New-York tribune., 1895-12-16

were not skaters made Van Cortlandt their oD-
tective point.
1t was just about o'clock In the afternoon
when Park Commissioner Mcmillan appeared
and fearing that there might be an accideh'
owing to the ice not being strong enough 10
hold the enormous crowd, gave orders 10 ser
geant England TO have the public quit for the
day.
THE ICE BEGAN TO SHAKE.
The police calculated that at that time more
than 1000 persons had visited the lake for the
purpose Of skating and that the ice had become
an inch thinner than it was In the morning
one Of the policemen standing directly opposite
the police station noticed that the Ice hau losl
its firmness. and that II began to shake ser
geant Englands order that everybody shouiu
leave the ice was not obeyed. and the skaters
only laughed at the police. and scurred away
toward the other end OF the lake. y large pody
of them numbering possibly 800, gathered al ire
point where the wavering Of the ice was nonceu'
and proclaimed loudly that they would skate
until they got tired. All this time the condi-
ton of the ice grew more dangerous. and II was
evident that disaster would have happened
unless the skating discontnued. The nine
policemen under command of the sergeant as
sembled in a body and made a charge on the
crowd with the intention Of driving them To the
shore Most of the women when they saw the
nolice advance became frightened and quit the
ice but a large body of the men and boys eX-
pressed their determination 10 remain where
they were. when the police walked toward
them they skirted away and returned as de-
fant ever.
A crowd Of young men seemed anxious to Gre
ate trouble and, leading large number of the
skaters. yelled; Come on. boys let's have all
the fun we want"
The police made three attempts to carry out
the order and failed. Then the sergeant seeing
he was to have trouble. sent in call to the
Kingsbridge station for reserves. The patr"
wagon. with four men and a mounted police
man, was dispatched from Kingsbridge to the
lake
scene It took nearly hour to clear
the ice and the nGlice had to arrest four If the,
most obstreperous on charge Of disorderly con-
duct and had them locked up These men were
Henry Frank. eighteen years old. CLERK living
at No. 20S East One-hundred- -and-twenty-
enth-st.; Arthur Hermann, tWenty-one years old,
a clerk of No 207 EdgecOmbe-ave. Edward
Doherty florist Of No. .42 East One-hundred-
and Twenty -ninth-st. and Rudolph Duff seven
teen years clerk of No. p Prince-St Doherty
and Duff were discharged finally, but hermann
and Frank were held in $500 bail each
Another brush between the sparrow guardians
the Conservatory Lake in Central Park. horde
of small boys and girls had invaded the ParK
from the East Side. and being disappointed AT
finding that no skating was allowed on any or
the lakes proceeded 10 make general nuisance
of themselves. racing over the meadows ana
along the asphalt paths, making al the noise
their young and usty lungs would let theill.
A gang Of the "toughest"-and there were
some hickory knobs among the crowd-made Tor
the Conservatory Lake and had soon fine slide
cut ont. The example was infectious ana soon
ipl=
direction and the two policemen on duty on that
post had all they could do To drive off the tres
passers. ~
not probable that there will be any to-day. The
lower pond at Fifty-ninth-st. and Harlem Mere
will be the first 10 be opered. Unless thaw
sets in there will be skating to-day in van
Cortlandt and Crotona parks. The crowd going
to those places Will be less than half OF that
which focked to Van COrtlandt yesterday ana
with the diminished number there Will be no
danger of an accident
4 RACE AFTER \ TANDEM BICYCLE.
Mounted officer Smith. in Central Park. had
to try the mettle Of his horse In the afternoon.
Two young men, Herbert Rosenstein and Samuei
Foley were the proud -possessors of "A tandem
bcvcle and as the circular drive round the NeD-
ster monument at West SeVenty-second-st was
lined by big crowd Of people VINO hau hoPvu
to have spent the afternoon in skating thr
young men thought ii was a good opportunity 10
''show off" their skill. They went round the
circle at breakneck speed some three times "heh
Smith ordered them To pull up. Not pi' ol ~, II.
They sped away up the West Drive with SHllh
in close pursuit and he gradually gained on ihe
mon Rosenstein Jumped off the wheel and was
easily captured and Foley was also soon dragged
in Thev will have an interview with the MaBis-
trate AT Yorkville Police Court this morning.
The splendid condition OF the roads tempted
every one who had a wheel 70 60 out Tor
spin through the Park and away up n"rthWaru
Not all returned home as sound IN Done ana
tiee,ie as when they started. \ hgnt wagon
driven by c. Barnes OF No. S66 First-aVe 10
which was hltched q spirited horse. caused
rIous accident Morris Trassman, OF NO.
o1l East Sixty -ninth-st.. was riding his wheeI
up the East Drive and did not near tne
light wagon coming furiously toward him. he
was struck In the back. badly cut about the
head and neck and his wheel destroyed peNohd
any chance of repair IT absolutely Knocked
into "A cooked hat" Another man VINO came to
grief was Thomas WentZ. thirty-seNen years old
of No 32S East Seventy -seventh-st, VINO fei
from his bicycle at One-hundred- and -slXth-st
and Fifth-ave He injured his right knee sefl-
ouslv and was attended by an ambulance sur
eeon and finally ne drove homo in q carriage
At $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mounted
Officer Cavanagh saw a horse attached 10 a
light wagon going south on Riverside Drive at
n furious pacl. The drive was crowded win
vehicles at the time. but William l.. Wletts,
OF No Great Jones-st.. who was driving tne
horse AT the time he became unmanagapie ulu
his utmost to keep from cOding with any
vehicles in which he quite successful Al
Eighty -ninth-st. Cavanagh caught up with the
horse hut as he reached out 10 grasp the bride
rein the horse SHE'D from him and then plunged
ahead again Four blocks further down the
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