests.
They knew better.
This young man. Il must be admitted. was
litto nervous. but he boldly left the police at
tho Kerrigan House and won't In thcre. Tho
policemen walked on around the corner and
wcro gone. This was as early as o'clock In
the cvcning.
In minute or two tho street crowd had for
gotten all about the incident in n more eNcit-
ing one That was being enacted up tho street n
ways. An inoifensive- looking old man was
being held up and compelled to shel out his
money to pay for GROWER beer for the crowd
He had made n show of resistance at first. ana
that was sufficient excuse for one OF the mugs
TO clip him across tho side of the head. Just to
bring him to his senses. 1t was explained. The
old man disgorgcd enough to fill woGrowlers
He turned his pockets inside out to prove he
hadn't any m ore. and he WAS let
1t was while The crowd was drinking the
hcer that there came n commotion down ut
Korrigan's. The door flow open and tho stall
wart young man with good clothes came OUT
in a hurry. He started up the street rs he had
corla but he didn't have the two policemen to
protect him. Out OF tho house after him came
half dozen mugs tougher than those IN the
street. They picked UP cobblcstones as they
ran and threw them with all thor strength
after the3rctreating figure. The well-dressed
young man had started on o run. This was
enough to tell tho street crowd that something
was wrong. and the addition Of the noise Of the
ruttlins cobblcstones as they struck tho street
shouting. and their shouts brought more tough
mugs from The saloons Ilsn IN the me. nsiEhnor,
raised raj e,fa and frcwsy- headed women looked out
and screamed inyectives. . Every man who
s souns i man. Here and there men and womsn
appeared on tho roofs and threw down bricks.
The sase te A. I'VE minutes The
He ran a block further The crowd did not iol.
scaped with his life. and proceeded back to
New York: The excitement in Little street
wayfarer was forced to give up his money to
supply the GROWER.
s i s 15s' hftsry gh Of fSysnns
s sny siset New & d@
there penorally travel n DAirs. Their duty
consists not particularly in keeping the peace.
but in protesting , each other and preventing
used to-. It was fashionable. then, to do the
sldered desirable to have fun some one Of the
gang would .playfuly pitch q beer key OH on |
diJn't Xii him it Was lis luck "a and not because
the playful members Of the gang were nor |
iayorites for this kind OF anus ment.
But about year ago they had policeman
hs LAD the
might ThsR Rea fpsS o ba hhd
q his club That row proved e have good
sale SAFE for Or poiceGan to wa TX through the
streets Provided hex 70 Keeps his eyes shut to
" It has eome to DO the fas hion in New York
for men to say TINT it is no longer neces saIy to
the old gangs are nll broken up and driven
out. and tho magnificent police force has made
they please when they please; Brooklyn
people talk the same way. and the Brook lyn
police como in for tho same amount Of praise.
In New York tho assertion Is true. and IL np-
plies to every street. In Brooklyn it applies
to every street EXCEPT to Little street j.. Little
street In the thousand streets in New York
and Brooklyn whore it is not absolutely safe
for man to 90 day or night and unarmed: It. is
little street less than a half q dozen blocks
to make it worthy OF a place in the tough end
OF Chicago. The gang that hangs out there is
worse than tho Whyo gang that flouriShed in
New York. 1T Is mado UP OF crooks OF every
character and OF thugs. They don't stop at
anything. Crimes OF violence are their spec
Kerrigan's funeral was managed by Under
taker Reid. The night the burglars body was |
brought over from the Morgue nm inquirer
asked to be directed to Little street; Leave
undertaken. His advice was timely. Tho in
ming. The first night OF the wake over Kerri-
gans body renorrer yenturcd to the house.
stacked by the gang in the street. lie ma an,
aged to escape wit out serious injury, however.
kerrigan's funeral is what brought Little street
into public notice. Fortunately it is u place
whore very few people have to go Mt night. so
assaults that would. attract public attention
Ing In the nearby streets chiefly. These peo- s
|le know and fear them, and are ensy victims. l
Very few Of the gang do anything for a living ;
to the end Of the street by the gas house and t
sleep of tho effects OF tho previous nights c
debauch.