New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-17
STAND BY EASTMAN GANG
monk" rs DISCHARGED.
Coroner BaHed in Efforts to Find
Murderer.

a result
Eldridge-st station by Coroner Scholer. Inspector
scbrnittberger Assistant District Attorney Gar
van and his assistants into the riOtng on the East
Side on Tuesday night in which one man was
killed. another probably mortally wounded. and
several others who received injuries got away.
Monk Eastman was discharged from custody, as
was his wife
In the afternoon Coroner Scholer had been to
Governor Hospital. where John Carroll. a
driver of No. % East Thrd-st. is lying with a
bullet wound in his abdomen. Last night the Cor
oner again went TO the hospital with Inspector
Schmittberger. taking with him also the men who
had been gathered in on/suspicion of being con-
cerned in the shooting: George Meyers. alias
'Iolly" Meyers. of No al AIen-st.: Henry Lewis.
laborer. of Nc. % Norfolk-st. and Isidor Bern
stein painter. Of No. IS Broome-st. In tne party.
also, were Detectives Brueck and Mccoy, OF the
Eldridge-st. station. who were present at the
shooting ARRAY Tuesday night. Carroll. or
Smith, would identify any of the prisoners as
being in the gang. but declared that Detective
Mccoy the man that shot him.
The whole party. which had gone to the nos
pital in patrol wagons. then returned 10 the FL
dridge-st station where Coroner Scholer ordered
the release OF Eastman.
Antonio Mamma. of No. "A StantOn-st. a grocer.
identified Meyers as a man who pushed pistol
against his chest and threatening to kill him II ne
made any outcTy. went through his clothes and
stole s45 on the night of the shooting. Anton
Bernhauser. of No. 1876 Third-st.. who was shot
through both cheeks in Joseph Lvingston's saloon
at Ffrst-st. and First-ave, positively identified
Meyers as the who had shot him. and an
additional charge Of attempted murder was made
against Meyers
No action was taken with regard to the accusa-
ton made against Detective Mccoy by Carroll. nor
in the death of Michael Donovan. Of No. "a Stan
ton-st who was killed Tuesday night. That is
| reserved for to-day's inquiry.
II was rumored that Justice Clarke in the SU-
prene Court, had signed writ of habeas corpus
calling on Inspector Schmittberger to produce his
prisoners before him to-day.
Detectives or the E1drIdge-s:. station say that
the members OF the Monk Eastman gang mad
planned to descend the members Of the Faul
Kelly gang In both gangs were many "repeaters'
who got money at the primary elections yesterday
for their services. With this money they bought
liquor. About 10 o'clock some forty men OF the
! typical BOwery tough type boarded crosstO"h
car in Stanton-st. All alighted at ChrystIe-st
Half the gang stood outside the saloon of man
named Livingston. at First-st. and Frst-ave-, and
waited while the others entered The fusillade be-
gan at once. About a dozen shots were fired Al
| though the saloon is only four blocks away from
the Fifth-st. station. not policeman appeared on
/ the scene, and nothing known OF the night IN
station were told that Anton Bernhauser laoorer.
OF No. 1856 East ThIrd-st.. was in Bellevue Hospital
| that he shot in the saloon. but like all the
1 members OF the East Side gangs. refused To say
| just before o clock shots rang out m the dis
| DeIancey ana Houston SITS the reserves Of the
I EIdridge-st. station sent out. and brCke up
/ gangs of nearly every block within haIr
/ mile Of the station
/ The whole neighborhood was in a panic. and
/ many windows broken by flying bullets The
4 nghtng had turned out the street lamps
Wherever they could. hamperng the police greatly.
! As gang would be dispersed the police
/ would hear shots coming from part OF the neigh
firing stopped. When the reserves returned TO the
| station several of the policemen said they had
/ at least three fall, wounded by bullets,
/ but OF the injured could be found. II was
about half an hour afterward that Donovan was
/ found in drug store
At O'Clock PaIronan Hasslinger Of the Ed
ridge-st. station. who at various times arrested
| members OF the Paul Kelly and Monk Eastman
/ gangs, standing at Eldridse and RtvlngtOn SITS.
| A crowd of half drunken men. among whom, the
| were passing him, when one called out. Let's do
the cop" Several of them drew pistols and Hass-
linEer drew his The crowd fired at the policeman,
/ and he at them. When bullet from the police
/ mans pistol carried away a hat OF the
/ members of the gang, the rest seemed to grow
! II was mere that the fight OF the night took
! place.
The gang was met by Detectives Brueck and Nc
Gov of the Eldridge-st- station. and several uni
| formed policemen. All the policemen drew their
/ revOlvers when they that the gang were car
rying theirs The air filled with the sound OF
| shots for about fifteen minutes. Men on the roofs
OF houses rained bricks the heads OF the nghtn%
| poicemsn and many bluecOat had his helmet
crushed his shoulders bruised b. the flying mis-
/ seS.
| The reserves Of the Fifth-st., Eldridge-st and
/ MuIberry-st. stations Immediately called out.
! ami arrived the nick OF time The gang had
/ obtained renforcements, until about two hundred
| men were fighting the police. The reserves took
| them by surprise and four arrests were made