The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-08

Wilson. finally came up to the deorgeanna
| Capt Wilson was the first to give the passen-
gers a chance to finish their explanations
When he had heard It all he put on full steam
| for New York In order to notify the police
The Georgeanna was then of the Thirty ninth
| street ferry Brooklyn, and It was $3.50 o'clock
| In the afternoon.
Capt. Wilson steamed UP to Pier A and mott
| ned Capt. Allaire OF the harbor police OF the
| situation on board the Georkeanna. Capt.
| Allaire notified police headquarters and the
| Church street station. and then ordered
| Sergt. Mccullough to board tho tug with four
men to meet the Gsorgeanna of tho Battery.
| in order to keep her from landing until the
| police were ready to receive her properly. The
Gsorgeanna was already in sight. Capt. Sterck
| was in the pilot house. The Battery was lined
| with spectators.
| Seret Mccullough told Capt. stsrck to 90
slow and to land at Pier A. The Captain did
| not grasp the meaning OF the order until he
| had passed the pier In question. His hearing
| faculties then began to work norm ally. but he
had got the better OF the police
| There were only two policemen on Pier 6.
! when the GeorReanna landed. She had not
yet touched. when half a dozen men jumped
| from her lower deck to the landing and ran
| like hares for the street. The first one. who
| was dressed In a striped sweater. made good
| Georgeanna were raising a howl which
caused a big crowd to flock to the pior.
There they go!" yelled the passengers.
Stop them! Catch them! They have our
! money!
| where are theyp" asked sergt. McCul-
| Tough. rushing wildly up and down the pier
| He caught one man at last. and another one
was stopped by policeman. Three or four
| fugitives mingled with the crowd. and were
nj.
street reserves. and a number OF detectives.
arrived at that critical moment and cut off
further escape. The pier was walled In by
| line OF bluecoats
| The passengers were ordered to stay on boa I'd
| the steamboat. The mem bers OF the grievance
| committee were then asked to stand at the
head OF the gangplank and no passenger was
! allowed to 20 who was not declared all right by
them. Eight or ten alleged gamblers were
caught in that way. and among those the men
who assaulted Purdue and Capt. Norton. All
the captains Of the boat were added to the col
lection and all OF them were taken to tho
Church street station in patrol wagon.
Deputy Chief Mclaughlin and Inspector
Cross came down from Headquarters. They
had heard that four or five men had been
killed on board the GeorReanna. They ordered
the prisoners to be taken into a back room and
placed in line. The nom bers OF the grievance
committee and other passengers willing to
make com plants we're then told to look them
over and pick out those that they could identify.
All the prisoners were recognized and held.
except one. The following is the police record
OF the prisoners taken in the roundup:
John Wills. "a years old. shoe dealer. 1868
Ridge avenue. Philadelphia; Frank Jones. Al
years old. bartender. Mills House No. l, and
George Lyons. % years old. roofer 11S West
Twenty-second street. gam bling and disorderly
conduct: Christopher Baldwin. 25 years old.
bartender. 2I3 East Thirteenth street. charged
with running the roulette wheel; William Sims.
81 years old. bartender. "a West Sixty fourth
street. disorderly conduct and gambling;
James Martin. IS years old. commercial trav-
eller. 2O0H Christie street. gambling and lar
ceny OF $50 from passenger Alexander Sterck.
80 years old. steamboat captain. 500 West
Twenty first street. disorderly conduct:
Charles Berry. so years old. Waterman. 1O6
West Fortieth street. running a gambling
house and assault on Capt Norton; Robert
Stone. "a years old. barton der. $40 East Eighty
third street, disordsrly conduct and gam bling:
Edward Sherman. 20 years old. bartender.
Tooth street and the Boulevard. gambling
and assault on Peter Purdue; Thomas
Sexton. dramatic agent. rs East Fourth
street. disorderly conduct and gamb-
ling; Henry B. Post. steamboat captain.
251 East Fifty-fourth street. running
a steamboat without license; Daniel B.
Brown. pilot. 312 Pulaski street. Brooklyn. run
ming a steam boat without license; James
Mulger. bartender. 1l9 Livingston street.
Brooklyn suspicious person; Wilson H. Cutler.
40 years old. bookmakers' clerk. ia West
Forty fourth street. disorderly conduct.
preliminary investigation by Deputy Chief
Mclaughlin brought to light the fact that none
Of the three captains" on board the George
anna had license.
Charles Berry. who was said to be respon-
sible for all the trouble. had S73 In small bills
in his possession. apparently ticket receipts.
The other prisoner had very little money
There was a rumor about tho Georgeanna's
pier last n light that Bob" Nelson. the whole
sale bondsman OF the Tenderloin police sta
ton and the friend OF Chief Devery. was con-
csrned In the chartsring Of the boat for the
yacht race. No one was found who could give
any definite Information on the subjsct. Nell
son. him self. 1t was said. was not on board dur
ing the trip.
In the Tenderloin last night II was said
that Big Frank" Farrell was the man In
charge OF the game. Farrell was the owner OF
the gambling house at sos Sixth avenue that
was raided by Anthony Comstock about a
week ago.
Capt. Norton was chairman OF the Grievance
Committee and a number OF other witnesses
were O1hml0Ou AZ tn0 ny bepuIy Snlel
Mclaughlin. He said that he had come to see
the yacht races and that he had gone on the
boat in good faith
| Tho passengers appointed him and hve
others committee to see the captain. He
| followed the captain from the cabin
to the bridge and the captain replied
| to his protest: You and the passengers can
go to hell" The captain admitted that the
| gam blers had hired tho boat for the day and
| that he had no control over them.
| Capt Norton said that he and the rest Of the
passengers then went to the lower deck and that
| they threw eight or ten OF the gambling mach
ines overheard, Then they went to the barroom
| gambler started the fight by throwing glasses
anu bottles The other. gamblers he, said.
detailed, many acts Of VIOLENCE. He said
that he had seen one big gambler walk upto
her lap and Soo,ly aappropriate the glasses,
man. objected. the big gambler gave him
a. shove and threatened 10 kill him II he wasn't
allowed to keep the glasses. Capt Norton
| identified one OF the prisoners who gave his