The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-14
SCRLppY SALLY Is PINCHED.
ouy- 10, SHED LICKED An1THE
Wv B0Ys IN SIGHT
H.uberry Jam Her undOins. Though She
naEged Cops Head Before He Basse ed
asrI'CmId Had NO Business to BE a
Ginp says Her Mother--Gans Blue.

ecrappy Sally Hughes, the pigtailed
r,,,,rarnis Of West Ninety-eighth street,
ras arrested for stealing raspberry pre-
ss-ves on Thursday night and all day
yesterday the quarter buzzed with the
nevs of Sallie's misfortune. Leaderless, a
,sr,te hand without head, untarned Sioux
,-,,bo,t n chief, Sally's minlons ronmed
dsoonsolate and refused 10 be oomforted,
Rlinky Hogan. the ambitious, took a
obarred stick, rubbed it on a page Of his
mothers only cook book and gave the band
,ba black spot rs Sally had often done
ls,lIv'sfavorite tale of adventure, is Treas
ire IslandT, but the Borrowing band would
have none OF Blinky Jimmy Thompson
nuncbed his nose and even the peaceful
fLav stelnberg took hand in the scrap
Tbon they all went over to Central Park
West and Ninety-eighth street. secret
rsndezyous Of the band built wood fire,
smoked cigarettes, shot craps and said
things about Sergt. Devery Of the West
,ooth street police station, Sallys arch
enemy. that would have made that esti-
rnable officer red with anger if he could
have heard them.
The desolation of the band was very renl,
because Sally ruled by fear, not by love.
She had impressed the stern reality OF her
I.sdership in the way Of the strong. Every
INV in the bunch she had licked in square,
straight UP and down fight. She had
HACKED their eyes and punched their noses
and found to fraction how hard jolt
each could stand in the solar plexus. She
won her place in this way
Four wears ago there moved into the
hathouse at IS West Ninety-eighth street
a little girl, accompanied by her family.
The little girl was then about II. squarely
built, chunky little girl with her hair In
hraid 1t was light hair a peaceful blond.
The round face was smiling and red checked.
She wore red sweater and plaid skirt.
When she went into the street after see
Ing the family settled the girls Of the neigh
borhood tried to play with her, but Sally
wouldn't have anything to do with them.
One she slapped, another's hair she pulled;
a, all OF them she made faces, and they ran
CRYING TO their mothers. Sally found out
where the boys of the quarter hung out,
and there she went calmly, as Of right.
At the time il the memory OF key Steinberg
il accurate. they were shooting craps In
the alley back Of Welsenberg's saloon.
SALLY threw down a nickel and demanded
10 be faded" Blinky Hogan put his fingers
V his nose and wigg!ed them at the skirted
Nuttinsky. Quicker than n flash Of light
Sally slapped him. woman style, and fol-
lowed IL up with punch. man style, that
caused Binky's nose 10 bleed all over his
best shirt. Blinky was just "a Irish as
sally and fought gamely, but against
that little whirlwind he hadn't chance
II was shameful heartburning, to be licked
hy a "gol, but Blinky took his medicine,
and so did all the rest of them as time Went
m Sally got that bunch of boys 80 cowed
a. ~ IA, faba
Once in while some boy from another
neighborhood would come into the quarter
very cocl.y but If Sally couldn't thrash him.
Bllnky or som sbody else Of the bunch was
right there to help her. Therefore her
fame spread abroad in the land
sally waxed fat, too, because she made
y practical use of her leadership. She was
not without Imagination, as the vacant lot
could tell If it could talk but her real talents
az a leader came with raids on Cordes' So
grocery and the fruit carts OF the unsus-
pocting Neapolitans that ventured into the
street seldom did they visit il again
after sally got through with them. It
was her method to take half dozen OF
the gang and advance upon fruit pedler.
While four bargained nolsily for tyo oeiits
worth of peanuts or bananas two others,
Sally usually included. would swipe an
armload Of bananas and oranges and 5000.
before the yeudeU realized the ti1ok NJ
had been served. The same tactics, with
variations in Difference TO the superior
intellect Of Cordes. was worked at the
grocery store. Raid after raid the gang
made and never got caught with the
goods or
One evening in the summertime, while
Sally and the boys were whooping 1t up in
game Of sheep-in-the-fold over at Central
Park West and Ninety-eighth street fot
German plodded past. Sally saw. him and
= CLEAN came into her mild blue eyes.
Quicker than cat she was out in the street
The fat man looked up and saw something
that cleaned in his face II was dime
savings bank. one Of those cylindrical
things. He threw up his hands, scared TO
death, While Sally's savage band chanted
around him. Sally relieved HIM of 81. He
got the most of It back afterward and Sally
did not get into any trouble. This and
7 other hold-ups are by the book-the police
. book.
Only few weeks ago a big lummix Of
I a boy came crying into the west lQoth
street station and blubbered that Sally had
held him up and robbed him of 20 cents
Messenger boys on their way 10 deliver
boxes Of candy and groceries feared Sally
and went far out CT their way 70 skirt her
jurisdiction. Now and then she caught
them and the chronicles of Saly's band
record at least six bitter fights between
their chief and boys OF the A. ID. T: In
: every instance save one Sally was the victor.
To the victor went the spols.
But the end came Thursday night sally
and the gang went 10 Cordes'S grocery
~ 10l Amsterdam avenue on "A raidIng e1-
petition, While the grocery mans back
was turned Sally sneaked jar of raspberry
preserves of the counter. Cordes turned
around just as she passed il to Lyle An
drews. tweve-year old. and a faithful
follower, The grocery man grabbed him,
ana the rest c. the gang scooted INTO the
street, yelling a policeman was passing
and ran into the store When he caught
hold Of the boy Sally threw an empty coffee
sack over his head and scratched his face
She bothered the big cop for a minute. she
was 70 quick and so determined. Then he
arrested both her and the boy. They
spent the night IN the rooms OF the C!hl-
sren's society, Sally vowing vengeance.
Sne was in the Children's Court yes
ierday cool and calm. She was as neat
A. pin, her hair freshly brushed. her
clothes clean and orderly. and her face
SHINING with soap and water. She answered
me Magistrates questions with the selt-
possession Of a woman of 30. far more than
mosl women have under like circumstances.
when the police man who arrested her told
ms story. Salv's blue eyes shot fire. He
dldnt have MS evidence and the Magl5-
rate continued the case until to-day, send
ing both children back into the society
custody,
The gang is afraid that Sally will be sent
the reform school, whore she once spent
term They will not only lose leader,
oul the best baseball catcher on the West
SIDE. Come curve or straight ball the
hotter the better, Sally can hold anything
pitcher Of her size ever threw.