The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-08-21
SIXTEEN CAR ROWDIES TAKEN
4 WONAN'S ANKLE BROkEN
~ ONE FRACAS.
strong Arm squad Cleans Up RouEhs In
Long Island City city and Federal
Employees In Net subway PaSsen.
gers Spat on " OrkhOuse Gets some.


The usual Sunday roundup Of car row.
dies took place again yesterday and six =
teen young peace disturbers had fallen
into the hands Of the police before mid
night
wing of the strong arm, squad was sent
to Long Island City last night to wage
war on the street car rowdies and five
men were arrested, two of whom were
city and Federal employees Detectives
O'Connel. Kelly and Braun were stationed
at the Woodside car barns. which are half
way between the amusement parks at
Newtown and the plaza Of the Queens
boro Bridge. II is over this route that
most of the disturbance had been re-
corded, and the scrappers Of the squad
+, were instructed to arrest any one who
caused trouble.
At 10 o'clock car from Newtown
stopped at the barns with full hedged
fight in progress. Men were punching
and cursing and the frightened women
were screaming for help As the de-
tee ives ran to the trouble centre they
saw a man jump of the car, get a rock
from the gutter and start back for the
fray. Detective OConnell grabbed the
man and as he did so two others got OF tn.
car and tried to separate the detective
from his prisoner. Kelly and Braun
arrested those two. The car was
then cleaned ont and the detectives took
their prisoners TO the Astoria station.
The man who picked up the rock said
that he was jerome Gardner. a barber.
of 3ls East Eighty eighth street. His
companions were Henry Montanus a
post Office clerk, of 3l5 East Ninety third
street. and Daniel kaylor Of 3i5 East
Ninety-second street kaylor said that
he was an inspector OF sewers in Man
| haitian. The three men were held for
court this morning.
Another row developed on the car
ahead of that on which Gardner and the
others were arrested. A number Of
rowdies started fight while the car was
going from the car barns 10 the bridge
| plaza and when the trolley reached its
destinat ion the roughs pushed out through
the front door in flying wedge Mrs
/ Alice Nelson of :s5 East Ninety fifth
street was leaving the car with her hus-
band She was caught by the wedge
and jammed out through the door onto
the cement pavement Mrs. Nelson fell
heavily and was unconscious for a few
minutes. She was badly bruised and her
right ankle was broken.
While Mrs. Nelson was being taken to
St. Johns Hospital in an ambulance De.
tactives Kennedy and Peven. who were
waiting for trouble al that point, arrested
Frank Sebrank. "a laborer, of 3l3 East
| Seventeenth street. and Frank Huda, q
driver. Of 1893 First avenue, They were
taken to the Hunters Point police station
and locked up.
Four youths on their way to Van Cort-
landt Park to play baseball got on Broad
way subway train at 18th street at ~ 81
yesterday afternoon and before the train
left the station began 10 Jostle the passen'
gers and throw their bats and balls around
in the car. When any one demonstrated
with them they spat in his face. The
car at once was in an uproar
| Detective Shields of the strong arm
squad had boarded the train at Four
\ teenth street to check such tactics ano
he was in the car in iify. He yankee
the bell rope to prevent the train from
n, starting and then sailed into the rowdies
! With the aid of the guard he nabbed ths
four and took them off the train. Apolce
man helped him to take them to the Wes
l52d street station. They said that they
we're Benjamin Rosen OF i5s Second street
William Weintraub OF 70 Seventh street
|
odore Hyman of Al Seventh street
In the night court Hyman said that h.
was only Is years old. Magistrate Apple
ton sent him back to the station house Il
be arraigned in the Children's court thi,
morning The boys parents were in
!, court to plead for them. but the Magis
trate said that rowdyism must be dis
couraged. He sentenced the three other,
to a five day term in the work house.
Magistrate House in the West Sid,
court yesterday imposed $40 fines on fv.
| youths who were accused by Policeman
lilley Of the West tooth street station o
rowdyism on an Amsterdam avenue ca
Saturday midnight.
Liliey was covering his stationary DOS
at Eighty-eighth street when a banana
stalk thrown from "A passing car strucl
him He raced after the car and caugh
! up with it. The dozen or more youn,
men skylarking and raising a genera
disturbance in the rear seats did not SCI
him until he attempted 10 put a stop 4
their disorderness. Ihen Lilley foun,
that he had big job on his hands. Othe
policemen quickly appear I'd on the scene
however, and FIVE of the youths wer
arrested.
The prisoners were Victor Galluser o
, 7O7 Amsterdam avenue. John Reinhard
of 1877 West l0lst street, Michael Fitz
, gerald of lOl West I02d street Howar,
Green of 81 West Ninety eighth stree,
and Thomas Brennan Of $50 West lois
street. The parents Of Green and Bren
nan paid the latter's fines.
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