The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-25
MOB THREATENS NEGROES.
THO VINO sLAsHED FARMER REIDY
IN Dang Err At WHITESTONE.

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when tho Mob brought Them to nay ana an
omcer Ran Ahead to Arrest Thcn Thoy
neat Him Insensibio and There IL Nc Hepo
Of HE Recovery-A Priest ouiets the Mot.
wuIrEsroSE LANDING. l. l., Juno pam
angry mob OF villagers were persuaded to abide
nv law here this afternoon by the Rev. Father
Iohn f, o'Hara Of st. Luke's Church. when they
had wrought themselves up to q high pitch Of
excitement in q chase Of two negroes, one or
both OF whom had slashed Patrick Reidy, q
farmer, with q razor, and had used a baseball
hat in i~nficting injuries which will probably
rrove fatal upon Constable Henry Wendelstorff,
who attempted to arrest them. The negroes
we're eventually placed under arrest by the
nroper officers, after tho mob had captured
one of them, and under tho priests orders
merely held him n prisoner until the officers
came, and had surrounded the other in his
house, to which they had driven him Tho
priest, whose GOODNESS Of head and solemn warn
ing had prevented tho mob, many of whom were
armed, from doing violence to the Hrst negro,
by his generalship secured tho capture OF the
second one; for 1t was he who suggested that
the man hunters should surround tho house to
which the negro had been chased. This lemon
s,ration Of western Long Island ire grow out OF
a row between Rcidy and the negroes, who. he
said, attacked him whom he sought to drive
them from his potato patch, which they were
rambling down.
Reidy's farm is In the southern section OF this
village. He was out working In one OF his fields
this afternoon, and about 8 o'clock David Reidy,
one OF his sons, who was in one of the stables,
heard his father cry for help. Tho son found his
father kneeling on the ground in q potato patch.
He was bleeding from several gashes in his
arms and he had sunk to his knees from loss Of
blood. He pointed out the direction ira ton in which
joined by his brother John. started In pursuit.
The cries of the wounded man brought, other
persons to him and he was assisted into the house.
ing negroes on "a back road near the Flushing
, .isf.t sFsif the rfe Pdosue Of other hsS. 4n ns'i iaSor ers
who headed off the negroes. and the latter were
every block the number of their pursuers In
creased. Here and there the negroes would dart
i ,Ssm TG ior a tim maa or Gradually " the h aUGS stfI men
were worked into a thickly inhabited part Of the
vilis sSsp pst t on r %anase q 70 r n1io !ne are issa ny
The chase Rn;dv spreading wss Ssa9 L., n ,om the ho ts,asss
that So rfT foF tho hssi negroes Tss 'S BLOOD leu E sSde d' women
rushed out OF their houses and placed shotguns,
RRi siS1 w and le eaSGs m the ia9 c nsn%i a. as TT Il turned into
Fourteenth street from Eighth avenue. Some
wished -h him ,t to Leave SUS the e H & si,s. to 9s sthe Se sbopt,a
,hieEet on Fourteenth street and rush into a
, %aals 'h co sa ; { S' @ sGahs Sa sS% Of the the e assault III
%seR ss had P Tss crowd e Tns sd Fsaa i5s% = sI psi1i
about a block distant from the house which the
rushed rasbe into the yard before them. In a few sec
onds he staggered out Of the gate and fell on hi,
IN mi bis y right Il h hand. The mob chargedon the house
In the hail they found one Of The negroee apt
&fHsEsfSh hin AHs Snt him IL tho to . sr SsTsi BEAT sf his Sr. tn,
S.ii, made and C aSsn i FssEsn SRa 81 s T,ptsass "'F'
cool tones; two Of you hold that man until al
officer arrives"
to attend the wounded constable; The prizes
S wss i i1I afieG t. secure sec one. Finally Dr.. a. {
Griffin arrived. The doctor found . long Tount
rRs Rqn fIs' hour hour sfterward.. At s o!SalOci
the Ssf FLUSHING Hospital eeTi no hope Of bis s ssesS
4 ep.ertainsd: II Is said at the ho,spttal tina
While the wounded man was being ATTENDED
to one Of the party saw a negro peek out of q,
sEs sou w!nd %sd. a I'd the mob Bf sSnie OF his s eTsss1iG mel i
5 tASK SsH{ t,5 Ell l isssy , Ssss sssys 81 &. y SII En- e
mob surrounded the house. so that the SeSon
asE'G s Ssaia not xs sssaP Thomas n Saf R eserly . . 9 9iiiss
marshal. was located and brought 70 arrest ID
nss,0s she The t RsS T had 't shro snaFfh1in $s t os h L
ground. Rogers cooked a revolver an
x xo5Is shoot 1es i 1he srst OF wh the aid aoa anyt fhas : :
obstruct him. and. followed by several Of tn
crowd, he made his way up to the second stor!
where he broke into q room. the door of whic
ing the revolver at his head. the officer force
him to surrender. The negro had no weapon:
razor was picked up in front of the house by d
Griffin. and Dennis Reidy found two bas'
ball bats in the front yard. One Of the bats wa
broken and stained with blood. 1t Is thought I
have been the one used In tho assault upon Col
4 The first man arrested said his name is Wi
liam N~orieet, 10 years old. The other man
his brother, "Thad" Eorfieet, % years of ag
The building in which they were caught wa
their home. where they have lived with the
parents. The family has lived here only o fe
months and IL not well known. William, ii
younger of the prisoners, is said to be an ann
teur boxer. while the other Is an expert banjois
The prisoners were taken to the village ha
and placed in cells. The crowd could not |
driven from the hall, and Justice MacKennad
rected that the prisoners be taken to Flushing.
Patrick Reidy Is in no danger of dying. =
has three deep cuts on his right arm, ono
them extending through the bioeps to the bon
He has also a wound on his right knee, whic
he says, was made by Q blow with q sharp stor
thrown by one OF the negroes. Henry Wende
storm has been a peace officer for many year
This Is the third time he has been badly assaul
ed while discharging his duties. He 10 oil yea
old. and has a wife, one son, and four daughter
Two Of the Reidy boys, David and Neil, will te
tify that they saw ''Thad" Norheet strike Il
blow which felled Wendelstorff.