New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-23

,,r,v GENE AT NO 40 HENRY-sr. TUESDAY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF AN ORGANIZED
ec,rvr TO swINDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN
WITH poGus ENTERTAINMENTS.
,,.- hundred children invaded Essex Market
Police Court yesterday morning ana each one CON.
,,.,nod ~ being swindled. Every child had ticket
which read rs follows: ,,-,o, and
c. New he' SIS Tuesday afternoon May a. after
open as pSrya ons nlRnd"s
viii receive present free as remembrance ,c cs
this Overwhelmingly dolls nnses scarfpns rings.
Combination pens. etc Teachers ana ciergy are ,s
yited free Scholars. five cents Adults ten ee''''
ON n back OF the ticket was the programme az
,onnws. "professor Ives slco. the Boy Fly. little
cinderella az inches high Jack the Beans'a'K' anu
punch and Judy" Under the programme was soN'e
nrr,ed matter headed card TO PARENTS one
rara,ranh OF which read This is unanimously ana
officially Endorsed BY the Board OF E'ucd.''" "a
schools in all the leading cities OF America
There was disturbance In New Henry ''.
when the place was opened Tuesday, some sa'u on
oo,,,, ~ the fact that the presents advertised
mora no, distributed. and others because the sho"
as named on the programme was nos given any
low the audience Of fully thousahi 0'''
a,arted TO wreck the hail. and the oppor'u'c al
rival OF Policeman Gallagher. OF the Mau'so'-S'
station was all that prevented riot. henry
&, The proprietor Of the hall: Burke Wood pe''e'
known as Professor Ives. conjurer' Veh'rhoau.s'
etc. Henry T. Ferris of No. AZ East Inn '''"
st. and Thomas Kearney. who iiVes at f'''''o
and the Rowery were arrested The prisoners "er"
arrslrned In the Essex Market Police Court yes'e'
day morning. Friedman was dischsrseu anu ''
others were held for examination
Justice Grady ordered complain, aga'nS' VIC
,bree mon under Section 1858 OF the Penal Code pro-
hiblt.ng the giving OF performance oil any h'''
without n license. 49,.
Edward schoonrnlker. proprietor OF the c'"'
House at Twcnty-nith-st. and Eshth-"'e' '""''
10 the conclusion yesterday afternoon that ne came
near becoming Il victim to the 'hrec sho"'le' WV
hired the hall Tuesday AT No. ~ henFy-S'' vi.
sc,o,rm ker.ad Yesterday afternoon thai three mon
answering the description of these bogus Sno"'
called on him Tuesday and hired his nall ar
fnrmance 10 be given there at $3.50 ociocK "a
,f,nrn"on These men paid A small deposit on me
hall and promised to call asain Yesterday u - -
anu '"{ hon, o'clock Yesterday afternoon hun
Sreds 81 schoochlIdrcn gathered At utah nan;
nm Searins repetition OF the Henry-st hal
wrocing The schooi-chiren were hsnry n' ~ /,
,ha ,hev had earh paid I'VE ten cents for admission
l. tho performance. ana prizes had pr'n Pmnh n
r,cke, II IN, street In fronI OF the hall thas
schoonmaker became alarmed ana s'ms salon
a., haste 10 the West Twentieth 81. ponce std''on' -
.,r,I - policemen We're sent In A hurry 10 the
scene and succeeded IN shGT, time III ''''e'''"S
' The pSliee u he West Thrtieth-s station nave
uhat ihey believe TWO more OF the gang OK
swirdlers that have been vctlmizng sch9o mn, -,
- ,r IN. Eas, SIDE by selling them tickets 10
bo,. "nertanments Yesterday morr,ng De h's,
49, ssr ,no men giving out tickets, at the
y,.. lr,Ie,h st school which Is almost IN 'front.'
W"enh. station, house The tickets purported to be
Tor an entertainment 70 be given tnis ~ a.,
ierrmann's Central Hall. Nos. l7 ana lf' west
The tickets were to be presented at the door win
ov. ar ION cents The children were promisel pres
en,s Of ali sorts from dolls roller skates Yea SOS
s",,fpins and rings bicycles and toy doii-hou
The prisoners gave their names as oscar ntoele anu
60. ~ crane OF Newark. y }. Ihey we're
,aken before Justice Simms In the JeHetson au
- g,urr and at the request Of the detectives were
nnsnanded until to-day II IL asserted by the police
,bar Uerrmann's Hall had not been hired Tor ths
afternoon.