The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-09-04
LAVLESS NEW WORKERS
A Busy Day For the Police in Sup
pressing Sunday Riots.
WANTED TO LYNOI AN ITALIAN.

He Had Fatally shot Policeman who
Was Attempting to Suppress Disor-
der Ia His saloon - Chinese Feud
Causes n Riot I'm Chinatown.
New York, Sept 4.-Riots were nu-
merous in New York yesterday. the
result of which will be several deaths.
There were a number of suicides and
attempts at suicide, and altogether the
ambulance surgeons had busy day
by reason of the numerous shooting
and stabbing affrays that took place.
Policeman Patrick O'Keefe was shot
through the head and chest by Michael
FARRELL, in Farrellis saloon, a no
torious dive on Second avenue. O'Keefe
will die. Farrelli was placed under ar
rest after a long chase and a desper-
ate fight, in which he made further at
tempts at murder. A mob of several
thousand people gathered after the
shooting and made a determined ef-
fort to lynch the Italian Twice the
police had to draw weapons and force
the mob back, and there were hand to
hand fights all along the line. At the
hospital OKeefe, though now totally
blind identified Farrelli by the sound
of his voice.
The police have lately had the dives
so closely under surveillance that
business fell off and the saloon was
| to be closed. Yesterday Farrelli in
vited a number of his countrymen to
have one last good time. Their tumult
disturbed the entire neighborhood and
| Policeman O'Keefe started in to quell
the disturbance and the shooting fol-
lowed.
| The prisoners wife, Mary FarrelH,
was also placed under arrest for in
citing to murder
There was a riot in Chinatown last
night, the result of a feud of long
standing between the Oriental Benevo-
lent society and the Chu Chung society.
| The streets in that vicinity were block
| ed with more than a thousand China
men and others, and a number of Mon
| golians used reYolyers and blackjacks.
When the rioting was at it's height two
score of policemen and a number of
detectives put in appearance, and had
to do a lot of clubbing before the mob
was dispersed and the prisoners which
they made marched to the police sta
tion. Charley Lee, a Chinaman, was
stabbed in the abdoman and will die
Rounds q an McClusky was shot
through the thigh. Chang Lou was
stabbed through the arm and taken to
the hospital, while two other China
men 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 Eighth
regiment. U. S. w., was shot yesterday
afternoon by his brother Richard Lar
kin, at their home on East Thirtiett
street The wounded man is now In
Bellevue hospital with chance of re.
covery. Richard Larkin was intoXi.
Gated when he did the shooting, which
was the result of jealousy because Of
his brothers popularity, he himself
being generally considered worthless
Three Italian BARRIERS, Giuseppe
Saele, his brother Clan and Giuseppe
Guagento, engaged in fight yesterda!
on Elizabeth street, with the resul
that all are In St. Vincent's hospita
suffering from stab wounds. Clan Sael'
received cut on the neck which, it il
said, will prove fatal, but the wound!
of the others are not serious. ThI
trouble arose out of negotiations foi
the sale of the Saele brothers barbeI
, shop to Guagento.
Bernard Rafferty, an assistant dock
maker, is dying In the New York hos
pital. His skull is fractured and theT
are a number OF serious wounds ahou
his head and body That he is the vic
tim of a murderous assault there seem
to be no doubt. His papers and re
ceipts were found lying in pool o
blood in West Fifteenth street, between
. Ninth and Tenth avenues. His none,
was stolen. He himself was found b,
: his brother in an unconscious condi
4 tion lying in his bed at his home OF
Tenth avenue, his blood stained cloth
ing strewn about the floor. Raffert
= left his home on Saturday night an
: was found by his brother several hour
: later. The police are at sea. Raffert
has not regained consciousness, and
n is a mystery how he made his wa
from the place where he was assault
Il ed into his bed. as the distance wa
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