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Show SHAM BATTLE FOUGHT FOR PICTURE PURPOSES f'Bloody-Pirates" jn New Ycrk ; Harbor Fkrcclj Attacked At-tacked bj Police Patrcl Coat : r NEW YCJRK, May 11. A battle between be-tween the policemen who man the police po-lice boat and a squad of policemen disguised dis-guised as river pirates has been fought off the shore of Tompklnsvllle. There was no bloodshed, but the battle looked real enough, and a number of Staten Island residents on the Bay Ridge shore were convinced, that the police had made an important capture of river thieves. The police boat Patrol fired a number num-ber of shots from Its two flve-pounders at the pirates. The contending .forces clashed, brandishing clubs. Strips of rubber hose, and revolvers, and the f! re boat New Yorker, with steam up. stood a short distance away, apparent- i ly ready to give the police help should It be needed. As a matter of fact, the fight was arranged ar-ranged for moving pictures to be shown in the public parks dnrtsg the celebration celebra-tion of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Xhs founding- of New York. The patrol, with two launches and several rowboats was used In th fight. " Two of the pirates pretended to be shot and fell to the bottom of their boat. A hand-to-hand conflict wound up the proceedings. |