The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-16
VIM. NJ. WINS ARRESTED.
ToULDN'T WEDGE HIMSELF IN A
CROWDED BROADWAY CABLE CAR.

ne Got on the Front Platform and WA Al
lowed to stand There for a whne-Finsiiy
the Conductor ordered Him to 90 Inside,
nnd HAD Him Arrested when he Reruscd.
Former City Chamberlain William NJ. WINS
Of the law firm of Twins, Kidder & Melcher,
at % William street, was arrested last night,
on complaint of q Broadway cable road conduc-
tor, while he was on his way to HIS home at 1873
West Eighty.sixth street, because he refused to
be packed into a closed cable car that already held
more people than It was built to accommodate.
Mr.. Wins went downtown early In the cven-
ing. and, at about S:45 o'clock, started for his
home from Forticth street and Broadway. He
let several cars go past without attempting to
board any. as all wore crowded.
Seeing that there was no hope of getting q seat,
Mr.. WINS at last jumped on the front platform
of q closed car. OF which John Riede OF $50 West
Einety-seventh street was the conductor. There
were other persons on the platform, and the car
was crowded with men and women, the back
platform being so jammed that the people had
difficulty in getting of.
When the car reached Fiftieth street there
was q crowd Of men and women with transfers
from the Seventh avenue branch, who took the
places Of the few people who got out of the car
on which Mr.. WINS was travelling and made
the jam worse.
Tho car went through F1fty.tn1rQ Btr6et ana
up Ninth avenue to Fifty.ninth street without
any appreciable lessening in the amount of hu:
manity on board. At the Fifty.ninth street
and the inside became less like the interior Of q
sardino box.
,%unstsrt ,n'l NJ. iyinis d faIs the %o esiDm'n at this
Dye hear me T. said the gripman In a tone
that attracted the attention OF persons on the
Mr.. WINS still refused to move. He told the
gripman that the car was crowded when no got
nps that u VIVA Crnpyiai than md that na hia
on the platform, he intended to stay there
into a contract to take him uptown on that pert
Of the car where his fare was collected. Mr..
ductor Riede was called up to the front platform
by the gripman, who told him what their oontro-
Riele was polite. He asked Mr.. WINS to- go
ing a rule OF the eompany in standing on
fused to bulge, Kiede told him that
he must go tns e, the car or ,s get
brought the car TO q stop at Sixty-seventh street
as he delivered this ultimatum..
The stopping Of the car brought half a dozen
to a halt behind il. and Policeman Dobbins of
the h West v, q sixtisth street s,rs. station r t IN who W was Sh on
The situation was explained to him. and. as
himself aSini inside ssii se Riede 30 sa "a H Se ' Mon iSr on make slSsa a
complaint against him, and asked the policeman
| 10 RrTe6t MIN.
The policeman took Mr.. WINS to the West
Sixty eighth street station, thinking that Riede
would appear in a few minutes to make the COM
plant. Instead OF going to the police station
Riede completed his run on the car.
Mr.. Twins WAS detained for a few minutes, and.
as Riede failed to appear. he was allowed to
continue on his way home.
Two hours later Riedo showed up at the sta
understand why Mr.. WINS had been allowed to
go home, and said that he was much disap-
pointed at not being able 10 make, the charge.
He went on to his home after u WHILE.