Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-21
MACREABY's BRgAK.SECK RIDE.
EseapIng from the AstOr Place MOI
TO Take = Train at New Rochelle.

"a bhEAhsAECh RIDE.
EseApIng from the Astor Place Mob
Co Take a Train at New Rochelle.
New York sun.l
Speaking of coaching" officer
Philbin, Of the Central Park police,
said the other day, 81 made better
time to Philadelphia thirty years
ago than those young fellows of the
club t'other day. | have drove my
team of grays from Hoboken to
Philadelphia between sun-up and
sun-down, in March, when the days
were great deal shorter than
now. ] drove four-in- n-hand-
them same grays as leaders-from
Hamilton ferry TO Jamaica-that's
twelve miles-in forty four minutes.
1t was on a betbetween all English
man and a gentleman at the Astor
House. The Englishman bet |
couldn't do the distance in an hour.
| drove the team myself, and took
the two gentlemen along in the
wagon. Macready, the actor, drove
out of the city behind them grays
when he escaped from the Astor
place riot in 49,"
"Tell me about that"
"Well, it's so long ago l don't
know as | can remember it all.
Let's see. That was the 10th of
May, 1S49. To-day's the 11th?
Is that so? Then it was Just 80
years ago this morning that the
team took Macready to New Roch-
ellie. At that time kept livery
stable at Clinton place, near Sixth
avenue. l belonged to a cavalry
company called the Montgomery
Troop, commanded by Captain
Moore, and we was called out that
second night, when the trouble was
in Astor place. You've read all
about the fight? Well, when the
mob was scattered, along about 2
o'clock in the morning, my com
pany was invited to lunch in a
grocery at Broadway and Astor
place. | got a chap to hold my
horse, a big blooded mare. When
| was inside, the mare got away
from the man and ran up to
Eighth street, where the crowd
stopped her her. went after her, and
when | caught her, | thought
would drop down to the stable to
see if everything was quiet. ]
found the boys a-hitching up the
the grays to light buggy. They
said Richard Emmet wanted the
team to take a doctor to New
Rochelle to see a man who was
very sick. Just then Mr.. Emmet
came up, and, knowing he could
trust me, took me to one side and
said, Martin. l want to get Mr..
Macready to New Rochelle by day
break Mr.. Macready was at Mr..
Emmet's house, which was where
the Breyoort House now stands
When the riot was going on he had
come out Of the Eighth street door
of the Opera House, and passed
through the crowd without being
known. He walked slowly out to
Broadway and up to Clinton place
with Mr.. Emmett, and was never
once hindered.
"No, didn't drive the team my.
self. gave the ribbons to Paddy
Growny, one of my boys, and they
got off a little after 4 o'clock in the
morning. Before they started The
crowd chased an omnibus up the
street that they thought Macready
was in. They drove up Fifth ave-
nue. to Murray Hill, across to
Third avenue, over Harlem bridge
and along the old Boston post road.
They didn't meet a soul that knew
'em, and nobody got on their track
Paddy said they made the milkmen
and the hucksters stare as they
dashed past, but they didn't know
what was up. All this time the
mob was trying to find where
Macready had goue. The sky was
just getting grey when they started,
and by the time they got to the
Neptune House it was broad day.
light. They made the trip, eigh-
teen miles, in just an hour and
twenty minutes. At New Ro-
chelle Mr.. Macready got abord the
train for New Haven"
"Did you hear from Mr.. Macready
after that?"
eyes. l sent in my bill to Mr..
Emmett, charging him $40 for the
team. He paid it, and some time
after that he came into my stable
one day and says, Martin, I've got
$40 from Mr.. Macroady for you to
pay for that drive"
The AntOcrRt Of Credit at stewards
New York Cor. Cincinnati Gazette.I
John Brown has been in the
Stewart concern for a quarter of a
century or more, and has risen to
a very important position in the
palace of fashion. lie is a quiet
looking man, ofcourteous manners,
and is one of that class ordinarily
called a "shop-walker." Mr.. Brown,
however, has a vastly mere impor-
tant duty than ordinary men of this
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