New-York tribune., 1903-03-29
TRTSHMEN PAROLED.
No Further Disturbance - Dir.
O'Brien Denies Egg ThroUing.

The five men arrested on charge of riotous
conduct in the New Star Theatre One hundred
and-seventh-st. and LeXington-ave., on Friday
night, were arraigned in the Harlem police
court before Magistrate Deuel. yesterday. They
were defended by exMagistrate Henry A.
Brann and Captain Daniel P. Sullivan At re-
quest of counsel they were paroled until April =.
Four of the prisoners-John O'Flynn, of No.
i 900 Second-ave.; Bernard kavanaugh, Of No.
436 West Thirty-ninth-st.; James Cooney, Of
No Al West Sixty -first-st. and Martin Boyle.
of No. 81 Charles -st-were first arragned on
the charge of riotous conduct Mr.. Brann said
that these men had had nothing to do with the
trouble and were merely onlookers. The fifth
man, Michael J. O'Brien, Of No. 191 East One
hundred d-and-twenty- y-frst-st., was arraigned by
RounGsnan Mills, who charged him with resist
ing an officer well with rotous conduct.
Mills told the court that when he went to arrest
ORrien he resisted and remarked:
This is a free country. 7 have a right to
evenge insult to my race"
Sergeant Hilderbrandt and twenty patrolmen
from downtown precincts, distributed themselves
around the galleries of the new Star Theatre
at the matinee performance yesterday, to watch
for repetition of disturbances by Irishmen.
The performance passed off peacefully, and be-
fore the play over the policemen went
away The house was fairly full of people, the
audience consisting principally of women and
children.
| Captain Smith, of the East One-hundred and
| fourth-st station, and Sergeant Hildebrandt Of
Acting Inspector Albertson's staff with about
| forty men, few in uniform and many in plain
| clothes were in and about the theatre during
the evening performance. A number Of the men
| sat in the audience to watch.
The play went along without trouble OF any
| kind. Some of the players joked about the
| happenings of the night before. and the audi
tors laughed heartily. Miss Thomas, the chorus
| girl whose right eye was discolored by an egg
on Friday night appeared with a painted eye.
The only signs which showed that anything
out Of the ordinary had taken place In the
theatre on Friday night were a few smears OF
egg Juice that could be seen on the curtain.
| William r. Keogh. the manager of the theatre,
said that last Wednesday a letter had been
handed to him by young man. The letter said
| that at a meeting OF some of the members of
| the Clan-na- Gael it had been decided to try to
prevent the play from taking place the next
| night. Manager Keogh would not say what
name was signed TO the letter. He told the mes
| senger that II there was anything in particular
in the play that was Objectionable to any one he
| would cut 1t out
| Michael J. O'Brien one of the men arrested
| yesterday, denied that he stood up in the the
etre and threw an egg at AcF&ddens 90 Is% ROW S OF
| the people in the theatre. nor did he in turn
curse the policeman who piloted him to the
| station. After the protest had been made by
| four persons who were arrested, OBrIen, ac-
| cording TO his story, was standing in the rear
| of the theatre with several men and two rounds
| men all OF whom were discussing the trouble.
| He remarked that he felt indignant at the
| management OF the theatre for insulting self
| respecting Irishmen, whereupon, he alleges, he
! was accused by Roundsman Mills of being
| part Of the combination"
| Roundsman Mills. according to OBrien used
| Inward m 0ItNE
| he ever heard issue from the lips OF a human
being.