The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-10-15
ALL THE POLICE MOVED OUT
uuYy snAUGBNESsY TENT INTO THE
STATION HOUSE.

SIHIION HOOcEs
70, u,d nm Aggravated Cnse OF Smallpox
Tho Omcers TRANSACTED Their BUSINESS
NJ, IN. sidewalk nnd the Growler Gang
In the District Revealed Unmoirst'd.
One man vanaulshed tho entire police force
a, long Island City Yesterday. His name Is
1ames Shauchnessy. He Is % years old and
lives at y Vernon avenue. lie took possession
Of the Hunters Point station house early In
the morning. armed with the smallpox. anu
held It until between q and O'clock In the
evening.
Tho day force transacted business on the
sidewalk. and when the night force reported
for duty and wero apprisod OF tho situation
they refused to enter the building. The Ser
c.ant established his desk on the sidewalk
and tho night patrol were sent ont from ,'1ro.
The reserves. who usually sleep In the station
house. strung themselves along on the side.
walk. each equipped with a pipe. They hlIed
tn. air with clouds OF smoke. but that was
nothing to the fumes Of sulphur ana o'her
stun that filed the station housc.
Passing pedestrians were eyed with susri-
cion by tho crowd Of silcnt silukcrs. while
every unusual odor awoke II feeling OF appre-
hensiou in their breasts. Sergeant lhomas
Darcy, who is acting Captain during tho alb
.anco of Can't. Wood. ordered tho night patrol
10 IOTtHo NM '"S
had no place to- put the prisoners.
SIhanshnrasy lad been III for 1bont n week.
and Iuriur tho Development ol tho disease he
HHnnII "wwn'rkri every day at .Simond's stove
foundry, mIn.IinG with the hundred or more
workncn ti,slr,, ' n, Tth' y nt.a, u,n Il" co ~
ciuiei tn consult n phSsicinn. and with this
end in view ;anntsreI through tho aristoe5a,ic
ana rang Dr.. j. - krnnehy's oflce boil.
lie was nshered into III" Doctors office hy
wna mi, ion, for DR.. Kennedy.
"Young man" lie said. "you'v- got tho
small poX.'
locked scared. aud SO did the Doctor. Thoy
viewed each other, with alarm. Tho Doctor
his family. while S~hnughnsssy contemplated
his own condition. The Doctor was Ia u Juan
eSSnld M Heen him NJ in II the house see nor sH', could Ia he
turn him loose again without endangerinR the
health, Of the community.
tibulc and sent tho servant girl to the pnllce
station, about three blocks away. for q rolice-
man. while he mounted guard on the sidewalk
Sond a policeman to Dr.. Kennedy.s office.
quick !" Gasped the cirl to Sergeant Busch'
any EXPLANATION. and ths Sergeant. thinking
t ttrset so 'TSrt Ges F]Siic ss,s5 I MeSsSsht On 10 Pi tss
Doctors oflce without waiting for further do
t noned 9 10 sap pSl1es MoSnu sStf 7, hessss.r sum
The policeman reached Dr; Kennsdy's. resi-
dence on q double quick. but instead Of n howl
deserted and the Doctor pacing u~neasily up
and down in front Of his house. 1t was the
t RS!' inf"rmed ' Jim Ia, II 81 th s'a msn s Mnsn M IN a tIo
vestibule a few feet from them was I'll with
rho policeman scanned tho surrounding tor
kitory anNiously. but thore. was nothing in
plight demanding his attention elsewhere. A
Sard sh vas Tiv sMee amd a' tnIoS esnti tnH stT s:tti to,
thirty or. forty feet to the windward OF the
s e se stat aes ' Soase W" Was t besnn a. MRT cSsusRe to
tho van. warning all pedestrians out Of the
way. with the smallpox patient bringing up
What's tho eharec ?, inquIredt the Sergeant.
as . SSNHus g6s' en fsIjsd M Mc ]s!Stioni a, shonoh.
eessy poked his nhamed visago through the
kicf nns e oe.i 'f hls ss sSnit ej sSd %st tn: s q SISs Is;
the Tb back re room Ino,s The h e Whole .hoi force tolIowsd
ee nnsa threw Pes k opsn Ell Mn doo e' snd t. 3h aS; t a1ss ssri
shauGhnessy to GO in and lock himself up. As
ShauGnnessy went in, the force went out.
!hey'fe out YET: md likely to remain out for
'shaushnessS held undisputed poss..sion o,
I polic s,s suecee dc rf N n M Mas b. h90R R. nsssr' T the
Tor. tho city Health Officer. who. on examina-
f SsinF p1 no psst hd it sn IL nsffs cns tsIu 9sfe eit yh tSs
authorities were at a loss how to dispose Of
BY nishtfall they succeeded in getting a
room at 141 Borden avenue. where there are
at present several cases OF the disease, and
deserted the front OF the building as Shaugh-
messy emerged from the cells. His departure
afforded them but little relief. They would
not enter the building. but sat all night long
on the sidewalk.
Shaughnessy told Dr.. Kennedy that he caught
the disease from another man smpioyed in
the stove foundry. who was doctored By a
druggist in Hunters Point.
For some time to come it Is probable tho
cells OF the Second precinct will have moro
than ordinary terror to the wrongdoers OF
tenement house districts learned early in the
evening Of the state OF affairs at the station
house and they celebrated the occasion IN
uolested.