The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-05-23
MACREApY's BREakyEcK RIDE

bin OF the Central Park Police said the
other day." l made better time TO
Philadelphia thirty years ago than those
young fellows of the Club t'otEer day.
l have drove my team of grays from Ho-
boken to Philadelphia between sun up
and shutdown, in March when the days
were deal shorter than now. l drove
a four-in- hand-them same grays as
leaders-from Hamilton Ferry to Jamai-
ca-thats twelve miles-in forty-four
minutes. It was On q bet between an
Englishman and gentleman at the AS
tor House. The Englishman bet I
couldn't do the distance in an hour. /
drove the team myself, and took the two
gentlemen along in the wagon. Mac
ready, the actor, drove out of the city
behind them grays when he escaped
from the Aston place in 40"
''Tell me about that"
"Well, it's so long ago I don't know
as 1 can remember it all. Let's see.
That was on the 10th of May, 1S49.
To-day's the 11th? Is that so? Then it
was just % years ago this morning that
my team took Macready to New Rochelle.
At that time / KEEP a livery stable in
Clinton place. near Sixth Avenue. be-
longed to cavalry company called the
Montgomery Troop, commanded by
Capt. 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 company was invited to lunch IN a
grocery at Broadway and Aston place.
l got chap to hold my horse, a big
blooded mare. When I was inside the
mare got away from the man, and run
up to Eighth street, where the crowd
stopped her. | went after her, and when
I caught her thought / would drop
| down to the stable and see if everything
was quiet. I found the boys a-hitching
up the grays to light buggy. They
said Richard Emmett wanted the team to
| take doctor to New Rochelle to see q
man who was very sick. Just then En-
met came up, and, knowing he could
trust me, took me to one side and said,
Martin, I want to get Macready to New
Rochelle by daybreak.' Macready was
at Emmet's house, which was where the
Brevoort House now stands. When the
riot was going on, he had come out Of
the Eighth street door of the Opera
House, and passed right 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, 1 didn't drive the team myself.
l gave the ribbons to Paddy Growny,
one of my boys, and they got off little
before four in the morning. Before the
started the crowd chasedan omnibus up the
street that they thought Macready was
in. They drove up fifth avenue, to
Murray Hill across to Third avenue. over
Harlem Bridge, and along the old Bos-
ton post road. They didn't meet a soul
that knew 'eA, and nobody got on their
track. Paddy said they made the milk
men and hucksters stare as they dashed
past, put they didn't know what was up.
All this time the mob was trying to find
where Macready had gone. The sky
was just getting grey when they started,
and by the time they got to the Neptune
House 1t was broad daylight. They
made the trip, eighteen miles, in just an
hour and twenty minutes. At New
Rochelle Macready got aboard the train
for New Haven"
"Did you hear from Macready after
that"
Eyes. ! sent in my bill to Mr.. En-
met. charging him $50 dollars for the
team. He paid it, and some time after
that he came to my stable one day, and
says, Martin, I've got $50 from Mac
ready for You to pay for that drive
Chimes is greatly changed, 1 used to
own livery stable that stood where
Booths Theatre is now. Where the
Filth Avenue Hotel stands, Sands, Howe,
and Titus built a hippodrome, and l
stabbed all their horses. l owned some
fine blooded stock, and had big run of
business"
"And when did you become park po-
lice officer?"
"Just seventeen years ago, and I've
been on duty ever since, the gray haired.
erect, little man said as he moved briskly
away.