The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-08
GANG FIGHT A LA MARYLAND
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Ammo 90 THO.
Dead wen Are IhenSined ~ Prank Hneh.
TrnsierIsiR Habitue. and Phii Casey.
nareiFack Tout the lin heips
Have = CIran score In the Hattie.

a few doors from the CAT" Maryland which
was shot up by a gang about an hour after
B midnight Yesterday tried Ia md som" one
last evening connected with the resort
IA wash on the splotChrS of blood ON tn"
/ thing Of ia" glass enclosed vcstibule and
50 nut an end To tn" gathering OF groups
OF the curious who all day had hattened
their noses against tho Nestlhule glass to
see the stains But the cafe doors were
locked after the killing and no one came
near to opsn the doors and remove the
/ stains.
{ 4 few girls who had gone home before
the shooting occurred and did not come
out again until last night wandered along
West Twenty eighth street and turned
as II 20 enter the side door that leads to
tho hack room where the gang murders
had been committed. Hut they turned
suddenly and hurried away when they
saw thar the cafe was dark. The only
light To guide one 20 the side door came
from the caves high above the street
whore tho Volunteers Of America have
placed over the Window Of their lodging
rooms som. electric light bulbs IN the
form Of a cross.
But Ida the Goose. who is said 20 have
listening to the piano ragtime with Frank
Beninsa whom Frank and the others were
shot told some one later on that every
table in the back room was crowded when
the revolvers first began to bang abov"
the plunking of the piano keys and the
songs The same girls nightly came to
sit at the tables from the first evening
about three months ago when Chick
Thicker came up from the Flea Bag in
upper Park row with his gang to take
over the management Of the cafe from
Dan the Dude. hut they walked wide of
the door last night
The five men who began the shooting
came into the Maryland bar together
They walked the length Of the long bar
until they came to the wicker doors that
swing bet ween the barroom and the back
room. over the top Of which one may
see the men and girls sitting in the hare
az tobacco smoke. The two men who
were killed. Frank Mack. a fTeIuenter
Of the place who lived AZ lbs East Fiji
tenth street. and Phil Casey. also known
as Phil Marshall. a racetrack tout. were
drinking and singing az tables some dis
lance back from the swinging doors.
They did not seem TO sc,' the five men
who for a moment looked searchlngly
over the crowd nor Ia bear the sharp
remark Of one Of the five. Its all right
Jim Howard. said 90 be a Chicago crook
sat across the room from Mack and the
tout Benlnsa sitting with the girl sup
posed 10 be- Ida the Goose. was AZ a table
lust inside the swinging doors.
Beninsa was buying paper from
little newsle when he saw the five men
lie stood UP suddenly as one Of the men
Jumped into the room and fired at either
Mack or Casey. Beer glasses clattered
to tn" tables and the men and girl started
70 Jump up from their chairs. but almost
before the second shot hap been fired
the roomful had tried TO fop under the
tables Mingled with the wells " the
men the shots and IN" girls screams
was the crash of chairs overturned a.
Mack and the cut fell to the floor dead
Ida the Goose was close 90 a door open
ing on a dim corridor that leads Ia the
street and ran toward the door with a
lam Of girls behind her who tried 10 claw
their wav 20 the corridor in a mas Ben
insa ducked among their skirts "a get
away from the reviewers ton. hut he was
shot m the back He fell beneath IN.
fighters as they surged toward the wicker
doors to carry the fight out 10 the front
harroom Two girls grahbsst Bsnlnsa
hv the coat collar and dragged hun out
~ the tAngle NJ legs 20 the corridor
Pa,rolman crosby Of IN. Tenderloln
police station ran from Broadway to tho
cafe a. the first % IN" crowd began 20
spill into IN" street
The policeman diyed into the crowd II
men and girls Wedged IN the ve-tibule
and tri~d To drive them back into the
barroom
Policemen Henbold and Nc, abe ran
M 10 help Crosby. and III" three patrolmen
together drov" the crowd back and held
over "A score II men and girls until the
.
While Henbold and Nc, ab. Wer" nearing
the door they came aCrpss jam How ard.
who had fallen on the sIdewa ak with two
bullets in his abdomen They s,opped a
taNIcab and took Howard To Bellevue
and then started back go the "af"
While they were returning another
taNlcab IN Twenty siEth street Ilasr.Si
them headed east Tn" CIr-s- and
groans that came from this taNIcah
caused MsCab- 10 shout - IN" chauffeur
10 stop The chauffeur instead pat on
NOR. spes-d McCab" shouted AGAIN and
then fred a shot and the chauffeur -topp'-d
m. he..ing mAchln" lnsid" was B"nInsa
and some ~ his friends who W"r" taking
him 20 Bellevue The two pphCcW"n
went along to the hospital and put both
Howard and Beninsa under arrest
Inspector MC,m-ky and IN" reserves
had arrived az ia" cafe when the two
policemen returned from M" hospital.
IN the back room Mack and casey lay
on the hoor dead. Out IN the street the
police were looking after salesman
named Grant Monroe 81 az seventh ave-
nue.. who had run out from a Turkish
hath next 20 the cafe when the shooting
began and had fallen into a cellar opening
during the excitement. The salesman
was revived and taken 20 the station
house. whore his scalp was stitched to-
gether.
Dan Nulcahv. h"it"r known as Dan
th. Dude has thought u best n live on a
farm M the State ~ lat" and was not
around last night II his successor who's"
real name j. GiuSepp" Porggi. but who
l. kno wn NJ Chick Thicker. was on hand
when the shooting started he got away
before the polio" reached the cafe.
Half u dozen girls and score 81 men
including Eve Walters. were held ~ ma
'orial witnesses Ono girl described her
self n Della Murdock a waitress NJ -
West Fifty fourth street. hut this - the
home Il senator Depew and Della Muir ,
dock - not known there The polio" also
arrested the Maryland bartender. Morris
Reiche-. who was sent 10 the Hous" ~ DE
tantion by Coroner Winterbottom ~ a
material witness. The others were re-
leased on their promise IN appear when
wanted
Rad feeling between the Jimmy Kelly |
gang and Chick Tricker's crowd has !
broken out into pistol warfare more than !
once since the TTicksrs broke M tho |
Kelly hall in Tammnny Hall with their !
revolvers about "a year ago. Last Jan
nary tho Truckers promoted III" hall u /
the Fashions club ia Lyric Hall and IN" |
a. 81. -.