New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-14
KILLED IN A FIGHT on A CAR
CONDUCTOR SAID TO HAVE SLAIN A
PASSENGER WITH A KICK.
HE WAS A sTENOGRAPHER EMPLOYED BY
GUGGENHEIMER, tNTERMYER & MAR
MARsHALI4-CONDUCTO ARREST
ED-sAYs THE MAN FELL

ED-SAYS THE MAN FELL.
Wilton P. Marchbank, Of No. ia 1ndia-st.,
Greenpoint. Long Island stenogra pher en-
ployed by Guggenheimer. Untermyer & Mar
shall. was killed at Second-ave. and thirty
fourth-st. last night in a fight with Mcnael
MCGOWAN, thirty years old. OF No. Il North
Moore-st. a conductor on a Thrty-fourth-st
crosstown horsecar.
There are conflicting stories about what hap
pened. McGowan says he had just taken on
load OF passengers at the Thirty -fourth-st ferry
to go east Among them was Marchbank, who
was unknown TO any ore on the car. When
MCGOWAN asked him for his fare he said he had
a transfer, but had misplaced 1t in some man
ner and he began to search his pockets for H.
He told the conductor he would pay his fare II
he did not find the ticket
MCGOWAN says he waited until his car was at
Second-avs and then made a second request
for either fare ticket The passenger stul
fumbled about in his pockets for the card.
and the conductor says he became satisfied that
the man was "bufiag" He told him he must
either pay or get off. and rang the bell, stopping
the car. An argument followed. and then blows.
The conductor was the stronger OF the two. and
he managed to shove Marchbank out OF the car
As he dropped from the platform he staggered
for a moment and then sank in a heap on the
icy pavement, unconscious.
Policeman Frank Burns, OF the East Thirty
ffth-st. station. who at the corner and wit
messed the fight. says he the conductor de-
liberately kick the passenger under the chin.
and this statement Is corroborated by George
Lorenzo. os No "a East Twefth-st.. and Philip
Kremer Of No. 419 East seventy-eighth-st.. two
men who also say they witnessed the incident
The policeman raped his stick on the pave
rnop In md
the conductor and pulled him from the plat
form. Hearing Burnss signal. Roundsmen
Powers and Quinn ran to help him. They de-
voted their attention TO the Unconscious man.
He was carried 10 the sidewalk and an amou-
lance called DR.. Clark Of Bellevue Hospital,
answered the call He pronounced the man
dead and said that death had probably been
caused by a fracture Of vertebra.
The body taken to the East Thirty-hfth-
st. station. It that OF a man about thirty
five years old. In the pockets were found a
pair OF kid gloves. brass key pair Of gold
frame eyeglasses a purse containing % cents
and two memorandum books. in one Of which
was a card OF the law firm OF Guggenheimer'
U'ntermyer & Marshall OF No. 80 Broad-st. On
the upper left-hand corner Of this card and
imprinted by a rubber stamp with red INK was
the name ". 2. Marchbank.
The directory showed llldl LU"Ic Wdo N'NN"
p Marchbank president. at No. 30 Broad-st'
living at No ia Inda-st. Greenpoint. The
trademark in the dead mans derby showed 1t
TO have been purchased from haberdasher in
Manhattan-ave Greenpoint, only two blocks
distant from India-st This circumstance gave
the impression that the dead was Mr..
Marchbank.
Coroner yucca viewed the body in the police
station and took notes of the description. The
body was by his orders, takea TO the Morgue
70 he held for Identification and an autopsy
and efforts were then made 70 find a member
Of the law firm.
Maurice Tntermyer called at the East Thirty
afth-st station just as the police were arranging
~ remove the body 70 the Morgue. and Identified
# as that Of Wilton P Marchbank. his stenogra-
nher He said that Marchbank had worked in
his Office for several years. and was "a most
faithful efficient employe" Mr.. Untermyer
added that Marchbank never drank intoxicating
uauor H seemed greatly affected by the mans
death and tears filed his eyes as he viewed the
body.
Mr. T'ntermyer would not consent 70 the re-
rnoval Of the body 70 the Morgue but gave or
ders 10 have Il sent 10 an undertakers. s. he SAID
thar Narchbank was married only short time
ago and had taken up his homo at GreenpOint
The conductor was locked up at the East Thir-
tv-dfth-st station He denied having kicked
his passenger in the chin. and said that March
hank after being put off the platform. made an
attempt 10 return 20 assault him. He showed
hin, a second time the conductor said. and then
Nfarchbank fell striking his chin on the pave
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