The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-11
Policeman and Justice Of
the Peace Have a Dis
reputable Row in
a Theatre.
OF COURSE, NO ARRESTS WERE MADE
Captain Hayes Was Behind the
Scenes Watching a Pugilist
Pound Local SIuggers

A small riot occurred in the Bijou The
atre, Hoboken, last night, which was
only put down by the timely interference
of the stage hands and the pugilists of
the Shadow Mayher Athletic Company.
which was performing at the theatre
The fight started in one of the boxes
TO the left of the stage, between Jonn
Malley, one of the van drivers of the
Hoboken Police Department, and Justice
of the Peace Harry Barck Malley
weighs about 240 pounds and Barck
about 100.
The cause Of the affray was the box
ing contest upon the stage between Pad
dy' Burke, a local pugilist of consider
able account. and Shadow Mayher. the
champion 1876 pound pugilist of the world.
who meets all comers.
For the past week Malley and several
others connected with the patrol house,
it is said, had been training Burke for
his fight with Iayher last night. and
the theatre was crowded with a large
number Of policemen, who filed the
house with their yells and roofing for
Burke, among the loudest of whom was
Malley.
THE JUSTICE BACKED MALLEY.
Justice Barck took more stock in the
champion and lent his voice in cheering
| on Mayher. Malley took offense at the
Judge for cheering the strange and told
| him to ''shut up" Barck retAliated by
| telling Malley t'to close his own ely
| trap" whereupon an exchange of words
| followed. which terminatd in Malley
| hitting Barck in the face with his fist
| and knocking him against the partition
| Barck struck the partitian, with such
force that it almost came down
Regaining his feet, his kIenor struck
| out for the van driver asd landed a
well directed blow upon the heavy
| Malley then struck out right and left
| and for few minutes the best fight
| that has occurred in the theatre within
| its history was in progress. Rarck, how
| ever, was no match for MaSley, who
| weighed in the neighborhood of 20 pounds
more than he did. Before any one could
| interfere or hardly realize the affair it
| was all over and Malley was the victor,
but not without an elegantly decorated
| 1t was then that the riot came near
THE ROW. BECOMES GENERAL.
| Friends of both men wanted to take
a hand in the affair and would prob
ably have done so but for the crowd of
uninterested people, who crowded the
/ the meantime the fight between May
! ber and Burke had been stopped and
audience was upon their feet yelling
| for the fighters in the box, they taking
| no. more interest in the Mayher-Burke
| fight.
The police realized that they were pafz.i
! lie sproteeters before It was too late, and
/ commenced quieting down themselves
| and then clearing the house.
/ Police Captain Hayes was behind the
/ scenes at the time and the fight IN the
box was all over when he. reached it.
| When the news of the affair became
| known about the city this morning the
| first question asked by many was:
| Were there any arrests made?"
| Ii seems to be the general opinion of
| everybody that Captain Hayes should
| have placed the box men under arrest.
as ne would have undoubtedly done il
| they had been private citizens