The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-04
HEADS BROKEN AT THE BALI.
TIE CdRMENCITI CLUB'S DANCE
ENDED BY NOR

Thsrs Wa. wus Disorder. sud Drunk..
Dancers Founht the Police-ons Ne,
Auiedby ExeiteneHt-RottIe- ns Weapon.
| The Carmencta Club gave masauerad.
ball at Tammany Hall on Monday night
which broke up at 3 o'clock yesterday morn.
| Ing In FREQ fight between n crowd OF drunken
men and women and half dozen policemen
In the nRht lot OF dancers were h urt aud on,
man dropped dead from excitement
The head man Of the Carme nclta Club 4,
| Edward W. Corey. Ho Is an ex-detective Of
the East Twenty second street police station
and his son was a partner Of Billy McGlor,
when the latter kept tho dive at the corner OF
Irving place and Fourteenth street Corev
now keeps saloon at 115 East Fourteenth
street The frequenters OF Corey's saloon ar.
the shining lights OF tho Carmenclta Club. and
the ball was big event in Fourteenth stree,
society.
There we're 1900 or 1900 people in Tam.
many Hall when the dancing began. Tn.
women were attired In all sorts Of scanty
costumes. The police expected trouble. and
Inspector Williams and Capt. Gallagher OF IN,
East Twenty-second street station were both
on hand At l o'clock in the morning the In
spoctor and the Captain went away together
after posting Patrolman George Smith at tn.
bar with instructions to see that no more In.
toxicants were sold.
~ WIS hitoE Nuib Nnht tne tTOuDl6 DeEan. Bot
ties OF wine. whlskey. and beer were passed
surreptitlously from the bar to the waltsrs
who put them under their coats and served
them to customers in the ballroom boxes and
In the wine room. About o'clock the drink,
began to get In their work The men and
women In the boxes shouted and threw thing.
at the dancers on the floor. One group O,
three men and four women amused them.
selves by pouring wine down the necks OF IN.
IN tho other boxes. women did skirt dances
drunk, and several small lights were started.
About3 o'clock there was SO m UGH disorder thai
police. decided upon vigorous action. In on.
box two girls in scanty costumes were doins
pied by the Ike VandeIeer Association. Amons
the occupants were Steve Brodie. Eidi.
island. and coroy. RoSndsnan shs on eh HtUGs5
ths beg and ordered the gIrs to STOP dancing
disapprovsl OF the order. Once more shay or.
dered the, dance stopped. Tho girls had no in
S.F Sn them E 70 Su Ts' T%s
down from the table and began drinking more
The crowd hovled at tn. policeman and
urged the girls to resume the dance. This
up and ordered the rou5dsms an out o. the box OF.
tsmpt.d to drag him out. Hrseh r resisted s and
Sers bs Soiia
and beer glasses at the policeman. Three or
f fS.r tried t9 force the crowd
mum came sailing through the air. and. mar.
rowly missing one. Of the policemen. was
seemed TO be the signal for free-for-a all eight.
Behind the maKnum came hundreds OF men
and women. some q them armed with bottles
men. the women fighting as hard as the men.
and everybody screaming or yelling. The no.
lieemen fought with their short clubs. but.
" pushed across the room. The floor OF the
ball-1oln was one mass Of struggling human
themselves by throwing a chair into The crnwS
every now and then.
Policeman Smith managed to get away from
alarm whistle. three timss.. A dossn police.
men responded to the signal. In q body they
Shsfi ssr Ia. . sHt IL and @
Some one turned out half the lights. and thi:
hastsned the rush from the hall
were cut faces. broken heads. and torn cloth
Ing, 1.-the top Of the stairs a man was found
ass ., H T East T sssS ses. h
Winter. II. bod9 was sa removed SSs iro o III.
QHare. who said that the excitement OF the
fight undoubtedly caused the mans death
from hssrt disease
man. 70 years old. who lives at - Delaney
street, was so weak from loss OF blood from
E i,.s In his head that he had to be taksnto
40 sysars old. bartender Of n Riyington
street was badly cut about the face and head
s ss sdd In then
lorkville Police Court. No other arrests wers
Carey told Sun reporter that the ngh. was
caused BY the, police, who intorfered wher.
"a h.d mo rsht tS G,P. Gallagher refused