The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-23
NORTH ADAMS
GANG STARTED
RIOT At DANCE
Scene of Disorder on Street
Saturday Night
ARREST ONE DIsTURBER
Prisoner Under Arrest Breaks Away
and Is Pursued by Officer In
Automobile

iHSA rum 4fOItua Audliio pulleu lHtu
the village Saturday night and before
they pulled out for home created a
disturbance at the dance in Black
Cat hall raised a small riot on Main
street and made a spectacular run
for the Massachusetts line with an Of
| ficer in hot pursuit. In addition to
the general disorder the officer fired
several shots from a revolver The
combination made night that was
far from peaceful
When the delegation from the Tun-
nell City arrived in town it parked its
cars on South street near the Drys-
dale store. The young men, about
twenty in number, then gathered at
Black Cat hall where the usual Sat
urday night dance was in progress.
AT least one of them "had something
on his hip for when he fell down
during the rough house at the hall
the glass container was smashed and
all present had a whiff of an aroma
that it is expected will become only
a memory after July /. The broken
glass had sharp cutting edges and it
! is believed that the victim of the mis-
| hap will eat his meals standing dur
J, ing the next few days.
The general mixup at the hall
started between IL and IL o'clock and
reached crisis when some of the
North Adams crowd began tripping
the young women dancers Members
OF the Black Cat association commit
tee who were managing the dance
ran out into the street for assistance
and summoned Chief of Police Rich
ard Hurley and Officer Patrick Par
Irott who were patrolling the streets.
When the officers entered the hall the
crowd began leaving. Chief Hurley
ordered the hall closed.
The real sensation of the evening
lbegan on the street hen officer Par
9 rot attempted TO arrest Daniel Burns,
4 one of the North Adams aggregation.
! The officer took charge Of his man all
right enough but Burns resisted,
pulled away from Parrott and drew a
! blackjack from his hip pocket. There
!. was a struggle for possession of the
!. weapon in which the. officer was the
Il winner but it gave Burns an oppor-
/ tunity to break away.
G When he broke away Burns ran
Q east over Main street The officer
i drew his revolver and fred a shot in
4 the air but instead of halting Burns
h the shot only caused the fugitive to
+ put on little more speed. Burns
ran TO the corner of Silver street
where he turned and kept on tc
Grandview street Turning the cor
ner of Grandyiew and South streets
y he hurried to the automobiles near
the Drysdale store. was picked up by
one of the cars which dashed away
=. for North Adams.
In the mean time Officer Parrott
had taken direct route to the spot
where the cars were parked in search
e OF Burns He saw his man Jump in
% to Hudson supersix which at once
IT began Ia show a fine burst OF speed
O. over South street. The officer re
W Questioned the first car he reached
lie and started in pursuit. Unfortunate
a ~ for Parrott he had selected one O
Ut the cars in which the bunch made III
v trip to Bennington and naturally tn,
lie driver was not particularly anxious
~ to overtake the machine with th,
lie fleeing Burns. Both cars went roar
II ing over South street with Office
,Parrott standing on the running
board OF the pursuing auto and firinl
his revolver in the air. The Hudson
easily succeeded in getting away, bu
p when II arrived in North Adam
Burns was arrested and locked up a
the request of Chief Hurley who hal
ii. put himself in communication wit
Chief Dineen by telephone.
Officer Hurley later picked up Of
the street Lawrence Russell one o
"a the North Adams young men VIII
If was held in Jail over Sunday. Rus
Dr. sett had a hearing in municipal cour
lg' this forenoon and was fined includin
10 costs, $24.30 Burns was release
from the North Adams Jail this morr
'r' ing and presumably returned to wor
ng at the Weber shoe company plan
Ia where he is employed Chief Dinee
ii, has assured Chief Hurley that Burn
he will be produced whenever wanted b
re the Bennington authorities.
es, Bennington people are not in IN
ad habit of retiring early on Satlrda
'ts nights and the trouble at the hall ha
ms not been In progress any time at a
ed when the streets were filed with
,al crowd that made one think Of circu
night. The spectators were orderl
ho howeyer,-they Just wanted to 50
iv. what was going on.
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