The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-05
REIGN Of CRIME
STILL CONTINUES
Additional Assaults Upon Defense.
less Women and
Girls.
WHITES AND BLACKS IN RIOT
Line Up According to Their Racial
Prejudices-Fifty Require Mcdi-
cal Treatment.
WHITES AND BLACKS IN RIOT
(By the Associated Press.)


NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Another
murderous assault has been added to
the police record of recent crimes
against defenseless women and girls.
Tonight's victim was Miss Ellen Bull
ger, woman of middle age, who was
attacked in her apartments in the
Bronx, cruelty beaten and left in a
helpless state. The woman was re-
moved to hospital, where it was
found that her skull. had apparently
been fractured, her face and hands
lacerated and her body otherwise
bruised. There was evidence that
the woman had made a courageous
fight. From what the police were able
to learn from her, she was surprised
by a smoothfaced stranger, perhaps
40 years old. He was coatless and
wore an outing shirt and dark trous-
ers. He escaped.
Just before Miss Ellen Bulger was
assaulted George Kestner, a Russian
charged with attempted assault upon
an 8 year old girl, was set upon by
a crowd of men, and all but killed.
His clothes were torn from his body
and he was taken to the station
house wrapped in blanket.
Another mob set upon Hylo Sola-
do, an Italian palmist, who was SINH
larly accused and only the interven-
ton of the police saved him from
summary punishment.
The fighting element among the
whites and blacks in the vicinity of
136th street and Fifth avenue lined
up according to their racial preju-
dices again today, this time to settle
baseball. dispute, and when the ar
gument was ended SO persons re-
quired medical treatment and of that
number two will die. Probably 5000
persons took part in tn fight, but the
300 policemen who dispersed the
mob after everyone was fought out
got only nine prisoners and of these
two were women. John McCue, a
truck driver, 80 years old, and Mat
thew Murtha, aged 35, an ice ped
dlar, received fractured skulls and
were removed to hospital in dy-
ing condition. The injuries of the
others ranged from broken ribs to
serious razor cuts.
The trouble started at ball game
at which a white man and colored
man had made wager and subse-
quently quarreled over the settle
IlCoCutly tlC olSAt Vi q WliIC
man and colored man fighting start
ed a general row, the crowd being
about equally divided in color. Every
sort of weapon was used and for
blocks the constantly augmenting
crowd surged, while the police re-
serves from eight precincts ham,
mered away with their clubs to break
the tangle. Occupants of homes
along the line of battle were not con-
tent to be spectators only of the
strife, and from windows and points
of vantage on the roofs every piece
of crockery and furniture that could
be spared was hurled down upon the
heads of the rioters with reckless
impartiality Even women and chill
dren joined in the fray.
1t was two hours before the police
controlled the situation and the pa
troll wagons and ambulances picked
up those who were too seriously
worn out to get away. Those most
hurt were taken to hospitals and the
prisoners were locked up charged
with melting riot.
Tonight several hundred officers
patrolled the disturbed neighbor-
hood.
Louis Conconcella, 21 years of
age, was victim of the blind fury
of the rioters tonight and will pro-
bably die of his injuries He was
innocent of any wrongdoing, but the
crowd had to have revenge on some
one. A cry that stranger had ap-
preached child with familiarity was
enough to start mob.
Sadie Hamburger, aged years,
playing in the hallway of her tene-
ment home in East Fifty-fifth street
this evening, cried out that man
had seized her. The child's father
seized George Kesner, Russian
book binder, by the throat. The ex-
citement attracted 500 men and wo-
men who Tough, with each other to
get chance at the Russian. Thirty
policemen rescued Kesner, bleeding
from a score of wounds, and when
all his clothing but his shoes had
been torn from him. The police
wrapped the prisoner in blankets and
hurried him away. Sadie's sister cor
roborated the story of the attack and
the father says that he saw his
daughter in the grasp of the Rus
sian.
About the same time Hylo Saloda
nearly lost his scalp in 34th street.
He was accused of having given pen
MES to a girl of 2 years. The faith
er wanted to know why, and Saloda
showed fight He slashed him with
a pen knife and rnen knocked down
a policeman. A crowd of perhaps a
thousand persons attempted to reach
Saloda, but reserves beat them back
and took Saloda to the station.
Louis Conconcella was the victim
of circumstances. A man and wife
uuarreled in 117th street and their
youthful daughter went out to the
walk and wept; passing boy slap
ped her and ran away The girls
cries and the running boy aroused
the neighborhood and they chased
the lad. The boy escaped and Con
concella. who had outfooted the