New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-17
THE ARREST OF w. NJ. WINS.
A STATEMENT OF THE CASE BY THE
FORMER CITY CHAMBERLAIN

,xn,cx.Sr AT THE TREATMENT TO WHICH HE
WAS SUBJECTED. HE INTENDS TO SUE
THE METROPOLITAN STREET
RAILWAY COMPANY.
William NJ WINS the former City Chamberlain ana
well-known lawyer, intends to bring suit asai"s'
the Metropolitan Street Railway Company oee"us'
he was dragged off cable-car IN Co'umpu'~
and taken TO a police station on Tuesday eVen'is'
He said so yesterday. when he was seen III n'
of,ce Mt No q William-st. by n Tribune reporter
Mr. WINS also said that the newspaper accounts
of his treatment by the employees OF the cape roau
did not fairly represent the case. ana ne ma"e ''
following statement ,
"rhe questions between the traction company ana
myself are simply to whether lose my pei
sonal liberty and waive all OF my individual rights
when enter one Of their cars, and whether "'
officers may at their pleasure violently assaui, "e
for no. doing their bidding snail TEST '".'e
questions before the proper tribunals. IL Is us
agreeable but 1t is healthy. IL others WHO Suio
In the same way would do as propose 10 no. 1
think the traction company nuisance wouo soo''
abate itself
WAITING AT THE CORNER.
"r waited at the corner Of Forty-fourth-st and
broadway for some minutes in order to eaten an
uptown Coiumbus-ave. car. Five or six cars passeu
me- all full Some of them were closed carS' WIN
both front AMI rear platforms fu, as wen aS INC
middle aisle of the car. others were oPe" Gals ~
which people we. standing up between the narrow
seats holding the sides as pest they co"'"'
or bobbing about among the passengers as the car
moved might have crowded in between the mar
row seats of of these cars, but preferred ho'
10 do IT, Finally closed car came ny luii as d
sardine box in the body of the car ana on the rear
platform There were four men on the front plat
form The gate on the front platform was open
and the front door was open and people standing
In II and from 1t out onto the platform. hailed
the motorman. lie stopped and received me OH thc
front Platform. He subsequently rang the peii LOT
the conductor. The conductor came forward anu
collected my fare neither the conductor nor motor
man wing anything to me or the DINERS on 'he rot
platform with regard to going inside. In TINS way
| rode as far as Sixty-sixth-st on the front pat
form without protest from any one, swinging
around the curves, and once SUFFERING generous
spattering Of tobacco Juice. due to the motorman
with the assistance Of the wind I had to stand
this sort Of thing walk or get out ana wait III
definitely and then pay new fare.
when we got 10 Sixty sixth-st. the motorman sud-
denly turned to me--the others who had been on
the front platform having got off the car-the mo-
torman turned to me and said: Get in there
at him and e said He taen m
and smiled. He then said: Damn it! Get in there!
Tnsr no is GGS whSp @ s
my corner and began reading my paper PEI Inc
told him i could not get inside and would not get
to go ahead and do it. He asked the motorman
to assist him. The motorman told the CONDUCTOR TS
conducior then decided wait uniil he came to
officer. police officer 1t vas not long before
ductor hailed him The officer begged me not to
get the conductor into trouble but to either go IN,
side or get of. told the officer That the affair was
a matter between myself and the company and that
he would he had the no n to to-
off which the officer refused to do. BY this time
were bockaded.
HOW 1T WAS DONE.
THE conductors from these cars came forward TO
see what was the matter. They held sort OF in
formal conference and decided to put me off,
holding fast to the front railing with hand and
to the folding-gate with the other. One OF these
men came around In front and pounded my hands
and compelled me to let go. The conductor OF this
particular got me by the right shoulder,
other conductor took by the left shoulder. and in
that they got me to the outer edge OF the plat
FORM Then another Of the companys servants
jumped onto the platform. put his hands over my
head and pulled my head forcibly down to his
shoulder. and In that way they pulled me from the
platform into the street. made resistance what
ever-except that compelled them to put me Off.
After this had been done called the attention Of
the police officer to the assault and asked him to
rest the conductor Of my This he refused to do
bedence of the company's rules. l called the con-
ductor'S attention TO the fact that II there
any rules they had broken them themselves, and
that such rules were not law. Nevertheless, he said
that | must go VITA him to the station house. where
several gentlemen who mad witnessed the entire
matter went with me. The complainant was not
forthcoming They detained me there for about
hour. / finally insisted that the sergeant HIM
self, II he detained me without complaint under
such circumstances, would be guilty Of false-m-
prisonment. and demanded to be let CO. The
geant then asked the ofiicsr II he had any COM
plant to make, and the oficer said none, where
upon was discharged.
This all took place between $50 and 7:so O'CLOCK 1t
appears that the conductor returned to the
station house just before midnight. and was
prised that had not been kept In custody at his
pleasure.
These things extremely disagreeable, and /
regret the notoriety Of II, but everybody up my way
has suffered more less from exactly this OF
thing. and don't like to feel that when board
company's car part with my personal liberty.
therefore shall make effort TO find out exactly
what the respective rights OF the company and
passenger are in such case.
"The situation beautifully illustrates the outraS-
eousness OF the present system Of passenger trans
portation. and the fact that passenger Is not safe
companys servants. 1t also incidentally illustrates
the excellence Of our police system, under which
who Is the subject of the assault by five six
others is held and the persons making the assault
allowed to 60"
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