Show I 10 Billy g The Wicked est Man in New York I t By A H Hummel TY yeas yeats ago the fashionable I afternoon drive In New York was wast t through h C Central park and out What sas as the then known knon as the Boulevard to Dam bridge About G 6 11 an afternoon In June In th the year ea when h the boul boulevard was crowded l I If f and I t I hr hers was a of runaway h horse r f about boul One Hundred and Fort f St as a big roan attached to a light I t I 1 buggy bolted southward on the i df the roAd A girl of j i i vas seated t In the buggy clinging to th lb reins re t he no flO m d 1 dl U man available dl distance lit the cry of wl was tak taken n up all the roadway end traveled Caster thin lOan the runaway and all th the vehicles 11 Ih path of the flying roan drove dron up ento the aJl roe rave Il a l k agon b by n a Juan of some mf hat clerical a b hat t and a long yellow drIving cat it This man turned his hiI head bead a as the others drove over oer he irb and making but aru t calculation drew his hiI own ovo vehicle lt ow III side just Unc to void oid lun on down don Then h he put pUl the yellow 1 to hit his speed peed and brought him of the flYing roan roanA St A hundred voices shouted to him to top p back for Cor the spectators believed the other horse would excite t the runaway more while there seemed no lJ ot of stopping slopping the animal with out Ut precipitating a that ml h I probably would prove prOe fatal to the child the man of el I t paid no attention to I His quick fP eye had dp de I a peril tile the others bad it Men esen I Little girl little girl he be rl 4 but without An any t trace rae of cx to the In the bu buggy tY It I you hear bear what I am sayInG to toJu toYes Ju Yu Yes yes sh he replied in qua quavering Oh what hat shall I do What I I 1 doT dor S Do you know which Is your our right land hand and which hi i your left hand I the horseman horleman as the road Wa Wagon a aKon Kon gon and the bug bugy fie flew along side by Yea ye yea cried the girl again Let go of oC tM the r rein ln In your rt right ht hand handI I pull the vein in your left baUd with th hands hand he commanded sharl flu hUd child obeyed and the of I nIl her slender strength was wa just sufi 11 to move the head of the ro that the spiderweb wheels of the buggy j Si the dangerous curb sear IY 1 1 second nd before th they would otherwise ll have HP struck It and turned the liying r hII over oer I IThe The man or of clerical now 9 t the yellow pacer Jacer with the end pa passed the runaway dropping his own reins about the dashboard as he did so and seizing the roan b by the bridle He was almost dragged draggoo out of hl his wagon but the th powerful horse broke from his grasp In the lightest leti lessening its itA speed and andIn In doln doing f so t thc brIdle was torn from t UR ftc head A later lah r was a z 1 ry or ef 1 j J Ji i 1 ii J t horror from the spectators The run runaway runaway away Ith the yellow ello pacer at Its side had no now reached On One Hundred and street t and at One Hun Hundred Hundred dred street an was as In process for a ne new bund build Ing he horse horRe was headed dl di r for this excavation and It seemed out of human possibility to pre prevent prevent vent a fatal The man In Inthe Inthe the road wagon was se seen n to rise from his seat and hl reins in hi his l left ft hand draw a N revolver olver with his hiI right He was however still in a press of that were flying from the track of the runaway and hE urged his horse hOrle on until the wa wagon on onas Was as brou brought ht even ven with thE head of the theroan roan he he hesitated to fire nCE evidently f caring his bullet might reach some ROme other mark It should be aimed S Within fiftY feet of the exes the driver ot of cUte the ro road d wagon suddenly drop dropped hI his pistol in the road ronel thre threw the reins on his horses back awl ng upon Lbs neck ck ot of the runaway its Ito n In a grip ot of Iron and bringing it almost to a Twenty men sImultaneously jumped from amo t as ar man vehicles stir sur surroundEd roundEd the animal and held It firmly whIle the little girl was all a assisted l ted 11 In n a fainting condition from the bu buggy anti anel her l rescuer fiu r slid from the horses back bak to the ground I 4 The next j ladles and gentle frem their carriages spectators from the teamsters teamster And gro grooms n and nU maids w were re rushing up to cO congratulate the hor horman man upon his gallant exploit He broke through h the crowd roughly and rim ran his own hores that had been stopped further the boule YArd The the child that had had such a escape had been driven behind the runaway In another road wagon a On the horse at the gallop and had I witnessed the T rescue ue half a bl block k I Iway way aWay He topped stopped II a moment to toRS RS ascertain er ln that tha t his daughter was ap and then ran after her rescuer reaching hint as he got into his wagon antI and took UI the reins Stop Stop th the father shouted as the yellow pacer started up uJ I want ant antto to speak t to yeu ou rm Im Ul the father of that littlE girl Shop tk p just a Go to heU the thO gentleman ot of appearance In the long yellow I driving oal nd drove rapidly away aay I Th driver of the yell yellow 0 pacer was Mr lIr Billy Memory ot Armory hall hail Hes treet but It took all the New e York reporters a WEek to establish thIs fact act and then lie he refused to admit his Iden Identity tit until the pistol he had been seen to drop In th the road won found to boar hi name Tue e little girl lie hG had was vas a daughter of Samuel Browning a Broadway merchant The roan hor horse was a n nw w p purchase had been for tor e first time that alter after afternoon noon He thud had got out of the buggy bugg giving the tha lI reins ln to the arrange about the harness when th the boiled belted A and Armory t topics of elon arid and 1 In the newspapers of I the metropolis and had been for say eral years but during all this time this was the only Ie a action of his that ev ever r got into print McGlory ma may I have done other pr praiseworthy deeds but if IC he dId he was careful to keep silEnt about them had the reputation tation of beIng the man lit New York Yock to live up to In fact he did his hip best to kEe keep th boulevard md Inci Incident dent dark only onh admitted it was definitely proved agaInst him his ex excuse cx cuse being that e acted on the impulse e of the mo Armory Armor hall hail In the minds of all reputable able citizens was then them t th culminating of a Cit city and th the nightly orgies there a scandal 1 In ChrIstendom There were numerous IndIctments agaInst for rio 10 or of the excise x lse laws on file In the district office one or two for assault and an battery batter mid aid for aggra rated assault at this particular time timeA A reporter l while he was In the Tombs prison b by reason or of thIs latter defense Wb by he wu was not content with Ith merely merel putting offensive per persons on out St et Armo Armory hail haH in n case of df instead of unduly and grievously bruising beforehand So help m me earnestly Its just way If r rp slap p a fellers e he slight rIght round to the lIro sta tation gIts me a ai i tEsted rested but it ft I knock the blank blank I head oft off him the I ever I hear him nine tim out of ten tenOn tenOn On this lon h maintained l that he ha had nearly killed I his victim I under a n rite me man had drawn a knife on the n proprIetor of Armory Armor hall who promPt I ly knocked knock him down wIth u a s section of lead PIpe Three times hl hii a onist rose each time with the knife itt In his hand band and was knocked d The fet time he did not rl ri for hiS skull was fractUred in t tso 0 or throe three 1 pla places es but he still clung to the Then it w was u discovered that the wea on was strapped tp his hanft AS a I matter maUer or of tact he had been ut du combat combet b by the first bt blow tro fr m h the lead pipe and he be had me struggled to his feet In jL du dazed d con time he went down wIle Jle the cIrcumstance the knife till r In his hand the that he was 1 on the o offensive cn ie of ur I have hit him o said McGlory only I thought l keepin at rr me wit the tho Armory Armor hall ball was one of f the of New York In the early Sn lot wa waa a l armory that 1 n ory fitted up as a dance hall ball alid aa It Su tar far the larg largest t In the ty A l broad gallery Went clear around t e d hoer Hoor and three sides floor d gallery as aR closely at an c be together were t tables and Ital for tor where the they mIght look on nt at the x rc while indulging in As New York then as now the of the thC 1 classes of oC aU all nations It JS Ja probable ble that Mo D depraved a lot of I as levI pei habitually gathered under one roof all else In the world Every one of the employee lo of Armor balbaT tenders waiters door keepers and mu chosen chOen for his prowess in n battle while him himself himself self had the reputation of being the champion bar room fighter of oC the a bar room fighter being one wh who does not observe established rules nIt but engages his antagonist on element elementary I Iury ury ary principles wIth anything sible that is not fastened down and I does not bar jumping on the foe when hen I 11 J Is t tHence te teS S Hence In spite of any vicious india on the part ot ellen clien clientele tele serIous disturbances were rare In r hall hail a and nd WRen when they did occur of brief duration There were man manI many manyI I visitors from Crom the higher walks of life I at Armo Armory bali haU after the 1 and these always protected even going S so far as to send i zie of his henchmen to follow foliO a genI gen ileman home If It was thought that i tere was danger of his getting Into on the way All ii that etiquette required of the par In the ma mazy dane dance at Armory Armor hall was that the gentleman should remove his bat while on thelI or and anda andaS a aS t general rule that thai et r ap rel left on nn his chair bair while he wrestled With his Of course E Ei 3 i ordinary circumstances the dancer dancerS who no finished first would sel select t the best S hat on rf his seat anti as this would naturally lead to complications had placarded the walls 0 of S hall hail with this significant leg legend end No Excuse if Caught With An Mans Hat Another regulation placarded la on the walls was 1 No Two Gents Allowed to Dance Together an objectionable practice leadIng to unseemly demon demonstrations that had it seems been lit in vogue earlier In the history of Armory hall hail I McGlory first sprang prang Into national fame during the Chr ChrIstmas s holidays of f when he gave an supper and dance at the Brunswick then the I 1 smartest hotel In Nc C York The head steward had taken the order for Cor the supper from a man Inan who called himself Jqhn Thompson who bad Informed him that his hig gu gunsta ts would come ou on to sun SUD per aft after r a dance rance and that thC they might OC be a little late It was the five minutes before t the hour hoor of 2 when aurOS arroes Mad Iad Iso icon SQuare the clamor oC brazen ill in mA made e Itself f heard log J to e a hideous hon as an au dent cleat circus whose green and yellow paint hAd ones once been gaudy gaud rolled Into sight It contained a fear fearful ful R and nd wonderful bra brass band each In IndivIdual of which w as playing a separate tune The chariot charlot was as drawn by 1 six horses And behind it a sio of me ten or twelve telve ted hacks baks tm from Chath sun m SQuare which itc it the where alt aJl the worn out hacks of the city gather just before thE they peri perish h To the horror of oC the chief C steward l standlaw tan t th thO door and of the wait era erst looking lookin out of the windows inflOWs this awful j r tWi came caine to A halt before re rethe the and While windows went un all along Fifth avenue and andIn andin In the hotel Itself and belated pi pedestrians f S fr for blocks around hurried to the scene the c carrie unloaded unload d each from five to eight ht beings of both se sexes who ribald sona gaily gail stormed the portals and up the te to the banquet hall hail Ie 11 a gentlemen Sn hI lavendel trousers buff and black frock oat cot who ho with diamonds from writs wrists shirt front and w watch f chain and who shouted to him uHe Hey I there Frt I s bring brim on the sup supper and be bU blighted Quick about It the head hea recognized th the Mr I Thom Thomm n who had ordered the sup supper per for that ni night ht and Ids his ran ranold old cold in his veins when he was Informed that the person was 85 none non other than the notorious e even more notorious Armory han hall the dance place In the which the pollee and the nt were wert at that very time do doIng doing Ing their utmost to The women among the reveles 9 out outnumbered numbe numbered the men two to one and some of the men Vere In women clothes It bad been ri a fancy dress ball ballat ballat at hall ball that evening and most moat ot of the fajr sex Bex had been rigged out by bythe the OUt Bowery Bower eo costumers for the occasion so t that at the tables presented a I esque app aranCe to tosy flay the lea least t The I Brunswick were at in inclined dined to revolt but the agonized agonised head steward promised them anything to 00 toI I nerve th supper up r and get the unwelcome come Orne guests away since he feared a aI aI I rIot If they wore were not fed I apprehension that was nun not entirely ly un unI Unjustified I justified There en ensued an such as had hadnot not previously been has there been bIen the annals oc Nf New NewYork vr Y York urk hotels The walletS waiters were soon I driven from the room the cancan w wI was wasI I danced Rd around the tablet tables there were two or three fights which ended in McGlory personally throwing both eem earn in each instance downstairs tars I the re residents of the hotel were awak fled from their sumber slumbers an and begged the clerks to send for the police HoW How However g ever r the Mr Kinaley was aa absent and hi his thought ta that to call caU In hi the pl police would ly mke make the worse O I It wa waI Was 5 in t the morning before McGlor I and his g guests s were l int into ther their I carriages an and started bk back for tt the I BowerY and whether or no not that was the atul actual Ce cause f early euly morning supper of t Dee l marked th the beginning 91 th the falling fotune fortunes of U the once prosperous Ht Bru Brunswick wick Tl The Incident was t tale graphed aU all over th the however gre and the orn of I ext exalted hat it w was t kept cloy hu fr from t the op operation or of the law aw for e so m many ye years has ler sever severi I ben been ascertained hut but he be ke kept t A Armory I hail on open unU until L i 6 an and een even 7 ock in iii th the mornings in spite o of all alJ allS t S combined fo forces o ot law and d oder order fr fryer for finally the place was yer years In l ad and the sot got s six te months in the penitentiary On co corn hl his term he promptly opened Armo Armory ball haU again and Ui title tm time his for a yei term of oC Imprisonment fe YO That was quie quite enough for fer T He was now quite convinced U that his Is Hf wa t pul pull Wa was no longer o r operative H He trel tried other to do business in YaO various ote ct bUI but his ta fame had Nd pe preceded J him lm anti b he ws was unable to a a lie al any anywhere where He afterward o opened Mer s In Nw New York in the u name o of noon as the name o of but so relve bt sn the police paid kU ti McGlor embarrassing attention much atton him 50 s to shut always compelled that b he was up so shop almOst Hoever However b has 8 a competence only wants to do for forthe and he ol the fun h of It it anywaY He Is t 4 1 he seen th tn Iowa today a as t s see as ever abut and alwa ready 1 to tk ee the good old Ure re when he he heike the Ue So York ike t ma mt in New ew copyright 1 b by Abra mel 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