Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-19
PUNCHED JUDGE DIVER
He Tried to Thrash Morris Te-
 kulsky Tn a Barroom.
COULD NOT HOLD COURT NEXT DAY.

The President of the New York State Liq-
 uor Dealers Association and the Re-
 nowned Tammany Leader Had Row,
 In Which the Latter Tried to Butt
 NEW YORK, Oct. Io.-Judge r. Div Yer did not hold court yesterday. Ho was In temporary retirement as the result of . slight unplcasantness which took place between him and Morris Tekulsky in tho latter's saloon. 113 Park row. Mir. Div yer, besides being police justice, is leader of the Tammany Hall organization in the Second assembly district. Mir. Tekulsky Is president of the Liquor Dealers asso- citation and was delegate to the recent constitutional convention. He Is also a member of the r. Divver association.
 The Park row saloon was formerly kept by F. Divver himself, but when he went on tho bench about four years ago he de- cided to give up liquor selling and sold the lease. good will and fixtures to Mir Tekulsky. It is said that MT TekulsSy has never been quite satisfied with the terms of his purchase lilo has also op- posed the judge in political matters. For year or two past the two men have not been on the best of terms, although the judge drops into tho saloon occasionally while looking after his political fences. When Mir Divver returned from his trip to California last spring. he charged Mir. Tekulsky with having said some very dis agreeable things about him, which the latter denied, and he has brought the matter up frequently since then.
 Judge Anxious to Fight.
 Wednesday afternoon the judge entered Tckulsky's saloon, and they soon began | discussing politics with great vigor. Tho | stories of what followed vary consitlera- bIy, but arc agreed that Mir. Tokulsky de livered stunning blow on the end of
 Mir. Divers nose. which caused tho blood | to flow freely. Tho judge was anxious to continue the fight, while Mir. Tekulsky was not
 He went out of his saloon to get away from the onraged police justice. who after 1 n time took his departure some of tho | Diyverites take comfort in saying that tho judge cha-ed MT. TekuIsky out of his own saloon. MT. Tekulsky. when he was seen, bore no signs of the fray. At first
 he declined to discuss tho affair, but final | ly made the following statement:
 About o'clock in the afternoon
 came into my store. Judge Divyer was | tht re with some friends drin king at the
 bar spoke to them. They wcre talk
 ing about politics and so on for probably
 an hour. After his friends werc gone the judge and I still stood there talking to-
 gether. He finally brought up the dis
 putc with me about something man had
 told him I said while he was in Califor- | mia. I told him I thought it was about
 time for him to drop that, as the man | whom he gave as his authority denied
 ever saying anything of tho kind. Div
 yer said that he had additional proof in | corrobOration.
 "One night when wo had been disput
 ing about the matter, he said, n man fol | lowed him out of my store and told him
 he would make an affidavit that I had | said SO The man was printer named
 Eugene O 'Rourke, he said. l replied that | l didn't believe word of it and dIdn [
 care a snap of my finger whether ho be-
 lieyed it or not but that would bet him
 a suit of clothes that Eugene O'Rourku
 never said any thing of the kind. Want. d to Butt TekuIsky. Then Divvcr said that if Rourkc | denied 1t he'd give him a licking, and il | he didn't deny it ho d lick me. I told him
 did not think he would lick anybody, and
 turning to my barkeepor told him to put | on his coat and go over 10 Typographical union No and ask where Eugene
 O'Ruurke could bo found. He camo back with the information that he was employ cd on newspaper and could not be found at the time
 Then the judge switched of and said
 that l was always talking about his hay | ing cheated me when bought tho saloon.
 l told him didn't think he had cheated
 me, but that he hadn' treated mo fairly | in tho transaction. One word brought on
 another. and he finally started in and dc | clared fight. We clinchcd. He kicked
 me in the stomach. and I punched him | on the nose. He didn't fall. then held
 him by the lapels of his coat and cxpostu- | lated with him He throw oil his hat and | wanted to butt me I struck him again | in the face and pushed him away. Then | the bnrkeeper took hold of him. and final | ly got away. asked him several times
 to staS and not make n fool of himself At last ho went out of the place himself | l walked out ahead"