New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-15
GORE on THE DERRY MOON.
THE PRIVATE MAY BORE LARGE JAGGED
HOLES THROUGH SOME PEOPLE.
4 DARK SEQUEL TO THE FOOTBALL Use OF HIS
SILK HAT Is THE POSSIBILITY WHICH Is
EXCITING THE MEMBERS OF COM
PANY C, c3D REGIMENT.

SILK HAT Is THE POSSIBILITY WHICH Is
EXCITING THE MEMBERS OF COM
PANY C. CID REGIMENT.
There may be a Clark sequel to the trouble
which occurred during the dinner given by Com
pany G IF the 23d Regiment to Company G Of
the 7th Regiment of New-York, at the Johnston
Building on Thursday evening. l, has already
been related how J. C. Deery had his silk hat
knocked from his head and used as football
by playful members Of the company. to the COM
plete Disagreement of the hat. and also ii was
told how Mr. Deery. waxing wroth al the slight
to himself. backed into a corner. and pulling a
revolver threatened to shoot the first man that
touched him. But there is more to the story.
When Mr.. Deery assumed his belligerent atti-
tude and fiourished the gun recklessly. Private
Percy McCreery jumped forward and grasped
Mr.. Deerys revolver hand. A severe struggle
followed. in which Private McCreerys hand was
badly cut. a second or two later. Lieutenant
Hamilton and Sergeant Bryant jumped forward
and the revolver was taken from Deery who
was white with rage and defed the entire as
semblage to come on and be done up" This
too much for The Company G boys and,
with one accord, dozen or more jumped upon
the private and unused" him in such a way
that he was taken home in a cab and
PEELED to go to bed. Yesterday IL was said that
the consequences of his beating might result
seriously to Mr.. Deery. His right eye is the
color Of half-burned beefsteak. there are sew
eral cuts on various portions Of his anatomy
above the waist, and his bruises both nu-
merous and painful While suffering severely,
Mr.. Deery has not lost II Of his belligerent
feelings toward his forme' 1..sdes. He init
mated yesterday that wher = . .Vers, Private
IA
Bryant will have large. Jagged holes bored
through them with bullets. Mr.. Deery is report
ed to have made OF this remark: II will
shoot those three fellows They are dastardly
towards, and 50 is the whole mob Of Company
G fellows"
The members of Company G are also getting
ready TO give the injured man pleasant re-
cepticn. None of the three young men marked
for slaughter have yet armed themselves,
and they assert than when Mr. Deery RECEIVERS
they will not have even much a pointed
toothpick about them with which to get
square" Their revenge will be of different
nature. Mr. Deery has already been dropped
from the roll of the company.
He will be nominally taken back into the COM
pany fold and promptly court martialled after
which the members of the company say they
will summarily expel him. Judging from the
reported nature of Mr.. Deery's wounds. 1t will
DE several days. or, perhaps. as much as two
or three weeks before he can be out again.
a member of Company gave out the i'm
portant information last night that he had
heard that Mr.. Deery had begun practising
shooting while lying on his back in bed. using
a large circular disc of iron hung upon the
opposite side of his room for target.
A special meeting will soon be held. at which
the case Of Private Deery will be acted upon.
This was auhoritatively stated yesterday. The
members positively assert that there can be no
question about the jurisdiction of the company
in again placing Deery on the rolls and follow
ing this up with the cOurt-martial proceedings
already mentioned In case the decision be
against the private, he is likely to be Stunned
wherever he goes Further than this. he cam
in he nit cd nd
in case of war he will be locked up 10 keep
MIN out Of mischief, if nothing else.