New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-08
MR CONVILLE ATT1ChED GhIThA"
LIVELY TUssLE on A BROADWAY cAbAE-'A"
Two VERSIONS OF THE AFFAIR

A LIVELY TUssLE ON BROADWAY 'AbAT TN"
TWO VERSIONS OF THE AFFAIR
A discussion as 10 the respective rights OF cao'e
cars and vehicles in Broadway occurred al fou''"-
ST. ani Broadway yesterday afternoon oe."ee"
Thomas Francis Convilie, OF NO lfo f's' 'o'S
nfh-st the eldest son of the millionaire brewer
and John J. O Brien the eripman OF a ho''''o""'
cibe-car. 1t ended bv Mr.. Coh'"e ie'p"e
from his buggy to the front platform OF the car
and smash,np the erinman's nose. OBrien Is now
in -, Vlnccnrs Hospital and Mr.. Convilie. ai'er
spending two hours In the Meroer-st pohce s'"'o''
Is out under bonds to appear ana account io' ~
assault In jefferson Market Court tn's morh'hs ~
was 40 O'Clock In the afternoon ana every i'''" VI
Broadway al Fourth-st crowded wnen the al
fray happened Mr. Convillc and friend were 'r"-
Ing slowly uptown in light buggy on the eastern
side OF the roadway when the cable-car run py
. I}ricn came up behind them. gong So"n'''
amidst the din OF tic trucks on cther manu. wv"
there was slight crash AZ the cable-car and buggy
coicd and a moment later pedestrians "a"
smart scrap the front platform of the car o'
tween the gripman, a stout man standing over SIX
feet and a wcii-drcsscd. athletic young man OF
equal height. VINO had leapei out OF IN" buggy 10
tho platform OF tho cablc-car The female p"SH"h
gers In the ear scrcamed. while the grlpin'h ha"
much the worse of tho battle BY the Time I""c'-
mcn Zimmerman and Cameron. who we're staining
nj Four,h-si had reached the car blood was
OF blow from Mr.. Convlc's rgh, fat ana the
grpmsn seemed glad to oe out OF the hSht "h"n '"o
officers separated the combatan's
Both men taken To the Mercer-st' ponce
station MIR. Conve's friend accompanying h'm'
while Inspector Bray OF the broadway cable roa"'
mounted the abandoned car in the grlpilih = pIhce
and II to the terminus. AT Inc S'h'loIi-'ous
an ambulance surgeon. who had been sumiiioi,en
to look into the grpfnins injuries "'''1, ~ n.'
nose 10 be broken. and removed him 10 ~ WIZ
cents Hospital ,,,
before leaving tho station he made complaint
ter was detained until bali furnished TWO
hours later He frankly admitted th' assauit 10
clarei that Il justified by the proVocaiion ne
The injured gripman lives at No $40 West Forty
ninth-st His version OF the affray was that CON
Vile refused the repeated requests 10 get out oi we
way of his car. and when the car bumped 'm,o iu
the buggy ae srranC out ana COMMUTE" "a" VII
provoked assault upon him. -. -
Mr.. Convilic. when seen at his home IN basi ,oi-
ty-nfth-st later. had an entirely din'fcnt taI'
to tell Il was driving up broadway. near rouT''-
OF me and trucks crow,ifg the roadway on my
right. when This cable - came u ncnlmr' s,an
was impossible for me 10 urn out on either sac
for a downtown car was coming down only re"
yards away the other track. ana inc HuChs OH
the richi-hand side left no opening, Thc hrst no
tho shock OF n collision lmme1.atep arr mail.' ~s,n ~
the eripman rang his gong which ne mut, havr s1u
tha; had chance 70 move. he bumped nto my
buggy twice a.ain. knowing, suppose; tha'
being light vehicie The so'on hIoks %ou ,h hTeeeh
e-sfrap os my harness. and II hung down upon
tho horses legs rendering II Impossible for me
10 move Then Jumped out and going up 10 me
for the purpose OF maHing complaint. pu' ~ !
90, on the ear he called mo vile name AMI are"
tnet ne used and 20, in my blow hrs, That -
all there Is about H.