The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-15
lFFRAY ATTHE DOVE CLUB.
a,RHFEPER or THE BROADWAY aA-
LOoN UNDERNEATH SHOT.

rsnderioin Episode which May ResuIn
FntnIIy-shuuLng FoI1nwnd an hppurent
Attempt to ovsreharEs n Customer.
I. vas ! o'clock in the morning and a late
,.sston 1f 5hs Dove Club. This organization Ia
AZ shifting membership. and Ia in session when
any no ,umes in TO Guy the drinks. II il made
an u men whose occupation ia doubtful and OF
-ooms whose occupation is not. It's headqunr-
,,rs lra over tho saloon &C l45l Broadway.
nth which C IL connected BY close financial
ass AMI a iumbwaiter. At the hour named
Yesterday morning two or three women aud a
half dozen men we're sitting around a table sip
ming beer and talking about going homo. In a
,orner another man stertorously slumbsrad.
Ria ahalr .pped back against the wall. An
,prored waiter stood near the dumbwaitsr
reckou!ng 10 his nirkeI tips. concluding that
there vas no oruspect for more chat night.
Herein 10 was mistaken. Footsteps we're
Aearl coming up the stairs, and there appeared
In The doorway n young man and 4 woman. TO
vhosa arm ne chung with A grasp that may
have seen Affection 0r a tistr1st u his ability
to aaviguta successfully unaided.
Good evening" no said. geninllY. MY
name ! Russell. an ;his is my friend Minnie.
VIVA YOU say your other lams was. MinnieG 90
In rhat place tho woman needed no Introduce
don. indeed. she needed no surname. though
the 8na by which iha was known IL Edwards.
Now. vnu all have a drink with me-" aon-
,,n1ed her escort. What will !t be?'
Room vas made for them at the other table.
anu mo 5t The men lross TO do the honors.
NJ nam ; Clark. he said. and my friends
here arn Mss Jones and Miss Gladys smith.
Mr. E,aherrY. Mr. Peariing. Mr. Buttons. who's
on The stage. and Two other dovias whose names
Ire forgotten. Maybe I never knaw EN-. bu6
4G -- - IL -
ami -lis S lur zine to COO
who ! party maxim 'strur'n'ry noise over In
the ,oraer2" asked Russell. indicating the
sleeper. THAT what you tail aoo2 Here.
yaAa ~, 81 buy, an JON U.s.
With considerable dex5erity he kicked the
legs II lie MAR rom under The slumbersr. and
down tane tho occupant with 4 thump. He
arnse and 'teret 70. light anybody IN the place.
ma. woman. or nhild. Or rha whole nush, az he
nut it. i hat suited better. Nothing could
hava le-n mora grateful - che spirit OK Mr..
Russell. Ouu the Nthers tnrerferad - bring
ahUur pence 40 successfully chat. when the
irrnks U'r,veu. good nlmUr prevailed. An
nuUnclnG rhnt he nnd money % burn. tho now
ar-,vll handed The vaitar 4 Dill. anu avnry one
settled iowa a I pr0trncted session. reckoning
BY -te -lZs Il RussHIl3 roll and bis evident
Willingness 20 deGrease it-bur an unforeseen
Hera. YOU dog you've short-changsd mal"
cT'ed Russell. looking At the coins which tho
waiter nat pushed ACROSS the table 20 him.
NO: 5haC5 al right saIu th8 Edwards
woman.
You 10 ~ shouted Russell. YOU'RE In the
dea. with aim ~ TO me- Who are you. any
way [ ion : iluw you. Never saw you before
'Tfu5 40 way 70 srean a lady, - prutestsd
Ain lit. III show You how 7 trent her"
With l quick notion he lung the coins into
her .ara. ami COX her nails across his cheek.
Then n struck QUO iGva2ely. and che unl
whose tiraarns he mad ~ r'lteiy INTERRUPTED.
laplnH A HAHtS rnr rADrlSnl. fDlpkAN MIN down.
only 20 1tlGger buck rom a blow delivered
across he cable, BE Kept IN gong back until
ne reached ne doorway. through which he vnl-
shed. anu l very wise move that was. for Rus
sell lad JnU 70 MS teet ami was swinging \
chair. 1ld The iRnt became general. Two Of
me men hauled the Two women who had been
rhere when Russell and MS partner came in
t!ear ot he tracas anu hurried them down the
stairs. The others stayed TO light it out. and
the scund IT GverrurnlnR tables. crashing
chairs. anu shouts II battle could be heard III
From MS place behind The bar on the ground
door. John Mcnamara heard the uprOar. and
selzlng a tiub he hurried upstairs. followed oy
Get OUT Of here. al Of you ~ he shouted and
threw himself .ntu che tray.
somebody lad ia4let The attention ef Police
men Laralagi mi Baztar0 II the West rhirrleth
srrnat -tagCn % me row. anu Is they hurried
Let 20 or III 4hoOt,'
rh.s was followed by three pistol shots. As
me ollecoars reached the door. Twom men rushed
past -hem.
"'rhera's a man shot in there" one Of them
SAIL. I'm going for Il DOCTOR
DDLn policemen ran out l.tar them, calling to
them 10 stop. anu finally bringing them up
with 4 threat 70 sheet. Meantime the other
nsn and the woman mad raise't. Mcnamara
tFom the door. where he had fallen after the
SHOTS we're Tired, and lelpet hlm 70 the drug
store under the Broadway Theatre. Thera the
police rDundgd up the whole lot anu took them
70 the asG EhlrrIeUh street station. vhsrs an
anGI!anca surgeon attended the bartender Tor
a Juliet wound N his ihouiter This vas not
Ser'0ls. nut tna surgeon found another bullet
EDlnI II The groin thaE give the matter a
graYer lspegr. Mcnamara was conveyed 20 INT.
View York Hospital. Before leaving be faciarpd
mat Russell shot him AMI that Paar!ing had
AAtl m active part against MIN n the ignL
IN he way - me StaJlUn hiISsel! repeatedly
cautioned The others 70 say nothing u the
shooting. e. had 1 stab vQund between the
snouters. anu penr!ing had been cut n the
arm AMI .eg. The revolver with which the
snoring lui 1Hgl lone WIS found IN Hlahar-yiS
possession. lUr 5he t"i!nder vas gone. He had
plcSftt rie weapon up from rha door. ha said.
after the tglU.
A. e"lRh GllSseil. % Talrs nd. and refused 70
give MS tutress. he sait that Mcnamara had
atGlrStI aim With a pistol amt 5nOG himself IN
gIle Htr'lgg.r. The lrler prisoners were John
Parting. - rears old. Of 345 Vest FOrty-4ev-
snth strner; Minnie Edwards. David Clark.
tonh t,aherry. aud Waiter Conway, otherwise
Known Is Buttons Ene Actor. because ne S a
5aper u 4 -AcHrre.
In nc Vast Fifty fourth Street Police Court
auSS"i lnd PHariing were heid without ball 20
await Tie result II McNamara'S injuries. This
otntr3 were discharged. They said they did
A0t klnW VINO lid the shooting. At the New
t9rA iospltai lasr night it was said that No
palnhrl was -astlng comfortably and that I'D
hAd 4 'tIaags .r as .ife.