The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-19
rIOy. AND SIXTY PRISONERS.
,,,,1E IrALY ENJOrs IHoRoUeBLY
A BRIGHT SUNDAY.

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Tai. . Hand To, and Clubs Are Tr--p..
osms OF craps in Little Italy yesterday
...,noon was the original cause OF a riot that
ANIMATED in serious injuries to two police
- and two Italians, and in the arrest OF
80, Italians who spent the night In the East
inch street station house and will be ar
,.,gned in the Harlem Court this morning.
~, crap game began on First avenue. between
Iio,h and 1l3th streets. at little bsfore0
,.lock. and ended a few minutes later upon
An. arriyal OF Policemen Hugh Mofiett. Michael
e,rysy. and Robert A. Johnson. who had been
S.,aIled In plain clothes to break up crap
shootine on First avenue. concerning which
u,ny complaints had been made.
rnder ordinary conditions the arrival OF the
.sac.rs and the capture ofths crap shooters
vould have caused no more disturbance than
s,sv curses from the friends Of the youthful
..mbl.rs But on Sunday afternoon Little
i,.ly. having nothing else to do. gets drunk.
and on a bright Sunday afternoon. such as
,,.,srday. which was Palm Sunday into the
hars,ip. all the inhabitants sit on their door
st,ps or loaf about the corners. and. under the
inausnce OF very cheap and flery whiskey. are
ready for light
Those we're the conditions yesterday when
ths three plain clothes men arrived. The
shosmaksrs boz. who was winner In the
game. had Just thrown an eleven and was
reaching for the stakes when Policeman Moi
felt reached for him. At the same time John
son and Garvey gathered in several other
youthful gamblers. Now there Is at least one
English phrase which 10 understood through
cat the length and breadth OF Little Italy.
NJ .ho.m n L ar son made use OF it:
-Chsess 1t. the cops" he yelled at the top OF
his voice.
This orr usually acts as . warning. but YES
tsrday Il proved to be call to battle. From
,ysry tenement house door poured italian
msu. women. and children. Those who were
already on the steps were running toward the
ever might serve as q weapon or q missile.
Among the fret to reach the police was the
What you do Wit my brotherr he de-
we are police oIlcers-. Get out OF the way
before s"s he had finished speaking there vssa
nS tBs Il tpoubis was in store for them reached
sas S %hU hsa sSSEss him IL tss aes
johnson staggered back. and the two boys
a. hs T hs Hat q AZ. bis
the crowd. scattering the Italians right and
s woman anS SS broom ad is The
pounding tina oficer over the head. While
i IONS. with drawn clubs. were fighting back to
back against big odds.
The two policemen. cllnging to their prison.
ers, had sndeayored TO force their WAY through
Struck Monet on The head: 4. the 50 me In
&c: s7i SsI ss ssss:r red shirt brought
Never mind s shs ,ssis:s ssisd Nsnets 70 his
sS sNip an ~. act gut your club We've got
Both mon drospsd their prisoners. who
spt @ eifcle but Only o9 %i sss,s
Thsred -bhirted man was knocked dnown by Q
Er 81 Is. knee. sd him I'm; and No threw
him heavily. The mob was upon Garvey In an
and h: sSsa fna ". sst qo IN;
.haii dozen Of the mob elinging to him like
Gsry.y i big. powerful man. and h. shook
al% Sm Tree ~ great ,ISrs man 10 front
bis billy was .plintered By blow from . club:
R.shi I tho broken weapon into ~ The face Of
vresisd the club away from him and fouEhton
f:t :m GS. i - sss s 81 81: Eli
wonse.
% s % an sS A. fs
onieer. Mofrett bent forward and the blade
I.a.hed the back 81 his neck at such an angle
e1O and the mob rushed In on him. How he
rstnsr had BEEN BEEN sspsrstsd from him 81 he
ipTti ST:i across the street; .,...,. .,s
tIsss, were rainsd ON him from ali sides and.
d s L: f foush hs n .H on
v. 4! away Was the blind wall q soda "a
,. Get 70 t6s w.ll" sa.psd Gsrysy a. Mot...
ssf.:A; a.. HIN We can have ,s@ ~ in front
4. crowd hrsd Pistol. Ieiistt pull led out he
Inc mob isii back. and Monet. poi atine bis
Ssapon toward the ground. fred . shot In the
ASRs Of summoning assIstance.
.ueesssiully terminsted his hight with the
nan and woman In the hallway and had made
ssa .a out 70 assi.. Ris so%psSioas b. ri.
I'M the street Was fairly warming with
70 the other Oiiiesfs. and step By step they
.sd stone. to 1l2th street where they turned
hta two prisoners
Ad a:s1 Tin "a man had run e the stssios
Italians were killing two policemen on First
n.s auS S,S The srs,srys squad OF twenty-foSr
ai.s minutes alter the row was over. When
ne mob saw them coming 1t broke and ran.
hsslJ. '--
,,IhsTs we're many broken heads in Little
nsly last night. For a moment the Italians
dS a stand At the corner Of 10th street. but
s @i police charged. and. after dsliyerinG .
,ogileJ Of rocks the crowd scattered aud sought
''lIgS IN hAllwaIs and up the side streets.
JobsadD we're made prisoners Policeman
Se house house. identifying some OF, them as hav-
oesn In the light One OF them. Yincenzo
b.Rso BY pane the police say vas the rine-
az 49, rSided the saloons at $40 East 18th street
s sna ~ Fast ll4th street. and arrested a
ssmosr Of men. including the propr.stors. who
charged with violating the excise law;
hmhsn the roundup was made In the station
oS USse was found that there were sixty pTis-
KsnsS TWO otthem, Francesca ComRnehe and
heblo baneo, were so badly injured about
hsad that they were sent 20 the Harlem
I saIpHa In an ambulance. Ambulance Sur
ts yS neid dressed the wounds Of Policemen
,hsy were badly bruised and cut about the
ana lace especially Monstt, and had
800 hlcked and trAmple severely They were
bone Bianeo. the alleged rinKleadss.
" The head.