The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-17
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Win . little Comic Police Activity ana . Raid
on the FIRE Department

WITH . Little Comic Police Activity ana Raid
on the fire Department
The business manager Of the Journal 40
companied by two lawyers, appeared In Centre
Street Court yesterday in answer to the UNI
mons issued by Magistrate Deuel. on tho COM
plant of Police Captain Vredenburgh, who
charged the Journal with maintaining q nui-
sance by attracting crowds about It's baseball
bulletin.
"You are breaking the law" said Magistrate
DEUEL., land unless you abate this nuisance I
will have:a complaint.taken against you"
The lawyers secured an adjournment until
the afternoon and called on Chief Conlin. They
asked him to permit Capt. Vredenburgh to dis
regard their violation of the law. Chief Conlin
TsrnsSa; of then the s snG lSws' Court msnt and Dsl0 secured SastIe q
Police Commissioners and Capt; yredenburgh,
Truex set the hearing for Tuesday next, and
Magistrate Deuel. adjourned the summons case
q dozen policemen were in tho crowd yesterday
watching for pickpockets and trying, to make
street. Il is rumored that the World. WHOSE
bulletin b1Fs ba hn. oa sssn t to iend fSs 6 Sy the S SSsrI
enough to defray the expense OF getting an in
junction restraining the Journal from giving
Its exhibition. Tho police fund available 10
Among the compliments to the Gerry society
about children who make themselves a nuisance
s 81 sef e. RS on sse SICK si5sei Babies bs E fSnds" sG h sSs
Rev. o. 8. Prescott, pastor OF St Luke's Church,
New Haven, and John Baynes OF Stamford,
Conn. 1t was said Of these children, who are
usually little girls, that they are not only i'm
Fortunate, but become abusive when money Is
refused to them. Acting on these complaints
Agent Pisarra arrested on Thursday at Fifth
avenue and Forty -second street, Lizzie and Hat
s ts s ssssas: Li nsss o II Se and % z years yssrs Of % e 81 i ssS;
First First H y n1s a and tsd Liilie ., and ISoi Nf Ellie, obGisa'
w nasssr.b be for ahe On @fu ase ''F Tss osSs sss na fpoa
children were peddling small toys and trinkets,
but the O'Brien girls had each a cigar box into
which they asked women TO drop pennies, fol-
innings. All OF the children were arraigned in
Jefferson Market Court yesterday. Agent
Pisarra said that the O'Brien girls had been ar
rested just a year ago for the same offence and
money collected. Az that time they were al
lowed to go when their parents promised to
keep them OF the street, He asked that they
be held SO that he could find out If they were
were, he said, he would ask for their commit
ment to an institution. The Magistrate re-
mandod them. The others he allowed to go on
The horrible suspicion arose yesterday that
the winner in the Horid's bicycle competition
has been selected in advance, although the polls
are still open for cents. A representative of
board yesterday and asked that the Commits
sloners grant two months vacation TO the ON
Ger or other member OF the department whose
wife should win the bicycle. The Commissions
Tho race for the idiocy prize led ex.Mayor
Smith Ely to tell this story yesterday afternoon:
When / waga young man the rivalry DO
BoWery Theatre was intense. One evening the
manager OF the latter hung out q flaming
/ placard bearing the following announcement: