New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-15
BULLETS FLY AS GANGS
BATTLE IN .IENDERLO|N
Members Lug OF Injured Before
Advance of PoIiCe-Three
Prisoners Taken.
ITALIAN KILLED IN STREET
East Side Shuns Body of Sup
posed Member of Black Hand
Man Shot Down in
The Bronx.

Man Shot Down IN
The Bronx.
\ gang fight struck terror to the west
ernmost edge OF the Tenderloin last
evening Bullets screamed through Wes
26th and West 2Sth streets. and huge
plate glass windows were smashed into
fragments by the fury Of .the Hooker
and Walsh gangs. mixed with plenty OF
cheap whiskey from Ninth avenue
Earlier In the evening an alleged
Italian Black Handler was shot as he
emerged from a grocery store in East
Ssth street during the closing part OF
the italian celebration in honor Of st
Rocco. Not to be outdone. the police
Of the Morrisania station faced a crowd
with revolvers drawn as they defended
Joseph Rondelli, Of No. 2S3 East 155th
street
The gang fight was a sequel Of a
slight outbreak on Sunday. Bud"
Hooker came down from "Helrs Kitch-
en-" yesterday afternoon with his boys
to engage Jimmy" waish's boys. of
West 18th street. The principals fought
10 a draw, according 70 the decision of
the crowd. Subsequently Walsh decided
he wanted another encounter and sent
for Hooker and his gang to come
down"
Hooker's arrival was announced about
$50 o'clock in the evening. In this sec
ond bout Hooker was worsted. and his
''heelers" from the Kitchen" headed
by Fred B. Miller. who says he is an
attendant on Wards Island, started in
10 mix ii up" Walsh recognized their
behavior as a signal for general onset
and pulled a gun. Miller picked up a
brick and threw it at Walsh. striking
the latter on the head.
Mob Fills Street in No Time.
In less time than ii takes 10 tell it
Tenth avenue and 26th street was
choked by a black mob Of men armed
with brickbats. revolvers and clubs. The
air was thick with missiles and shots
we're ringing out every few seconds.
The crash Of falling. plate glass was
heard all through the block TO Ninth
avenue.
Patrolman Barrows. Of the old West
2Oth street station, heard the uproar,
caught one glimpse Of the size Of the
mob and sent in a call for reserves.
mi Il Frafcrl. on Tpnf n
avenue curtained the crowd, and the
cops" had a hard time handling the
gang at this point The drug store OF
Henr~ Siebenborn, at No. 311 Tenth
avenue. was impressed into service as a
temporary hospital.
Reserves and detectives from the west
9th street station were sent down as
fast as possible, and the wise ones see
ing that bluecoats were getting too nu-
merous. began taking To their heels,
carrying along with them members Oh
their gang who had been injured. The
only patients that Dr.. Diepor, OF the
New York Hospital, found To treat IN
the drug store were Richard Morrisey.
eight wears old. Of No. 4Ol West 18th
street. who had a stone bruise on the
left leg and Joseph Sheridan. fourteen
wears old Of No. 446 West 36th street.
whose right arm was cut and bruised
While the police were guarding the
drug store, both plate glass windows
were smashed. A candy store at No. 3Ol
Tenth avenue. run by Frank Keyes. was
wrecked A bakery at No. 3O3 Tenth
avenue was relieved Of its window lights.
and il is estimated that thirty shots we're
fred on this corner A Gordon. of police
surrounded the stragglers and arrested
Patrick Barrows, James Walsh and
Frederick Miller. They were charged
with disorderly conduct.
The victim OF the East Side shooting
was one OF four men who had stepped
out of the store just before the shoot
ing. II was about sunset when a shot
rang out and a middle aged Italian
dropped To the pavement. William Costa
heard the shot and saw the man drop.
Costa ran into Avenue (. between l1th
and 18th streets. and informed Patrol
man Winfield.
Crowd Shrinks from Body.
When Winfield reached the spot
women were surging around the body.
either crying aloud or uttering prayers.
The man then was still alive. Sudden
" rumor spread through the crowd
that the wounded man was a member OF
Black Hand gang, and Immediately
all mourning ceased. Three husky Ital-
ians now pressed in on the crowd.
picked up the body. carried it away
from In front OF the store and dropped
a on the sidewalk across the street
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