The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20
FRENCH BALL RATHER MILD.
Inspector Thompson's Faoe Slapped-WronE
Man Arrested-Righ Man ~Catapulted.

Inspector Thompson's Face sIapped-wronr
Man Arrested-Righ Man ~Catapulted.
The French ball OF 1890 was nothing in par.
ticular. but Just a dance. with a little high
kicking here and there. a few drunken wo-
men and many drunken men. There were a
few...hghts Of small account. in one OF which
Police Inspector Thompson was assaulted.
The mar who struck the Inspector was Kicked
out OF the Garden and a man who. was no,
mixed uD In the affair at all was arrested.
Aside from this. the seventy policemen and
fifty detectives on duty did not have enough to
do to earn their salaries
There was no reason why the ball should
not. have been more hilarious. had those who
attended It been more inclined to hilarity. The
police were inclinedsto be not overparticula
and this inclination was known to the man.
ayers before the doors Of the Garden were
open. Inspector Thompson busted himself
chiefly i~n'admiring the decorations of the Gar
den. Cant. Price stood around with the fanil-
far joyous expression OF face and the Chester
fleldian manner for which he is famous. Capt.
McClusky. in evening clothes. a crush hat and
white kid gloves. sat in a box and remem-
George. Chief Devery got to the ball as soon
Free Sons OF Israel at the Lenox Lyceum. Just
coat we're good enough for him.. and soon af-
ter he arrived he held q levee at the north side
Of the main. entrance to the Garden. Many
looked down from their boxes upon what was
going on, on the floor. as II the show were a
It was nearly 8 O'clock when Inspector
Thompson was assaulted. Nobody knows Just
how the row began. except that some men and
women in the supper room at the east end OF
the Garden were getting rather gayer than the
Inspector thought was good for them or the
the men resented The suggestion and the In
spector laid his hand on the mans shoulder
and advised him to keep quiet. Thereupon
and Immediately another man in the party. a
studious looking chap in a spike-tail and eye
The INSPECTOR wheeled about and CHANGED
stopped to sec what was the matter. standing
at, his elbow. The onlooker was promptly
t nsfshe tP him e out 81 yyho f bSllro sans and PRRl eid Ri%
in the foyer Of the Garden to await Thompson's
orders. the Inspector, meanwhile being en-
gagged in a search for his cap. which had been
and an3f I feet 9TH thiiof. had pSi' had Bis " eye on the tde' man nan
onlooker. the big policeman grabbed the man
who had struck the blow; With a firm grip
on the - maps shirt collar lar and the smPIor
Madison avenue, Just in front Of the entrance
rectly in the path OF the man and the force be-
hind him. The cab could not be avoided. and
INTO IL the man IN tne SIlketall lell all IN q
heap. Tho policeman fell into the gutter. The
cabby knew his business. He simply folded
up the, mans legs. slammed the door and
jumped:on the box. ana the cab was two blocks
away before the policeman could pick-himself
up and gasp:
Where the devil Is that duck?"
Nobody could tell the policeman ANYTHING.
and he may be still looking for the man.
A short time after this a young girl. perhaps
is years old. the skirt of whose street dress
did not reach much below the top of her boots,
reeled out OF the supper room. She was very
drunk and appeared TO be all alone. She stag
gered forward a few eteps. and then. raising
her skirts. che began TO dance, shouting as she
did so. Immediately men and women formed
q ring about the girl, and she kept on until she
fell. She was so drunk she couldn't. move.
and nobody offered to help her to her feet. A
woman who testified, before the Lexow COM
mittee broke through the, ring. stopped over.
helDsd the girl III. and said:
This is no place for a child like you, and
maybe some Of you men may have daughters
OF your own. If you have you ought to be
ashamed OF yourselves. II there's nobody else
to AXE her home. / will"
Tn woman found out the girls address and
sent her away in a cab. with a negress to look
altar haT