The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-21

With view to finding out what
in the toughest regions Ia
like. the reporter went to headq uarters
and asked one of Byrnes' oldest aud
most trusted detectives to tell him
some OF his experiences In taking
stunning parties about In the region
east OF the Bowery.
Its good while now since I've
done any of that business" said the
detective. ''and there was never much
of 1. done anyway over East, except
la Rivington and Essex streets. where
the big teneInents are. There's very
few that we take around Cherry Hill
and alleys. It's too tough for ladies'
and for most men. One of the last
parties took through there was three
young men who were going to do mis-
eionary work. They were ministers
and wanted to SEQ what life we like
where it's least worth living, 30 took
them down to Double alley. That's a
twelve-foot wide street. about two
hundred feet long. aud hedged In by
eight-story tenements. 1t runs OF
Cherry street, and 1t furnishes more
crime and violence to the square inch
than any other place In New York
with the possible exception of Single
larey. which is near by.
VI course We attracted attention
there. The urchiDs yelled at us. the
loafers scowied at us. and unkempt
hags stuck their heads out of windows
overhead and made unpleasant COM
ments- We paid ho attention One
can't afford TO 10 squeamiHh In Double
alley. The young ministers, however.
began to look rather uncomfortable
and l reckoned they were getting
scared and wished they'd stayed at
home. That wasn't their kind, though,
SIS found out pretty quickly. When
we got pretty near to the end OF the
place We heard terrific bowling and
yelling In one Of the houses. There
were cries of Murder = and Help =
mingled with curses and groans.
1t was characteristic Cherry Hill
row from all indications. In
u minute out staggered drunken
woman. her forehead bleeding pro
iusely from a cash made by some
shGrp instrument, Close after her
came big. burly long -shoreman
hrandishiDg bottle. He reached the
woman and brought tho bottle down
on her head with terrible force. stretch
Ing her to the pavement. Then he be-
gan kicking her. ] started for him, but
one OF the young mpi was before me.
lie hit the longshoreman just once.
nEd that was enough. The man went
down like a fog
Then there was the devil to pay.
half dozen zig ruffluns poured out
oil the doorway and made for the min.
hter. He knocSed the first one of
with him. by this time |
md the other two were taking u hand
IN 1t. There was nothing sacred about
those fellows then. afterwards found
out that they had all been football
players In college. They fought like
devils, ana with ths odds against us,
We cleaned out that gang In huff a
minute. A couple OF policemen came
running In and three OF tho roughs
were arrested.
The woman went to the hospital,
where 1t was found that she was
only slightly injured. Skulls are
thick in double alley. Our party
was little the worse for wenr. My hat
ministers had his coat half torn OIL.
another lost his spectacles and the
use OF one ego. while tho
chap that had waded In first was wip.
ing the blood from his face and nurs-
ing n spralncu thumb. When he said
good night to me he Remarked:
his eSpei Ienco has been n lesson
TO me. l was going to China us a mis-
sioHHry, but II l can judge by what
I've seen tonight there ID plenty of
room tor nlssion WORK right here In
this city and l think I'll stay here
l hen hs hesltated u minute aud added
In tone OF unministerial eAultation:
But didn't We clear out that crowd In
great shapeT told him l thought we
ldld. That man has been doing good
n N nj lta it,y.,f iva
then and China has lost good mis-.
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