Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1902 — SOLDIERS WRECK SALOON. [ARTICLE]

SOLDIERS WRECK SALOON.

Recruits Attack Flace Near Presidio Where Riot Occurred. San Francisco (Cal.) dispatch: The saloon of Dave Tarpey, just outside the Presidio, where Christmas night’s riot occurred, was wrecked last night. At 7 o’clock 200 soldiers surrounded Tarpey’s saloon and began shooting and throwing stones into the building. The windows and doors were broken and bar fixtures demolished. A riot call was answered by a platoon of mounted artillery, which quickly suppressed the riot. Several arrests were made. William Ross, a soldier who has been doing extra duty at Tarpey’s saloon, ejected two soldiers from the place on Tuesday night because they were unruly, and for this he incurred the enmity of the mob element among the soldiers.