The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-25
ROUGH RIDERS IN GOTHAM.
How Drinks Are OVERWHELMING
the Old Town Up.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
Although the number of Rough Riders
in town Is now comparatively small, those
who are still here succeeded in making
Upper Broadway nvelier than usual yes
terday. In their yellow uniforms they
paraded about, making the Hoffman
House their headquarters. They seemed
to be having a mighty happy time of it,
even if il was Sunday.
IN the afternoon most Of them went
off TO explore Central Park, Manhattan
Beach, COney Island and other resorts,
but they got back to town after dark and
many of them evidently had not satisfied
their craving for enjoyment. They invad-
ed the hotel cafes, became acquainted
with the mystery OF the Raines-law sand
wich and later started off to attend some
of the sacred concerts at the theaters.
The porter at the Hoffman House de
clares that early yesterday morning
chambermaid came to him in alarm and
told him that one of RoOsevelts men was
trying to kill himself or somebody else.
He was firing off his revolver in his room.
The porter rushed up 20 the room occu-
pied by the Rough Rider. The door was
unlocked and he went in. There on the
bed was the Rough Rider unconcernedly
plugging away with his gun al the cleo
trio bell button.
Here, here! What Is the matter? What
are you doing?" demanded the porter
"Nothing-nothing at ALL" drawled the
Rough Rider. Il simply want a drink, a
big, long, cold drink and 1 was too tired
to get up and touch that button to call
a boy. Just send up the drink quick"
Three Of the Rough Riders decided last
night that they would like to take a drive
up to the Central Park Casino. There was
only a hanson cab in front of the hotel.
The carriage man told them there was
scarcely room for three of them in that
and suggested that If they would wait for
a couple of minutes he would get a coupe.
That's all right" spoke up one of the
Rough Riders. Jump in there, boys" he
said 10 his companions, and they got
into the cab he lightly vaulted up on the
back of the cab horse. The astonished ami
mai began to prance and rear. With a
couple of scientific jabs with his heel Mr.
Rough Rider brought the cab horse back
to his feet
Just leave your reins alone I'll man
aged this rig" shouted the Rough Rider
to the amazed driver of the cab.
So, with him acting as position the cab
moved off up Broadway, the Rough Riders
whooping and the crowd laughing.
Another Rough Rider stood meditatIve-
ly at the newsstand in the corridor of the
hotel. A man who was passing stopped and
stared at him rather longer and harder
than the Rough Rider seemed to think was
proper. Strengthening himself up and look
ing the staring man right in the eye the
Rough Rid I'D with fine sarcasm:
Yes, my ar sir, I am the man who
was shot right behind the ear with can
non ban at San Juan Hill"
One Rough Rider appeared i'm the court
proceedings of the day. He was Robert
L. Martin of Texas, who said he was in
hurry to get home and look after 1,4O0
nice, fat cattle which he wished to mar
ket. He was in the Central Street Police
Court as a complainant.
On Saturday night, he said, he went
down to do the Bowery'' with Flossie
Collins, whom he met on Broadway and
who volunteered to be his guide. Among
other places he visited the concert hall
at No 302 Bowery, kept by Robert Hunt
He said he gave a waiter 500 in payment
for a drink and could not get his change
Then he had Hunt arrested. The police
man also arrested Miss Flossie, as she had
the Rough Riders watch. In court he
admitted that he gave her the watch, and
she was discharged.
Hunt declared that he knew nothing
about the $2O-bill transaction. He said
that since the war closed a lot of sol
diers and sailors had been visiting the
Bowery resorts, rendering 81 bills in pay
ment for drinks and then claiming that
they had rendered s. or $40 bills. He and
many other propretors of places had
paid these claims rather than be arrest
ed, but he said he was tired of being
mulcted in that way Magistrate Simms
evidently did not believe his story, for
he held him in $500 bail for trial
j. C. De Behrs is not only a Rough
Rider, but a member of the Salvation
Army. So yesterday he attended the
morning and evening meetings in the
Fourteenth street hall and told how he
had been converted by member of the
army while he was punching COWS on the
Texas plains. He gave his machete to the
army, and soon at a public ceremony it
will be beaten into plough-share before
an audience.