New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-22

4 LITTLE DIFFERENCE ~ \ GAME LEADS
To CONSIDERABLE EXCITEMENT

4 LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN \ GAME LEADS
To CONSIDERABLE EXCITEMENT.
Excitement prevailed for some tine yesterday AZ
icrnoon IN the neirhhorhool - Madison and Market
SITS Il MAS real genuine excitement TO- am
was shared In by all " the denizons ~ thht REGION
- he city who could possibly get near enough I"
the cause % tho trouh" % understand what II was
al about. AMI some OF the foreen-looking QUEENS
who summer and winter near there got into tho
game" without knowing what the furs was. any
how.
Tho beginning ~ the trouble Is said 20 have been
n game 81 craps" that was going on between TWO
Youths y, 40 ~ Henry-si They were william
GRAY a negro nineteen years old. who lives ~ 40.
II cha,har, square and John Zahn. white man.
also nineteen years old. who l!vcs NJ 40 East
Broadway The story goes on 20 say that tn" gam"
o, craps" afford. a favori'e way ~ spending sun
day in this vicinity when the hing an h~ accom-
pi!shcI without the supervision u policeman II
also -lys hat on this particular sunday. ana ]"
this particular game - crap some 'r'uh" aros"
through a suspicion the par ~ the ausky mem
Der - yair iha- az NOT ne j. SHOULD 10" ana
that he was the victim - nim fam gam" that MAS
being worked" hy HE opponent. ~" end IN Vie"
being TO ,ransfc- an ~ the wealth To- the pockets
OF the negro into iho.c o. the white man.
Nj ora, wa- evidently avrrsr g amy 4r-h one
.idci procre Ing that. AMI OBS" i'i sir'nH NY
20 being taken FOR man from ~" country Ih"
objection was not sustained hy NJ /ahn 49, quickly
stances and war arose IN which warm words
we're exchanged between the two men. Tn" negro.
Ike many % his race. is man u strong pis'ors.
and VAS also armed Win danger looking knife
The argument hccnmo too much for h.n ana D"
nirt.mg 4 rather ugly-lo,Hiur wound b. Iann's
AGer the argument had been closed I'm thi. sum
mary manner by n" negro. he thought thai ds'i"-
g." Vas H. better pari OF '",or. ",n ,.' ,,r,
his heels But nc afE"nrni ~. a., h,'i' 80 'l.,
pIghly G.cIn-ci % a. p" thought |ihn gag iil''IS
and The DAY h-ins warm my ""rr "n' ~ loeiS. tii
f. was oriy o." minute n'foi' th'u ~" h"i-'l''
% them ha1 assembled and started after tn assal-
s, ami Narkr, ~. amI started to yet square
1t Was one man against about ihrcc hundred new
am The d.ficIl'les ia the argument probably ap-
pcarei greater 20 the negro than they mad snort
Thr crowd or rather some Of those in the crowd
picked ~ some rocks and stones that "er" lynx
near and tossed them AZ cray n manner by no
creased and The black mans position hogan 20 look
serious as angry crlc~ ana threats were h'aT1 IN
the moi that confronted MIN. He managed 90 dodge
the stones. however. and wa struck 10y on.y one.
although several bis @nrS came dansrfouSy .tos"
the game seem"a 20 BE- nearly up an anefrec,
a Mad!son-s,. horsccar came placidly along on It's
The negro was not long In taking advantage Of
this and IN twinkng be had boarded the car ana
taken refuge among The other PASSENGERS: ,'ut the
t.ntions In any such trivial way As this. SO sooner
was Gray inside Of the car than 1T was surrounded
hy the angry mob. and the car came To an IN
forced stands,l Tn" passengers saw that me
crowd meant business. and there was some tai
scrambllnS their part IN Their frantlc Efforts TO
get out OF that soon As possible ana leave
II TO the tender mcrclcg Of the negro and his enc
mics Gray had take the prccautlOn before he
boarded the car 10 arm himself with hlg rock the
biggest and ugliest looking one that he could lind
The mob dld not know this at first. but when they
saw II and the determined look on the negro :
face they decided that n little caution when used
nj the right time was an excellent thing In a feT
minutes The car allowed to proceed slowly. the
crowd in close attendance
The procession moved on In this way until II came
opposite the Mads)n-s;. police station. when the
hoI, Iol M, de a Ixl %
the safest place that he could get into. The mat
ter was explained the sergeant and the negro
was locked up The crowd satisfied the ex-
element gradually died out and MadlsOn-st. once
b quiet