The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-17
'BABY DOLL" CRINGES
 IN CELL AS CORONER
 PROBES BLOODY FIGHT
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 This man had telephoned police headquarters, and without giving his name, told Lieutenant Walker, who was at the resk, that Baby Doll' had punched him in the face, kicked him, thrown him down the stairs leading from his cabaret "parlors'' on the second floor to the barroom below.
 Lieutenant Walker at once sum- moned Patrolman Greene, one of the reserve force maintained at head quarters, and sent him to investigate. instructing him first to find Sergeant Burns on the beat, and go with him to the Water street resort.
 The complaint was received shortly after 2 o'clock Sunday morning. With in 20 minutes Sergeant Burns. with Patrolmen Greene and Mccarthy, was at Baby Dolls" front door, rapping for admittance.
 A negro responded to their sum- mons, and without opening the door, asked who was there. They replied with a demand that he let them in, and his answer was that white men could not be admitted.
 we T0 dAo we uC1i1oAN that you admit us," then called Ser geant Burns, and the negro again re- fused to comply. The sergeant threat ened to break down the door if it were not opened, but the sentry remained obdurate. The police were about to make good their threat to force entry, when they heard Baby DolPs' voice in the hallway.
 Keep back, you white - ---, he was yelling, Cor if you don't I'll blow your brains out. ''
 Sergeant Burns cautioned him not to become excited, and again asked to be admitted, saying that he wanted to question him about a complaint Thomas only answer was another fur. ious burst of profanity and abuse Finally the sergeant prepared for an | other effort to force entrance, and he was a%oNt to make his attack, when a white man rushed down the hal and tried to get out. He opened the 1 door, and the police showed him back at the same time starting to enter. As they did so, someone believed bs the police to have been "Eaby Dolp himself, opened fire with a revolver and discharged three bullet., in the di rection of Sergeant Burns. None O. the bullets struck their mark. Ont hit Patrolman McNamara, who by 1 this time had arrived with ether off cers to reinforce those seeking ad mission. The bullet grazed McNa mara's thigh, causing a minor flesh wound which was dressed later at tht i Emergency hospital.
 These three shots fired from with | in the establishment came as a sigma for the opening of 8 general gun-firt On the part of those inside and the police without. The riot was soon il full blast, continuing with unabatet fury for SIX hours.
 As soon as it became apparent tha the persons inside the pseudo-cluD house proposed to offer bloody resist ance to arrest, Police Superintendent Redgate was notified, and he at onct hurried to the scene in a taxicab. H. | ordered out all available forees Abou sixty patrolmen were soon surround ing the building.
 Round upon round of bullets wa 1 fired into the place, the police shooting with the intention of frightening tn, | inmates into submission. The beseig ed responded with a volley of bee and whiskey bottles and such othe articles as lay within reach. A fev who had revolvers joined in the shoot ing from the windows, but failed t. fnjure anyone.
 At an early point in battle, Super ! tntendent Redgate called upon Chic ] Daniel Johnson, of the fire depart i ment, asking for his assistance. Chic Johnson, accompanied by several fire men, immediately placed himself, hi men and his apparatus at the super lntendent's disposal, and offered, i desired, to send men into the plac, with lines of hose to drown out tn occupants. This course was decided against as not only exposing the fire men to unnecessary danger, but be cause it might damage food supple in wholesale grocery houses adjoin ing the building on either side.
 The advisability of using dynamit to blow up the building, if necessary was considered for a moment, bu this project was abandoned for tn same reason as the water SCneme Meanwhile, the police and many. pri vate citizens who had gathered witl the thousands of curious spectators maintained a steady pistol fire, whicl was augmented. later by the use o rifles, with which officers shot dow into the "club room" window iron the railroad tracks on the opposit side of the street.
 It was not until after 8 o'clock tha some of those inside the building, col ored and white people, signif1ed b, various signs their willingness t. surrender.
 Baby Doll" however, was not ye ready to quit. He continued f1ghtinj with as much fervor as before. Ff rally talk of an armistice began, an, from the street below Superintendent Redgate called to Thomas and de manded that he give up. Still abusive
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