Rowdies Annoy Jews
Another instance of police inefficiency or indifference was yesterday given on the East Side where Orthodox Jews in the observance of the New Year ceremony were assaulted and mocked by gangs of ruffians along the river front. Although the Jew baiting and intermittent riots continued from two o'clock until nearly sundown, the blotter of the 7th Precinct Police Station in Madison Street showed only three arrests. Of these, two were effected by a special officer. Not only were the police precautions entirely inadequate, but the few policemen who were assigned to the work of protecting the thousands of Jews in the observance of the day refused on several occasions to make arrests. . .

New York Tribune October 2, 1905