The New York herald., 1922-06-04
900 RIOT ON CRUISE
OF HUDSON PIRATES
Bottle of Scotch. Half POr-
tion' Called Edith and a
Badge Start Rumpus.
ALL FIGHTING AT ONCE
VOlstead's Self Confessed
'Favorite Son Gets All
He Wants for Once.
ONE BULLET ENDS ORGY
Sam Schwartz Of Lower Man.
haitian Still Wonders How
He Can Pay for Ship.
ONE BULLET ENDS ORGY

A bottle of alleged Scotch, nicke.
plated badge, 2 half portion of stewed
chicken, an officer in the United
States Marines and a wide difference
of opinion resulted in the shooting of
John F. Sullivan during Sam
Schwartz's pirates cruise on the
steamship Mandalay Friday night.
Outside the facts that Sullivan was
shot through the left foot and that
the half portions name was Edith,
very little tangible fact could be OBJ
tanned yesterday. Sullivan, who is 22
years old and lives at 81 Catherine
street, is in the Knickerbocker Hospi-
tai holding his tongue. Over in Mac
dougal street tongues were wagging
furiously, but no two wagged the same
story.
However, 1t appears that the Man
dalay, bearing Sam and about 900
cash customers, were on their way
hack from point opposite West Point,
in the Hudson River. 1t was agreed
that there were some aboard who had
dcfied the law by bringing liquor on
what was to be an utterly decorous
and non-shooting party. Sam says he
spent most of the time in the purser's
cabin trying to discover a way to pay
expenses. To break even, Sam said,
meant that 1,50O persons should have
paid at least So apiece for the privi-
lege of being one of the pirates. Sam
counted and counted. The longer he
counted the more certain was he that
he was not engineering one OF the
years great successes.
Out on deck the carefree pirates
danced and sang. ignorant of the blood
sweating of Sam SCHWARTZ. Now and
then arguments arose. only to be tut
tutted down by peacemakers.
Marine IL a Stern Critic.
There was one party we'll up forward
that was larger than the others. The
To join it one had 10 pass his ipspec-
tion and he is said to have been a stern
critic.
Came the half portion Edith applying
for admittance to the select circle. Her
credentials consisted of a quantity of
authoritative stuff in bottle She was
dragged into the circle, balanced on q
table. relieved of her bottle and asked
to sing. She began her song, only to be
interrupted by a mature but thinly clad
female who demanded the bottle. claim
ing it as hers. The riot was on. Edith
fell off the table and. according to some.
was asleep the minute she hit the deck.
PIRATE feet trod her Now and then a
pirate or his lady would trip over her.
That made no difference to Edith. She
mad passed the stage where a kick IN
her poorly padded ribs was to be taken
seriously.
In the midst of the brawl there an.
peared aflarge and commanding pirate
whose chest protruded well out in FROM
OF him. On that chest Mere was q
nickle plated badge.
Cease this brawlng!" he COM
n,anded. This is disgraceful All tbjs
bother about one bottle of vile whislxv
] am a prohibition enforcement agent
] shall take the bottle. And that should
put an end to this outrageous fighting.
Cease. | tell your
he 'ooh the Dottle. The riot sus-
pended for moment. Edith was snor-
Ing peacefully. The pirate with the
chest and the badge retired to the cabin
where two Of his friends awaited him
He took swig Of the stuff His friends
took swigs. He took another and SO did
they. No bottle could last -under those
conditions, and there was nothing nm
usual about this one.
Well" said the big chested one.
that's that. Now, let's see. Where Is
there another drinking little group that
needs visit from Mr. Volstead's favor
lite boy?"
Wins n Second Bottle.
He is alleged to have badged another
merry party. winning second bottle.
He was retiring to his drinking friends
when the marine and the original bunch
revived. II is alleged that they fell
upon Mr.. Volstead's favorite boy with
awful fury. They buried him and his
friends under themselves. The second
party Joined the fracas.
In few minutes vast majority q.
the 900 were lashing out in hope of hit
ting something soft before something
hard hit them. Far up forward Edith
slept calmly. Some one had thoughtfulIy
thrown moose around her ankles and
lashed her to a stanchion Had she
rolled overheard her head would have
been ten feet or more from the water.
The fight stopped automatically wher
shot was heard Everybody scrambled
of toward the nearest rail. Flat on the
deck lay Sullivan, shot through the foot
Nobody seems to know who snot him
and nobody seems to know how he got
into II anyway. What became of the
wearer OF the nickel plated badge is
another mystery Even tho W, ar,na y,s
mystifed.
The Mandalay stopped at 1920 street,
where Sullivan was helped ashore by
two friends, who described themselves
as Michael Hettrick. 20, Greenwich
street, and James Russell, 16e Franklin
street. patrolman called an ambu-
lance. All but thirty of the pirates and
their ladies disembarked at the same
time. The Mandalay arrived at her
Battery berth In a great silence.
Sam Schwartz was still wondering
vAsre his $4,000 expenses we're coming
rrom.