The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-12
LUBY ON IA RACKET.
ie Ran Against Two Policemen and
Was Badly Punished.
a Driver Who Ran Away-Laie Notes
From the North Fni.


at the home OF John Canning ham, c eorner
OF smithf'id avenue aud Cook street last
evening. 1t was not due TO the hoppi-
taiity or any burst of extravaganza on
q g part OF any one OF the Cunning ham
family though II might not have hap
pened had net some one living there tried
u do good turn for ono that but
poorly deserved L.. Tho Gus, OF the
neriiment was one Patrick X. Luby,
who Ia not q novel figure In the vortex
OF police business In this section. Patrick
is tig fellow ana when no Is drunk ne
Is ugly, coarse and brutal.
Last night he was In SnithHeld
avenue rum shop and he han impibsd
Dutch courage enough 10 have a neat bit
OF time as he would call It.. Officer
McGovern passec the liquor store when
Iuby was there and the latter remarked
10 tie "bar Keeper" 81 euess Pn 90
calling" The ''bar keeper" thought as
Luby hld bcor on his good behavior for
some tim 10 harm would result from
W hat be suppcsc was q social call Harm
did come from 1t, and the biz visitor as
he sat in very sarcy and ugly mood,
while tcme cuts en- hts face were beirg
cressei In the Second station last night,
figured out he got the worst Of II and
this made him very ugly.
One Of the hoarders at the Cunning
ham house was acting as a sub-treasury
for Lahy and had sl6 that the 'tig fellow
b d beer saving during a vacation from
fam driaking. Luby wanted that money
Fssl Tad last niyht and. he wanted IL
b Iics so he went to .he house referred TO
bud thE's where he made a mistake.
lio get the idea the mantl le piece was on
ito wrong sice Of the X ltchep AND o. gan
moying II piesc moal and firing II every
Iway. He next deterr ined TO csangc the
very modern sofa In the hous, iuto one
II Loai' XIV style ana began tais;i1g 1t,
put just thon he thought some ono was
lwsiching him through the blinds and he
fuadc dive foc The window, and the
asa and pines OF glass troke between his
tiy :fsis NJ casy ss p.etzeis.
lie got tired nnd wanted air, so he
eeneG out Of window frams, land se,ilg
ticer Psyn, thouht re would Just have a
% with him. Picking up two pieces of
cav; wood ha went on 10 the street and
here added paving stone to his pat
err. lie just start,d for Payne ana a
rieno came To his aid, although one
rould think the sticks and stone were
Enough, and although Payne was game.
IL wculd have gone bard with him had
pot off or RriCgJ arrived on the scene.
|rAel It was ths usual Trick Luby dill, tie
tose IN he patrol 10 tho station.
Lubs is he same fellow who Gus mig ~
Ia Septen her was found by officer Hall
bru,ally punishing a citizen ON Admiral
Ftreet. Eagle Park. The officer had been
t;rected by the la ter's cries Of murdos
ind L, by turBed on the officer and tried
(o do nim tut fail,d.
In tie roiice court tsis morning Luby
wss fined 3 and ccsts for beng drunk
hnd II tie later wls arAigned Ia the
lvth Distr;ct..J court for msking violent
'sssult on Patrolman Payne. For this he
was sent TO IA TOR 20 days and was
iall upon TO rag the costs Of the case.
THE no2gE WAS SWIFT.
Ire p ivstc telephone at the socond
itatioa rang LIST night end somo one
town IN the Central stat ion started to tell !
yarn sbout drunken man who had
slrven a horse at furious rate through |
ne fifth ard Csntrai police distr ..
'AIl right" replied Lieutenant Murray, |
we've heard from him and will have
Tim apd bis turnout in few moments
rtis was no idle boist for Officer Nc |
clroy had q few moE ents before sent In |
story sin liar to one TIE Central ststion
nan was sp -ing.ng and had added that |
he man was drunk aud he'd a woman
With him. Lisuteuan. Murray had pu,
)iiic,rs Crrl,y, Mccarthy ana Flynn on
o the stirring news. Whom The man at
he Central got ell thi, addition 10 q,
.istory he said "weii. weil," and huny
,p the audiphonc.
Ofiarr Flynn got sight OF the horse and
lie followed II up Steven street ana saw
1 o driv,r turn into Back street. The
nan hed heard he VA follawed and
omewhere ju,t after ne reached tina sec-
mi district jumped out and as Back
trest is dark, tho woman left IN
h.rge Of the team got confused and
ould not turn the animal around so
)fics- Flynn aud she roce to the Second
nd tpen to the Central station. The
vomsn had bern taken out for q drive
" the man, iron, her home on Otis street.
Tho horse is~sv' dark tny one with
anged tail ana hi, OF forward ana two
Ind feet are white and he was attached
n an cid box boeGy. The morse was put
~ nj Brents' stntIss.
WILL ATTENDED MAsQURRApE.
The second grand masquerade ball of
he $ 'nsst ION Club was held In HedIey
fall LIS, evening and was attended by
boat 75 couples. The majority OF those
n attendance we're uniquely costumed
nd pink domin 5es prcdominsted. The
rrcers had good music for Green's or
best-a nlwsjs furnishes that kind and
he floor was In charge OF competent
sr ies. Tho bsli was az enjoyable one