New-York tribune., 1910-10-07
TWO KILLED IN FIGHT:
TWO MORE MAY DIE.
TenderIoin Saloon Scene of Mur-
derouS Struggle Between
Rival Gangs.
CROWDS HEAR FUSILLADE
Rush from Broadway and Sixth
Avenue as Pistols Crack
Women Seek Shelter
as Bullets Fly.

Two men were killed early this morn
| ing, when two rival gangs started in tc
decirnate each others ranks in the
Maryland Cafe. at No. - West 2Str
street. by q fusillade Of revolver shots
Two Others were probably fatally wound
ed. The fight was spectacular in the
extreme and many hundreds of men and
women walking up Broadway and Sixth
avenue stopped to discover the cause of
the fusillade
Inside the place was a scene of wild
confusion. Men and women who were
drinking in the back room when the
fight began rushed TO points of safety
and squeezed themselves behind chairs.
ia bles. desks or anything else that was
calculated to afford them shelter. Mir
rors were shattered by whistling bullets.
bottled goods were flying about the
place and smoke blinded everybody in
the room. There was hardly a whole
piece of furniture in the place by the
time the reserves from the West 30th
street station dashed in.
Just what started the fight no one
seemed TO know. Despite the efforts of
the police to get some hint Of the cause
Of the shooting or the names of those
implicated in it. nothing was known ear
ly this morning.
Shortly before midnight ten or fifteen
mer entered the saloon by the side door
and took seats at the tables in the back
room. They sat drinking quietly, as
though nothing more serious was on
their minds than the immediate business
in hand
Upstairs there We're about a dozen
more men and several women. They had
been there for more than an hour when
the second gang arrived After few
rounds Of drinks had been served TO the
men in the rear room. two Of them held
a consultation in low tones, and then
one of them walked to the stairs. He
crept up the narrow stairway until he
gained a glimpse of those in the upper
room. then descended and whispered
again TO his companion.
The next instant the whole gang in the
rear room. with the exception of the two
who had been talking, walked to the
street doors. side and rear. and waited.
The two men left within walked TO the
upper room and began firing recklessly
into the group at the ia bles.
The fight ragged down the stairs the
two men who had started hostflities re-
treating steadily. drawing their enemies
on. Just as the gang from the upper
room reached the street. from the two
doors, in pursuit Of the first two men. a
revolvers. and men began 70 fall on
every side
II was clever ruse which the two
gang fighters had worked They had
lured the men from the upper room out
into the street. where the ambush Of
their enemies was waiting for their an
pearance. As soon as the men hiding
behind the doors saw the men whom
they wanted they picked them off like
sharpshooters In 2 feW minutes the
block about the vicinity Of the saloon
was emptied of all persons except the
gun fighters.
While the fighting was stll at IFS
height the reserves from the West S0th
street station came down the street on
the run. Inside was . picture Of vio-
lenCe and death One man lay at the
entrance 10 the side door bullet wound
behind his left ear and q large revolver
still in his right hand. He was dead.
Another man was found sprawled on
the floor in front of the bar, a Bullet in
his abdomen. He gave his name as
James Howard. of No. 242 West AID
street, and was taken to Bellevue Hospi-
tai in q critical condition. third man
was found dead in the back room. with
a bullet wound in the left eve. He has
rot been identified.
4 fourth man was seen running
through 28th street in company with
ten men. The rest leaped into taxicab
and disappeared UP Broadway. The man
with them suddenly threw up his hands
and dropped TO the street. He was NOR
tally wounded in the back and gave his
name as Frank Beminsa. of No. 346
Third avenue Three more men were
found hiding in the cellar of the cafe.
More than dozen men and women
We're taken to the station house and
held as prisoners. The two men in
Bellevue Hospital acre also held as
prisoners.
AUTO HITS TREE; TWO HURT