The sun., 1903-02-24
RIOT AFTERTHEATRES WE'RE OUT
Drunken Cabman on Hansen Cives Cops
Hard Tussle-Th0usands watch.

Drunken CaOmAn on y Hansen Clvee Cops
. Hard Tusslo-ThousAnds watch.
A drunken cabman caused riot in Broad
way just as the theatres were getting out
at iI:is o'clock last night by trying to force
his cab into the waiting line Of cabs in front
Of Wall, ,ck's and the Bijou theatres. 1t
took half q dozen policemen to get him
to the station and a crowd Of 8 900 persons
who had at first hissed and hooted the po-
licemen because they thought that they
were beating tho cabby without reason
ended up by cheering the policemen and
telling them to kill the cabmnn.
Philip Fitzsimmons Of S04 East Fortieth
street, was the cabman who caused tho
trouble He came dashing down Broad
way on the top Of his hanson as the audi
ences were coming out OF Daly's. Wallaok's
and the Bijou. Fitzsimmons hrst ran his
cab into the line of private coaches and
hacks In front Of Wallack's. The drivers
drove him out and he backed his hanson
across the avenue to tho Bijou. There
he met the same reception. Fitzsimmons
refused to 60 away, however. and ran
his horse straight into the line Of waiting
carriages.
Policeman Reilly. a bike cop. stationed
rages after the theat res are out, grabbed
Fitzsimmons's horse and tried to pull him
out of the line OF carriages. Fitzsimmons
.ashed his horse with the whip and drove
the horse into the line again. Then he
lacked up the horse. Reilly holding on to
the animals head, and the hanson struck
cab owned by Robert Nathan Of 7os East
l5sth street. The pole Of q cab behind
Natkap nod int n his - ship the
back Of it.
In few minutes there was q general
mix-up. Reilly climbed up on the hanson
and tried to pull Fitzsimmons to the ground.
The cabby hung on, all the time whipping
IDS horse. Then four policemen came to
Reilly's aid. Two OF them climbed up on
tho side of the hanson and the other two
grabbed the horse's head and tried to drag
he animal, which had become almost
frenzied from the constant whipping he
was getting from Reilly. into the roadway
and out of reach Of the carriages.
wou!dn, hudge. He grabbed the sides
o' the hanson and the policeman began
thar time the street was i:npassabe. The
crowd got the idea that Fitzsimmons was
ani men cried "Slame!" -Brutes!" and
l1e' the poor man go!'
The policemen had a tough job with
and tho fact that the crowd was 40 threat
"nlng they were afraid to handle him too
'rughlv
Finally, bv dragging the horse, and with
policemen clinging 10 every side OF Fitz-
slnmons trying 10 hold him, the ops got
N" hanson into Thrtieth street. The
crowd followed shouting and yelling ad
ice TO the policemen.
Et2simmons shook Oh two Of tho police
r7nn and grabbed his whip. beating the
'o-se again. At that the crowd took the
'srt Of the policemen and yelled to them
~ A.iT; With ;hs..T c!s5s 4 .5 knock hin,
~ is scat
The uproar was 80 great that the police
mon who had just come in OF post rushed
o. into the street and made for he crowd
Not one Of them knew what to do. however
Whistles were blown and clubs were raped
"n tho street. with the result that no police
inaa know what the others were doing,
,ycep' the men who were trying TO subdue
tzslmmons.
A''cr % ary an hours work they finally |
r'i 'he wild cabman to the station. He |
Wa dragged OF the hanson and into the |
t'a'ion The crowd tried 10 follow and |
'ne station house doors were locked. II !
vas long time before the street was |
cleared |
Three charges were made against Fitz-
.0rnons They were intoxication. dis |
gerry conduct and malicious mischief.