The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-04
SERIOUS RIOTS IN NEW YORK.
Policeman Fatally Shot -. Fight IL
Chinatown.

Policeman Fatally Shot -. Fight IL
| Chinatown.
New York, Sept. 3.-Riots were nu.
merous in New York city to-day the
result of which will be several deaths
| There We're a number of suicides anc
attempts at suicides and altogether the
ambulance surgeons had a busy day by
reason of the numerous shooting and
stabbng affrays that took place. Po-
| liceman Patrick OKeefe, attached tc
| the East One Hundred and Twenty
sixth street station, was shot through
the head and chest by Michael Farrelli
in Farrelli's saloon on Second avenue.
O'Keefe will die. Farrelli was arrested
after long chase and desperate fight
in which he made further effort to do
murder. A mob of several thousand
| people gathered after the shooting and
made an effort to lynch the italian
| A number of detectives and a police re-
serve of twenty men were ordered out.
! They beat back the mob, and one Of
them sprang at Farrelli and knocked
him senseless The police then march
ed their prisoner to the station. The
mob of several thousand wildly excited
men, women and children Surged all
about the police escort. Twice the po-
lice had to draw their weapons and
force the mob back and there We're
hand-to-hand fights all along the line
lat Earra11i tal IN tbp bnsr1i-
tai. The prisoners wife, Mary Farrell
H. was arrested for inviting the muir
der, she having given her husband a
revolver and told him to fire upon the
police when they attempted to raid the
place
There was a riot in Chinatown, the
result of a feud of long standing be-
tween the Oriental Benevolent society
and the Chu Chung society. The streets
In that vicinity were blocked with a
mob of more than 1000 Cinnamon and
others, and a number of the Mongolians
used revolvers and blackjacks. When
the rioting was at its height two score
policemen and number of detectives
put in an appearance and had to do a
lot of clubbing before the mob was dis
persed, and the prisoners, which they
made, marched to the police station.
Charley Lee, Chnaman, was stabbed
in the abdomen and will die. Rounds
man William McClusky was shot
through the thigh. Chung Lou was
stabbed in the arm and taken to the
hospital while two other Cinnamon
who were shot were taken away by
their friends and concealed in one Of
the many Chinese quarters near the
scene Twenty-one Cinnamon were ar
rested.
Thomas J. Larkin, who served
through the campaign with the Sth reg
iment, U. S. ", was shot tonight by
his brother, Richard Larkin, at their
home on East Goth street The wound
ed man is now in Bellevue hospital with
chance of recovery. Larkin was in
toxicated when he did the shooting,
which was the result Of jealousy be-
cause of his brothers popularity.
Three italian BARRIERS. Giuseppe Saele
his brother Clan, and Giuseppe Qua
mento, engaged In a fight to-day in
front of 1856 Elizabeth street with the
result that all are in st. Vincents hos
pital suffering from stab wounds. Clan
Saele received cut on the neck which
it is said will prove fatal, but the
wounds of the others are not serious.
The trouble arose out of negotiations
for the sale of the Saele brothers bar
Der shop to Guagento.
Bernard Rafferty,, an assistant dock
Is dying in the New York hospi-
tai. His skull is fractured and there
are a number of serious wounds about
his body and head. That he Is the VIC
time of an assault there eeems to be no
doubt. His papers and receipts were
found lying in pool of blood in West
18th street between 9th and 10 avenues.
His money was stolen. He himself was
found by his brother in an unconscious
condition lying in his bed at his home
on Tenth avenue, his blood stained
strewn about the floor. Raj
ferty left his home ON Saturday night
AMI was found by his brother several
hours later The police are at sea- Raj
'erty has not regaired consciousness and |
it is a mystery how he made his way
from the place where he was assaulted |
into his bed, as the distance was several |
blocks.