The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-05-02
H0ODLUMS AT WEDDING
Threw Stones and Dirt, Broke Win dOgs and Peltsd tho Bridal Party and Guests With Rotton Egg.


 One of the most outrageous instan- ceS oi hoodlumiSm perpetrated m the name of a charivau took place at a wedding on Queen Anne Hill last eve ming, when a mob of young hoodlumS, after stealing part of the wedding ~e- treatments and incenSed at .he refusal of the hostess To deliver the rest of them, threw stones at the house, pelted the guests with decayed vegetal les and threw dirt by handluls in their faces. Police protection was sought m vain A number of the women were thrown into a state of nervous hysteria. many expensive costumes ruined and ;t east one of the guests injured by being struck in the back by large rock. lt IS probable that some arrests will tol- low this ruliianly assault as it IS ol too fragrant a character 10 be allowed to pass unnotced.
 The contracting parties are Mir. Emory T. Filler, superintendent oi swithch boards for the Sunset Icle- phone Company, and Miss Aune;ta Baird. daughter of an official Ci the White Pass & Yukon railway com pany The wedding was set for B o'clock at the residence of the br'de'S parents at 10 Roy street. just caSs "t Queen Anne avenue. Mir. :. NJ. Reed. who also lives there. is at present c"1- fined to the house with very 'eri' us illness. Mrs Reed tells the 't ny "i the opening of the charivari 1S ioll pws
 The boys. there must have been two hundred of them. came from ell ever Odeen Anne and North Scau'c. They were determined to be served first They wanted cake. cream an1 'un"y We would have served them ii they had acted better, but they stole a can of whipped cream from th, porch anl then we determined not to serve them. lust at the time set for the ceremony they began acting very rude. They pulled the pickets off the len and be- gan battering the door.
 After the ceremony some oi ihe guests as a matter of prudence left ihc house first. The bride and groom cs capcd without much difficulty, as Mr. and Mrs. Mccormack got into the first carriage and the crowd thought they were the newly welded 'ounle.
 Rev W. A. Major performed thc ger cmonv. Mrs. Major said this morn. ing: "The boys acted terribly during the ceremony Mir Major telephonet for the police shortly after & o'clock but none came. For a time aitc- the ceremony we were virtually held priS- oners. for the crowd would not let us go away"
 Mir. Charles s. Hills. one of the guests. spoke as follows of the occur renee: "I characterize the proceed | ing as the essence of yiciouSneSS, Just after the guest arrived the hoodlum' congregated and threw rocks at the house where Mir. Reed was lying m {; prccarious condition. There was just silence enough to perform the ccrc- mony. although we could not hear pur selves converse m even ordinary tones , The bride and groom left at Q;5o to catch the TO o'clock boat for Van. couvcr. As they went ont with som of the other guests the mob was howl ing around the carriages like devils in- carnate. The bride was s<esSed m a gray travelling dress while other women wore white. SO the boys did not recog' nize her and tied tin cans and oil cans Co the wrong carriage.
 At 10 o'clock, the fort" or tity guests started to leave the house and walked down to Queen Anne avenue for the car which was an in,erminable time in coming The crowd of boys. ranging in age from I4. 10 Y years peltcd uS with rotten oranges and ba- nanasNcarly an of the clothes of the party were ruined as nobody escaped. At the corner the mob gathered closer and this inccnScd Mir. Allen Simmo IS. He and Jack Compton Ste"~"d out in front and Simmons spoke to them. One of them made pass to strike Simmons and l pulled him away. As l did SO was struck on the side of the head with an orange whicL splattercd all over my clothes.
 "Mr. James K. Hoblitzcll. one of the superintendents of the Sunset com pany. accompanied by a lady. attempt ed Co escape by going down the block to the next street He was struck in the back by a large rock don't mind an ordinary charivari but guests should not be subjected to such inde- ceucieS after a weddSg. The boys had handiulls of dirt which they threw in our faces. Even after we got into the car and felt a partial sense of security the boys continued to throw cans"
 The reason why no policeman was sent to the scene when tcleDhoncd for by Rev Major. is not yet explained. Chief Meredith was seen this morning but said that was the first intimation he had been given of the outrage. He stated that Captain Sullivan, who was in charge of the office last evening. could not be seen until tonight Until Capt Sullivan reports no record of the matter from a police source can be known. Chief Meredith. however. is as indignant as anyone He thinks it IS the same crowd that has been cauS- ing SO much trouble in North Seattle. -P-L
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