New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-22
uORE THAN HE GOT Al SANiii'o'
,cr.x~rs FROM THE BRooKLYN rNsuLfED
THROWN OFF A CABLE-CAR AND

a. -, a., ,,,ners from the cruiser Brooklyn
came in contact wiki Coumois-af Inc eo"'
ductor ate lasi nislt. win The ress tha' 'he 'A"
who had passed unframed through some % ~,
eercest hghiing Of me var. ~as nrst ins''ed ana
,ber pltchsd headoug from O car 70 b picSsa ~
unconscious The conductor got away avoiding ar
rest ,..
Tn. gunner is Patrick McGl. He IS slight
huflt a.a,eti- man twenty-five years oid whose
home 4. q, No. 4B West Twenty -siNtn-st 1"s'
after O'Clock last night he and fnen' JAMES
pnOden left a Ninih-aye. cable-car 81 seventy
whist ard took transfers there for the Column
hus-ave line The men bad been drnNhs' p''
wore not intoxicated They had been discuss''s
the war and no car being In N'sni "heh my -.
cciycd Their transfers they continued tnef '''"'
walking no the street The car overflow '","
after they mad gone half block ana the st'V,
aud h- friend boarded e. They sun A"''
earnestly after they seated themselves Oh inc '"''
seat facing the rear dashboard 49,
Tn. conductor big and hury. scoNed al ns
two passengers when they presented ineH "dls.
fers They don't go mere" be- said you go' on
tho WRONG place for those
The gunner and his friend tried u explain '''"
u,lk but the conductor wouldn't have u lie IN
sisted on fares beng paid. and took them Al VIC
passengers IN the car cried shame. ana one
man vel.d Rene nber the Maine bat the con-
ductor refused to remember Anytime out "'
fares Wnen he got them he was not satlshe''
YOU feHers." he said. speaking to the gunner
think you own the earth since You got up mere
And the gunner said. I'm proud of wnat w
have done"
Proud hell growlod the conductor.
lie grew insulting and then profane. The gun
nor said a few things about towards and the pas
s,ng.rs said some Things 10 the same erect INV
conductor talked louder and louder. finaHy !'s
a. the car reached Seventy siXthst. he puiiea '''
bell rope and the car stopped. with an oa'n ~
grabbed McGnl and. lifting him bodily huf'e' "''"
from the car. ,
The gunner shot through the air and lande' :"
a heap on the y shout went up from Wv
passengers bu, the conductor was not satsneD.
In an instant ne by the gunners slde NV
man lay as though dead. and there was h'' - 49,.
groan from him when the conductor MN"
sauarsly in the face with his heavy saoe, ,a
The passengers IN AN uproar ~ VIE .ant
The conductor only swore AZ them when 80 -
back to his car aad sraspdsn s rom his seat ar
sent him Keeling into the gutter. i"e" Wv
went on . 49,, ,.,sons in
the street had witnessed the assault Is n an The
OF No. - West Seventy-sNth-st, Ju ipnn, ard an
car He Is a member OF the ,th Regiment ' .
athlete ... me- off,, h.
The man tilted his hat back so that me sssnssfs
cogd not be seen ,2 9g' hs hoSever snachsd
The mans hat and raw the number 10, NIX 70
Then he jumped from the car ana WEN
the gunner had been picked up INCONSISTENCIES,
carried 10 a drugstore AT the Sel'H ,y.sr sixty
corner ratrolman Baxter. OF inc hs was being
eighth-st station appeared just ~ NJ :" b.d or- I
carried in He Was hurredy tod Wiz .ssr tina It
Cured and dashed after the car 10y ave up the
was out 81 sight. and the policeman s"'N
chase after running two blocks. -, Gunner vas
/. was several minutes before tne,sS about he
revived As he opened his eyes and iooS ss,natisso
n,utt.red: This Is more than got a, see,hough ne
Ire hs head was dressed. anu, would not
admitted that he felt badly. the gunner - Going
hear of an ambulance being called for OF u
TO I hospital -, and after
Il guess I've got 10 stand IT," ne sal'i AVE
half an hours wait his friend took hil a. arrest
The policeman was anxious To MAKE 81 ne VAS
Tho cable line inspector for the district sal, Tor the
anxious to help him. and told him 10 a,hsr the
car on us return trip But somehow =, Inc car
number tanned not the correct one Cc,id not
got lost in the shuttle. for the condu,'X r. west
he found McIea, with A. Hussey ot W yho MI.
Twenty fourth-st and half a dozen otnets COM
messed the assault constituted thems,,N Wsst side
mlttee however and agreed To go 20 t.e ask
Court to-day TO tell what they had sem o."
that the conductor he found and punsne"'