The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-16
MEr SAID REILLY,
=, mack TO bed HE WENT, AND
h"I yrT THE TENANTS FIG ut on.

LET THE Ftuhh OSs
rro,b,e tao sheehans ana
'he ,,.,,.y-, ana He Know netter Thnn to
go. Itrtvcen I~adies-Sheehnn In n
...n,tsi Now ind TierneJ Locked Up In Jaii.
-,. risdom OF Reilly is tho subject Of general
.amirlnp comment in that part Of West
J" place known rs Roilly's alley.
We rhiIo sounds Of battle. murder, and sudden
~" ",s allcd tho air early yesterday morning. he
ses, n his bed and preserved unbroken. II not
~ ,s,,. at least his head, which Is moro than
p ~ aid of another resident Of the place.
.com, out an stop en-" shouted the tenants
,,e,M West Washington place to Reilly, for
U.nir IA the janitor and boss of the place.
49, ant an stop EN-. Tho Sheehans an the
rsS.,.rs IL scrappin' like n thousand devils.
~ Iii nil be murdered in our beds. Como
Avn. Misthcr Reilly"
sally stuck his head out Of the window and
- observations Of tho affair below, in which
~ sbcchans and the Tierncys werc earnestly
'.ntipr each others hearts blood.
Not mel" said Reilly. I'm better in me
~, F" and he went back there, leaving the com.
,,,sn,s TO fight 1t out undisturbed.
Fight 1t out they did, rs fairly as could be
.,,ccicd. for there Is rancor between tho fami-
,, Bill Shcchan's eldest took occasion some
a.rs ago TO pick a fight with Jim Tierney's Sec
.rd son. and hand painted his eyes in an i'm
,,cssiyc and iimprcssionistic manner. Re-
,rlsals wero not tardy of arrival, for the four
Ti,rney youngsters fell upon the two Sheehan
honsfpls and would have reduced them to frag-
m,nts but for tho interference of some grown.ups
vho arbitratcd with IN energy i'll appreciated
nv tho victorious clan. Though all tho children
vero whipped by their respective families for
fighting, the parents took sides and became un.
friendly, 1t became known in Reilly's alley
that Mrs. Ticrncy had borrowed from Mrs.
shceban more than friendly neighborliness re.
ouired that tho latter should lend.
.sure she wud be comm in iviry five minute
NJ The day." said Mrs. Shcehan over her dish
~ tea, TO borry this an that an the ether
thing, till / misdoubt what's hers an what's
me own. She'll be borryin' the sowl out Of me
body wan Of these days, l do know"
Did Della Shechan say thatl" cried Mrs.
Ticrney, when it was reported to her by tho
kind.hearted neighbors. THE more shame to
her. then. Many's the time mo man has give
Bll Sheehan what he couldn spare that them
Sheehans could have n bite to eat an not go to
drink. He's a loater, an his wife is no Teddy"
Naturally it was reported TO Mrs. Sheehan
that Mrs. Tierney had called her out of her
N man will break Jim Ticrney's neck for
Some Of the moro pcacoable-minded of tho
tenants told Reilly about II, suggesting that no
~interposc his influence and authority to pre-
vent bloody conflict.
Else YEN DO losing some O. yer tinants sud-
What wud I be dom interfcrin' atween
leddies' littlo differencesl" said the astute
Reilly. IF it was the men, now, 'twud be aisy
fix all harmonious. But the leddies-'tis best
10 let them finish it their own way,
So it was no surprise to Reilly when the war
broke out. At . o'clock yesterday morning
sheehan came home, flying the rcd nag of battle
upon his nose, and kicked in two panels of the
Iiern ,H o door Gn bef q b Mrs; Ti;e1TT i;Sy cam came ot to the b .
II it was merely a jovial late. returning,n eighbor
exuding high spirits in that fashion. The caller
settled all doubts by hitting her Gh fair between be ,,1
her husband that that blackguard Of a Sheehan
was out looking for trouble. Sheehan., mean.
rs he sol" said Tierney. wei accomy-
date him quite immejit."
Secreting a poker and a stove lid litter up his
make a call on. the Sheehans. followed by his
wife. AS his knock was not answered he
Kicked in the door,, There was an exchange of
after which Sheehan crawlcd out on
the fire escape and exclaimed. "Murder!" in
tones Of considerable vehemence: which may
have been warranted by the fact that the poker
head. This exclamation he repeated crescendo,
until Ticrney had dragged him in by the legs
for further operations. When Tierney had con.
ncy himself was tired, but very well satisfied.
Policeman Schnitgcr of the Charles street sta
ton came, and his first diagnosis agreed with
announcement from the firo escape,
but he decided to call an ambulance. The sur
geon said that Sheehan wasn't dead. and soon
man and wife. and the Tierneys, man
and wife, were taken to the station house,
where they s~everally charged each other with
all the crimes known to criminal jurispru-
occasion. Half a dozen other tenants who
came along declared that the only way to get
at the true inwardness of tho affair was to get
Reilly and one of them went after him.
Are they al kilti' said Reilly upon being
awakened. whats thati Want me at the
station housed I'm asleep. Don't bother me.
An If you come agin, i m out, an If the p~o-leece
comes I'm dead an buried"
Meantime strange things were happening
at tho station house. Shcehan, in the midst OF
~T,ierneys, past and present, suddenly turned up
his eyes, gave a yell, and fell to the floor with.
Ing,
with n cub
Hes bcin' struck dead fer b~lasphemious ly-
In said Mrs. Tierney. ..Lave him die"
Help. They've murdered him. Cahl q
DOCTOR shIiekcd Mrs. Sheehan,
Inc Hmhulan 20 surgeon. called back. took
they were unable to say whether his condition
was due to alcoholic delirium or o fractured
tSuli or both. Tierney was a%rraigned in Jcffer-
ION Market Court yesterday and held to await
NE result Of sheehan's injuries. Reilly was not
Such doin's," said he. when the state of the
was slapin'."