The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-31
JAMES MURPHY, ABLE CITIZEN.
He Knocks Ont the Growler Gang In a
Pitched Battlc-Another Gang Caught.


PerspirinG. thirsty. and in very bad humor
were dozen members Of the Growler Gang.
who stood on the corner of Seventeenth street
and Eighth avenue on Friday night. tanning
themselves with their hats. and cursing. with
all the resources OF west side vocabulary.
the state OF the weather and their lack of beer.
They had consumed a large amount OF that
beverage during the evening. obtaining the
price from such passers. by as looked like easy
victims. by means Of u species OF persuasion
not so gentle as effective. But the supply
failed to equal the demand
"Dey amt no comfort in notin' lessn keG
desc nights" remarked one Of the gang. 1T
sweats outen de outside o yer front fore it
gifts down de inside"
1t got to be IL o'clock. and as passers-by be-
came more scarce the chances OF beer dimin-
ished. While the gang were discussing the
chances Of raising a scrap" in u neighbotfng
saloon; and. under cover OF the confusion
The gang likes small mem ' It nds them ssu.
Ally more amt1naoe to reason AND force than th
i ,siS %'i1 fiser: we're trsty. seer
Shell out de price fer de beer
Tho small man stopped.
n us hs aks1 m 1 some my n Shsr
what you want IS water. You'll lind it right
down y here in the river OILY three blocks
The gang was iEsulted. Never before had
any one had the nerve nerve to tell them TINT they
Whom ths Strs Called
was tho first to reach Mr.. Murphy; That
R BFck lay loTn on the eu56stone ana his s
BS stopeed up Hs ran one sge Of his is
lace into r, MSrphys left hsni Ia and cars rs
romed against a lamp post a few feet away. A
The gang, began to realize that Mr.. Murphy
rush was the best chance OF overcoming him.
SO they formed line OF battle and charged;
M Mntsa As ms SIsf he dSs
f sSas%s HhsH he Charged the ssHtFs but Ut
II the confusion he managed to draw n
Seventeenth street in the neck. Coyle yelled
gang fed. Murphy pockoted Ills knife and
Policeman Engehauscr of the West Twenti-
eth street station hearing Coyles cries. ran
wounded man to Bellevue Hospital. 1t was u
close call with him. AS the knife cumo within
fraction OF an inch OF penetrating the IuGular
. The small man was arrested at his home.
6l2 Second avenue. at 3 O'Clock, yesterday
vi
ply. - years old. and said that he was a
BLACKSMITH. At Jefferson Market Court yes
terday he explained to Justice Ryan shat no
didn't want to get into row with the gang.
while he had two fists.
Justice Ryan said that he would have to
hold Murphy In $1,000 bail for examination.
He added, however, that he was glad to SEQ u
man who had the pluck to withstand q GROWER
gang
Another gang was represented at jefferson
Market Court yesterday ~ ny George, Meyer.
lonG to the lru ., Gang. which ior, some years
west side They earned the name Of tho
truck Gang by stealing parcels from
stealing tho trucks themselves from the streets
where they were lett at night, but the capture
OF two OF the gang put an end to this.
On July y some packages containing silks
belonging to Arnstaedt X Co. of IS Greene
street wore stolen from truck in front Of tho
store, detectives saNercool and lnrker of The
arrested Meyer and Williamson yesterday al
their homes, 10 Division aud IL second
street. Meyer has served timo ON similar
charges. The men were held for examination.