Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-06-05

TIE Minister who Had Gone Through ne
Determined 20 Chanrc uis ricns.

TIE Minister Who HAD Gone Through ne
Determined 90 Chnngc His riens.
Withayiow TO finding cut what slum-
ming In Tho toughest regions IL like tho
reporter went 70 ~hcadQuarters and asked
ono Of Byuioa' oldest and most trusted
detectives TO tell him some Of his oxpo-
rioncos ia taking Summing parties
about IN tie region cast of the Bowcry.
cts @ good while now since I've
done any Of that business, " said tho de.
toctivo. land there's very fcw that we
take around Cherry bill and It's alleys.
It's too tough for ladies' and FOR most
men. Ono Of tho last parties that ] took
through there was three young men who
were going 70 do missiunary work They
were ministers, and they wanted to see
what life was like whore it's least worth
living, 30 / took them down to Double
alley. That'sa ~ foot wide street about
200 feet long and hodged in by eight
story toncments. 1t runs of Cherry
street, and it furnishes more crime and
violence to the square inch than any
other place in New York, with the pos
sible exception Of Single alley, which is
near by.
"Of course we attracted attention
there Tho urchins yelled at rs, tho loaf
chs scowled at us, and unkempt hays
stuck their heads out Of windows over
head and made unpleasant comments
We paid no attention. One can't afford
10 be squeamish in Double alley. The
young ministers, however, began to look
rather uncomfortable, and / reckoned
they were getting scared and wished
they'd staid at home. That wasn't
their kind, though, rs found out pretty
quickly. When we got pretty nea to the
end of Che place, we heard a terrific
bowling and yelling In one Cf the houses.
There were cries Of Murderp and 'Helpp
mingled with curses and groans. 1t was
a characteristic Cherry dill mixed ale
row from all indications. In a minute
out staggered q drunken woman, her
forehead bleeding profusely from a cash
made by some sharp instrument Close
after her came n big, burly longshoro-
man brandishing a bottle. He reached
the woman and brought the bottle down
on her head with terrific force, stretch
ing her to the pavement. Then he began
kicking her. l started for him, but one
of the young men was before me. He
hit the longshoreman just once, and that
was enough The man went down like
a log,
Then there was the devil to pay.
Half a dozen big ru1laDs poured out Of
the doorway AID made for the minister.
He knocked the first one OF his feet, but
tho second ran in and grappled with
him. By this time l and the other two
were taking a hand in it. There was
nothing scared about those fellows then.
1 afterward found out that they had all
been football players in college. They
fought like devils, and with the odds
against us we cleaned out the gang in
about half a minute. A couple Of po-
lice came running in, and three of the
roughs were arrested. The woma went
to the hospital, where it was found that
she was only alishtly injured. Skulls
are thick in Double alley. Our party
was @ little the worse for wear. My hat
was lost in tho scufde. One Of the min
listers had his coat torn half off, another
lost his ~spectacles and the temporary use
Of one eye, while the chap that had
waded in first was wiping the blood
from his face and nursing a epralne1
thumb. When he said good night to me,
he remarked:
"'This experience has hecA q Lesson to
mo. 1 was going to CHM rs a mission
airy, but if lean Judge by what I've Geer
tonight there y plenty Of oon for mis-
sion work fight here in this city, and
think I'll stay here That man has beer
doing good work among the poor Of this
city since then, and China has lost
good missionary and n man Of nerve. -
New York World.