The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-30
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On the southeast corner OF Horstio and
Washington streets there 10 a long row Of Ave
story tenements. which IL called The Fort"
because the rouehs OF the neighborhood al
ways nnd protection there when they are pur-
sued By the police. There are four saloons at
the four corners Of the interesting streets
known AZ The Four Shamrocks."
They are the rendezvous Of rouRhs that In
fest the locality. and from the proximity Of the
Ganssvoort Market Their are called the Market
gang. The members Of the gang are young
men and boys OF the tyne that 10 always ready
to thrash policeman.
Yesterday afternoon. for the first time In
long while. they got chance to crafty their
longing. and as result four OF them are In
cells In the Charles street police station nurs-
ing broken heads. and one policeman is at his
homo bruised. battered. and weary.
The trouble occurred about q o'clock. Half
an hour earlier . cab drove up to one OF the
shamrocks and the driver went In for drink.
Several members OF the Market gang were on
the corner at the time. among them being
John Carroll, alias Cahil. ~ years old,
laborer. and Bill Nichols . bury blacksmith.
both Of whom live at l24 Ganseyoost =. street rec,
loon whom Carroll Jumped, upon the cab. aud.
gathering up the refine. shouted to his COM
Nichols and two others got Inside. Carroll
then whipped up the horse and the cab started
up wsshingt9n street at fnfous Tase n St sSa
shouting. and In few minutes quite q crowd
Carroll drove through all the little lanes
about 0ahzeyoort Market. and then to Thir-
tesnth avenue. all the time urging the horse
In ThirtesnsH avenue the beast became tired.
This enraged Carroll and his friends. who
sse sHR until e they WINS
Then they got into the cab again and drove
up n. esS crossed CROSSE street little
q being ran dow me wHS
cursed them and CONTINUED their mad drive.
showers Of ali Kinds. OF missiles. Resching
drove es DOWN that i sScroa shfsre many blocks
At Eleventh street the csbman met them
Tss snSs @ss
And and would have run MI, the man down had not
%" The csbman p foilowsd his property down the
street yelling stop thief. and Induced bi.
egslst e aid in ths chase A.
around and came back through wsshinstoS
street almost ming oyer the bicycles.
street street to his relieving point Of the Four sham
recks. when woman called his attention to
Perry stood in the middle OF tho street as the
sSsl 20 sU as. SfS ns So
Kicked the horse. and 1t bounded forward with
Perry seized gsdo the bride. and after being
s,:sssd SSSSs hall block brought the horse
no r POI! SsIlisd pesier ' could tsEs him IT,
rushed at Perry PeIr5 gTshbed him by ne
the sround. dragging Perry with him, and the
other three men jumped upon the policeman's
In the meanwhile friends OF the men swarm;
| cd from the Fort" and other tenements, and
"a 4 few minutes . thousand persons were in
- Policemen Murray Perry's relief was in
Out c swfs s% sHy
being KILLED IL to ~. SS
every step. Policemen Walsh. Reilly. Barry,
| Kelly. and several others heard the call, and
with mob throwing things at the lone police
blows on the Reads Of hall q dozen men who
Murray broke throu eh the mob and reached
| Perry Just as CarrolPs brother. Patrick knocked
Perry down with rlRht-handed blow In the
Tine other policemen swung their club. right
and s H. and Oh there T wss d rash ehas
and Carroll were captured. but Perry's other
| tion house where it took an ambulance sur
geon from st; Vincents HOSPITAL half an hour
to patch IN their wounded heads.
Carroll was locked up charged with reckless
| driving and resisting arrest; Nichols for as
saplting an otficer and trying to rescue a
Psrry's legs were raw from his hips to his
| toes his right ankle was snrained by Kick
| from the horse. and his left eye was black;
His uniform was badly torn He was placed
| on sick leave and sent home.
| and Holloway were standing at Washington
and lie, enth streets. when Carroll.s mother
| moment later Pat Carroll sneAked behind
| Murray hit him In the back with stone. and
ran away.
Murray and Holloway pursued and caught
the fugitive at Ganzeyoort street: On the way
| to the station house Mike Mccarthy. alias Red
| Carney. threw . brick at the officers.
| He was pursued and captured mob fol-
lowed the policeman almost to the station
house. showering stones at them all the way.
| The cab was taken TO the station house By a
| citizen. While the police were inside the cab
driver came along. jumped on the seat. and
drove on No one knows who the driver was
or to whom the cab belongs.