The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-22
HADTHER REVENGE
EXC, TING END OF A 5 CENT SHOW
IN NEW YORK.
Children Wreck a Hall-Drive the Show
men Into a Ceilar-Turn q Policeman
Out and Generally Break Everything
They Can.

Out and Generally Break Everything
They Can.
Eight hundred east side school children,
snraged over being swindled out of cents
apiece, tore the interior decorations Of the
new Henry hall, at 10 Henry street. New
York, to pieces the other day. They also
ripped down the stage in the hall, smash
I'd every window in the place, broke chairs
and did other damage amounting in all
to about $500.
The first officer on the scene was Police
man GALLAGHER. He thought he would
have an easy time calming the youngsters,
but it didn't take him more than 80 sec
onds to find out his mistake The children
charged on him fiercely He was forced
put into the hallway and then to the front
uoop, and before he knew it he was out
Oh the sidewalk again.
For nearly week past the three men
who gave the entertainment posted them
selves outside of the schools and distribut-
I'd cards which announced grand biiou
entertainment at the new Henry hall at
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. Admission
was 5 cents for children and 10 cents for
adults
Schoolteachers and the clergy were in
fitted to attend gratis, and on the back OF
she circulars was printed an elaborate pro-
Erammc of the affair. The bill included
Professor Ives, who was described as the
greatest exponent of magic and mesmer-
SIN alive; Sico, the boy fly, who would dis
appear and then reappear before the eyes
Of the audience; Little Cinderella, 30 years
bid and ~ inches high. of whom the pro-
gramme stated, Nothing gives her great
sr pleasure than to sing and tell funny sto-
lies TO the little ones" Jack, the Bean
stalk, described as a button buster" and
Punch and Judy show
What caught the children more than any
thing else was the declaration on the cir
iulars that each child who attended the
performance would receive a handsome
present free. The presents mentioned were
aolls, roller skates, ice skates, sleds, auto
graph albums, scarfpinS, rings, combina-
lion pens and a variety of other things. All
ihe week the children have been telling
zach other what they We're going TO do with
their presents when they got them.
The doors of the new Henry hall were
thrown open at $50 O'Clock At o'clock
The place was packed to its utmost capaci-
", and the three men who had been at the
door selling tickets had bag full of nick
els. The trouble began almost immedi-
ately. Instead of the elaborate presents
mentioned in the circulars, each child, as
he or she entered the hall, received brass
ring of the sort that come in penny chew
ing gum packages, and the youngsters were
angry. There were about 500 of them in
the hall. \ third of the number were girls,
and none was more than II years old.
They were getting pretty well worked
up when small man, with a clean shaw
en- head and face, came out on the stage
and held up his hand for silence
Now Yell have TO keep quiet, or the
show don't go on, )" said he A hush fell
aver the room. 81 have first the opportu
nity of introdoocin Professor Ives, the pres
hdigitator. The professor'u be out in a
minute
The man retired and the next moment
came out again with false mustache and
beard on. There was no installing the
man, for the same clothing was there, the
stature was the saI2s, and the closely crop
ped head was as much in evidence as ever.
This time, though, the man had a French
accent along with him, for he remarked,
I'm now do re great coin trick"
The children began TO jcer the magician.
Take off der spinach'' yelled a small
boy eyer a fakir!'' cried another, and
ihen another man, tall, hungry looking
Individual, came out on the stage and re-
suested the children to be quiet.
1.-The professor is very nervous, r" he said,
"and can't go on unless he has everything
quiet"
A dead silence followed the announce
ment and the magician took advantage
Of it to flip a coin up in the air, catch it
and then place it on the back of his left
hand. Then he placed his right hand on
top of the left, first, however making
move which sent the coin up his sleeve. 1t
was a clumsy move, and every child in the
audience saw ii done. When the magician
removed his right hand and looked tri-
Gmphantly 1T the audience, a small boy in
the rear ranks yelled, "Rottenw and hurl-
ed potato ut the performer
Immediately the greatest excitement pre-
vailed among the children, and they began
to we'll foc the manager AT this the tall
man came out on the stage and said:
THAT concludes the show
Then he retired, and the trouble began
IN earnest 1t started with somebody yell
Ing:
Where's Sico de boy fly?" and then
somebody else called for Jack the Bean
stalk where's de - inches from de old
ladv's home:" cried out another lad, at
which the tall man came out again and
told the children TO get out of the hall, or
he'd put them ont. This was fatal move.
In just about minute the children were
In full charge on the stage and began
smashing things in general.
Lets get our money backr' yelled a
little girl.
Kill de fakirsr' cried somebody else.
The three men who had been behind the
screens packing up some things preparato-
~ 10 leaving turned pale when the chill
.ren, armed with chairs and tables, came
.; them. They didn't wait To fight, but,
leaving everything behind, made 4 bee line
for thc rear door through which they went
Gown into the cellar. The children did
Rot follow. but went on with their work
n, wrecking the place. The chairs and
saIspstools were ripped to pieces, curtains
Were pulled down from the walls and win
aows and tern into shreds, tables were
sInashcd and the window panes broken by
he iniurlated children. Then the crowd
started in 10 tear down the stage. II was
ilimsy affair. and with pieces Of broken
chairs and tables the youngsters soon
Knocked oat its foundations. Then they
Anocked the boards apart and began ham
Gering at the walls with them.
AT this juncture Policeman Gallagher
s.n>e running up and met with II repulse.
Then the ether policeman came, and they,
ppon the complaint of Friedman. placed
the three men in the cellar under arrest
AT the corner of Market street the police
men had 10 make stand The original
mob of children had been greatly increased