A STREET ROW IN NEW YORK.

Temuka Leader, Issue 248, 30 March 1880, Page 2

A STREET ROW IN NEW YORK.

A most • delicious “scimmage.,”_ took place on New-Year’s night, or rather in the small hours of the following morning, between a squad of police belonging to the Eighteenth Precinct and a mob of about fifty roughs, in East Twentythird between First and Second Avenues. Officer Hogan form 1 the mob, “ all of whom had partaken freely of liquor,” surrounding one Mr Dan el •Sullivan, who was using “boisterous language” towards a fellow-countryman from the Green Isle of Peace and Parnell. Threatened with arrest if he did not cease from swearing, Mr Sullivan showed fight, and expressing an opinion that the whole police force of New York were not strohgenongh to “takehim in,” closed with the officer, and knocked him down. The New York constabulary have, apparently, no rattles to spring. Their way of summoning assistance is to strike their clubs on the pavement, and in answer to this signal three additional policemen appeared on the sene of the row. But these reinforce m nts were insufficient. The mob got the entire mastery, and Mr Sullivan was rescued by a select circle of frienls, who dragged him into the hall of a house and locked the door. Officer Hogan, however, determined not to be baulked of his prey, set his stalwart foot against the street door and burst it open. lie “went for” Mr Sullivan, and Mr Sullivan for him, while the three other policemen did their best tojkeep the crowd ofjoughs at bay with clubs and levelled Eventually police reserves arrived from the station-house, and Mr Sullivan was ovsrpowered and removed to strong lodgings for the night. A like fate befell Mr Francis Callaghan , a compatrit of the captive, who strove to raise another riot, but was promptly arrested, his head “being cut open by a terrible blow from a police club. The police did their best to take others of the more conspicuous roughs into custody ; hut they only succeeded in i capturing Messrs Sullivan and Callaghan.