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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-09
INSPECTOR FOX NOT AFRAID.
Still Waging War on Vendors of
Spoiled Fruit and Vegetables.
Replies to a Threatening Letter with
Anoth,r Big Raid.

Fruit Inspector Wilson Fox's activity
among the east-side vendors has had the
effect OF making him very much
dreaded and very much hated man.
His efforts to discourage storekeepers,
push-cart and wagon peddiers from sell
ing decayed or tainted fruit and vegeta-
bles by frequent seizures of their entire
stock have met with failure. until now
he has determined to arraign the offend
ers in court for such punishment as the
law directs.
Yesterday Inspector Fox seized zoo
watermelons, 5000 pounds OF fruit and a
Nlarge quantity of vegetables, which he
carted off to the Rutgers and West
Thirtieth street dumps.
The greater portion of the seizure was
taken from Ludigio Derosario. of l33
Stanton street; Nicholas Ditrona of 70
Avenue A: Francesca Sandono. of %
Delaney street, and Isaac Most of 8
Suffolk street. These men have per-
, sisted in selling fruit and vegetables
unfit for use, notwiths landing repeated
warnings from, officers of the Board OF
Health, and yesterday when they were
found doing OUT the tainted stuff they
"''S Gil SS't'. III TsSStN hdIhPt 'OuTt
each was held for trial in Special SEES
sions and was locked up In default of
bail.
About week ago a letter was re-
ceived at the Health Department,
threatening that, unless the raids
ceased, Inspector Fox would be made
to feel the vengeance of those he CON
tlnually harassed. The letter declared
that the vendors were being prosecuted,
that they could expect no justice i'm the
courts, and that, therefore they had
determined to take the law in their own
hands.
Nothing daunted by this threat, Mr..
Fox has kept 1ip the war, and In his turn
yesterday told every vender who didn'
run away at his approach that unless
they gave up dealing in unwholesome
goods they would all be given a vacation
on the island.
Most, one of the prisoners Is said t.
be relative of Herr John Most the
Anarchist, and is also said to be a lis
ciple OF that notorious braggart. II was
he who wrote, or at any rate inspired
the threatening letter. to the Board OF
Health.
Much OF the sickness among the tene.
ment-house children on the east side is
attributed to decayed fruit and bad
vegetables. and the Board of Health is
determined, IL every vender in the dis.
trict Is sent to prison, to break up the
dangerous traffic. 3
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-09
JOHN BEDELL'S SACRIFICE.
The Stern Old LOyaIist Died That HIS
daughter Might We'd HIS Eneny

blood when the skys red" said they in
Bedell was so much an enthusiast that
ne could almost rejoice because his three
stark sons had gained the prize of death
in battle He was too brave to hate the
fighting men he had so often confronted.
But he abhorred the politicians, espe-
cially the intimate civic enemies on
whom he had poured scorn before the
armed struggle began.
More than that he hated Ezra Win
throp the lawyer, arch-revolutlonist, of
their native town, who had never used
a weapon but his tongue. And now his
Ruth, the beloved and only child he had
left to his killed old age, had confessed
her love for Ezra Winthrop's son! They
had been boy and girl, pretty maiden
and bright stripping together. without
the Squire suspecting-he could not, even
now, conceive clearly so wild thing as
their affectionl The confession burned
in his heart like veritable iire-a raging
anguish OF mingled bathing and love.
He stood now gazing at Ruth, dumbly-
his hands cllnched, head sometimes me-
Chemically quivering, anger, hate love,
grief, tumultuous In his soul.
Ruth glanced up--her father seemed
about TO speak-she bowed again, shud-
dering as though the coming words
might kill. Still there wss silence- a
long silence. Bedell stood motionless
poised. breathing hard-the silence op'
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renegade, A rebel against his
King! A black hearted traitor! You dare
10 tell mo that George Winthrop loves
you! Son Of canting, lying Ezra Win
'hrop! by the eternal, I'll shoot him on
sght II he comes this side."
while old John Bedell was speaking he
,ore and flung away a letter. reached for
Ms long rife on its pins above the chin
ney-placc dashed it's butt angrily to the
moor and poured powder into his palm.
FOR heavens mercy, father! You
would not! You could not! The war
over. 1t would be murderv" cried
huth Bedel, sobbing.
wouldn't I?' He poured the powder
'" les, by gracious. quickern I'd kill
iatlesnake" He placed the round
"uiet on the little square of creased rag
"a. the muzzle of his rife. "a rank
na"or-hone and blood OF those who
I've out loyal men!"-he crowded the
e"' iead home. dashed the ramrod into
n r'Ste' looked to the flint--"Rest there,
,b.s ouredeath-wake up for George Win
ap' ana the fierce old man replaced
p anu powder-horn on their pegs.
hasHs hatred for the foes who had
, i'm down King Georges cause and
Nv , the alternative Of confscation
ou,. e oath OF allegiance on the van
nv ~ was considered ferocious even
frontier 'oS"'s's vi lh' niagara
squire Kind o. sees ais boys
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DEFENDED HER SISTER.
Ellen Gillespie Banged Her Broth.
er-in-Law with n Club.

Ellen Gillespie" said Justice Simms,
in the Essex Market Police Court to-
day, "you are charged with assaulting
Edward O'Connor. who is unable to
come to court to prosecute you, on ac-
count of his injuries. What have you
got to say?'
81 have this to say. He deserved
what he got and much more. He is my
brother-in-law. Your Honor, and when
saw him assault his wife-my sister.
the mother of his nine children-T went
to her assistance. and in a struggle that
followed. ! banged him with club"
O'Connor lives with his wife and
children at 739 East Ninth street Po-
liceman Gardner. of the Union Market
police station, stated that the neigh
bors say O'Connor is in the habit of
beating his wife
Mrs. O'Connor was in court and tes-
titled against her husband and in favor
OF her sister. The defendant was dis
charged.
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BADLY Beaten BY 4 GANG.
jacob Thinks a Junk Dealer
Instigated the Assault.
-Four Men Arrested at the Point of
n Revolver.

Policeman Boyer. OF the West sixty
eighth street station. at the point of a
pistol arrested four young toughs at 4
o'clock this morning. They are mem
bers of the "Blun Gang" and at the
hour named assaulted Edward Jacob.
n well-to-do street contractor. living at
1870 West Sixty-fourth street.
The prisoners described themselves
respectively as James Sullivan. twenty
three years old of 81 Leroy street
Philip Brady. aged twenty-four. of 80
Amsterdam avenue: John Smith, same
age, no home, and John McManus,
twenty-five years old, OF 30 West sixty
fourth street.
Some time ago thirty-eight members
of the same gang were raided by the
police and sent to the island. Last
week two others were locked up for
breaking In the door of a private house.
sett Club. His face was frightfully
bruised and cut from the beating he re-
ceived. He says he believes that the
attack upon him was conspiracy,
concocted by John Lowrey, a junk deal
CT, OF SiNty-fourth street. between Tenth
and Eleventh avenues.
jacob got into "A wrangle with Low
rey yesterday. during which they oX-
changed blows. Jacobi says he got the
best OF the. fight. and when they were
separated Lowrey. so Jacob ASSERTS
sworc 10 get even with him. Lowrey.
ii Is claimed, afiiliates with this gang
and knew that 1t was Jacobs custom To
start to work early in the morning.
Jacob has several horses al d trucks
that he stables on the block on which
Lowery resides He no sooner appeared
on the block than, he says, he was ap.
preached by a half dozen OF the gang
who asked him for the price of a pint OF
beer. lie saw through their ruse at once
aud rather than give them a chance tC
hnd fault was on the point of Offering
them some money. Before he had q
chance to do so, however, the ganr
sprang upon him and gave him an un
merciful beating
Fearing that they intended to kill Rim
he screamed at the top OF his voice
Fortunately his cries were answered by
Policeman Boyer, who was on his pos
on the Western Boulevard at the time
At the policemans approach the gant
| scattered, and most Of them fled into q
stable in which Lowery rents a stall.
Boyer went after them, and drawing
his revolver, made them surrender un
der threat OF shooting the first man who
resisted. The policeman made his foul
prisoners march in front of him to tn,
statinn-house. In Yorkville Court thi!
morning the prisoners all claimed tha
/ Jacob had attacked them. McManu,
! and Smith were committed for trial IL
$500 each, and Sullivan and Brady wer,
discharged with a warning. 80.
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A CLERGYMAN'S NEPHEW.
Fined s3 as One of "A Gang Charged
with Insulting Women.

with Insulting women.
Capt. Westervelt. of the East One
Hundred and Fourth street station, has
received a number of anonymous COM
munications from residentns in the
neighbour God OF One Hundred and
Thirteenth street and Park ave-
nue.. complaining OF the lawless-
ness of gang that infest the
archways beneath the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad
tracks. rush the beer. growler" all
night and insult women who may
chance to pass by during the evening
Yesterday the policemen were in
structed to put a stop to the nuisance.
Last night Patrolman McGirr and
several other policemen lay in wait for
the gang and arrested three of the
members. A dozen or more escaped
during the excitement.
The prisoners. on being taken TO the
station-house, gave their name as
stephen Merritt, seventeen years old, OF
1865 Lexington avenue, nephew of the
Rev. Stephen Merritt: Henry Cahiil.
seventeen years old. of n East One
Hundred and Thirteenth street. and
William Black, nineteen years old, Of
81 East One Hundred and Eighth street.
They were locked up.
Capt. Westervelt says he IL bound to
protect the rights of the orderly resi-
dents of his precinct, no matter who
may suffer.
The three prisoners. on being arralgned
before Justice Taintor in the Harlem
Court to-day. admitted that they had
been hanging around the railroad. but
protested their innocence OF having been
drinking beer or OF making any disturb
ance. They were fined 81 each.
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WAS OVERCOME BY ONE DRINK
Why Mrs. Heller Failed to Take
the New London Boat.
Released When Arruigncd with Her
children In Court.

Mrs. Mary Heller. II frail little woman.
old babe In her arms and threc.ycar-
old girl Juggling at her skirt was ar
raigncd before Justice Taiutor in Harlem
Court to-day, charged with being in
toxicatcd last night.
She was arrested on Third avenue by
dred and Sixty-frst street station. lie
says she was staggering about the
street, carrying one Of her children on
her arm and dragged tho other along
the sidewalk Mrs. Heller and the
younger child were taken to the East
one Hundred and Twenty sixth street
station. and placed in charge OF the
matron while the elder child, a pretty.
blonde, bhe-eycd girl, was sent to the
Gerry Society's rooms.
To-day Mrs. Heller said she was taken
Ill on Third avenue yesterday after
noon and purchased drink of whiskey
In drug store. She wcpt while telling
Justice Taintor that she could not
remember anything after drinking the
John Heller her husband. a big
brewery wagon driver appeared in court
and pleaded tearfnlly for his wife's
liberty. He said that they had just
broken up housekeeping, and that big
wife had yesterday started on, with
the children to visit a wealthy sister
In New London, Conn.
Upon promising to see that his wife
was placed on boat Tor New London
this afternoon, she was allowed to 20.
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Father would ovcrtake us. He sNcars
to shoot you on sight. Go. George! Es-
cape Whine YOU can! oh. If he should
find you here!'
We can escape easily. know the forest
weak her face we might Cross here
before he could come up" cried Win
boat was now z distant blotch;
NO no" walled Faith. yet Welding to
his embrace, This Is the last time |
shall see you forever Go. love forever
But he Claspcd her In his strong arms,
kissed impIorng, cheering hcr-and how
should true love choose hopeless renun
citation?
Tempting. defying. reaaininS his lost
ground. drifting down again. trying hard
! Bcdell dalliei with death more closely
| than ever. often he could see the wide,
smooth curve where the green volume
| first lapseS vastly on iazy Slope, "a
shoulder up. below a huge calm billow.
before pitching into The madness OF
waves whose confusion Of tossing and
tortured crests hurrles TO the abyss Tht
afternoon grow towards evening before
he pulled steadily home. crawling away
from the rowers against the cruel green
watching the ominous cloud with some
| such grim humor as II under observation
! by an overpowering but baftied enemy,
Approaching mis- landing shout drew
Redells glance ashore to A group of mer
/ eXCitedly gesticulating. They seemed
| mOtioning him to watch the American
| shore. Turning he saw a boat in mid
! stream, where no craft then on the river
! except his own skin could he safe un.es,
| manned by several good nOwCrs. ONLY
| two oars were fashinS. Bedell could
make out two figures indistinctly. II
! was clear they were doOmed--thouc i
! stll a full mile above the point whence
| he had come, tley were much further oui
| than he whel near the rapiis
! Yet ono life might be saved. Instantly
| Bedelrs bow turned outward. and cheers
! flung TO him from ashore,
At that moment he looked TO his own
landing-place, and saw that his larger
boat was gone. Turning again, he an.
grily recognized II, but kept right on
he must try to rescue even a thief. He
! wondered Ruth had not prevented tho
theft. but had no suspicion Of the truth.
| Always he had refused TO let her go out
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upon the rlver-mortally fearing FOR
her
Thrusting his skin nightly forward
often It glanced, half.whirled by ~.
whclming and spreading spaces Of
water the old Loyalists heart was quit
Of his .pangs, and SAW only with cor.
tauty he must abandon one human soul
10 death. nv the time that lie could
reach .lhr larger boat bis would he too
near The RAPIDS for escape with three.
When George saw Rslell in pursuit ~
bent To his nsh iAdcs more strongly,
and Ruth, trembling TO remember her
IN Tiers threats, urged her lover Ia
speed. They feared the purucr only,
quite unconscious that they were In the
remorseless grasp Of the river Ruth
had SO often seen her father far lower
down than they had yet driftcd that Sh"
did not realize the truth, and Georg"
lust arrived from n distant district WAS
unaware Of the long C1taracts above the
falls.
He WAS also deceived by the stream 5
treachcruus sm"uthn"sS, and, instead ni
half upward, pulled straight across, rs
N certainly ahl. t. land any wher" ne
might touch thn American shore.
BcdeIl looked over his shoulder often
when he distinguished a woman, he pui
on moro force. hut slaCkcrrd soon. The
pull home would taN his endurance, u"
to know that one VIZ woman, hc had
been anticipating trouble with two Zen
equally bent ON beiES saved. luAl lh'
man would abandon himself braN"lS,
he beinp brave. scarcely doubted.
For awhile h. Thought ~ pulling with
the woman to the American shore, more
easily to be gained from the point where
the rescue must occur Bur 10 VCloHt'd
I the plan. confident he could win back
for he had sworn never To- set foot uIi
that soil Had n hacn pnssinl" tn save
both he would have he"r forced despite
his vow. but the SPUR" knew that WAS
impossible three would overload hi.
boat beyond eS ape.
Having carefully studied IauGnarls
for his position, Bedell tu~n"i L. ioOh
in at the doomed boat. At that glance
well-known ribbon caught his atten'
ton. Then the old uua dropped ms
oars, confused with horror, My God
my God, its Ruth he CRED and the
whole truth came with another look
Tor he had not forgotten ti"Crgc Win,
throp.
Nour father stops, Ruth, Perhaps
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he is in pnin," suggested George to the
quakinG girl
What can it be-" she cried, Glial love
returning overmaSterinSlE.
Perhaps he is only. tired George
affected carelCSsness, his nIst thought
being To secure his bride, and pulled
hard away to get all advantag" from
bodclls stop.
Fired Ito gr IN danger Of tn" falls.
thcu"' screamed Ruth. stop Turn
Back to him"
Winthrop instantly prepared 10 obey,
Yes, darling" h. said. we must not
thnk Of ourselves We must 20 back "a
gave him" Vet his WAS a sore grudn AT
turning: what duty ordered was - hard
he must give M his love for the sake
Of this enemy
KAT wlrilc Winthrop was sun pulling
round m" old I,rNlii resumed roWlng
with = more rapid stroke that sool
hruu@ht him ALONGSIDE.
Iu those moments of waiting all Re-
drlls NJ his personal hatreds, his
loves. Nts sorrows, had been reviewed
lof'r" Bis soul lie htd seen again his
sons. the lain IN battle, IN the pride Of
their roUUg might, and the gentle eyes
Of Ruth hal pleaded with him b"ne III
h's dead vice. brow. How poor seemed
hdt.-hor mean aud poor seemed all u'i'
Love and Loyalty! Yes. for he has
nal too, and stool @ TRIVIAL creature
before he Aimigh;y, Knowing his 'pesU
iug Wherefore resolution and Ge,I
p"src hal como upon AZ" "uu.
THoy wondered ~ h'H look. 10 y'r,r
MAS Their" che OLD eyes ~aio oI'a ,".
loving. IL gentle smile Hi"terni about hi
lips only that zee waH very pale. Eu,l
would hove 'e'0 Wholly had ,ar i9,
happy "haNcr
"ForgiNo me. f8INHr." aro C''ri, a n,
laid hand on their hott.
Il d.. nay chile" rr answered com,
now without an Instant dgltg. 10 Two. .
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HARD on MAILMAN.
Had to Patrol His Beat with a TEN.
/, pOrariIy Deserted baby.

Policeman Hallinan, of the Elizabeth
custodian of a small Italian baby for
while this morning, much to the
amusement of passers-by and his fellow
policemen.
Mailman was keeping order at the
push-cart market that Is held every
morning at Bayard and Mulberry streets.
One vcnder was trying to sell of the
last few heads of "A cart-load Of lettuce.
An Italian woman, carrying a baby,
walked w and held a familiar chat with
the huckster She wound UP by setting
the baby on the clear space Of the truck
and rushing off as though the agree
ment was that she should return
promptly.
She had been gone five minutes and
the last of the stock was sold, when an
Italian rushed into the crowd shouting
out the announcement that there Was a
scow OF damaged cabbages somewhere
down on the water front This IS com,
market was broken up in flash, the
marketmen putting off with heir carts
for the prospective golconda on run.
The huckster with the baby disposed
OF his charge by the simple process Of
setting 1t on the curbstone. The street
was cleared OF all save the policeman
and the baby.
upon 1t curiousy. ks the little thing
seemed bent upon getting down into the
street, where 1t might bc run over Hal
Imam finally determined TO pick It up.
This he did In that graceful manner
so comfortable to babies which men in
experienced have in handling those ten
der objects. He was sure the mother
would be back in a minute. so he hoisted
the baby up on his shoulder and paraded
around. chasing boys Off the fire plug
and ordering off the scene those curious
people who wanted to make sport OF
h!r.
He had quarter OF an hour OF this
experience and was about ready to take
his charge to the station, when, the he
lated mother arrived. She snatched the
baby out of his arms, said something of
a very savage tone In Italian, and posted
off. That was his thanks. , - b.
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skin. His imperative gentleness had So
cured his object without loss Of time.
and the boats were apart with VIM
'nT%Sp row Row 70 for P her life to wonder
shore' Bow well up Away! or the falls
will have her.
"Rut YOU" cried Winthrop bending
Vel he did not comprehend Bedelrs
meaning. TIL the last the old man had
spoken without excitement. Dread OF
Vas supreme in his thoughts and he took
the Squire's order for one of exaggerated
alarm.
ways. my blessing is freely given upon
God bless and keep you forevs1s
father cried Ruth, from the distanoA
as her lover pulled away.
T.sy landed. conscious of having
passed a swift current. indeed: but quite,
unthipking Of the price paid for their
i.6Sking back OH the darkllng river.
they saw nothing Of the old man.
Poor father" sighed Ruth; how
kind he was! In sore-hearted for think
inI, of him ut home, so lonely.
I,cft alone, Bedel stretched with the
long. heavy oars for his own shore.
masking appearance of strong exeruon.
uut when be no lonsfr, feared ,hh nr thsy
Str.diug. aud Vuiulv, to his aid, ne
dragS 80 the boat slowly, watching her
swift DRIFT down-down towards the
iuH"riG az mist.
r}.an . he fazsa 1t the cloud, rising
Z. 10 80 ..'u'l volumes. came thouglt
.ru3"Nf ~" L-ya.ist gJ.rl In an Instant
rNers'ftor he n!,lci siat ny. 3? weriu l;
rur~p~ts. c,Usiier.Dg always their trend
10 g.. iIcn his own shore. Half an hour
hti 700 % "'C.~ 10 2sain dr9pped ~ INTO
Us ~ urrnr I'D between him ana ~
U'.' ~ 'hH Nr,Cr'caO fan.
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IN THE WORLD OF LABOR.

The HEADQUARTERS OF the Actors Protective
Union has been removed to Union square.
william Fitzgerald is the new Secretary OF
Journeymen Horseshoers Local Union No. bo.
Paul Schmidt and r. Foedsch have been elected
Trustees Of United Machinists Union No. ~
The cigar-makers who went on strike at BOu-
dIss factory First avenue last January. are
still out.
Harry Melsel. Robert Winston and II. Palmer
have been added to the Central Labor Union 5
Labor Day Picnic Committee by the MISCELLANEOUS
Section.
Depew Lodge No. s2s, NJ the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers, has elected j. b. Donovan,
Chief; J. 4. Farrell. Assistant Engineer; A. s.
Keep, Inspector.
These officers have been elected by the Anal
gamated Pressmen's Union: !, r. Moran, Presi-
dent II. McGoin and W Scott, Vice Presidents
r. Mccain and j. Smith. Secretaries; p. Ma
honey, Treasurer.
The officers elected by Bakers Union No,
are John Nickerl, President; q. Gronow. Vice
President e. Rau. Recording Secretary; W.
Herman, Corresponding Secretary: Y. HNrS-
becker Financial Secretary; NJ. Fiavin Treas
urer.
The Lsborers Union Protective Society ha.
NJ its General Council Next Tuesday com.
violation ny the Master Builders Association
If its agreement with the Society and the local
brickayers' unions are to he requested to co.
operate with the laborers in making the bosses
keep their contract.