The sun., 1901-03-03
KILLED FOR SIX-CENT MEAL
,Iy BEATEN TO DEATH ~ PENEIL
MISSION RESTAI RANT.
r,.,lss Gale Had Eaten. and Then Tried
10 Leave tho Place without Paying iio
va. Instantly Set Upon by Four Em-
,io,.e,-Ihc Body Cast Into the street.

va, Instantly Set Upon by Four Em-
,o,ee,-Thc Body Cast Into the street.
c,,rle. Gale, formerly Of Providence. H. l..
80, recently living In Bowery lodging houses
a. meal costing six cents early yesterday
,,t,g in the Pencil Mission restaurant at
40 au,u.ry and tired to go out without paying
,,u lie was intercepted by William Allen.
a.. cashier Of the place. who summoned 10
A., s.sr.tnn,e Jan Fraudsen. the manager;
- su.lman, a dishwusher. and william
~ n.nn.- A waiter. and they are alleged TO
80. bel'en him 20 badly In the scufle that
,auoUed that he died shortly aterward.
ma restaurant employees were arrested
and he'd without bail IN the Essex Market
police court.
Tho psn-n Mission is also known as the
Ragged church" and Is in the middle Of the
.l,,k Known as -Panhandlors' Row" Tho
,.., Of tie first floor IL used as mission
ere on week nights and sundays services
a.. held In which those Of the customers who
v,.h ran Participate. several Bowery women
ri.Jonaric, lend a hand. aud Samuel l.
s,tsr.y 4 B. Seventh street. the supposed
n,,rrieror of the restaurant plays the organ
.,d s.7era..y d,rects the devotions.
Tho rs.taIrant is In the front part and the
,rI,..,sl feature Is meal Of three courses
saved for * cents. The walls ara covered
nth EhiI.al quotations. Il ~ only the more
sN.a.t Il the Stragglers IN PdnhdhdIer-
~ Vlo can afford 10 spend TIL, amount on
IA and down H. H." hasemeAt meals con-
.t,ns ~ A bowl II 'orec aud slice ui bread
A.. .er1 cd on rough wooden tables.
"Tt "Ttsre we're about a do7cn diuors upstairs
rtar Gale entered shortly after O'Clock
yesterday morning. During the day Young
soTea %'''I' at"r cTrN Al t"T TGft RdWeVcr. Men
S-a .. ',vsi who are supposed to know
fw =. de'cud the r acc In case OF INVASION
!, Do, erGte characters. There was oiIIN a
I..,a among those at the "a les when CHlo
va. gall bod NJ the door and only. another
Il lrko WHOM he said: i amt got a cent,
Wls's- Won going 70 do"
rsare vn. llrruId Interest whom the. 0rht
started. Vt none Of the diners intcrfcrrd,
Tter had witnessed such s"encs before.
H,weve-, whom they saw Gale faI oa. :, to
dlrs '1r. 1ok ut bis ewes" their svmpN.
,bies ard indlgnstion were rolsed. several
- -Neu rushed 10 the Edrilge street police
,'ron. and wheH policeman Hoc'lnE arllN"d
Gales BODY was lying IN the doorway adj
,o.rlng tho mission. The pol'' '"Wan sum
r,nNd an ambulance; the surgeon said that
Ne. Who were IN tie restaurant told tno
st ~ the e'air to the policeman. and also
" the EMPLOYEES ltp carried tn" TOO y uut
and tl,oSnit Il town In the doorway Tn.
Ianceman summoned assistance and PLACED
'ha four cnplo,ces under nrr"st and also
8, witnesses When tn" prisoners wer"
srraienai later in the Essex Market poU,"
court the witnesses all told Iractl.ally The
been beaten sud kickeI. and that each Of the
lu-ouera had taken hand III the assault
John Frank o.! FORSYTH street testlred that
BE- heard sle!lwan and Allen disrut" A. To-
WHO shouit wash of the blood - the job
belonged t. tho one who hit Gale tho hardest
Tie prisoners decllu"d 90 make any state
uent unit. th.r had Consulted C'un-c. Gti''5
boIs shows -,y-r,. ,!t, O'I th" head, AMI there
ore evla,u'n- uJt he received internal IN