The record-union., 1896-05-14
THEY RAN DOWN WHEELMENI.
Strong and HOSSli'S Wild Ride One
Sabbath Day.
How They Ran Over T. A. Walthew,
and Tried the Trick on
Others.

The recently introduced and some
what novel sport of using horses to run
down wheelmen or crowd them into the
cutters and against the curbstones is
not likely to be long-lived. 1t has been
quite an exciting pastime, but is not one
to which the wheelmen are going to
submit They have been content thus
far to let the law deal with that class
of creatures who imagine they own the
earth, but If these outrages should be
persisted in someone besides wheel
man will get hurt.
Conrad Strang and John Hossi were
examined in the Police Court yester-
day on the charge of assault by means
calculated to do great bodily harm.
Thomas A. Walthew testified that on
May Sd he started on ] street, between
Eighth and Ninth, with G. M. Spald-
ing Of Hammers music store, to take
ride on their bicycles. Just as they
started he heard shouting and the
whipping of horse. He rode on and
started down Ninth street towards K.
When he had passed fifteen or twenty
feet beyond the crossing on Ninth
street he heard someone call to him to
look out. He heard the sounds Of the
whip and the running horse, but as he
was close to the gutter he thought he
was out of the way. He partly turned
his head, however, and the next in
stant he was run down. He caught the
shaft and partially saved himself, but
was struck by the cart and considera
bly, injured. Then the men whipped
up their horse and drove away laugh
ing.
The horse was running when witness
nd t11r dH
round and laughed and then whipped
up their horse again and drove away,
refusing to stop when called on to do
so.
Lewis T. Andrews testified that when
Walthew started his attention was at
tracted by cart, in which a man was
yelling and whipping his horse. Spald-
ing called to Walthew to look out and
the man followed Walthew around the
corner and ran him down. They re-
fused to stop and he followed them on
a bicycle until he found out who they
were.
The men made no effort to stop the
horse, but pulled him sharply around
the corner. They whipped up the horse
after they ran over Walthew and looked
hack and laughed. They drove down
to L street and then to a saloon at
Twentieth and @, and he followed them.
The horse did not appear to be frac-
tious at any time and calmed down as
soon as he was allowed to.
Mr.. Spalding said he let the men pass
him and when he saw the cart turn the
corner sharply he called to Walthew
to look out. The horse was running g
when it turned the corner, and when
they had run down Walthew the men
turned around and laughed and then
whipped up the horse and tried to es-
cape. The men were shouting hilari-
ously, as if under the influence Of liquor.
Walter n. Hunt and Q. G. Silverton
testified that J and Ninth streets were
clear of electric cars and Instructions.
The horse was running and the driver
was whipping him to make him go
faster. The latter witness did not think
from the horses appearance he would
run away with anyone. No effort was
made to restrain the horse.
w F. Ward saw the cart start behind
Walthew and Spalding. The driver,
Strang. whipped up the horse to make
him go faster and they drove around
the corner after Walthew.
J. Hirsch swore there were no street
cars or obstructions on ] street to pre-
vent defendants from going straight
ahead The men made no effort to re-
strain the horse.
c. F. Dillman swore that at IL o'clock
on the morning of the Sd he saw de-
fendants in front of his house on \
street Hossli was driving at that time
and Strang was yelling. Later in the
day he heard a yelling up towards the
pavilion and saw the defendants chas-
ing two bicyclists, who were endeavor-
ing to keep out of their way. The bicy-
clists rode into the gutter to get out
of the way and the horse was pulled in
right behind them. The men chased
the bicyclists, who turned up Eleventh
street to the State Capitol, as far as he
could see them. He was positive as TO
the men in the the morning and 1t was
the same horse and cart in the after
noon. but he did not see the mems faces
fully at that time. He was very pos
itive in his testimony.
B. F. Parsons saw the defendants in
the cart that afternoon in the Capitol
grounds beating their horse He saw
gentleman and three boys come around
behind the Capitol and scatter all over
the grass, while the cart, with defend
ants in IT. came furiously around the
corner behind It, with the driver whip
ping the horse into a run.
Officer Fisher swore that after thelr
arrest the defendants admitted TO MIN
that they ran down Walthew, out
claimed that the horse took fright at
an electric car and they could not hold
him
Frank Reding testified for the de-
fense that he was at the William Tell
House when defendants started The
borea would not stand still after he
was taken from the stable and he start
ed off at a lively gait. The horse was
q light sorrel (An the other witnesses
had sworn that the horse was dark
brown) He did not see Strang whip the
horse or hear him halloo.
The case went over till this morning