The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-04
THE SCRAP CAME AT LAST.
BUT II Wasn't JUST TINE KIND TEE
STABLE GANG HAD EIPECTED.

BUT II WA6NT JUST THE KIND TEE
STABLE GANG HAD EIPECTED.
whs. Cs.aors Ce.iA staaA the Tsw.ss.s
No Longer He shst OBriea h ths JAAs--
Thea the 0sae ResadeA Cennsrs, an Ne
H Likely 70 Dis sa Bsiisvus Hospital
"Youse two has bin jawin' now fer a hull
month" remarked Kid O'NeilL - he lifted his
feet Of height from his chair In Frank
Donald's saloon at Grand and Sullivan streets
on Saturday night. where the Stable Gang
holds its gatherings He was addressing Will
liam. better known az Rick. Connors and Pad
der O'Brien. Yes. fer month yer bin at Il !"
he continued. ~ the men made no answer.
but kept their eyes fixed on each other as II in
readiness for IN attack. IAN dere Amt bin
SCRAP dat any feller wud call q scrap come Of
1t yet Now dc fellers thinks yer oughter have
1t out, an here's good place."
The small ring OF hard-looking young toughs
assented with Rrowls. There was Fred Wall.
Whelk Olcott. Archie and Tom Matteson. and
Yaller Jackson. besides Kid O'Neill and the
two men whom he was melting to fight By
robberies. drunken violence. and all kinds OF
lawlessness these eight men had made the
name Of the Stable Gang terror to that part
Of the city. The hands OF 30 many were against
them that for self protection they had been
drawn into very close band. but at last there
was trouble that threatened to break up the
gang.
As long as Rick Connors and Padder O'Brien
were pals they were the recognized leaders OF
the gang. for both were hard fighters, and to-
gether were almost invincible. But q woman
came between them only few months before.
and from then 1t was only question Of time
when the fight should come. Pretty Katie
Michaels had cast coQuettish glances from her
gray eyes at more than ono member Of the
gang. but last month she had the bad taste to
marry man who worked for q living. whereat
the gang. one and ALL got eloriously
drunk in spirit Of disgust But Rick Con-
nors and Padder O'Brien had already quar-
relied about her. war had been declared. and
now. at Il o'clock on Saturday night. the gang
was waiting to see which was the better man.
All had been drinking hard and were ready
for about anything-except what happened.
well. are yer goin' ter scrap. r run homo
an sniy UN I" demanded Yalsr Jackson back
sess; no sfssn r inter-
"a Il &c .e9sS ss9d Ys5
don't keep Yer clap shut"
E Scared Hs:
Con90rs made no reply, te the tsunt He
IL xs
rs hrs h piece e a
above oBrien' head showed where the bu iiS
had gone. -, Instantly, Connors fired again;
n lis lei SIDE s0n '' with MS h'nd pressed
Boys. the stuff has shot me-" he said.
IN
sss
ready fSr VIZ. %isss happen. YsIsr ?seEsoS.
Snt tss gang
door @SsS hsS s ssef ss. the ssa
ss1 sss:s$ s'' Ssson.
hs BULLET ssss
e9rsep sht q 70 a9SS
81 Elf 81 Ts
ri: &c fouEhs WITH the butt Mt Pr q sse
hi. ts's sP' IL BACK ss.0gs
Rss had Rsps hi: sht ss.tps for nsn
fifteen minutes, The others kicked. mauled.
aaPs hin ss S shs S r 4. ss
Ing freely from wound In his left side. just |
better send fer sspps
had already gone for one: Then Whelk Oh
to- the others:
;, Boys, iook-a-here. Ireckon we've did for
my Is. GGd;" cried ed. o9'Nell, locking # the man
"N1, he isn't said Whelp. but he's bad on
.Connors's face was covered with blood. a thin
stream Of blood came from between his lips,
and BE- csnt IL 9s deep stp 9pD
vhispef I'm eoin':" But before he oould
20 the door was blocked BY Policeman O'Neiii
II the Prince street station. Some Of the mon |
rot out the rear door. but not before the officer
lad recognized them all. An ambulance was
n sn su7aa srss e sa
gerously wounded.
AIKEN to Bellevue Hospital. He has a fracture
4 the bone Of the skull. broken nose, Ave
lbs broken; his right leg severely strained.
The tTo snS T 6a .s die
md ONeiil were arratgned ct Jefferson Mar |
let Court yesterday, and hedto await the re-
ult OF Connors's injuries.
Speaking OF the Stable Gang: g. policeman OF
ne o, precinct said yesterday iso1s Of the
he toughs are 80 smart that It's hard to get
nything against them. They get their name |
rom a stable near Donald's saloon. where |
hey hang out. These fellows who were In |
his affair are the worst Of the gang. but there
re fifteen or twenty more that hang around
here"
A STORE ON THE CONGO