The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-28

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rgs.ssySlS9 No. and created a
fA1fssyI panic. relates the
Ss<sRA New York World.
lFff ~ In some way the /
~ report spread I
among the children OF the lower east
eide Of this city that the new public |
tchool az Bayard and Mulberry streets !
Is built on ground that was once GEM
etery. and that a ghost-a bugaboo-
haunts that school As this report
spread from child to child. youthful
fear evolved devil. with horns and
tail. from the bugaboo.
Indeed. an agent Of this devil, the
children colemnly aver, went TO gram
mar school No. %. and on a big black
board there wrote this awful warning
Il will come TO all the schools and
scare all the children"
Seven hundred girls attend that
fchonl-chlldren who live In the
densely poulated nelghborhooa. chill
dren OF parents foreign-born. children
some 20 young that they have not yet
rid themselves OF imported Supersu-
lions.
The girls Of the primary school we're
playing IN the Fairgrounds allotted 20
them during recess. the other day, the
larger girls were already drawn up In
lines In their playroom on the ground
foor on the Ridge street side, each
class awaiting the bell that would re-
call them 10 the room upstairs.
4 little girl shout ::
There Is the devilg" And other very
small girls took up the cry.
Il see him! He's pinching me-
yelled some.
They ceased their games, dropped the
iacka;ones they were deftly tossing IN
the tagged ground. and wildly STAN
pedod toward the Ridge street door.
struggling and pushing with all their
mieht. screaming at the top OF their
lungs. The devil, The devil"
In their wild flight the very little
girls had 10 pass the larger ones drawn
~ 10 the playroom. They were fright
ened too. and. breaking their lines.
/ Joined In the rush for the door, In THE
entryway some children fell and others
billed on them. until there was a con-
fused mass OF children there kicking.
screaming. and struggling to free
themselves. Al least fifty children
serc piled up. SO says J. Bockar. a
very intelligent druggist. whose shop Is
Two doors from the school. and who rem
10 help the children.
Girls who were not caught In this
mass OF children ran into the street
and TO their homes near by Instantly
he report spread that the school was
N Gre. Mothers fearing for their or
I priag. ran out OF the tenements and
owarls The schoolhouse. some OF them
with appraised arms. implorlng mercy
.rom high beaver az they ran
RIyington street and Ridge street
we're soon filled with intensely-exelted
persons. who. In various tongues.
shouted the names OF their children.
and who could not be made 10 under.
stand In plain English what was really
he matter and that further than being
hruisei moro CT less severely. no On.
was injured.
The extreme Of these folks absurd
fear. or folly. was shown by lsidcl
CociE. a man 81 wears old. Coctz OK.
c.teily pointed to the roof Of the sehoo
and shouted, There's the devil. I 20,
him, See his horns"
With Bockar. the druggist. Police
man John Doo,hney. on duty at "a,
school and laniior Shaubach ran g,
the Ridge street entrance when "a.
girls camc pouring out They Olsen
tanIled the ENGAGED mass. urged thos
on Their feet to return. and helped Il
calm the fears OF all.
Miss Sarah J. Burke. principal O
the female department: Misses NlcolaI
Borghold. Drack. De Mile. and Alb
rahams. the girls teachers. hurrle
downstairs and quietly and quickly 10
assuring their pupils. soon formc
them into lines and led them up to tn
school rooms In fifteen minutes n
childen were studying or rocltlng thol
, lessons
Tho 200 boys. shut OF on Riyinglo
street. knew nothing Of what was goln
on. were ignorant Of the devils visit.
but more substantial devil Wa
still among the crowds In the stree
who would not be treasured Tho
really tried to storm the school to r,
assure themselves Of the children
safety. Policeman Boothney sent
messenger for aid to the Defiance
1 street police station, two blocks avail
5 Sergt. Ryan was sending out N
{ afternoon section. Putting them
7 command OF Roundsman Robert
Powers. tho sergeant sent them 10 n
b. school on the double quick. Very so,
n denly the crowds were forced from N
h middle OF the streets to the sidewalk
4 and as Il became understood that u
children were safe some Of the anxiou
n mothers went home.
a But there was a crowd around n
y school house all the afternoon.
n Policeman Hay arrested the FOOLS
I. Goetz aud he w5s taken before Magi
5 ,rato Mott in the Essex Market poli'
6 court Goetz Acknowledged he erie,
Look AZ the devil" You're guilty.
i. q state prison ofiense," said the magl
r ,ratc. You might have caused u
l. loss Of many lives. But as you seem
Al be ignorant Of the law IN fne YOU s.
How They Fl.h In Holland.