The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-20

SanItress SScRvoy. ESSisE 20 AysnEs = Tenant,
Wna IN etrAiia when a policeman Care .


Wns In Straits when n Policeman Cane, -
Tho Big Mug crowd invaded Sheepskin row
last night. Sheepskin row 10 a tenement. 216
West Twenty-seventh street. 1t is called by that
namo because. they say. 1t IN so lamblike. The
Big Mug gang has is name from the police be-
cause II was formerly led by an individual with
an expansive countenunce.
Tho gang hangs about halls after dark, and
invites anybody who attempts to enter or leave
the house to contribute the price Of q pint of
beor to the common funds. From time TO time
beer 10 consumed, and the gang enjoys the sensa-
tion Of growing uRller and tougher ns the night
goes on.
Last night a woman tenant came In at n little
after 10 and tho Big Mugs commented on her
personally and impersonally and cast aspcrsions
on her character and family. Sho went up-
stairs, woke her husband. and told him that IL
he didn't drive that crowd out Of the hall she
would live with him not another day. lie won't
down, defsd tho Big Mugs, and was dragged
and battered up and down the hall and booted
Out Of the darkness of the back hall came the
voice of Ann McEvoy, innitress:
there's much / will take from any man or men.
for I'm. 9. patient woman, and a lady, but tho
decent gentlemen who do their honest work
OF q week and rest like, Christians of a Sunday.
aF The T Bie M RaTS y GSer ed F snS Gu spo Snd d IOpes
fully. The ~janitress bounded In among them.
Take that 20 dirty bumB!' she shouted. and
slapped the first face she found in the dark and
reached for another. And that! YeZ had q
right to stay home and behave yourselvosi
| And that"
Suddenly the tumult and the shouting ceased.
But only for a moment, The silence was fol.
lowed by a womnn's screams and groans, and
by shouts of " One more. Jimmy. for moi" and
Do her good"
Policeman, Shepard heard the screams. He
know what they meant. He Rripped his night
stick, settled his belt and made a running dive
into the hall. Tho woman's screams were
drowped in a roar OF curses and In the cracking
OF hickory on thick. hard skulls. In the darkness
Shepard fell over a PROSTATE body. He grnppled
the policeman's nightstick found the spot 1t
sought and the Big Mug became still. The
policeman lighted a match. Out of a corner
leaped Ann McFvoy, dishevelled and bloody
faced, and fell upon the captured tough on tho
floor. She sat on his shoulders and laughed in
triumph and cried In pain.
"Ah. darlinl' said she to Shepard. "yoL
saved me life the night. But couldn't yez have
kilt two OF them as easy as one1 fear yez are
Shepard sent for an ambulance. but she
wouldn't be taken away. She had too much to
mufiled sounds Of fence-Climbing aud cross-lot
signalling were heard in the back yards through
the block. The captured tough. when the dirt
and blood were washed of his face. proved to be
James Troy. His folks live at 433 West Thlr
tieth street.
Three weeks ago he fought Policemen Lcnnoy
and Britten and had 80 much the best Of 1t that
he escaped from them. Two weeks ago he stole
n watch from a man. The owner refused to
prosecute. because he lived in the ncighborhood
and know the energetic nature of Troy's friends