The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-15
TWO SHOT ON PICNIC BOAT
TINE FORTY THIEVES DIST RB
TINE FRIENDLY THO.
Three Hsboken Policemen Have the
Ftght of Their Lives HOLDING On to the
italian Accused of shooting an irish
man New IOrk Police stop u.

Italian Accused of shooting an Irish
/ man New IOrk Police stop u.
The excursion steamboat Matteawan.
Capt Lewis came down the East River
last night with a barge on either side.
blowing her whistle for all she was worth.
The decks of the boat and Of the barges
were crodwed with men and women
mostly rather young and there was a
lot OF excitement aboard Women wers
crying and shrieking and the men were
, lighting. To a party Of three men IN a
rowboat which sidled up 20 the Mattea wan
to see what the trouble was Cant Lewis
shouted that there had been shooting
on board and that one man at least was
pretty badly hurt and several slightly
/ The latter Included three Hoboken police
men
The men IN the rowboat passed the word
along TO the fireboat William l.. strong
az the foot OF Grand strcc' and men from
| the fireboat called up tho police Of Harbor
A at the Battery Capt Fred Mott and
several seagoing policemen boarded the
police boat Patrol and met III" excursion.
The barges were the sumner and tho
Curry On hoard was the annual ex-
cursion Of the Friendly Two Association
% Hohoken, mostly young men from II
20 ~
The excursion had started from the foot
Of seventh street. Hobok"n. At noon and
had gone up to Ooean Grow" On the Sound.
There were a good many barrels Of h"rr
aboard and a promise IN advance IF
trouble The wife 81 the man most badly
hurt while she was corning home from
mass yesterday morning overheard two
Young Italians on the corner talking over
the excursion One Of them advised the
other to take along "A gun
In the Fourth ward ~ Hoboken j. a
gang which h ~ its hangout N th"vIcin'y
% FIRST and Grand streets and calls Itself
the Forty Thieves Tn" Forty Thieves.
II IL sAid. either in whole or IA part we're
on the excursion, and ~ - alSp said that
the trouble wa, started toy members 81
this organization
On TN. way back while "a dane. Was On
there was shot IN the upper deck
81 the Curry and Thoma, Fenn.ll
"A furniture maker II ~ Monroe. street,
Hohoken who had been standing joking
wth his sixteen year-pld sister. Bessie
stumbled hack 10 his wife a few standing
feet away. and said Its me Hts wife
caught hun and laid him down GA the deck
Blood wa coming from a bullet wound
IN tn. left side Of his jaw just under the
ear.
TO half a hundred witnesses was an ltal-
ian. score Of men jumped on Saliva
tore Borrailo. a twenty -hVe-year old truck
driver. declared that he had shot fsnpell
and began pummelling hun The men
on the barge split into two unequal fac
tions the majority trying 10 get at the
Italian and the rest Aghting to protect
him
The Hoboken policemen Charles Wen
deilen stephen Grimm and Charles Burke
wsr- on the Nattsa~an They ran over
the decks "a the curry. fought their
way m and got the Italian.
BY this time men from the steamer
and from the other barge we're kicking
and biting and punching their way 20
IN" deck of IN. Curry TO tak. hand I
~ the fun The policemen saw that 10 J
would 10 impossible 20 ge' Their prrpu'-
out - the Jam, 80 they just lay down OH .
bihi-s a. best they could. Two more
ehots were fired one bullet struck I
Nunzio Malfitto Of AIS Monroe street .
Hoboken. IN the left arm Maltitto went ,
below. dug out the bullet with his knife B
and handAged his arm With hIs hAndker- .
chief
While the policemen were lying on their /,
prisoner with "A good part Il IN" excursion |
party on top 81 them Wendelien was cut I
IN the hand with knife. Burke Was mo /
black lack and Grimm got many bruises /
from fists and fest
Tn. three policeman were stall lying on I
their backs with their prisoner under them :
when Capt Mott and his men i-larde'i I
the Curry They Clear-i a Spao" around !
the tired policemen and went ovar tho 7
b1at looking for Others who had been .
hurt Fennells wife girl Younger than .
her husband vas doing her best 10 |
ban,Lag. hrs wound Wltns's-s-- told the |
polio" about Malht'o. but h- was not 10 /
y. Npund
The AlattasVan and her barg.S w-r"
ted up at the police pier and policemen /
stool by TO sse that ths. crowd s'ay'-i .
aboard while Fenneil was taNcH ph and {
sem - the Hudson street hospital Then !
TN" glnCplanN wsl- dropp.-t N" WI
n,=-a, we're lined up along With L"li'"-
mrn and picked oIt MAiut'n He Oh +
icrt.si - going 10 tho hospital and WA
sent there finally under arrest - wit.
no. BorraiIO vas sent 20 ia" hospital .
too under arrest On Charg" IT '"iun'Dus .
assault At the hospital later ~ was -ald
that Fennalls wound dId not look 50 .
serious after all
F.nn"iI's sister said that an Italian had .
insIlt.si her and that that hal brought .
on th. fracas fenn"ll's " lie IN The other /
hand. sad that an Italian had merely .
bulshs-t against tn. girl IA passing and b
that nothing was thought Of il Sh" was
sure that the bullet which struck her I
husband was intended for som. one .
else A. he -ad he did not know any Of ]
tho others IN IN. fight Besides his wif"
and sister Fannsll had with HIM his mother ,