New-York tribune., 1902-06-27
SAVE WOMAN FROM CROWD
CLUBMEN RUN OUT As MOB AROUND
AUTOMOBILE GETS UGLY.
THE MACHINE WHICH BELONGS To SPEN-
GER TRASH. HAD RUN DOWN
ANOTHER WOMAN.

The automobile Of Spencer Trask, the banker
occupied by a well dressed woman. girl eight
years old and = driver ran down Mrs Harry
Stauf, thiry-seven years old. of No. b Sc ond-
ST. Yesterday afternoon .'iHth-ave and FIFTY
ninth-st. y crowd # men and women charged
the automobile with the intention OF doing some
injury to the woman occupant. when a number
OF New-York Athletic Club members and some
cabmen rescued the woman and child and huT-
riedly got them into the clubhouse. The woman
was greatly frightened and the chili cried bit
terly The woman Is reported To he the wife OF
a judge.
The automobile moving swiftly aIonS
Fifty-nfrth-st. eastwardly. when the accident
occurred Mrs. Stauf started to hurry as she
saw the automobile coming quickly toward her
She was crossing to the park sd@, but was too
slow. and WAS borne down by tn" vehicle.
There re two versions Of what occurred
next. Some say the woman leaned forward and
said t. the motorman Go ahead and that
the latter did try, but stopped by the
crowd. which surged in on him. Others say
the driver jumped off the box at once and went
to the aid Of Mrs, Stauf.
At the end Of a minute the driver. who is
James Cush of no. 30 West Fifty-first-st-,
WAS on the ground with mob surrounding
him. The woman leaning back in her
seat, frightened and pale and holding the little
girl, who was terrified.
Mrs. Stauf had been thrown down by the
automobile. and forced along the asphalt sev-
eral feet. Her head had been cut. her body
bruised, and her clothing torn and soiled. She
looked lifeless. Shrieks of horror and cries Of
sympathy went up from the people who saw
the accident. The crowd that moved toward
the automobile contained many well dressed
and women.
out Of the machine" shouted some OF the peo-
pie as they surrounded the woman. child and
driver Who is thai ,voman?" demanded (,
man N the front Of the crowd, While two other
men beside him made the same demand.
The driver although the crowd howled. re-
fused to tell who owned the machine. or who
the woman
Pail her out and find out who she is" shout
Cd some in the rear. and they pressed the others
in front Of them forward
What right have you to know who she is? ?''
asked the driver
The woman was white and clinging TO the
seat. and the girl was crying. Just then club
members and cabmen pushed through the
crowd. which was crying Get her out and get
her name
The clubmen and cabmen pushed the crowd
aside and took the woman and child cut. They
led them quickly through the crowd and into
the clubhouse The driver was left behind
Then Policeman Sesselnan ran up from the
Plaza Hotel. He sent to Roosevelt Hospital for
an ambulance Mrs. Stauf Was not dangerously
injured She was taken to the hospital SesseI-
man dia not arrest Cush. The latter after a
time said the initials $. t. on the back Of the
automobile stood for Spencer Trask, the banker.
Mr Trask lives at Tuxedo Park. He went yes
terday to Saratoga from this city
Cush was allowed 20 go away with the auto-
mobile. Sesselman dispersed the crowd. He
was asked who the woman in the machine was.
and he said
1 promised Mr.. Reid. of the New-York Ath-
letic Club not to tell and l won't. Those peo-
rle in the mob u lot of buns. and I'd have
punched some OF them if I'd been there
Il was said in the clubhouse that Mr. iield
was a guest. and not a member