The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-02-14
BEATEN BY MISTAKE
A Hob0ken Car Conductor
Brutality Assaulted for
Another Man.
MIsCREASTs MAKE THEIR ESCAPE,
President Bonn Declares They Will
Be Captured and Punished
Similar Occurrences.

A daring and despicable assault. and to
all appearances premeditated one, was
committed last night on conductor Of
Grove street car. The assault took plac<
in lonely neighborhood OF
Grove street, near the trestle Of the
D. L g. w. Railroad The place is
lily lighted, and affords an excellent op
portunity for escape after q deed Of this
nature. It is only a short time ago that
Thomas Hines met his death within one
hundred feet Of this spot under pacullar
clrcumsfan ces.
A few days ago Fitzpatrick, another
conductor, who had put a drunken man
OF his car. was threatened, and told ne
would be fixed" It is thought the as
sault last night was intended for Fitz
patrick. but the assaiiants ma le q mis-
take.
THE AssATLLAErs APPEAR-
When car No. 142, Of which John was
conductor, stood on the switch, at Grove
street, near Newark street, Hoboken,
about half past nine O'Clock last evening
waiting Tor another car 70 pass
Boyd saw two men walk towards
Jersey City from Hoboken- When
the car reached the rrestle the
men jumped on the back platform,
and began crying Don't hit him.
Eighteenth street one Of the men, at the
request of the conductor. slipped of 70
let a LADY and gentleman enter. The men
then began their skylarking again.
Boyd placed his hand on one telling him
TO get Of, and was about to ring
tss the at,ad- bel .nn three .A times to ,.'' lss
wnen one grabbed the strap aud rang II
npmber of times. The other man struck
Boyd, and Boyd grabbed him. The other
let go the bell strap, and both attacked
Boyd and dragged him from the plat
forg1. There were six passengers in the
car at the time, four Of them men, but
they offered no assistance to the coaduc-
tor. Boyd ran up the street short distance
and hid behind tree box The driver
seeing him, started the horses. when one
of the men picked up large cobble stone
and hulled IL al the car. IL struck one OF
the brass rods at the back, bending il and
breaking the window. The car proceed
ed up Grove street. but the men went the
other way.
Thomas German, Of No. 70 Monroe
street, who was a passenger on the car
said he knew the men, that they had
worked with him On the railroad. He
didn't know their names, however but
said he thought he could find them He
did not come back To the police as he
promised.
EVIDENTLY MsT0oK THEIR MAN.
who threatened Fitzpatrick some days
! ago fitzDatrick is the conductor OF car
/ No. 153. One day last week a drunken
man got on the car at Tenth street on its
way 10 the Jersey City ferry and acted
disorderly- He refused to pay his fare-
At Gregory and Henderson streets the
conductor put him of. He crossed over
TO Newark avenue and Grove street. and
when Fitzpatrick returned jumped on the
car again. He acted disorderly all the way
down, but the conductor tried to paclfy
him. AT Sixteenth street he blocked the
passage and would not permit lady 10
get of. Fitzpatrick told him to get out
OF the way, when he uttered volley OF
foul language. Fitzpatrick put him on
the car. He endeavored 70 get on again,
and a struggle ensued in which the con-
ductor came out best.
THE THREATS AGAINST FITZPATRICK
The man entered the store OF his
brother-in-law, a butcher store at the
northeast corner of Sixteenth and Grove
streets. The next time Fitzpatrick pissed
four men standing at the door Of the
saying saying they sy would - nx him az az
the first opportunity. The following day
the butcher jumped on the ear and
threatened Fitzpatrick again, but be
| hnally elected him. Since that time
| Fitzpatrick bas been on the lookout. and
| it is thought that in the dark last night
the men thought they had Fitzpatrick
From time to time the conductors on
the ears have trouble with men, who.
| when drunk, refuse to pay their fare, but
| last nights assault was not Of this ma
| ture. Boyd's assAilants were evidently
waiting for the car at Newark street. Ho-
boken. where no electric lights offers full
| protection. When they saw the car aD-
4 preaching they walked up ahead and got
| on at the darkest spot
President Bonn of the North Hudson
County Railway is much incensed ovos
the assault, and says ne is determined 20
| find out who the parties were and punish
them TO the full extent Of the law at
| the Grove street station they have the
stone which was thrown at the car and
also a derby hat Of one OF the men. De-
tective Clark is working up the case