The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-12

lAo6, righteous, wealth, Facing copley
Square is a statue OF Phillips Brooks,
The great divine stands In benign attl-
tude, his arm extended in appeal
At the base OF this sancti1ed pedestal
n crap game was In progress. 1t was n
rough shoot a ausrter'' game with, lots
OF ragged talk and-pinintive bone talk.
Nice citizens, passed by with their noses
in the air and women drew their skirts
aside. There was a goodly pile of
mony lying at the feet OF the Rev. DIR,
\ Phes Harvard ~boys babe the shooters
| BECOME. The shooters relegated The
Harvard boys to the farthest reaches OF
J hades. A rough lad in plaid cap and
ibroganss walloped n tentative halfback
on the nose. In language unregenerated
the hopeful halfback knocked the plaid
cap, the broGans- and tho wearer thereon
| for three or four goals and the scrim-
mage was under way
II joe woodn,an,. who managed Sam
Langford, the negro, heavyweight. and
/ therefore should know q good fight wher
| he sees one, witnessed the melee Joe
said that he never saw. anything like i,
He declares that II would be necessary
L
! dozen Stanley Hetoheis together to stage
a show that appropriated the speed OF
this one .--
| All Figure in Casualties.
Nobody was neglected. Everybody
got two or more tremendous wailops on
1 some sensitive portion of his anatomy
the eyes, nose and jaws particularly.
The foray came to a close upon tiis
| approach Of platoon of the state nilh-
uamen. Il was a good draw. joe say
Neither Boston nor. for that matter
| the country has ever awaited inc ue-
cision OF any convention nor any meet
| ing of delegates of any character WIN VIII.
greater apprehension than ehls -,
watched the Central Labor Unions par
ley. ,aao,
II was. a town helpless, thug-ridden.
lawless and fudderless, hoping ha'
something aflything--would happsn %
Lrestore unity, peace and concord II
| was half million people causnt oy
the throat by a lawless element 90
nestle and immlgrated. vaguely seeA-
ing some reason for optimism.
| In broad daylight two men had been
killed while thousands looked on ano
neither of them in any particular con-
oerned in the strike of the policemen
In the middle of the afternoon a
! DOZEN women had been held up. roDpeo
and slapped in the face by gang OF
rat faced individuals terrorizing south
Boston. The soldiers declare the oahs
to be the Boston Beauties ana no
one seems anxious to take them on Tor
! finish fight
They make no bones about their busi-
ress of robbery. They make their raids,
return to. an appointed rendezvous and
| split the swag. A volunteer policeman,
| a Harvard youth. took exception TO
their tripping a sixty-year-old woman
and rolling her off the sidewalk. De Is
In the city hospital with broken Jaw
and several loose ribs.
First killing of Day.
II was about IL O'Clock this morn
ing when the first killing of the day &C.
CURED. Ever since the police left Bos-
ton fiat there have been dozen crap
games and faro layouts and small rou-
iette wheels doing lively business or
Boston Common. But the big craI
same was located on the Lafayette Nal
Il near fremont street. 1t had cappers
cut advertising raucously its presence.
The limit was $50, and none but thu
brave had business there. dozer
piekpockets did q thriving business II
the crowds that stopped to watch: :
swarthy individual called China" d!
the cappers was usually breaking W
contiguous crap games by good ofe
Gas House district methods.
I An opposition game would start neal
the big layout China" would wal
until there was considerable sum II
the centre of the ring--say S2OV-ant
then he and few friends would STAN
nade the game and tske the money.
! once he had TO produce gun u
. denote his sincerity China" was be
I coming wealthy until a heavy shout
dered man who was continually fa9mi
u1he Sig kame told him to lay Off Fpt
give all good guys a chance TO max
. living.
The big game was at its height a
II o'clock The guardsmen were pa
trailing the mall but paying no attention
to the game. But Lieut. James +
Dooley. a gray eyed Individual, Will
| n hit Of swagger to his shoulders, ap
nroached He made brief survey or I'M
zone and called the Ruardsmen togetheL
"rm going to break up. that cral
; game" snapped Dooley. Il want rev
of you guys to back me up. All Voiuh
> teers one pace forward"
twenty soldiers stepped one pace 4
: the front. Lets CO." said Dooiey
drawing his automatic. The crap shoot
: ers and tho faders and the side bettor
were much too busy to notice what wa
coming. Dooley had his men surroun
the crowd. He made direct Gu
through the centre Of the ring.
, Arrest Starts Riot.
! you're under arrest" he advise
a them.
|, And the riot was on
! There must have been 5000 peopl
: within a radius of a stones throw. tn
: soldiers who had not volunteered spran
: to positions on the curbs and across N
5 street. They stopped all traffie-pedes
. TRAN and vehicular.
a Dooley began lining up his prisoners
about $50 Of them-and put his men o
a the TANKS. Some one made a will
, swing at him from the rear. Some sa
: the man had a blackjack In his hands
) Stories of that particular phase Of tn
r incident differ.
e At any rate. Dooley swung around an
whipped his automatic forward. AT
other gallant rioter kicked Dooley In tn
y side and the automatic dropped to tn
I ipayap1ant DoOlpV shot his fist Into tn