The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-04
MRS. phsnIErs DEFIANCE
" You Strike MY Husband, You Loafer, and
Tou've Got to Strike Me-"

You've Got to Strtkc Me-"
Mrs. George Pashley OF 1874 Halsey street,
Brooklyn. has the credit among her neigh
bors OF having saved her husbands lilo when
he was set upon by a tough gang on Decora-
ton Day last Sho is neither largo nor mus.
cular. She is n pleesant-faced and pleasant
spoken Rentlewoman. and she's all grit There
is some question in the minds OF the police OF
the Ralph avenue station about the existence
OF this gang OF touRhs that assaulted
her husband, but thore is no question
about 1t In the minds OF the neiEhbors. One
member OF the gang Is q youth named Mulvey.
the son OF contractor who IL an old resident
Of the district. According to the neiRhbors,
tho gang is not small In numbers. and 1t hangs
out in the nelghborhood OF the elder Mulvey's
stable and rushes the GROWER.
Whom growler money is short tho neighhors
say they hold up little children and take money
away from them. One instance that was cited
last night was OF q child who had been sent by
his parents to get coin for two-dollar bill
The coin was taken away from him before
he reached homo. One OF the gang had boon
in the store and had seen the child get the
change Its not said that Mulvsy had any
thing to do with that Job The neiRhbors say
that drunken men as we'll as children are
sometimes hold up or assaulted.
The occurrence on Decoration Day hap
pened at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Frank
Berry and Mr.. Fashley's son were playing ball
in the vacant lot At the corner OF Howard
ana N. ssns ra the sa
a9 Be4fy ram fss pt'ss
Iashisy that her IN was being robbed. Just
then MIR. rashlsy. who had bssn out walking
T Tah S sSsd to e Si@ from Window lie
rushed down to the lot and got there Just as
bis hoy wriggled loose from tho man who
What have yop been doIne9, demanded
Mr.. Pashley. and in a moment; ne as, says. ths
'front.' Of him and knock :d one Of them down;
hut the third man struck him from behind and
ha,sd him Then there %a spasd Ta h.n,
was Just at this, momsnt that Ms Pashley.
appeared. She seized one OF the mon and
twisted him around
have got s tx strke
Just enough womsniy defiance In her voice to
impress on the minds Of tn. y9p lTs men That
her. There was a bit Of n struggle. though:
and the man she held set away But he LETT
got her husband home. Ho was bruised and
bleedaG The rest a. the Gsy and
liscolored. and eho succeeded. Bp,last night
IN $500 bail for trial. There Is q warrant out
f0 WIN raot aSs q sto sns witch fret given
later confirmed ~ Mr and Mrs Pashlsy the
Why" lie said. this fellow Mulvey got
Tashiey. that was ail. The ides Of any gang
RE y? $hS ;Ss is the SSsss sss
:. He laughed at the stories OF other beId.ups.
fafS i f i" ma" Muiveys ali rishs.
is wh.n mSn
ugly sometimes. Oi. course he's got some
friends Ike himself, but they are az sons Of
Md M: WHY, there isn't a bad man In this
The people in the have
VEL they have never told them to me-
had . compliant Of the kind: not one"
But why should they tell them II there is no
,..'some people talk 10 hear them selves" re.
Aulvey will be tried on Monday.
ANOTHER ING.
BfooHiyn. Vent to p t at Atlantic fspE f IL
brooklyn i on Friday night with James Weird.
Sey saod ho%e fsr esns
blocks they were In ulted by q gang OF loafsrs.
Smith was knocked doTE ~ one Of tho gang.
gang threw n stone at him. The stone struck
him on the hoad and knocked him senselsss.
The gang fed and Weird picked up tho Injured
SUNNI oned a policeman. who called an ambu-
lance. and Smith was taken TO St. Mary's Hos
lur-d and that he was likely to die. Werd.
after giving as good q dissertation as he could
Four hours later the polite learned OF Smiths
critical condition, and they rearrested Werd.
He was taken to the Lee Avenue Police Court.
where he told Justice Goettin TINT the attack
on Smith by the gang was unprovoked. JUS
tice Gootti1g paroled him TO appear when he
was wanted. None of tho assailants has yet
been arrested. Smith came from Virginia four
weeks ago.