New-York tribune., 1888-08-25
MORE DRYERS FEEL THE LAWS PoWEh
ARRESTED FOR RUNNING OVER PEOPLE
MyNrING wITm BRASS CONDUCTORS.

MyNTING WITH BRASS CONDUCTORS
Another reckless driver was arrested yes'oruas'
He is Jacob Schmidt, OF No. os Jacssoha'o'' s ,'ns
IsIsnd Crty lie was tearing up Flrstave' aoo"'
q 40 n m without looking apparently caring "hero
h,s horse took him. Margaret Kane, ago foriy, oi
M e5O First-aye. and Mamie Leonard, age 'nreo'
and william Leonard, fifteen months old, VINO "e'e y.
ckarse OF Mrs. Kane, wore crossing tho aVehuo y.
Twenty- 1fth-st at the time Tho driver appcao"
not to SEQ them for he drove straight at hen hnooh
,nu them down. At the Bellevue Hospital 'heir
wounds were found TO be slight and they "efo s'n'
home. 49, .. n
On Thursday night car No. 0, OF the Avenue u.
limo driven by James Murray, nearly Killed fop'
Narouo a little italian boy, OF No. 3Oo Mohroe-s"'
who was playing at Columbia and Grand SIS. Aarq"o
was taken to Gouverneur Hospital where ne wa,
found to have sustained fracture OF both legs anu
n thigh. DR.. Bird, house surgeon OF inc noSpi"''
regards his condition as critical Murray was 'aA.n
before Justice Duffy and rcmanded without pai W
await the result Of the boys injuries
Justice Patterson, Of the Supreme Court, yesterday
dismissed tho writ OF prohibition obtained py oecioiy
Mclean OF the Twentythrd Street Railroad ooinP~s'
restraining Coroner MESSENGER from accepting 'cio'
which would hold the officials Of the railroad hap'o
for the death OF Mrs. Levy, who was run over anu
killed by one of the companys bobtail cars ana also
filing the testimony I'm the case. In rendering MS
decision Justice Patterson sad: "It appears 10 me-
that the Coroner ought not to be placed In postum
that would prevent him from dschargng his onlclai
duties His conduct In obeyng the writ Is pra Sc
worthy I shall not restrain him from ming INC
records OF tbs case. The Coroner has done every
thing that ought TO be done, and done IL we'll
don't think these proceedings should go any further
and the writ is dismissed" Colonel John s. Dennisoh,
counsel for secretary Mclean, asked the Justice not
TO allow tho dispositions to be fled as they might DC
used against his client To this he replied that he
would allow them to be fled but that they should not
be used against Mclean.
The Twenty. tn rd-st line has at last taken step
in the direction Of reform About a month ago
conductor was placed on No. l. True, the con-
ducor In question is brass conductor, but that Is
merely a matter OF detail. The new conductor knows
lis place and keeps there all the time Us presence ne
IS indicated by two little brass slots let mo .ng
entrance door Of the car Over the slots the leg9la
paw IIere7 is inscribed n bold characters Ih5
nickels dropped into tho slot roll along an nchneu
tubing or groove running round the inside OF inc
car until they fall into the box behind the driver;
Somehow passengers perstenily ignore the 81 des ana
plsce their fares I'm the old box endcared 10 them ny
long associations, but, nevertheless: he company IS
so we'll satisfied tn the result OF his experiment
that brass conductors TO be placed IN every car
on their line The first instalment OF Two VIII come
into on Monday.