The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-13
CAPT. GORMAN'SPLUCKYFlGHT
HE'LL DE LAID UP A WEEK; NAN
WHO HELPED HIM MAY DIE.
They Stood on 10 Italians Armed With
Cues, Chairs and Glasses-saiesman
Carroll, VINO Came 10 His AID. viii
Lose an Eye-Heayy Ball for Assailants.

Lose an Eye-Heavy Ball for Assaiiants.
Capt. Michael German OF the Mercer
street station, who was assaulted and badly
beaten just after midnight yesterday morn
ing while trying to arrest Louis TERRELL In
his saloon at i49 Blocker street for keeping
open after hours. will have to stay in st.
Vincent's Hospital for a week, at least
His principal injuries are slight conclusion
Of the brain. badly swollen eye and seri-
ously cut hand. He Ia black and blue all
over from the blows he received.
Joseph Willard Carroll, young salesman
stopping at the South Fifth Avenue Hotel,
who was the first man to 60 to the captain
assistance. is also In st. Vincent's with his
face beaten to a pulp. He will lose one
eye and the physicians fear he will not re-
cover.
Louis TERRELL, his bartender Emile Ger
gias and eight other men who were arrested
after the fight in the saloon and in the hotel
above It were arragned yesterday before
Magistrate Barlow in Je-erscn Market
police court. Against each enc was en-
tered charge of felonious ASA ult to which
viii be added a charge of interfering with
a policeman on duty. They were held in
5000 each for further examination. Ter
relli and Gorgas were able to furnish bail.
William Parventini was arrested last
night by Detective Sullivan and locked UP
at the Mercer street station. He Is accused
Of having attacked Capt. German with a
heavy club, which Is now in the possession
Of the police and Of having dealt the blow
on the captains head which nearly finished
him
Capt. German was able yesterday TO give
an account of the fight. He said he was
walking along Blocker street in citizens
clothes about 1925 o clock Sunday morning
when he noticed that Terrelli's saloon was
wide open and that twenty or thirty men,
most of them Italians, were drinking in
IT, He entered the place and walked
straight up to TERRELL, who was behind
the bar with the barkeeper.
Il am the captain Of this precinct and
this is my authority he said, opening
his coat and displaying his shield You
are running this saloon after hours. 80
have to place you under arrest.
At that moment somebody threw heavy
beer glass at the captains head. Capt:
German has Just time to put up his hand
and the glass broke on his palm, making a
bad cash and partly disabling him.
The crowd Of Italians had in the mean
time got in between him and the door.
Some OF them had armed themselves with
cues from the adjoining billiard room, while
others picked up chairs and empty bottles
In spite of his injury. Capt German pulled
out his billy and beat his way through
the crowd TO the door. This was locked,
80 he kicked out one OF the panes and called
for assistance. By that time he had re-
ceived several blows and aithough ne
was putting up stiff fight, that would
have done honor to a much younger man,
the crowd was able 10 force him back from
the door, apparently with the intention OF
knocking him down.
big crowd was attracted by the noise
Carroll, the salesman, was the only one
who needed the captain cry for help he
got in through side door and threw him
self into the crowd, dealing blows right and
left. lie was unarmed, while every Italian
had la wea pom OF some kind. In a few mo-
ments he was beaten to the verge OF uncon-
sciousness and thrown out on the street.
As he got up and sta Rgered toward West
Broadway, half q dozen Italians followed
him. At the corner Of Blocker street and
West Broadway they knocked him down
and kicked him in the face. A uniformed
policeman rescued him.
Detectives Sullivan and Ryan were the
first to reach the saloon and notice the
captains plight. They had to break open
a window TO get in. Somebody had sent
word to the station OF what was going on
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up. On the arrival OF the police, every
body In the saloon made break TO hide.
few got out on the street and escaped.
Most OF them ran upstairs and crawled into
beds with their clothes on. They were
pulled out and taken down to the patrol
wagon. TERRELL disappeared for a few
minutes and then came into the saloon with
a clean shirt on pretending not TO have seen
the captain before. The detectives found
the shirt he had on during the fight upstairs
1t was covered with blood.
Capt German accompanied the prisoners
TO the station and made the complaints
gainst them. He was then 80 weak he
could not stand on his feet.
1t is said that the trouble between TERRELL
and Capt. German IL OF old standing, the
captain having made a number OF attempts
20 close up the place and TERRELL defying
him to do il. The saloon was raided by the
Mercer street police several weeks ago and
a number of those found in the place were
locked up. All were discharged in court
NEXT day for lack Of evidence.
Capt. German In about SIS years old. and
has been a policeman since 1874. He was
fer many years in command OF the police
boat Patrol and has fine recc rd as a life
saver. He has many times received medals
fer bravery in the rescue OF drowning per-
sens.
While in command of the Bronx Park
station, Capt. German incurred the dis
pleasure of Park Commissioners Eustis by
telling him he could not ride his horse across
tho In WINS of the mark.