Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-08-07
Wife BEATER M0BBED.
Rescued by the Police From an
Indignant Crowd.
NARROWLY AvoIDL0 A LYNOHING.
A Mob Fought stubbornly with the Police
Reserves In Its Easerness to Punish a
Brutal Long Island City Saloon Keeper.
Shots Fired and stones Thrown.

LONG ISLAND CITY, y. Y, Aug. T.
There was a good sized disturbance, which
almost ended in n riot, in that section of
this city known as Steinway Pistols were
hourished by the police to save u prisoner
from death and to keep the leader of the
rioters from being rescued. John Weibert,
who keeps a small saloon ut the corner OF
Ninth and Woolsey avenues. has been in
the habit of beating his wife Late last
night the neighborhood was aroused by
cries for help issuing from the saloon. The
voice was that of Mrs weibert. An Off
Ger came up, but found the saloon locked.
Weibert saw the policeman trying to get
in and ordered him away. The officer paid
no attention to the command until he saw
that only n single thickness of glass sep
arated him from n pistol aimed at him.
Then he sent n hurry call for the reserves.
Sergeant Darcy OF the First precinct re-
sponded with all the men on duty at the
station house and all he could gather on
the way to the scene of the trouble.
shot Through the Windows.
1t was a half hour before the reserves
arrived and during that time Weibert re-
sumed the beating OF his wife. She
screamed and cried for help, saying she
was being killed. This made the crowd
wild, and the single officer had all he
could do to keep the crowd from breaking
and contcnted themselves with shying a
few stones through the windows of tho
saloon. Some of them had revolvers, and
bullets followed the stones. weibert TO
piled by shooting through the windows Mt
the crowd When the reserves came, Oar
cy parleycd with the saloon keeper He
finally induced him 20 surrender. Ho was
promised protection from the mob. Some
one had got n rope in the meantime and
-. IL
ambulance from the Astoria hospital was
summoned, and when it arrived Mrs. Wei
bert was carried out and sent away. Her
husband then accompanied Sergeant Oar
cy. His appearance in the street was the
signal for a renewal of the disorder. The
crowd tried to get at the prisoner and
were held back only by the use of the po-
lice clubs. Sergeant Darcy detailed two
of his men to guard the saloon and start
ed for Astoria.
The main body. with the prisoner in
their midst. had not gone far when the
crowd closed in again. Sergeant Darcy
made a speech, In which he asked the mob
to disperse. This quieted things for n
space, and then the crowd came on holder
than ever. This time several OF the po-
lico were struck.
Mob Was Persistent.
Darcy drew his revolver, and the crowd
fell back. 1t renewed the attack at once,
and this time all the police drew their
| revolvers. The crowd did not seem awed
by this and pressed closer. detail
charged on the mob and used the heavy
night sticks freely. Some one fired n shot
| from the crowd, and for time IL looked
as though the police would be wiped out.
The clubs finally had the desired effect.
and after n hard running fight the Astoria
station was reached. The police then ar
rested the man who appeared TO be lead
| ing the mob. This inccnsed the crowd
still more, and again the night sticks had
| to DO called into use. The two prisoner,
We're finally landed in the station house,
and the mob dispersed.
Mrs. wsibert Is In IA serious condition
! Her head Is cut, and her body and limb.
are full of bruises. The two prisoner.
were locked up Tho saloon is a wreck
and looks as though a battle had been
fought in 1t. The two officers there vert
not molcsted last night, although 1t wa.
feared they would be.