The evening world., 1911-01-11
50 WOMEN BATTLE
IN HARLEM Street
OUTSIDE OF COURT
Kind, Said Magistrate, ans
Family Scrap Became
Rough and Tumble.

Go home md he good and kind TO
each other" said Magistrate o'Connor
to Miss Becky Wolf and Mrs. Rcbecca
Lehrman and their thirty-two witnesses
in Harlem Police Court to-day. and by
said advice the Magistrate precipltntcd
the liveliest street fight Harlem has
seen in many moons. with this militant
Introduction We will proceed to set forth
some nrcllminariea.
Becky Wolf lives At No. 26 East one
Hundred n Fourth street with her
mother. Pauline. Mrs. Rebecca Lehr-
man OF No. az East one Hundred and
First street. Is her cousin. and Mrs.
Rebocca's mother IL Mrs. Dora Bern
stein.
A feud OF long standing exists be-
tween Becky Wolf and Mrs. Lehman.
Becky went to the police court yester-
day and got a for Mrs. Lchr-
man. charging her with Islander. She
served the summons herself last night
and to-day both sides were IN court.
Witnesses IS to ".
Becky Wolf and her cohorts, after
counting mp the other side, oun they
had but fifteen witnesses, against sew
enteen for the Lehman faction. Mrs.
Wolf advised asking for u postponement
until they could get more witnesses.
Much uslnc demanded the alton
ton OF the Magistrate. lie sized IN the
Woh-Lehrman situation as "A family
row and attempted the part Of a peace
maker.
Acting on his advice. the Wolf and
Iohrman factions moved out OF the
courtroom at the same time. although
In two detachments. There were nv'
or six men IN the crowd. some OF thu
women carried babies and the babie,
carried milk bottles In their nsts.
The opposing sides reached one Hun
dred and T~wenty-first street together
One of the woman witnesses made {
pass at another with n milk bottle
This was the battle signal. With on
accord to Wolf faction and the L.ehrmai
faction got together.
II was q regular fight. too. one o
the LSehrman women witnesses twine'
her fingers In the WHISPERS OF Ansio
Wolf. Becky's father. and hung on lik
the sirl In 'Curfew Shall Not Rims To
irHnt. oHe wan ulatsVh vi pN'i ~
street, the elderly Wolf striving in val
to break her grip.
Whiskers and Wigs Go.
The milk bottles for tire babies wer
shattered. fingcrnails. fists and fe,
were used unsparingly. Wigs OF III
elderly women were torn from the
heads. One man took OF his derby hd
and hit another across the head with !
Spectators laughed until they wer
faint.
Seven Central Office detectives. hall
dozen policemen and n squad OF couI
. attendants tackled the Job of prying n
combatan,s apart. For twenty minute
. they were the busiest men In Harlem.
, Finally six prisoners were hustled IN
! the courtroom and the dishevelled vi
nesses scattered In all directions. TT
prisoners were Becky Wolf. Mrs. Pat
line Wolf, Mrs. l>ehrman. Mrs. Dol
Bernstein. Ansiel Wolf and sam VOL
Becky's brother.
I As soon as they got into the cour
room they began TO make charges al
cOuntercharges %; assault. attempts
murder, mayhem. arson. ~disorderly col
duct and other high crimes and misd
meanors. Magistrate O'Connor ordert
them all locked up until he had dlspos,
. OF the regular business OF the court.
Then he fined Mrs. Pauline Wolf
c and the others So each. All the I'm,
were paid.