The evening world., 1894-06-26
RESULT OF A SALOON FIGHT.
One Man in Hospital, Two Held
for Trial.
The Trouble Originated Over Game
OF Pinochle.
Franz schmidtke, saloon-keeper.

Franz Schmidtke. saloon-keeper.
thirty-four years old. of 1922 Third ave-
nue.. and Charles Ellingsworth. age
twenty-five years. of PIP East Sixty
nth street, brother OF Joseph Filings
worth. the pugilist, were prisoners at
the Yorkvillc Police Court this morning,
charged with probable homicide.
During fight in Schmdtke's saloon
Mt 10 o'clock last night. which originated
over a game of rinochle, Joseph Danen-
kaur. an employee Of Ringler's brewery,
living at 20i East Ninety second street,
was struck on the head with deep
china lunch dish. which caused com
pound fracture Of the skull He Is con
lined at the Mount sinai Hospital, and,
according to House Surgeon Wier is in
II very critical condition.
Each of the two prisoners denies hav-
ing struck the blow which will probably
cause the death of Ddncnkaur.
ElltnSsworth was injured IN the fight
His head was badly cut from n blow he
received with a billiard cue in the hands
Or the saIosn-keeper, who said he struck
EllnSsworth after the latter knocked
llanenkaur to the floor with n blow of
the china dish.
According to schnid,ke, who escaped
uninjurcd, ne Was playing pnochle with
Mr. Levy, of 2p' East S!Xtieth street
and a Mr.. Nelson. of scycnty-tfourth
rear of the saloon, when E;ilhgsworth
ana man named ichncfer. of SiXtieth
street, near LeN!nSto" avenue, came into
the 'aS haS 90 ssstns ern nd
started TO annoy, them.
Schmidtke said that he demonstrated
with them, but that E!iinssyorth and
sichaoie" only laughed and continued
their annoyance until they succeeded In
breaking up the came. EllinGswortn, 1,
wa. said, threatened TO throw Levy, one
Of ne players on "a, " the window if he
! alleged seized hold o! Levy and started
- drag HIM towards the rear window,
| evidently with the purpose OF making
Schmidtke and some OF the customers
| intgrf,TrG and nullcl Levy pwHy from
E!ltags worth: They al then adjourned
| kaur who had stoppr' lnlo tn. place i
/ few minutes before, was standing with
/ his back g. the bay. watching the
/ scene. ElI!ngfworlh, on seeing him.
lrgc. and said.
What are yo" looking for. you Dutch
| Dapcnkaur responded:
/ Don't call me thul again"
/ !li!ngsworth, 80 II is said. repeated
The offensive remark, ana selling q
B china ash from IN" innCh-bar. broke IL
In half on panank .urs head. Filings
Worth then picked UP second plate
AMI In.,N II. hut II went wide from
/ N. mark ana wnT broken on the will
/ Enhmiltk' then seized billiard cue
. and attacked Elhuss worth, who was
staggering about With the blood squirt
ing QUA 81 nu ugly cash in hls head.
/ Levy, IN the mean time. rushed out
Of N" place and summoned Policeman
NOucr.tr of the Fast S!Htv-saventh
street station. Moncrirf on entering the
saloon saw Danenkaur and Filings
. worth bleeding aud surrounded by u
crowd ~ men. bpnCnkaur pointed 70
. lltugSwurln AS Els 'sailant. and I'll
lingsTUrth accused SChmidtkc OF hav,
ins assaulted him. Schmldtkc held a
. broken billiard cue III his hand.
The officer took all pa a2s to the sta
ti0n-house, from which Danenkaur was
sent to the hospital, Ellimgsworth. after
he had his injury dressed. was locked
UP with Schmidtkc
Justice Feitner held Schmidtke for eN
uminG tion in 81 go bail for the assault
on Ellingsworth, and committed FL
llngsworth to prison without bail Il
await the result OF Danenkaurs inju
rtes.