Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-15
TWO SHOT IN RIOT
ON EXCURSION BOATS
Rival Gangs in Fight-Police-
men Have Desperate Bat
tie Saving Prisoner.

NEW YORK, August 15.-One man was
badly wounded. another shot through the
arm, a policeman was stabbed and two
others severely pummeled In a shooting
ARRAY last night during the homeward-
bound water excursion OF the Friendly
Two Association OF Hoboken down the
East river.
In the panic that followed women
tainted and several were trampled. A
determined attempt was made to lynch
the man who fired the shots, and the
Intervention of three Hoboken policemen
aboard alone averted a riot among the
two factions who were parties to the
now under arrest.
A row over a young woman Is supposed
to have caused the trouble.
The men most seriously injured are:
Thomas Fennel, a furniture dealer. liv-
ing at $50 Monroe street, Hoboken; shot
through left side of jaw.
Salvatore Borrail. truck driver, Of 6O0
Grand street, Hoboken; suffering from
Commissions on right and left side OF head:
under arrest in prison ward OF Hudson
street Hospital on a charge Of fe.onious
assault.
Vincenzo Meifetti. $50 Monroe street.
Hoboken: shot through fashy part OF
right forearm.
william Bastian, a friend Of Borrail,
was also arrested on suspicion OF nav
ing been a party to the row that led up
to the shooting Of Fennel and Meifetti
by Borrail The police said last might
that both men belong to Hobcken gang
known as the Forthy Thieves. in which
internecine warfare Is now raging.
Bullets Fly Among Dancers.
The shooting occurred when the or
chestra was playing two-step and the
upper deck OF the barge Curry. one OF
two dashed to the steamer Matteawan,
was filled with dancing couples.
Suddenly two pistol shots were heard
and young Fennel who had been dancing li
STAGGERED toward hts wife, whom he mar.
ried seven months ago, with the blood
streaming down his face. crying It's
me-"
Melfetti. who had been dancing with his
wife, suddenly paused and reached Tor
his right arm, down which the blood De-
gan to drip His wife screamed and
tainted. In the confusion that Followed
ran toward the steamer. AS he DID SO
the three policemen. who had been on
the steamer, boarded the barge.
Policeman Charles Windelken grapp!ed
with Borrail ana fought MS way Will
him to the steamer upper's deck, Ioi-
lowed by bowling mob.
Policeman is Stabbed.
Policemen Charles. Burke and Michael
Grimm took a hand, and before the melee
had ended windelken had been stabbed
through the left thumb. Grimm had been
hit on the head with blackjack and
Burke had beer severely mauled.
They finally succeeded In beating on
the men who had tried to rescue Borrail,
and with active clubs kept on the other
men who were endeavoring to lynch their
prisoner.
The excursion started from Hoboken
for Ocean Grove. L. J.. at noon yester-
day. There were about fourteen hum
dred men, women and children ABOARD;
Immediately after the shooting Fennei
Identified Borrail as the man VINO nau
shot him. At that Capt. Lewis OF tne
Matteawan began blowing the steamers
whistle and three men put on in q boat
opposite EAST S6th street to learn wnat
was the trouble. They notined poice
headquarters and the police boat Patrol
held the Matteawan and its two barges
on the Battery. They were taken to pier
A. where the police took the wounoed
ashore.
Detectives from headquarters and the
harbor squad then went through the
boats and arrested Bastian. The ex-
cureion was finally allowed to depart ior