Saturday Night.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 195, 22 August 1904, Page 2

Saturday Night.

A DISGKACIiFUL SCENE IN iJKVOW STitEKT.

| The police hoxl an unpleasant jab lin liaiid on Saturday night, when u li'UU nauied Jlurkc, wlio has bwn

working in or near f-«e town lor ■ some little time jia=.t, was occoiuuiudu'teu, after some trouble, in the lock-up. He had with some companions teen apparently "looking lor trouble" shortly alter jiins o'clock, 'lx>iiivg at U.iat time somewhat lull of liquor.

Jusl at (jit ten o'clock the man again appeared on the street, more lull ol liquor, ami, seeing Conslalule Melsop standing il>y, immediately endeavoured to pick a q'uanel with him. Burke had a couple of males with him, but ilneso kept uiicieully out oi the way meantime. Findingi the man obdurate . Constable Melsop thruatunod to "arrest him, and Burke ill. 11 ram at him, but was met hali-way anu landed in the street. Alter a momun.'s cogitation Burke decided that the time was ripe for a charge, and proceeded to act upon the idea. The constable collared tho man and tried to secure him, but with the assistance of his mules ne got away. Constable Melsop then decided to Obtain help, and started down the street, but Burke ram ■aftor hiin and blocked the way. A struggle lasting several minutes then took place, until Sergeant ilnddrell arrived and assisted in hondcufllng Burke. A considerable crowd Intel collected, and there »'as a good deal ol' hooting and yelling at the police, while the prisoner added to the Bedlwmliko noise fl continuous string of obscenity that would have made the most depraved denizen of London's liast Eiii green with envy. Additional police uswistiuico had to 1)0 obtained, and Burke was carried jy force to the lock-up, tho :rowd following, and a few of them endeavouring to keep up the hwotin;i- By tihis time, however, Serjeant Haddrell and Detective Bonjainin, in plain clothes, were among ' tlie crowd, and the ululating experts relapsed into comparative silence md perfect invisibility. Burke will be charged dr« the Polce Court this morning with a triwgular offeWJc— disorderly behaviour while drunk, reaisting and assaulting ,ha police, and using obscwio language. It is understood that informations vill be laid against Burke's mates or incitinnf liim t 0 resist, while lome of those who took part in the looting will probably at a later late bo asked to explain the reason if their actions to the S.M. There were a numJber of females ibout, and these had to run the gauntlet of disgusting language and ienes which it is fortunate do not iften besmirch the reputation of the own. Any who have a mind to reating trouble will find themselves vieh a hard row to hoe if they fall oul of the autliorities, who do not iitc-nd to allow tho streets to tie uled by "push" society.