Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-06
THE STlLETTO AND RAZOR
Burlington Hawlseye.

wholesale rlotous demonstrations In
which they indulge on the slightest
provocation.
The great American Vox POpuli Will
hesitate before ii opens It's arms and
offers to clasp to It's warm bosom the
beetle-browed bandit who is always
looking around for a riot. row or
rumpus that needs starting; particu-
larry II the aforesaid unattractive exile
carries in addition TO a razor and sew
al stilettos, garllc-laden breath.
and a choice assortment OF smallpox
germs, with all OF which discrepancies
the lower grade Of Italians Is supposed
to be copiously endowed.
The educated Italian residents Of
New York are as nice ladies and gem
tlemen as those of any other race or
nationality. Among the middle class
the proportion Of worthy citizens Is as
large as that OF any other element of
our cosmopolitan population. but the
Litgny should be amended tc include,
along with battle. murder and sudden
death. the lower order OF Italians ns
one Of the evils from which we should
pray to be preserved.
The particular riot to which ] refer
occurred q few SUNDAYS ago. in what Is
called Little Italy In the upper part
OF New York. in what is known as
Harlem. There are number Of blocks
OF tenement houses In Little Italy"
that are SO completely cOngested with
these most Objectionable tenants that
1t Is hard to understand how they all
got In without the aid OF hydraulic ma
chinery OF the most powerful kind.
Just at this season of the year. when
the bnlmy spring weather has started
the asparnguB and Precipitation lit
tlf, the inhabitants of these rookcrlcs
overflow Into the streets, where they
coagulate, as II We're. on the sidewalks
IN groups, there to defy the ptess ara
the pulpit by shooting craps"
Nobody can take a glimpse 4 those
denizens Of Little Italy without rrallg.
ing the necessity Of law forbidding
aliens to hold and convey real estate
IL is but little eNaggeratlon to say that
these sons Of toll are simultaneously
tons OF soil.
But TO resume The police deter.
mined 10 Introduce some novelties into
the open air crap tournaments, Ac-
cordlnsly ON Sunday afternoon four in.
hocent looking policemen, disguised az
gentlemen. they being In citizens
clothes, blended with the malolorpus
fringe Of spectators that surrounded
the crap shooters. Unexpectedly, the
minions Of the law reached out md
culled ripe Calabrlan Gran player
AS New York has no system of patrol
wagons, the officers started out on foot
with their prisoners, hnndllng them
somewhat after the manner OF the bag.
EAee sinashcr tunlng down refractory
Saratoga trunk, although the trunk
never talks like n Guinea hen and does
not try to mastlCate the baggage
smashers thumb, as did several of
the prisoners.
An excited mob followed, gesticulat.
i hn Ike eonsressmen whose veraclty
mas been impeached. Pretty soon the
attention Of the officers was called 10
the frequency with which nssortpd
sizes OF powders, waited by unseen
hhnls, bounced on their persons. Our
OF the prisoners hit the guardian nm.
gel. TO whom he was attached for in.
uleial purposes, a resouuding whacl5
anu shouung something In Latin To-
us friends, tried to break loose from
the officer. He might as well have
tried to shake OFT a porous nIaste,.
Then the pursuing mob raised IN veil
ns II all the tiends had ppnled thr
banner cry Of that tropical locality in
regard 20 the actual existence Of which
Col lngersoll is SO iucredulous I'm his
lectures one swarthy Italian poised
powder ana promised to brain ono
or the policemen who turned over lis
prisoner TO brother cop and raised n
fender. VIC VI
In an instant the officers we're I'm IN.
center OF surging mass They wart
Knocked down, kicked, beaten and
sinshed, FOR ra2ors, knives. clubs. MIS-
tols ana bricks We're utilized by the
hssullants That these four ofucors
were not knocked into carly graves 10
looked upon AS miracle. They coui1
not have been treated with prcnT,,
brutality II they had been In the storm
tFnteI OF u cyclone, or college foot.
bah team.
Fortunately a publlc-splrlted clifton
slrolled INTO the station house, and
during the conversation he held Win
the captain he mentioned incidentaii,'
me enthusiasm uf the mob ana tbe
probable vacancies on the force nh
captain exclaimed: A"e
what my men being murdered Ia.
those devils! Sergeant take tho on.
tlre platoon and 20 TO the rescue as
suddenly as possible"
As II was near the hour vbo, a..
police are relieved the station house
was run OF men A platoon of FORTY.
slN men appeared lust as the detectives
We're going down for the last time
Then the conyentinn was onnr ,,,
business. The rioters We're rebnl,sd
even as the wayward CARPET IL ctos
h ny ~, u steain-wielded patent Garnet
peater The air was saturated MN
lying missiles, Including nunor,,,,,,
Etruscan diatrlbes. which were b,,r,u5
AT the visiting police MANY ~ ~
missiles We're thrown from the 49,.
ana windows OF the housed nv ,,bo, a.
hunorously called the weaker ss, ~
As might be expected. most Of H.
tributes bore wide OF the mnrls ~,
caused dismal howls to ascend sr ",,u
Hhe ranks OF the rioters Instead
aimed. " 'neS Were
=, one OF the leaders OF tho rtotar, l..
the rear OF the fight, while fssii,, ~
ttNplNef with fresh cartridges y,,ass
terrupted by flatiron hurled nt ~ ~,
poice from a fourth-story ,yind",,. Nv ~
uerN-halred admirer OF tho s,,er',.',s
bellum. vi the cere-
As is alwaya the result whom p,,
Veckroach undertakes To dIsnnto ,,,,.S
me once cat, the Italian rinters WIN
.uS worst OF II. although most ~, ~
ponce sustained Injuries M on ny
" ehother, Half dozen m tbs,,, , n'uu
oltIeh on their hands. and in ort 80
way plhces, and had 10 hay,a ~
WOUNDS oauterized. Forty-siv Itottai
W OF fem battered and brulsaS ' ,,'l.s
tuNen 10 the station house hasia "t'e
iiumDer that We're consirned
hospitals All the prisoners we
az ned with revolvers. stilettos "e
sYrs' anu some were provided MY ~,
Inree: The station house rssa,,'t III all
lelu hospital during war ~, w a
me surgeons We're kept busv nuurs
UP scalp wounds. Three OF M ,sse,wlns |
,wers 50 badly injured that tbe,. iiuli ,s
ve sent In ambulances IN tbo INV INV 70