New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-19
BEATEN BY AN ITALIAN MOB.
ITS FIERCE ATTACK UPON FOUR PO-
LICENEN
DESPERATE MEN. ARMED WITH KNIVES. RAzoRs
AID PISTOLS TRY TO RESCUE SEVERAL
pRIsoNrRs-A HOT FIGHT wAGED
IN THE STREET.-THE RESERVES
CALLED OvT-FORTY OF
THE RI'FFIANS AR



The arrest yesterday afternoon of four italian
/ boys for playing craps led to a riot in Little
! italy. which resulted in the injury Of several
/ policemen Of the East Observation-Disclosures
ST. station and the arrest Of nearly half hun
dred Italians Over a dozen Of the prisoners
received scalp wounds and bruises while re-
/ ssting arrest: one Nicola Bank. OF No. 49O East
/ One-hundre1 -and-t -thirteenth-st. has probable
depressed fracture Of the skull and FRANK
/ Comacho, OF No. 2.O33 Flrst-ave. had his right
/ shoulder blade broken. Nearly dozen police
men received slight wounds, Policeman Hugh
| Moffett being Injured the worst. His head was
( a mass Of made by stone and knife
Monett was one Of four men who had been
detailed In citizens dress 10 arrest all boys IN the
precinct found playing craps" Moffett was ac-
! companed by Michael Garvey. Michael a. John-
son AMI Nathan Grodsky. They arrested four
young crap" players about 4S0 p. m. on one
dred-and-thirteenth-st near First-ave.
score OF Italians at once surrounded the police
men and demanded the release Of their prisoners.
/ The Italians quickly increased in numbers and
soon the for policemen had to dodge stones
end other missiles thrown from houses and by
those in the street who. according to Policeman
Johnston numbered at least 200.
LITTLE REFUGE TO BE FOUND
"Grodsky and left the prisoners with Garvey
and MofYatt" so Johnson tells the story. and
started 10 arrest some OF the worst rioters. The
| crowd was too much for us. and we finally ran
into "A house two or three doors from First-ave''
! from which had noticed the worst bomoard-
! nent of stones. The women blocked our way
and was Jumped on by half dozen men VINO
| 1T mo go when Grodsky drew his revolver ana
! threatened 10 Use IT, We arrested several men,
and v.her we arne out on the street people told
! nd had
/ beaten with stones until they lea go their prison
ers We saw razors and revolVers everywnere.
three shots ! distinctly heard hreu' one ou'ie'
grazing my right nand.
| In tho mean time citizens had informed tHe
! police Of The One-hundred- ed-and-fourth-st. staron
/ of The riot and Sergeant Norton with pt, p,a,1tT,n
Of forty-siX men, went To the place at "'u0'e
; quick"
TIE RESERVES MAKE CHARGE.
we marched through Second-ave.," said Ser
coan, Norton "and thon charged down One-hun-
d-thirteenth-st. I tell you 1t was one OF
the uglest-looking mobs ever saw Many OF
the rioters were themselves hit by the stones
/ intended for us. There was general stampeue
/ a. sight Of ~, though people IN the houses sun
kept up throwing s'ones MY tren uIm u,no woudn't
move on All the pris )ners showed hght we
had ~ depend on our 'bilhes against razor.
and knives \ good many residents OF tha'
neIghhorhood who We're not Italians helped us
IN every way possible and in most instances
showed bitter feeling against the r-oters'
THE LOT or PRISONERS
csrga,n. Norton and his men returned with
these prisoners:
v,ncenz, Branxo. NJ Comacho. Bsrnard9 RsneiS'
s.,h schendler. Nicola Bank, PssauaiS G, fila W, w
schorm James Vp,' jos ph Na'r' z6nba and Tony
C.r,nrito.
\ knife and in some instances. two or three
l,rives wer, found on the prisoners while TWO
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more or less battered and for three hours DOC
tors O'Rrien and oswald ~ the Harlem HoslH-
tai and Doctor Martus Of No. 1s+ East ons-
hundrei-and- -fonrth-st were kept busy attend
ing 10 the wounds of the prisoners and tne
nnIlcemen. Captain Westervelt then sent out
| tha reserve. nearly every member OF wnich re
! turmoil with one or more prisoners These con-
! ,rihn,ed their quota Of knives. razors and re-
volyers
ANOTHER BATCH ARRESTED.
Tho names ~ the second batch are:
olas Maio Michael ciosoi rhiIp Gour,h. Pasnuale
lsoni TONY Bavock. Lon Grant. Fratk Grepo' Peter
Geprgr Airarg J. Ieoli Tony sc,re,!l Bnv Arond
Potter Casino Tony Caravan. Frank VITO Augustine
ANY number Of these prisoners had loaded re-
volvors and knives Policemen Molfett and Gar
vcv reached the station ernpty-nandei: WIN
heads md faces bloody. Neither could tell much
| ~ his experience They hercey and
closely attacked. they said. that they did not
recolect anything except that they were both
| knocked down and punched and stamped on by
| a crowd Of bowling Italians Monett declared
tha, II II had not been for the help OF citizen
| whom he lid not know. and who shouted
Police while he pulled several OF the Italians
from him. he would have been killed ,,.
and though during the first few hours many
| italians especially. the women offered violence
t. any policeman in uniform. the wholesale ar
rests gradually cowed them into quiet. Captain
| Weste-velt said that II was worth any police
mans life last night 10 be alone In East Ore
hrndrod-and-, hrteenth-s where the rot oc-
| Cured.