Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1904-06-24

One man dead, ono in the hospital
half dozen others badly cut, an
alleged murderer and four witnesses
under arrest, is the result of riot
at Sen Breeze. yesterday afternoon,
when cOlored excursion landed at
that place.
The dead man is Sunny Gibbs,
fifty years old, of Minetta Lane, near
Eighth street and Union Market, New
York city. The man badly cut, and
who is now near death, is Isaac
Steadman, of Flete street, Brooklyn.
He is said to be the cause Of all the
trouble and hs is accused of shooting
Gibbs. The witnesses, who are locked
up at Stapleton, arc William Hughes,
Leroy p. Cole, William Brow and
Ethel Duckett, oil of New York. The
riot is said to have started over crap
game.
Early yesterday morning the Cent
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the North River on a steamer for Sea
Breeze. On the way down number
of crap aud card games were in pro-
Rress, but, it is said, that no trouble
of any kind occurred. Late in the
afternoon landing was made at Soa
Breeze.
The crowd roamed about the place,
and Gibbs and Steadman startod d
crap game. Gibbs. it is said, soon
won all OF the money that Steadman
had, nbout $ll.50. This seemed to
get Steadman greatly excited, for it
Is said that he pulled pistol from
his pocket. ana without word of
warning shot at Gibbs. The bullet
entered Gibbs neck on the left side
and took an upward course and came
out of his right cheek.
AS soon as the shot was fired and
the other negroes learned that Gibbs,
who was very popular, was the
victim, they mobbed Stead man. He
was knocked down by beer glass
thrown by one of the crowd, and this
seemed to be the signal for the dead
mans friends. They started in to
make mlnce meat out of the assailant
and he received q deep cut oil his face.
Some one laid open his left thigh to
the bone. His left leg was cut deep
from the hip to the knee and lie soon
became unconscious from the loss of
blood.
Patrolman Frederick Oleig was the
only officer Mt the Breeze at tho time,
aud when no attempted to stop the
riot, beer glasses. rocks and every
thing available were thrown.
It was necessary to close up every
amusement at the Breeze.
Oleig could not handle the crowd,
and q call for the police reserve was
sent to Tottenville. They came down
in launch and soon had tho excur-
sionists under control.
Almost every person in the co wd
had been injured more or less when
the police put stop to the trouble.
The reserves, under Roundsman James
Lonergan. put tho body of Gibbs,
who had died almost instantly, and
the unconscious form of Steadman in
the launch and started for Totten-
vile.
Patrolman William McDermott
arrested the witnesses and took them
, to Tottenville in another launch.
Steadman was taken to DOCTORS.
The body of Gibbs was laid in the
rear room at police station and the
witnesses locked up. Later Steadman
was removed to the r. s. Smith In
Urinary. at New Brighton, where,
from late reports, he is very low.
This morning Patrolmen Oleig and
McDermott took the witnesses to
Stapleton, where they will be held
for conrt. One of the witnesses, in
conversation with News reporter,
said that Oleig had done oil in his
power to stop the riot and he deserved