The evening world., 1894-09-21
HELD UP A
STREET CAR.
Passengers Plundered by a
Gang Of Toushs on
Eighth Avenue.
M POLICEMAN WAS IN SIGHT.
Pedestrians Also Compelled to
Stand and Deliver Up
Valuables.
IT WAS A REIGN OF R0UGHS.
Only Two Arrests Made After the
Roughs Had Beaten Many
People.
IT WAS A REIGN OF R0UGHS.

A gang of white and colored toughs.
who have recently made life miserable
for the jewellers in upper Hudson
street and the vicinity, capped the eli
max Of their depredations last night
when they held up an Eighth Avenue
horse car and went through the pas
sengers in Western style.
The gang have been robbing pedestrians
who were abroad at night, and their on
slaughts on the crowds attracted by
chowder party parades and public gath
erings have been the subject OF story
after story in the newspapers.
An Eighth avenue car was proceeding
uptown on Hudson street at about IL. 40
o'clock. There were few ladies' in
the car and enough men to comfortably
fill 1t.
The crowd of thieves, numbering ten
or twelve, had marched down Hudson
street from Thirteenth. Twice they had
shouted "Fire!" and Police!' in the
hope of attracting a crowd. but Ninth
Ward residents have grown careful in
the last two months, and scarcely any
one paid heed to the calls.
At Bank street they met the car. TWO
Of them stopped t the Tsst boaedeS
the car, and with oaths and shouts ter
rifed the passengers, while they went
ssrSest of tR Watches ayed KEEN
books and loose money.
There was no policeman in sight at
the time, but Officer Forester, OF the
Charles street station, heard the noise
from his post on Greenwich street
block away. and ran to Hudson street.
He boarded the rear end of the car,
His appearance put little heart into
some Of the passengers, who had pre-,
vously sat like people in frances, and
they began to struggle little with the
busy robbers.
Finally one or the passengers, Charles
P,thgeber d steel wire worker or ~
had been grabbed, started to help the
When the thieves noticed this, and saw
ether bluecoats appearing up the street,
they left in q hurry. Forester and
Rithbeber picked OUT one man, who.
they were positive, had taken valuables
efforts of several other officers, the rest
OF the gang sn,sr esse$R s ,,o 10 = nsrro do
twenty-five years old of Sixth ave
nue.. In his pockets at the Charles
chains of gold. pocketbook and $40 in
bills.
The police OF the Ninth Precinct are
looking for the names and addresses of
the passengers. Brown was taken to
Jefferson Market Court and remanded.
Prior to attacking the car the roughs
created reign of terror by robbing pc
lowed in the wake OF the parade of the
. Union Bottling Association and levied
toll on all whom they met
Leghorn, manager for Enrich Brothers.
He was on his way home from the
theatre. with his wife. At the corner
Street S~ they were Surrounded BY the
roughs, one of whom grabbed Leg
horns watch and started off with it.
Leghorn gave chase and caught him;
but before he could recover his prop
erty he was hit in the back Of the head
by another tough.
In the fight that followed half a dozen
OF the thugs beat Leghorn numerically.
A frightened Frenchman ran into an
areaway at Eighth avenue and Twenty
third street to esSafe tine gang whs
dragged out to the street. punched and
thrown back over the railing in front
Miss Mary Mulqueen, of IS vandam
street had her pocketbook. containing
$40 snatched from her hand.
Policeman Hunt who ran to Forres:
East Second street. Gardner had three
gold chains in his possession when
searched at the station-house.
Mahe rsr'y Of 81 rs sfffe av ATed
Knocked down and his gold watch taker
from him. Several of the gang assault
ed him and he rolled over the pave
mtnt.
He managed to hold one man and
turned him over to Policeman Pepper
ted, of the West Thirty-seventh stree
station. The prisoner Is Peter Toner
nineteen years old of sos West Thirty
Fourth street. No evidence of guilt was
tound on him. He Is well-dressed anC
well-spoken, and says he was simply 6
spectator, and was grabbed by the eX
cited Mr.. Matthews during the strug
gle.
Toner was taken to Jefferson Marke
Court to-day. Although Justice Hogan
was quite certain that he was innocent
he remanded him to give the police {
chance to look into the case.
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