The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-06
Renew Battle Stopped by Raid
When Arraigned With
Human Prisoners.
AFFINITY" JOINS FRAY.
Canine Trio Mix Up Savagely
in Utter Contempt of
Laws Dignity.

lnere was Dog nght In the West
Side Court to-day. which, though not
fought to finish, gave unutterable 10y
to forty or more court hangers.on and
mild-eyed. innocent policemen who had
never before heard Of the gentle sport
Of course. The dog fight was the sequel
OF q really naughty, crimInally con-
cocted dog fight at O'Rourke's saloon,
No S2T West Ninety sixth street, which
was ralded last night by Capt Shaw,
OF the West one Hundredth street sta.
ton, after Mortified preliminary look.
see by Detectives Skelly and Ferguson.
Forty prisoners were taken In three
patrol wagons to the West One Hun
dredth street station. They were as mix
UP lot OF longeshoremen, off-duty bar
tenders. coal truck drivers and asslstan mt
Janitors as ever were herded into cells.
The dogs were also put In cells
Combatants Had Class.
The dogs behaved quite respectfully
In the police station They wetr Rob,
an eighteen month-old white bull, owned
by Norman Wilson, OF No. 26l West
Thirty-seventh street, and valued at $3.50,
and Paddy, notified tan-and-white
year-old pup, owned by O'Rourke, and
valued at 500 They were accompanied
by Molly. Paddy's affinity, a brlndle bru-
nette.
ORourke. Wilcox and the thIrty-eight
spectators, all rather the worse for wear
after their frantic struggles to get out
OF the dog-fghtng arena at the rear OF
the saloon last night, were taken to the
West Side Court this morning under a
heavy guard of detectives and police.
men.
Everybody was angry with everybody
else. Scully and Ferguson had discoy-
cred the fight and had telephoned for
Capt. Shaw and the reserves. When
the saloon was surrounded the detec-
tives smashed rear window and burst
in upon the fight, The ensuing pro-
ceedlngs brought bruises and cut face,
to every one in the place
tors were being arraigned In court, the
dogs were out In the corridor, each on
a long leash, at the other end OF which
was a large bashful policeman. When
o Rourke. In the courtroom, raised his
voice proclaming that It hadn't been
4 fight at all, but Just an attempt to
compare the two dogs as TO breeding and
points for prize, Paddy rose UP on his
hind legs and bounded into the air.
The policeman who held him says he
didn't mean TO let go. The policeman
was not under oath when he middle this
statement Neither was the other DO.
!ceman, who says that he was 80
startled by the Insurgent Paddy that
he couldn't retain his grip on Bob's
leash. Just for good measure the DO.
'iceman who had Molly on line let her
go, too.
Molly Joined the Fray.
Paddy forgot all about ORourke and
MS plaintive plea for release. Bob had
lust one fixed idea, the same being the
humiliation OF Paddy. And as for
Molly, all she wanted was about seven
OF both OF them.
They rolled down the hall in an In.
extricable tangle of bowls, growls, legs
and flashing teeth. They rolled into
Lieut.. Billy" EnnIss office and under
his desk. The ordinarily set-possessed
lieutenant got up SO abruptly that the
desk tipped over. and he went down
into the midst Of the battle.
Everybody In the courtroom piled ont.
and women waiting for an accounting
with their abandoning husbands and all
sorts OF whiskered compainan,s went
out and down the stairs. shrlekIng. The
court proceedings suspended themselves
automatically
Wilson and o'Rourke came Into the
nall and began pushing everybody back,
exchanging mouth bets at a high rare
If speed. Ennis got each Of them nv
he scruff OF the neck and told them n
separate the dogs or get blackjack in
he eye. The two fell upon the gyratIng
anime mess and the three dogs wers
,rIed apart. O'Rourks produced nuz.
Ties for his two. and four policemen
we're detalled 10 hod Nelson's Bob
After this demonstration OF the am,a-
bility OF the rivals which had been Tie
subjects OF consideration OF The
d Rourke association for the improve.
nent OF the breed OF dogs. the arraIen-
nent was resumed. ORourke and
wilson deemed II wise to waive exam
nation and were held In $500 each Tor |
special Sessions. The thirty-elght spec
iators were held In $50 for the same
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