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    1. [MCCAULEY] From the Brooklyn List
    2. Maureen J. Patt
    3. Brooklyn Standard Union Jan 3,1910 News FEUD OF RIVAL GANGS BREAKS OUT IN SALOON THOMAS McAULEY, PETER McLAUGHLIN, THOMAS J.FOX and MICHAEL QUINN, were before Magistrate CONNOLLEY today in the Gates avenue court on a charge of assaulting THOMAS RILEY, of East New York & Rockaway avenues. The assault was the out come of a feud between two rival gangs in the East New York section. The four men were in a saloon on New Years Day, when RILEY entered. A fight immediately followed, during which bottles and glasses went flying.RILEY was struck on the face and head several times, sustaining wounds which had to be attended by an ambulance surgeon. It was alleged RILEY is the leader of another gang and that several nights before New Years, had caught a member of the opposing gang and severely beat him. transcribe by; powife

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