The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-29
BEAUTY ToA FIGHT.
TWO RENTz-SANTLEF GIRLS DROP
IN At a RESTA UR.4NE.

A REMARK IL Passed and This ns Followed by
n Retort ana the Retort ~ n Frotest-Then
Mine Wen Rud the walters Take - Hand
In . R~uctton-Four .Arrests Are Made.
Two Of tho blond young women who arc In
the cast of the Rcntz Santlcy Company, which
Is playing at tho Star Theatre in Brooklyn.
went into Engelke's restaurant in Jay and Will
loughby streets In Brooklyn after the perform
nnce on Monday afternoon for a luncheon. Tho
Rentz-Santley young women are of a type that
attracts attention everywhere, and the arrival
Of a pair Of them in the restaurant made a stir.
The eating house was we'll filed with men and
women. Another ~Rentz.Santlcy young woman
was dining With a young man. Nine mon wore
drinking with each other and n constant pro-
cession Of thirsty mon walked into tho place
and out.
The two Rentz. Santley young women sat
down at a table and something was said. No
one could tell yesterday what tho remark was,
but II provoked n retort from one OF tho Rentz.
Santlcy young women. and a protest from one Of
the nine mon who were together. Another re-
mark was made. and then a general fight start
cd among the men so quickly that none OF them
knew how 1t came about until he was in the
thick of IL.
n restaurant is n convenient place to fight in,
as there arc always plenty OF things at hand to
use for offensive and defensive purposes. For
the same reason n restaurant fight is an ex-
tremely exciting affair for the spectators and
one not without danger. Tho three young wo.
rIesio IS Which. they feared. might Be ee chi pptsi
o. cracked by a missile. left the restaurant
speedily, pausing long enough at the door to see
that the ten men IN the place and the walters
were engaged in q struggle that promised to
The withdrawal Of the cause Of the row did
ing got. their hands in, liked the sensation so
siakm. The guests Of the place had rather the
better Of the fight. for as they had nothing to
fSTs xi from Rrs she ( gregg5ie.or,r they cs nsSd his is, fn snit
cellars, tho pepper, POTS and plates were thrown
by them at each other and at tho walters. Some
| clubs. The walls and ceiling Of the restaurant
received the most serious injuries. but crockery
was smashed and broken. The table silverware
suffered less, but 1t was thoroughly distributed
The walters finally won the advantage after
the guests were EXHAUSTED with fghtinE between
ness the walters set upon them, and being com
paratiyely fresh, threw four Of them out on the
The first men who reached the sidewalk were
Henry Fountain and his brother William, two
wen-known bicyclists. Henry. reaching the
him in tho mouth with great severity. Tho
man was Detective Harrington, and he respond
ed to Fountains greeting with a blow on the
he saw the second Fountain and two Others
Rnday r responded o." The See four n.d mem We're D arrested.
A surgeon sewed up Fountains head. The other
men said that they were George Richards of Cor.
nell, n. V, and H. G. Ellsworth Of Bayonne.
n. j. The Fountain brothers were baiied out.
The others spent the night in cells. When the
police court opened Yesterday morning Detec-
tive Harrington charged them with intoxica-
ton. Sentence was suspended. The RentZ-
santley young women did not appear in court.