The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-06-15
DOG FIGHT RAIDED
Nineteen Prisoners Caught
By President MCCARTHY
Of the S. P. G. A.
STRANGE TALES TOLD
One Man Fell Into the Place
While Asleep and None of
Them Knew Anything.

Nineteen prisoners were captured late
last night in a successful raid on a dog
/ light in Lafayette made by the S. P. G. A.
and the police of the Communipaw avenue
| station house, under Captain McKaig.
There We're about one hundred persons in
the building when the fight was going on,
but the tip had been given that the police
We're coming and all but nineteen made
good their escape.
/ 1t was tough looking crowd lined up
at the desk to have their pedigrees taken
Il was also strange sight to see court
being held al half-past two in the morn
ing. All interested were dead tired and
sleepy. A crowd of a hundred filled the
police station to watch the proceedings
, and the sidewalks were black with people.
| President Mccarthy of the S. p. c. A.
got tip concerning the fight and sta
| toned his men near the place. The pit
| was built in the basement of the saloon
of Michael ]. Cullen, No. AZ Fairmount
avenue. The cellar was, lighted with
| candles. A pit had been built and old
carpet and mating placed on the boards
that were used as benches for the spec
tators- 1t was dark and dismal hole,
ana every man concerned in the affair
was covered with dirt and mud
Inc >. r. Q. A. men reached the scene
about eleven o'clock. The dog fighters
had plckets stationed at various points
near the saloon ready to give the alarm,
Two dogs had been fought and two others
Were at it when Officer Schult made his
appearance. The alarm was given and
Immediately the crowd of spectators
could be seen climbing out through win
doWs and scampering in all directions.
The police were then telephoned for.
Captain McKaig and seven men came
down in hurry with the patrol wagon.
The place was surrounded and nineteen
who could not get away were ..pinched., ;,
Some pretended to be asleep and others
looked on with strangely innocent air.
Six dogs were captured Some of the men
who got away took several dogs with
them. The patrol wagon made three trips
to the station house with the prisoners.
They were hard looking crowd.
The proprietor got away when the tip
was given. He could not be found The
dogs were taken to the station house,
some dripping with blood
The crowd was arraigned and these
were the names and addresses given
Henry Jones, Olean avenue; A. w. Smith,
No. lib Oak street; John Brennan, No.
5S7 Grand street; George Kennison. No
1872 Randolph avenue; John Devine, No.
sl9la Halliday street; John Muller, Pine
and Maple streets: David Nichols, No.
Al Fairmount avenue; Tony Smith, Peter
Schmidt No. 81 Garden street, Hoboken;
George Roberts. John Williams No. 26
Palisade avenue; Jacob Millerton, No 26
Palisade avenue; William Raymond, No.
"a White street; John Loveland, John
Schmidt No 2S5 Manning avenue; Henry
Koch, Richard Holland and Henry Pope,
No. 126 Warren street, New York
Justice of the Peace John Mccormick
established 4 court in the station house.
President Mccarthy charged the crowd
with having taken part in dog fights and
having been guilty of cruelty to animals
He described the premises and told of
the bloody pit and bleeding dogs founa
there. The place had a bad reputation as
notorious joint, he said, and added that
other fights had taken place there on sew
eral occasions IT. was evident that fights
Were to be pulled off and eight dogs were
on hand for that purpose.
Captain McKaig swore to The same
statement Of facts and submitted some
blood that he had scraped from the pit
in evidence.
Officer SchuIt also stated the facts in
the case. He said dozens got away when
an alarm was given by the picket men.
The Court then heard the stories of
the men. They were varied assortment
of choice tales One prisoner, Holland
said that he had fallen asleep and had
also fallen into the cellar where the fight
| took place. He feigned sleep when caught
Others Were simply shooting pool or
showing friends around the town. and the
| rest just dropped in to have a drink or
two. None knew of the fight nor would
they have stopped to Sc fight had they
known of it.
gave an interesting account OF himself.
He said that he and a friend had strolled
into the saloon kept by Cullen and that
he volunteered his services as bartender
for nothing. He had never met the pro-
him in charge of the place and all the
money.
Every man was fined sl2. Some Of the
men paid and left with friends. The 9TH
ers were locked up. Those who paid
were:-Millerton, Jones, Jones' Kennison,
Loveland and Schmidt.
| The dogs were taken by the Society to
| the quarters on Grove street
When the crowd was taken from Cul-
! lens saloon, no one was left to look after
| the place Later. when an officer came
keys in the door. He locked the door
/ and took the KEYS to the station ho1Se