The sun., 1897-07-05
IN CONEY ISLANDS CROWD.
BTENTs OF a SUNDAY IN THB BIG
PLEASURE GROUND.


TIE Pursuit. ef IN Escaped monkey Attended
with Numerous Resuits and Lets er spert-
The Rev. Mr.. Russeips TriSuts 70 the
Morality or the Eslasa--tsiris out for Fun.
Maybe 250.O0o persons visited Conoy Island
yesterday. II was orderly crowd for tho
Fourth Of July, and the police recorded but ono
arrest mp TO o'clock last night. Tho man ar
rested was scooped in by Central once Detective
Roche. and. when taken to the station house, no
said his name was Edward Murphy. Detective
Roche found Murphy getting full Of firecrackor
whskey on the Bowery.
The prisoner had S7oo in his pockets. He re-
fused to give his address. The detectives think
tho prisoner is German although no Favo an
Irish name. He said Murphy answers the de-
scription Of Jacob Kirschofr. who was wanted BY
tho police OF Peokskill on q small charge Of
forgery.
Several hundred persons followed tho oflcor
and his prisoner to tho police station. Tho ar
rest caused q great deal of excitement along
Surf avenue, and a pet monkey owned by
Mrs. Meyers left his perch on tho bar OF tho
Mansion House and chased after tho crowd.
Then tho crowd turned and chased tho monkey.
The monkey tried to get back to his hotel. Ho
climbed up an awning post, and then jumped on
a frankfurter mans griddle Tho griddlo was
hot, so tho monkey lost no time in getting OF.
He jumped on the shoulder of q stout woman
who was carrying q baby. Tho woman
screamed and ran. In doing so abe upset .
red lemonade stand, breaking a big glass jar.
Tho rcd lemonade trickled over tho wooden
stand and formed q pool on tho board walk The
fat woman and tho monkey got separated in tho
shuttle and tho monkey climbed on tho roof Of
concert hall. The crowd outside hootod and
yelled. Tho crowd inside deserted the stage
rNAr h,,r- -t~I o,,N % 49,
ssa Ths hond OUT 10 sec sao roo.
followed tho audience tn tho open-air nerform.
.n.o IN. w 80 .hr.. " p.,n. no o 20 os.u,.s.- pC.l
st tho monkey, Notwithstanding tho protests of
IN. ovr.r ~ Jookn ,vh, .hont.d.
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Hell be sure-enough dead monk II one OBJ
dem 'ero sandwiches ovor hit him." remarked
Thon fellow who was intoxicated bought four
ears OF corn from tho negro and threw them at
the monkey. The drunken mans friends bought
n.oro h,d b.., vell,no "y.r.,s vsr r,o. ~
hokfo heo ICON soii,s' ,e0s sor n,eo oI
corn, nve cents q ear, but no changed his cry
~ "yer.'s S T.r n,o. "a. oo-r Nv. o.n,, , t,-o,
to ,oi nioo W 9oin. nYo oSn'o tnto".
cigar"
The crovd bousht nj, tho cor, IN N. boi,.r
but didn't hit tho monk" which proved cd good good
dodeer. Then q franfurter man moved his
basket to the hot-corn mans territory. and tho
crowd threw frsnkfurtcr, at the monkey; The
monkey lodged and s9uealed every time 4 frank
prietor was losing money. SO he sent boy up on
the roof after the monkey, The monkey climbed
across the board walk. dodging half q dozen
bicycles. The crowd ran after him; He took
orr ss Sa!. aSa
tho wooden lions; Round and round he spun on
the until the sr1nnd our 1t "a
cops tried 70 capture the monkey, but Joefe got
down. % The 0ais SraasG nSi
with the policemen. claiming that he was losing
SbSass bn"isssss Sy tho interference with his
Meo5e lose hve dollar "A minute und more
SSaSs s1RGsy G SSas bust
GIVE dc monk rider yelled a girl dressed
wen. give him a ride yhen my lions got
some peoples on Tor business, said the merry
took tn, hin. and scrambled on the
wooden animals Then the German started up
bis machine mach and the monkey was spun until he
Spin him agep for de drinks" said the com.
painion OF @ the girl IN red: and a., the German kept
that a Sather had been drowned in the surf;
sSSrged over to the beach They found over ten ten
T.. II 4 az.
pathers, an old man, had had an epiIeptic 1T In
the Tater. he was carried up on the sand, ana
whiskey was poured into him until he was able
TO care 1or himself.
,.:s al !. Fignt now snd aInnken man IN inc
SroTd; scooney Island whiskeyi II knock any
every time
He was ono OF the few drunken men ut the isl
and yesterday, for " was not thirsty crowd. 1t
was as hungry crowd. apd they Ate everything In
Eight excepting the haines law sandwiches:
These they threw In the sand Just for spite"
as ono man put It, because he had 20 pay for tho
sandwlch which was not OF the edible brand
The sand was Uttered with Raines law sand
Tichee and pilot biscuit from the "chowder
boats. All OF the chowder boat proprietors
sold out their stock early IN the day. The pic; ;
neer In tho ehoWder, boat business, old BIZ
GSreaves z E reiic OF Mckapes @ ne days said ye:ter,
day was tho pest day he ever had. UP TO
O'Clock, he said, he sold 400 plates OF chowdor.
and had opened 3,1oo clans for the hungry
army. A.. .,
But aside from the hungry army there was
another army at Coney Island yesterday. This
was the Salvation Army; Brooklyn Corps No.
=, IN e3mmand Of Capt johnson. who was as;
sisted oy Capt; Miller and two neutenants. held
meetings on the sand with fourteen Salvation
lassies In poke bonnets and army suits. some Of
whom wero from tho National headQu uarters In