The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-16
DRENcHED THE POLICEMAN.
With the Noisy Scrappers warren
shared BIrs. Smiths Downpour.

Shared Mrs. Smiths Downpour.
John Rachs. "a years old, OF 81 East
Thirty-second street, and Patrick RIM
aged 25, OF 800 East Twenty-second street,
New York, have indulged In periodical
scraps for the past six months or more.
Each claims to be the pugilist Of his dis
trict, and whenever they met there was
trouble. Until Mondsy morning Rache
usually got the lest of the encounter.
Shortly after o'clock, KIM, who had
been drinking all the evening, met his
rival at Twenty Second street and First
avenue. Hot words followed, and then
the men squsred of for the usual en-
counter. During the first round they
grappled and rolled about on the side
walk until the noise awakened Mrs. Julia
NTH, who occupies the front room on
the third floor OF the tenement In front
OF which the men were lighting.
Mrs. Smith stood the noise as long as
she could. Then she awakened her sis
ter, and grabbing the pail filled with
water, which stood in the kitchen sink,
she opened the front window. Rache
had just beaten RIM nearly into uncoD-
sciousness ny pounding his head against
the pavement when the contents OF the
water pail struck him squareiy on the
head and shoulders RIM who was lying
on his back with his mouth wide open,
was nearly drowned by the unexpected
deluge.
Before the now thoroughly subdued
fighters could recover their wits Mrs.
Smiths sister passed Q water pitcher TO
the window. Its contents followed tnat
Of the pail. Imagining that there had
been cloud burst, the two men began
to yell at the top OF their voice. In the
meantime one OF women had retilled the
water pail and Its contents followed Its
predecessors.
Al t~<x
fifth street station reached the scene OF
the trouble just as fourth shower de-
scended from the third story window on
the struggling lighters. Most OF the
water struck the astonished bluecoat,
knocking off his hat and wetting him to
the skin. Then he started into separate
the cause Of all the trou hle, who, locked
In each others arms were fiounderipg
about In the pool on the sidewalk. Seeing
that the party under the window had been
re-enforced, the two women got more
ammunition Before the policeman had
succeeded in dragging the men out OF
range the contents OF another Fail and OF
all the other vessels in Mrs. Smiths
fiat deluged the three on the sidewalk.
When the policeman with his prison ers
reached the station house the sergeant
thoug ht. that the former had rescued two
would be suicides from the river and
began to offer congratulations. Wien
questioned the prisoners, VINO resembled
drowned rats. wanted to have the woman
who had thrown out the water arrested.
Policeman Warren was too angry to offer
Q suggestion, ana was excused from duty
while he went home for q dry uniforr.
When arrajgned before Magistrate
Brann in the Yorkville police court later
In the morning Raohe and Rini put in
a Joint request that Mrs. Smith be,
broug mt to court to explain what husi-
ness she had in turning the Crotop
reservoir loose from her window. Magis-
trate Brann said Mrs. Smith was evil
IDENTIFY q woman of resources and fined
the fighters IS each.