The sun., 1897-12-02
|0UGRS START A RIOT.
Meeting Of Talleyyille Lyceum
Broken Up.
me WOMAN'S ARM BROKEN.
Frank j. Pyle of this City, CHAIRMAN
of the Meeting Brutally As
saulted BY Morris
Pike.

A riot at Talleyville. A public meet
ing broken up by gang Of toughs on
Tuesday night, and as result Frank ).
PYLE, of this city, is nursing an injured
head; woman, whose name could not
be learned, has broken arm, and war
rants have been sworn out for the arrest
of Morris Pike and six contederates'
charging them with assault and battery
with intent to kill and also melting
riot. .
Over a year ago the young people OF
Talleyville, a village out on the Concord
turnpike about three miles from TINS
c;tv organized literary society known
as the Talleyville Lyceum. The lyceum
met every Tuesday night, the program
Of the evening consisting of oratlons'
musical selections and debates. A num-
ber of Young men from Wilmington have
been attending the meetings, partlcl'
mating in the debates and also furnishing
musical entertainment.
Tuesday night several OF the young
men who have been going to Talleyvllle
went 70 the Lyceum to participate in the
debate for the night. The hall in which
the society meets was crowded and there
we're more women present than men.
Frank J. Pyle, of Wilmington, was made
chairman of the meeting and the exer-
cises opened. The first part OF the pro-
gram was finished, and when the contest
of the debate was at its Warlnest, the
door Of the hall opened and gang OF
to,phs, headed by Morris Pike, who ap-
neared to be looking for some one, en-
tered the room. -,
Pike strobe up the aisle and brandlsh-
ing his fists commenced swearing anu
speaking in manner insulting to the
women present. Chairman Pyle rose 10
his feet and asked the unruly man to SIT
down and cease using indecent language
pike refused and was then joined by
several of his pals. The chairman again
requested the men to be quiet but they
maid no attention to his words. Pike
leaned over to one of the ladies present
and made an insulting remark to her
pvle, quick to resent the insult, left his
place on the platform and went to Pike
who turned upon him and swore at HIM.
The chairman then struck Pike and the
latter fell. Immediately the whole house
was in an uproar, Pixies friends rushing
in and jumping on Pyle.
Pyle had merely resented an insult to
the lady, and he and his friends had no
desire to raise fight, so the rest OF the
Wilmington boys held aloof from the en-
counter. A general riot ensued, chairs
were broken, lights went out, and then
Pike and his gang, rushing over the men
and women present, proceeded to brutal
" assault Pyle. Pyle is very muscular
fellow and though against great Odds he
fought hard and every time he hit a man
went down. Getting in among the
chairs, Pyle slipped and fell and the
Pike crowd then jumped on him.
The fighting lasted about twenty
minutes, during which time Pyle re-
ceivcd terrible injury on the right eye,
some one hitting him with a chair
Finally Pike and his men withdrew
from the hall and the meeting having
been broken up the Wilmingtonans
returned home. After they left the
rioters came back and assaulted Clarence
Frame and Samuel Brown, two young
men of Tallcyville, who had been at
tending the meeting. 1t was reported
last night that one Of the young ladies
in the hall had her arm broken by a
blow from chair welded by one OF the
toughs.
Last night Pyle went before Maglstrat"
pritchc,l aud sworc out warrants for the
II arrest of Morris Pike and those who ac-
n companicd him, who live near Perry s
I Tavern. They will be arrested this
morning and eye witnesses to the
sriot say that the full penalty of the
law should be put on them.