Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-15
GAVE UP IN DISGUST.
Baron einsberg Left for Bridgeport

Baron Ginsberg Left for Bridgeport This Morning-Lecture was Failure
 Baron de Ginsberg has grown tired of Waterbury and left this morning for Bridgeport. On his way to the de pot he called at the Democrat office and stated that crowd of rowdies broke up his meeting last night in Con- cordia hall and prevented him from speaking to his audience regarding the Boer cause. This he said, is the only town I visited since I came to this country where I could not rent a hall and speak to those who cared to hear me without interference on the part of people who had no use for me or the cause I am endeavoring to serve. I blame the chief of police for the whole of it. called upon him yes terday and requested him to send a man to the lecture because suspect ed that the English sympathizers would be there to prevent me from speaking. An officer named Grubb was detailed to do duty there, but in- stead of keeping order he sided with the disturbers so that I was at their mercy. had something to say to the people of this town and although l paid for hall to talk to them in l was not allowed to use it." There were about 100 persons in the hall when the baron mounted the rostrum. Of this number probably twenty five or thirty attended for the purpose of hearing what the speaker had to say. The others went there to have fun with him and they had 1t. There was one lady in the hall She took offense at the way the crowd treated the distin- guished French citizen and went out to see what she could do to help him out of his trouble. She complained to Lieutenant Bannon about the conduct of the hoodlums but at this. time it was too late to do anything towards mending matters. The baron collected between $6 and $7, just enough to meet his expenses. He is an eccentric fellow, but apparently honest and full of hope for the ultimate triumph of the Boers over the British.
 The jokers were out in full force last night. After the conclusion of the lecture by Baron de Gins berg at Coneordia hall last night a number of youths waited for Supernu- merary Officer Grubb to come out. When at last he did arrive, they ac- companied him up Bank street. Some one conceived the plan of making out that a raid had occurred and thus fool those whom they should meet on the way from the hall to the police headquarters. Accordingly about if teen Of them walked in advance unos eight surrounded Officer Grubb and about ten more walked a few feet in the rear. Those in the rear and in the fore were constantly engaged in con- versation concerning the raid that had taken place in saloon on Bank street, eighteen men had been captured, some were being brought to the station in hacks When the passersby heard this, they stopped in amazement and num- Der joined in the procession. By the time the crowd reached Center street, it must have been composed of about sixty persons Over Center street and through the alley on to Harrison ave nue the jokers went. They now began shouting let him go, hold him, hit the officer, why did he strike him and simi- lar expressions. At the same, time, they began running. In an instant every window in the rear of the Sco- will house was raised and there were one or more occupants in each. From the nearby cafes and from Exchange place crowds began to pour into Har- rison avenue, and from Leavenworth avenue and West Main street likewise did they come. In the door of the po- lice station Captain Ramon could be seen with look of anxiety and sur prise It was only few minutes when Harrison avenue was literally swarm ed with people. Soon the news of he great raid was known everywhere and anxious were the persons to know what saloon it was. Soon the pipe went out and the fake raid was no more.
 Incidental to the confusion in Har- rison avenue, some one of the jokers informed Judge Hungerford that po- liceman had used much violence upon a prisoner. The judge was heading for the station to take up the prisoners cause or something like that when a friend of his met him ard informed him of the facts.