The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-29
NOONAN'S BLACK JACK.
Speedy Joe Assaults Two
Men in TaYlor's
Hotel.
THEN STRIKES HIS GIRL.
One Of His Victims Secures a War
rant and the Young Des-
perado is in Hiding.

-0AAesS Ook CyS q pOlICl Ldy AOh
Hotel. obtained from Justice O'Donnell
this morning warrant for the arrest of
Joseph Noonan for assault. The warrant
was given to Detective Dalton, and as
soon as that worthy focuses his optics
upon Mr.. Noonan that young gentleman
will be consigned to one of Mr., Christie
Smiths new iron cells. This Joseph
Noonan is not the sporadic Assistant
Prosecutor and Pyrotechnic Journalist,
with large if you please. but the
smooth shaven young man who has
haunted Taylor's Hotel for some
time past. aud who is known to cur
rent literature as "Speedy Joe." He
has had 10 visible means OF support,
and has never looked as though trlfle of
that kind worried him. He is exceed
1nRly loud voiced, and has never been
known TO allow his native modesty to
keep him from pushing into every con-
Versation or discussion which might be in
progress when he was around. AS these
discussions are apt to be freely Dunct-
uated with side remarks to Mr.. Barkeep
or to the young man who presides over
gained considerably by not allowing his
modesty to assert itself.
SPEEDY's FAITHFUL GIRL.
Mr. Speedy Joe has also been in the
habit of making the acquaintance of
some man OF means. who has seen that he
wanted Tor nothing. Mr. NOouan has
furthermore been conspicuous by his re-
Iations with a grim vlsaged young
woman, who WAS often seen haunting
the vicinity of Iaylor's Hotel, generally
after dusk, waiting. unlike Mary's little
lamb. lmDatlently until Joseph did APP
pear. This young woman, who is known
as Addie Smith, Is primarily the cause of
Mr. Noonan's woe. She has always been
faithful TO Joe. although, if current
rumor be true, there is no good reason of
her ConStancy.
Last evening. shortly before seven
O'Clock, TayIor's Hotel Office and bar
room were thronged when Speedy Joe
in with Myndert Starin. 1t is sald
thai for some time past Mr.. Starin and
Speedy Joe have been very chummy.
They0nave driven together, wined to-
gether, dined together, and gone on var
Ions expeditions together, but not settled
the bills together. In fact it is SAID that
Mr.. Speedy's idea ls.-"Come with me
and you'll have the best time you ever
had in your life, no matter what it costs
you"
Mr.. Starin ard Mr.. Noonan walked up
to the bar and called for drink. They
were in earnest conversation and botn
had been drinking although Noonan was
in a coE'diJIon to know wna5 he was do
ing. Suddenly he whipped something
from his pocket aud struck Mr.. Slarln
over the head. Blood followed tue blow
and Noonan was about to follow it up
with another when some of the bystand-
ers interfered.
NooNAN THROWN OUT.
Noonan was Very angry and louder
Than VRlIa6 nj 10 ffNp Of n il
voice and accused Mr.. Stariu of stealing
his girl away from him. The noise aud
the racket attracted o large crowd and
Casey, the porter, was ordered to fire
Mr.. Speedy Joe uuceremoniously into
the street. Casey came up to Noonan
and told him that he would have to keep
quiet or go out.
Whats de matter wild you," yelled
Noopan. do you want some o. dis too?"
and before Casey could make any reply,
Noon struck him over the head with
the instrument he carried in his hand 1t
was chamois bag, having weight at
the end. His blows broke the chamois
skin and two small pieces of iron fell to the
marble floor of the bar room,
The blows aroused Casey's wrath and
he went at Noonan like cyclone. He
canght him in his strong arms aud bodily
threw him out into the street. Mr. Suarin
Immediately disappeared. When Noonan
reached the street he happened to meet
Addie Smith watching there as usual,
and he Immediately proceeded to
vent his anger upon her. He
berated her loudly for some
shortcomiDg, and. it is said, even went so
far as to strike her. Casey was bleeding
from his wounds and, upon the advice of
his employer. he went before Jus-
tice O'Donnell and secured the
warrant. He took the pieces
OF iron to Police Headquarters,
and Superintendent Smith said That they
We're the SEEDS Of a slung shot which.
when eucased in leather. is known as a
"black jack"
Noonan will be prosecuted to the full
extent of the law when captured. This
is not his first escapade by any means,
and patience has ceased to be virtue in
his case.