The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-09
HEDRANK WITH THETHIEvES
AND WIEN JoK FELL UNCONSCIOUS
THEY ATTACKED MS WIFE.

Coupis Invaded By west sia. Wopehs.
who DRUG the Husband, Try TO Drug
8is wife, and TIE. Ceeiiy Rob the Place.
Henry JOY. q Chicago mechanic who had re-
ceived an offer Of en- ployme emit in this city. came
to town Saturday morning with his wife Mary.
who Is dark-eyed, nt-featured woman
Of 70. with the tall and robust figure OF typical
Western country girl JOY moved HE house
hold effects in the afternoon into rooms on the
top floor OF the three-story tenement at 324
East Thlrty-thirj street The tenement IL
opposite . lot Of vacant stables and . partly
dismantled iron foundry that are the rem
devious Of q gang Of young toughs who give
Capt. Martens's policemen q deal Of trouble.
JOY. who is q stranger to New York. was una
ware OF this fact when he moved into the ten
ement.
He left the house at IL o'clock on Saturday
night to get glass OF beer before going to
bed. lie says that he went to q saloon at
4 hirty-third street and Third avenue. As he
was leaving a crowd OF rouRhs surrounded
him and attempted to rife his pockets. JOY IL
a medium sized man. but he has pluck. and he
ordered the young thieves to lot him alone.
At the moment Daniel Kelly. onearmed man
Of %. who. the police cay. Is west side tough
who spends his nights with the Thirty-third
street gang around the vacant stables. stepped
up and took hold OF joys arm. He told the
Chicago man that he was In danger. and vol
unteered to sec him safely homo. His manner
was reassuring and JOY accepted his escort
with thanks. Kelly walked up stairs with joy
and sat down In the kitchen. joy again
thanked him and asked him to call again. say
ing that he wanted to 90 to bed.
"Cuck-o-ol" shouted Kolly as he remarked
to Joy that he needn't be in hurry about re-
firing. 1t turned out the cuckoo" call was q
signal Of the Thirty third street gang. A few
seconds later John Ryan. 10 years old. who
says he lives at 345 East Thirty-feurth street.
opened the door and took q seat. He greeted
Joy to .s ssia sst SSm:
Kelly laughed. "ouck-9-o," he ehirpea, and
Another fellow came up stairs and Joined
Ryan. Kelly gave the cuckoo call several
the stairs The last two brought q bucket q
beer. Joy wanted to protest against THIS mid
hshs "a. ho but iaS IN
tried diplomacy. They asked him to Join In a
drink from tbs gIowlsr" and poured ed out ,Ti,
utes later he fell to tho floor unc conscious.
Mrs. JOY was in bed in an adjoining room
were and when they would conclude to say
s t R R., . .:asd mt ths ssstSs%
and putting an orange to her ps stb 5e Tb 70
woman is soon TO become mother. she was
greatly alarmed at the intrusion Of the
strangers but life in the country had given
threw him of the bed. Ratchet that she had
used in the afternoon to cut open packing
sprang uP. seized the Ratchet. and. holding 1t
he En- hsi &. 's9 9st one who lays hand,
The two roushs got 4 good view Of her r face e
sss LAMP light eve T tsss IN
ssked as l. WA By her splendid pie I'D Pan Mu
ronGhs dragged the unconsGious Joy into z
R eal q II: :lstA1 TIRE. Ih:1 got sss
and s. TIA. joy bad IL his trousers POCKET
sssy ' sool o. on s own sasa.
and slipped into the new sunday suit. Then
the whole gang shouted %euekoo" again. and
NOBODY had answered Mrs. joys cries. pos.
sibly because the other tenants knew that
m fSsns sna Gan RISK
Mrs. Joy bolted the doors and went to see
found him lying Unconscious, in the room
where the gang had stripped him OF a, his
she ds.ssS re h' % and
down stairs to get policeman She peeped put
q the street door and saw the gang lettering
to wait until daylight camo Several hours
passed. and JOY still remained unconscious
Toward morning Mrs. JOY went TO the street
door once ore. and saw Policeman Hauser Of
the East Thirty-ffth street station. She
beckoned to him. and told him briefly what
had happened. She pointed to Kelly and
Ryan. Who were standing in tho shadow q a
and nabbed both Of them. Joy was still dazed
and unable to talk at . o'clock. Policeman
Hauser looked through tho rooms. and found
the orange that Kelly had tried TO squeeze into
Mrs. joys mouth and q two-ounce phial that
was labelled Poison" The orange skin was
perforated in many places, and evidently soma
narcotic had been Injected into It. Capt Mar
tens was told OF the case. and Detective Tier
ney was detailed to Investigate. .
II am sure can recognize those rascals
Mrs joy said. for saw their faces while
they were ransacking the rooms."
She went to the Yorkyille Police Court and
made Q complaint Of robbery and assault
against the two prisoners They denied the
accusation strenuously. We only saved the
couldn't explain how he came to have Joys
Sunday clothes on in court He said that he
was an honest mechanic and lived at $40 West
Thirty second street
Yesterday afternoon Detective Tierney ar
rested Edward Stokel in Thirty-third street.
He said that he was a ear driver and lived
at 3l0 East Thirty-fourth street. He 10 "a
the men who rified the bureau. The detective
numbered 321 found q bundle Of joys collars
and cuffs and the lawn-tennis shirt. Can't
Martens locked Stokel up, The thrae prison.
ers will be taken TO the Yorkville Court this
afternoon. Justice Yoorhis yesterday remand
ed Kelly and Ryan into Capt. Martens's custody.