The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-07
DOG FIGHT RAIDED
Chief Murphy and S. P. C. A.
Men swoop Down ona
Crowd of Sports.
OSCAR KREIG AMONG TIE SEIZED
TWenty-eight Men and Two Dogs
Caught in Curtis stabl,
on Second Street.
OSCAR EREIG AMONG THE SEIZED

Those enterprising blue uniformed gem
tlemen who call themselves S. P. c. A.
officers. We're tipped Sf'' yesterday after
noon that there was !yo be dog fight in
town aast night. They conveyed the in
formation to ex-Alderman George MeCar-
| thy, who is President of the S. P. c. A.,
and from eight o'clock until nearly mid
night Mccarthy. Jack Graham and
twelve other official protectors of dumb
animals secured the town for the, dog
| fighters.
EARLY in the evening Mccarthy was in
formed that the fight was to be pulled off
In shanty on West Side avenue, near the
! Catholic Cemetery. To the cemetery
marched the S. P. C. A. men. Standing in
the middle of a ten-acre field was a little
| shanty which answered in every respect
the description of the building where the
| fight was to take place. Through mud and
brlars Mccarthy and his faithful follow
ers crawled on their hands and knees
across the field until am obstructed view
| Of the house was obtained.
That's the place, boys" whispered Nc
| Carthy, ''and half the fines imposed ON
! this gang will be ours
The S. P. c. A. men grinned, and one
or two suggested that it would be wise to
take the prisoners before Justices Roe or
Weed. Those gentlemen. it appears. have
a monopoly of the S. P. c. A. business,
which by the way has been brisk lately.
They are not modest in imposing fines,
and as a consequence the society, or at
least certain sections of it, flourish.
After discussing. the possible amount of
fines for few minutes, the friends of
dumb animals moved on. Mccarthy
peeped in through window. He could
see nothing, but what he heard convinced
him that the house was full of ferocious
bulldogs and that they were chewing one
another up In good style. The officers sur
rounded the house. Mccarthy pulled his
gun and then raped for admission. The
door was opened by a feeble woman.
There was man inside and an infant
that was endeavoring to cough its head
off. It was suffering from Group and it
was the coughing that Mccarthy thought
was the growing of bulldogs.
rs there dog fight here?" demanded
the surprised Mccarthy.
mo, but there will be If you don't get
off this place." was the reply of the male
occupant.
Mccarthy sneaked
So did the other S. p. G.. A. men.
Some of the officers thought they had
been given a sjolly,'' but Mccarthy in
sisted that dog fight was going on
somewhere and he was determined to To-
cate it.
Shortly before midnight he succeeded.
It was in a stable owned by John Curtis
at No. 1873 Second street.
Mccarthy rang up Chief Murphy, VINO
was at home and in bed, and informed
him of what was going on. Dressing him
self hurriedly the Chief went to the
Seventh street station and summoned all
the reserve men of the First, Third and
Sixth precincts. There were twenty-five
policemen in all and thirteen S. P. G. A.
men. Sergeant Cody was placed in COM
mand of eleven policemen. the Chief
ard his awkward squad brought up the
rear.
down Third street and stationed them IN
the rear of the stable. The Chief and
S. p. G. A. delegation went to the front
The Chief raped gently on the sslass
door Of the office for admission. fs5 ,,ne Inc
man, who upon seeing the brass buttons
Of the police attempted to close the door.
ever. ena % He had mds slipped i his night Stick in
the opening and in, that way prevented
the closing Of the door.
C0pDeTS ana +. -. "A. luGl IOfultstl u
flying wedge and charged on the door.
They had no diff1culty in getting in. Nc
Carthy was the first man to enter enter He He
Drawing his revolver Chief Murphy
followed by Mccarthy and about twenty
the second floor. Before the sports rea-
lied what was going on the room was
full of policemen.
We're pinched," shouted spectator.
"rll shoot every man who mOyest
yelled the Chief.
Everybody, in the place apparently
Chief made his little announcement than
there was a wild rush to escape. Well
dressed sports plunged aeadtirst into
dove into feed boxes, crawled under bales
of straw, jumped into managers, hid be-
hind bales ct hay while few excited
bushel measures. One man attempted to
escape by Jumping through a window in
him hin m by the ' less a and held him uath stIs
couple of policemen took him in charge
Another lay down in the water trough.
During all the rumpus the handlers of
beasts, which were hanging on to one an
other like grim death. The dogs had to
be beaten to be separated. They were
then taken in charge by the s. P. C. A.
men. who pretended to be Mortified at the
condition .of the animals. Their horror,
however. did not prevent them from re-
marking that they had made rich haul.
escaped. When the sporty gents were
lined up 1t was found that there were
twenty-eight In all. They were marched
patrol wagons. which were in waiting.
They were taken to the Seventh street
station.
The first man to register was Oscar
Kreig, of s'Nonpareil,, fame. Next came
John Curtis, another dead game sport. He
is the owner of the building where the