New-York tribune., 1909-12-13
FIERCE CAFE ROW
ST4RTSOVER A DRINK.
"TenderlOin" Sees an Oldtime
Mir-Up an Early Hours.

Wallace ". Sweeney. proprietor OF an
sn uicht care IN the heart OF the Tender
Ioin" ana wei known II police circles, was
q prlsoner in jefferson Market court yes
srrsay morning charged with felonious as
Fault with him. q fellow prisoner, was
Irrnes Brerno who. according 10 his own
story. lives somewhere in Bleecker street"
Tie charge against Bremo also was feloni-
Gus assault. Sweeney being the complain
rut AGAINST him. while Bremo IN turn was
sosn0nsible for Sweeney being IN court II
vas true .-Tenderloin" repartee and was the
s.uIuiuation ~ one u the widest scenes
the old ..Tenderio.n" had witnessed in
long time.
Tt was after 3 O'Clock yesterday morning
when Brerno ana TWO other members OF
sie Five Points sang gave the secret
rfrC a. the door Of Sweeney's, and after
como parley were admitted The parley
vas over the facf thaJ Sweeney knew
P-emo as gun fighter" from the East
side but decided that u was better 10
have him and his friends ''inside booking
rut than outside looking in," where The
rolioe might see them II was bitter colo
OUTSIDE. roc. while within rhe rat-trap
piano was aelching forth 'Cioooby. Grille
snc .Remem8er Ne When I'm Far Away
tbs gun fEhters." The Gaze was crowded
witt he men and women who get Up when
she fiCsts begin 70 twinkle and 50 10 bed
v4th the rising Of the sur. And there were
others too-the men IN evening clothes
and me women IN evening gowns. the kind
flsr pay 70 see woman smoking opium IN
Chinatown and want 10 know what New
No-iFE --Tenderloiu" IS after dark
gRouBLE FOLLOWS OVER a DRINK
To Breulo and his companions TINS was
s. evarv dGy sight That was not what
shev went 10 SWeeney's cafe fOr. and. gath
ered together ~ corner, rhey drank n
slenoc. Something had gone wrong on the
last SIDE with the "gangsters," and they
were in no mood Tor interruption swee-
uev. passing from one table 70 another paio
lirtie attention 10 Breno and LIS friends,
i-ut he warned "Chlnk." kis man Friday 20
laoz out for them. for N the --Tenderl0in'
d IS bad manners 10 watch the customers
crlnk-
n was not long after JlIat when trouble
began. and II became SO lively that II
seemed at length as IL the 'renderloIn'
lad walked up and was rr--iug 10 regain lie
-surels which were lost when Captain BIZ
1FoGc1ns cleaned up teU years age
Win a voIlev OF oa-hs q voice Identified
ts Bremo 6. rang through The cafe IL Won
,1sv Two bits tor a drink" lac shouted, and
5Ien there w4s a duu, soft rhud- and
vnfter hir the door anC lsy still Bedlam
rha-eupon broke loose. ''ChluL- true 20
As e-rlul over. was standing over the uucon-
s~ious waiter iu q second and welding a
llackiack with telling e1cc- no one knew
r. le was VINO. bur LIt at everything IN
Firrt Sweeney or his way 20 the hght was
Intercepted by one ~ the "EauEs-erS and
laI5 low. Eie shouted tor "Chlnk. ana tne
-zit-tuI .Chiuk" with wedge ~ walters.
--eu- -o has Essistauce-
--le |s-resrls OF The women mingled with
are curses ~ the fighters as the gang
sre-z. ccrnered. fought as only East SIDE
ministers can lEhI.
Lock The doors said sweeney. 'anc lei
Tn one in nor out
..p-ease lei me GO cried a girl in her
seems while her companion. in evening
clothes cr0uched IN a corner. II am AZ
vested rney wiu know about n ~ home
uud my mother
Hut TIE dooruau was ob1urats and her
rears were ln vain Meanwhile The fg1t
was going OF nerCely and Sweeney pushed
r-air iuto the fray. A moment later De
staggered our ciutching his side and the
lI8od-covered knife lu The hands OF one o.
the .-EaugsJers" told The tale
FELLED ONE AFTER ANOTHER.
Then me fury OF 'Chink- and the waters
knew no bounds. and one by one the gang
sre-s" sank tc the floor. only one remained.
8 youth ~ about nineteen.
Let HIM Eo,' shouted several - the
women. hut IN vain lie, TOO. struck The
f1o- and lay quiet
some one ia the mean ZINE had relephonec
Police Headquarters thar murder was be
fnc committed and the reserves o. the West
g0rh street station arrived on the ruD- There
vss u-tle 10 DO. Two az The '-GauEsters
lad disappeared. while Sweeney had been
rushed 70 Bellevue Hospital 10y a friend
named Costello There ne was arrested,
whsle Bremo was fouud. sun unconscious,
o. me foor-
so charge of violating the excise law vas
wade bv The police and when the pris-
orers reached The court BrernO suffering
rom many bruises and a badly cut head
and Sweeney with his stab wound, they had
rnsde NJ rheir differences and were dis
charged hv Magistrate Ereen- Leroy No
Co~ni1k. of 30 50 West lsrh street. VINO
sleo had beer stabbed. was willing 20 for
get mast differences and TIE case was
rioFad