New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-22

Hundreds Of merryrnakers at the picnic of the
Harlem Schutzen Bund, at Sulzer's Harlem
River Park, thrown into panic last even
ing, by young lad who blazed away into the
crowd with a revolver, striking one of the pic
nickers and probably wounding him mortaly
A scene of wild excitement followed. Scores
of men surrounded the boy, in an attempt to dis
arm him. He kept them at bay with the
weapon, and 1t was only on the arrival of
policeman that the smoking revolver was
wrested from his grasp. Then the crowd yell
ing. xiii him. closed in and fought madly to
get at the boy, The policeman kept the angry
crowd back by welding his night stick right
and left. Other policemen hurried to the scene.
and saved the boy from falling into the hands of
the mob
While the merrymakng at its height,
John Reid. seventeen years old. of Park-ave.
and 132d-st., appeared at the box office and
asked for admission. According to the police,
the lad acted in such a disorderly manner that
it was decided by the ticket takers not to admit
him.
The police say Reid drew revolver and aimed
1t at the men who wouldn't let him In They
Immediately sought cover, yelling loudly for
help that hundreds of the picnIckers rushed out
to learn the cause of the trouble. When they
saw the lad, waving the revolver over his head
many of them rushed back. causing great ex-
| citement among the women and children.
Reid started down 2d-ave. The men rallied
and gave chase.
They overlook him half way down 2d-ave
Suddenly he turned around braced his back
against fence and waited for the men to
come up At sight of the revolver most of them
checked their fight, but the more valiant ones
tried to close in him
Philip Cavanaugh, of No. 1872 AIexander-ave.
The Bronx, tried to knock the revolver from
Reid's hand BY a dexterous movement the lad
thrust the muzsle against Cavanaugh's head and
pulled the trigger. The cartridge failed to ex-
pode, and Cavanaugh backed away.
/ The crowd increased until there were one
thousand people around the boy He kept cover
ing a senicircle with his revolver until a con-
centrated rush from all sides was decided on.
AS soon the crowd swept forward the lad
pulled the trigger and John Wilkensen, twenty
five years OLD. a plumber of No. 348 East 122d-
St, fell to the ground with bullet in his left
groin.
The anger of the crowd then knew no bounds.
While some carried the wounded man away
others again attempted to close in on Reid but
all feared to get within arms length of the lad.
Finally Patroman Fay, of the East 126th-st
station, threw himself at Reid and sent him
sprawling to the ground. The weapon was
wrested from the lad and he submitted to ar
rest very quietly, All the way to the police sta
tion the angry crowd followed the boy, crying
for his life.
The sergeant upon examining the revolver
taken from Reid. found that of the shells,
although dented the cap had failed to ex-
plode This was the bullet which Cavanaugh
so narrowly escaped. The young prisoner told
the sergeant that he had been set upon and had
only shot in elf-defence.
Young Reid was employed as a lumber
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pany, 135th-st. and the Harlem River His
mother said he a good boy and that she
never had had much trouble with him. The
police believe the lad was a reader of dime
novels.