Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-13
TIE INNOCENTS ABROAD.
Three Boston Men Roughly
 Handled in New York.

Street Fight Which Took Place in
 Front of the Gilsey House-Knives
 Were Freely Used and the Boston
 Men Were Badly Cut Up-Some of
 the Men Engaged in the Melee Had
 Been Attending the Wall Paper
 Manufacturers Convention.
 New York, Aug 13.-A fight which resulted in the stabbing of two men occurred at Twenty-ninth street and Broadway, in front of the Gilsey house, shortly before 2 o'clock this morning. The police can give very little information about the row or what led up to it, and no arrests were made. From what could be learned at the hotel three men, said to be BoS- ton politicians and whose names the police give as Joseph A. Conry, Pat rick Bowen and Joseph J. Norton, started the fight. The wall paper man. ufacturers' convention is being held at the Gilsey house and a number of the delegates were standing in front Of the doorway, it is said, when the three men crossed Broadway to enter the hotel. COnry, who is very large and powerful man, had some words, it is alleged. with some of the men i'll front of the hotel with whom he was not friendly. In a minute he was cn- gagged in a lively fist fight and several of his opponents were knocked down. His two companions became involved and, according to eye witnesses, in a few minutes every man in the crowd was fighting. William F. Francis, a wall paper manufacturers, who is at- tending the convention, was in a res taurant near by. He ran to the door to see what the trouble was just as some of his friends were knocked down. Francis went to their assist ance. Suddenly there were cries of 'I am stabbedr' and Conry, bleeding from a wound in his back and cuts in his arm, broke from the crowd an1 ran toward the entrance of the hotel, followed by Bowen and Norton. Fran cis, it was found, was also bleeding from q wound in the thigh. The crowd surged into the hotel after the three Boston men and it is said there was another fight in the corridors. An ambulance was called from New York hospital and the surgeon dressed Con- ry's wound, after which he was put to bed in the hotel. Dr Whitney of the Sturteyant house dressed Francis's wounds and he went to his hotel. Francis and the three Boston men de- clared that even if the police succeed ed in finding the man who did the stabbing they would make no com plaint, as they desired no notoriety and wanted the matter kept out of the newspapers.
 It was said that one of the Boston men was a congressman, another an all 6es1sIl Qn6 In hifsf1a cfafn Ton
 It is said William F Francis is a wall paper manufacturer of Provi- dence, R. I.
 At the Gilsey house it was said to- day that the participants ill the fight had been dining late last evening, and that some slight derogatory remarks made by the members of one party about MT Conry and his friends started dispute which soon led to blows
 Boston. Aug 13.-Joseph A. Conry stabbed in New York early to-day, is the democratic congressman elect from the ninth Massachusetts district and one of the leading members of his party in this city. He is only 32 years of age, which makes him the youngest congressional representative ever elect ed in this state. He has been president of the Boston city council and chair man of the board of aldermen His home is in East Boston. He is ;32 years of age and popular in his party. Joseph J. Norton is a member of the Boston board of aldermen from the eighth district (South Boston,. He is we'll known in political circles.
 It is thought here that the third member of the party is Patrick Bowen York.