New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
CRUSADE AGAINST GANGS
PAUL KELLY'S R4IDED.
Put ont of Business. Says
.Schmiffbcrger- DetecfiUe Hurt.

Inspector Schmittberger. Acting Captain Me
Dermott of the Eldirdge-st station: Mayors
Secretary James r. Reynolds and Superintend-
ent McCIintock, of the Society for the Proven
ton Of Crime. assisted by twenty-five police
men in plain clothes. made an unexpected raid
on the Of the Paul 4. Kelly Association.
at No ~ Stanton-st. late last night.
The members OF the club were taken COM
pletely by surprise. They put up very little re-
sistance. and were badly beaten bv the police.
who seemed bent on breaking up the meeting
rather than taking prisoners. only three ar
rests were made. Tie prisoners were Michael
Gatta, tailor. Of No. ~ Mulberry-st. Pas
quale CupO. bartender. OF No. 10 Macdougal-
St. and Leonard EuIo. OF No. 143 East Fiji
feminist. all young men. All were charged
with carrying concealed weapons. Gatta had
a razor; Cupo and Eulo. the police say. had re-
volvers. fully loaded.
The raid was made without warrants and was
apparently part of the plan which Commissioner
Greene announced last Wednesday he had
formed TO break up the East Side gangs Of ruff
fans.
1t was said that members Of the Paul Kelly
Association figured prominently i'm last Tues
day nights riots. II was on that night that
Jack Smith. or John Carroll. as he is known to
the police. shot. IL is alleged. by Detective
Mccoy. and Carroll is now in Gouverneur Hos
pital, dangerously ILL., Michael Donovan, sup
posed to be a member Of the association, was
shot and killed. and il was noticed i'm last
nights raid that all the members OF the club
wore black badges. which printed IN
silver letters, We mourn our loss The meet
ing Of the association last night was held for
the purpose of collecting funds to go toward
helping the family Of Carroll. the sick man.
The first to enter the clubroom door which is
on the second floor Of the building. was Detec-
tive Kneirim. He was Immediately recognized
by the crowd. and chairs were thrown AZ him.
He was hit on the head by one Of them, and fell
just as Inspector SChmittberger and the twenty
five policemen poured into the place The crowd
made a rush for the windows. but no one was
allowed TO escape. The inspector jumped on a
chair and shouted:
This meeting is adjourned. and it is the last
meeting you'll ever bold here. The Paul Kelly
Association is dead from now on"
The inspector noticed that several Of the men
were trying to conceal revolvers which they had
drawn on the entrance Of the police. and he or
dered the policemen TO attend to them Three
men were arrested. and the inspector called 20
the other men to get out As each man passed
through the doorway he received a punch in the
face or kick from the detectives, and any
who showed resistance were severely used. In
spector Schmittberger then conflscated several
papers which nc said would prove Of value TO
him but he would not divuIge their contents.
Inspector Schmittberger said -afterward.
think We have succeeded in putting the Paul
Kelly Association out Of business. II they ever
try To- hold another meeting they viii get worse
esvareIv with that class OF men We will attend
to other gangs in similar way