The evening world., 1902-12-27
CABMAN KNOCKS
NRS.FISKE DOWN
Drunken Jehu SEXES Actress by
the Hair at Theatre Door and
Then Fights Her Maid on the
Sidewalk.
MAD RIDE DOWN BROADWAY.

The woman who was seized by the
hair and thrown to the pavement by a
drunken cabman at Sixth avenue and
T~hirty-third street last night was Min
ME Maddern Fiske. the frail little star
Of MARY OF MaEdaln.' at the Mauhat-
tan Theatre, Although she shrank from
the painful publicity OF prosecuting the
man It vas deemed best to make an
example OF him in view OF the grow
Ing brutality Of New York CAB drivers
and he was arr4igned to-day in Jerer-
son Market Court.
Mrs. FIske and her husband. Harrison
Grey FIske. live at the Murray Hill
Hotel. As the actress. with her maid.
started from the hotel for the theatre
last night, the first a in line at the
entrance was one driven by James Nc
CaIIrsy' He drove up. apparently
master of himself. and the women en-
tered the cab.
1t was not long until they realized that
the driver was drunk. He drove throuEa
Fortieth street In the direction of Broad
way at a gallop. the cab swinging from
curb to curb. At Broadway. instead of
s~lackening up to avoid a collision ON
turning into the street. he went around
the corner at top speed.
Down Broadway the wild ride con-
tihued. the fortune hat attends drunken
caomen keeping the vehicle from aisLs-
trous collisions. Cars were missed by
the breadth of n hair; other cabs were
grazed time after time.
1t would be better to say that the cab
man did not stop; The horse did; AL
with his whip n howled TO those in
front Of him to get out OF the way so
hat he might turn into Thirty-thIrd
the stage door Of the Manhattan the
horse stood still.
Mrs. Fiske tried the doors OF The cab
and found that she could open them.
sisted Mrs. Fiske to the street. Without
looking back at the cabman the terrified
women started on o run. through the
Mccartney saw them. He did not walt
to climb down from his perch. He
reached the street with one lear. and In
a few strides was up with little Mrs.
Ffske, who, encumbered by a heavy
gown and furs. could not run fast
Mccartney reached out, sunk his burly
fist into the great mass OF the actresses
red hair, and with a jerk he pulled her
trate on the ground.
Mrs. Fisked screamed. The maid turn
cd PiGck!ly attaSEed the biz S1S-
ow~n-buslness" inaction the crowd stood
still.
happened TO be at the stage door. He
sprang at the cabman:
Ordinarily Mr., Hasklns would have
been no match for Mccartney, strong as
a bull and inflamed with drink: but Mr..
Haskins had behind him, the power of
righteous indignation and held his "
Station. appeared and placed Mccartney
Mccafrrcy was extremely penltent in the
arralsnment he gave his Version Of the
AFFAIR to an Evening World reporter,
II don't remember anything the
member that When / stopped the ladies'
got out of the cab and started to run
! started after them and said to
one of them that / begged her pardon,
1 didn't mean to knock her down or put
my hands on her, but ! was SO drunk
that l fell against her and pushed her.
I am sorry for 1t. and that's all I can
In his own behalf the cabman said
hat he had been working long hours,
that he had eaten nothing all day. that
II was the fault of drink, hat ne a
lost two fares during the week and that
he was sorry.
"I didn't know who the lady was
when / took her In the cab.'' he said.
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myself"
Magistrate deuel. fined McCaffrey So.
Although cabman Mccartney asserts
positively that 1t was Mrs. Fiske ne
down and his description OF
the woman fits that of the actress; al
though the Sergeant of the Court Squad
In Jefferson Market and the policeman
who made the arrest assert Mrs. Fiske
was knocked down by Mccartney, and
although Assistant Stage Manager Has
kins would not deny that Il was Mrs. |
Fiske when he was in court to-day,
Harrison Grey Fiske assures The Even
ing World that II was not his wife. He
says It was a friend of Mrs! F1ske's, a
Mrs. Stevens. III lives at the Hotel
Manhattan.
There Is n Mrs. Stevens and a Miss
Stevens at the Manhattan Hotel. They
were seen by an Evening World reporter
this afternoon and stated emphatIcally
that they are not friends of Mrs. Fiske
and do not even know her and that they
were MOI Out in n al yesterday, and
never had trouble with q drunken cab
IN their lives.