The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
HACK DRIVING AS A
YALE man FOUND IT
Cabman Strong. Wealthy Senior,
Tells of His Novel EX-
perience.
CONVEYS WOMEN TO TEAS.
Even His Arrest for "Overchar-
ging" He Takes as Joke,
and Will Frame His
License.
CONVEYS WOMEN TO TEAS.
RFPCBIJc SPECIAL

New Haven Conn, July 4-When Theron
Rounded Strong, Yale senior and the son
OF Theron G. Strong. a well-known ana
wealthy New York lawyer. went down from
his richly furnished apartments in the VAN
derbilt dormitory on the Yale campus. Ine
most richly furnished and exclusive OF
the Yale dormitories, donned the garo OF
a common. ordinary, everyday coachman
and went out. just as any other cabby. for
fare he was not looking after the in
terests of his health or seeking an occu-
patton. According TO Strong. who will for
all time be known 10 his classmates and the
world at large 'Cabby.' he vas simply
trying to earn little spare cash with
which to piece out his bank account. and
proven. writing home for more money.
I've left the cab business for good"
said Strong Il may go down and call on
friend Nesbit occasionally. and visit my
chums at the barn. but / guess I'll have
enough to keep me busy on the campus
from now on. without driving a hack. And
now that my father understands the sit
uation, l don't think II will be necessary
for ME to do any more of it, anyway"
At this point one OF the drivers in the
barn came along and struck Strong a re-
sounding slap on the back. Hello. caboy,
old sport. said he. Strong acknowledged
the rough salutation of his companion cab
by with a smile. held out his hand rather
longingiy and announced that he was go
ing to quit the business for good.
Now there's one OF the best fellows
ever met" said Strong. And if William s.
Mccarthy hadn't had me arrested l should
probably be working with him yet. Ana
wouldn't be ashamed of it, either.
DOG CAUSED TROUBLE.
Now there would have never been any
trouble il it hadn't been for that dog of
mine. Flash You know this Mccarthy
used to attend Yale. and he sat with me nj
Commons. / used to take my dog 'fiasa
TO the table. ard he objected. We had
row. and he told me then he'd see me again
some time. / never thought ID be driving
hack though, when l saw him.
1t was o'clock in the morning when
the call came into the stable. l was snooz-
ing in the office. the only man IN the oafn
except the hostler / had been out on sew
eral calls. One of them was to take a gang
OF Yale men TO the shore.
This call came in from the depot, and
I went down. Mccarthy was there with
his wife They had come in On late train
from New York and wanted to go out TO
Sherman avenue 10 their home. That's two
according to law. But laws don't always go
IN the cab business at O'Clock in the morn
Ing - WA.
him. He made several slurrlng remarks 10
me then. and after We got to the house. lie
said he never expected to see me IN such
dog incident at Commons. and for the mo-
ment forgot was IN ordinary cab driver.
1 guess. He asked me how much the fare
vas and told him l.ss He thought that
was high. l told him that it wasn't high
Tor that time in the morning.
Then he became angry and started IN
the house. I proposed to get my money. and
followed Mccarthy to the door. He shut
the door in my face and my elbow went
through the glass. That was all there was
to it I didn't intend to smash his door. but
he took little note of that. and when l got
downtown / had to spend the rest of the
night In the lookup.
HIS FUNNIEST EXPERIENCE.
It had some pretty good support in court.
My father was up from New York and 1
had another lawyer. And the police were
pretty good to me. Chief wrinn said he
wouldn't think of revoking my license il l
wanted TO GO into the business My father
didn't say much. He was sorry got into
trouble. but guess except for the notorety
he didn't mind it much. 1 don't see any
thing degrading about the hack business
I've carried lot of the Yale fellows
about town. They always treated me well.
for nearly all recognized me.
THE funniest experience had was carry
Ing the women around to late dances and
afternoon teas. 1t was very funny to see
them look me over when l drove UP. Some
of them recognized me, for had been out
in society with them. and they mostly all
driven about by yours truly. Some of the
younger ones really enjoyed the lark and
one young woman actually wanted TO sit on
the seat with me- but that was against the
rules.
I've still got my license. but the Yale
faculty has objections TO my continuing as
cab driver. and ! guess il won't be neces-
sary for me to do any more of it. I'll have
the license framed. | think. The number is
392. 1t will look well along with the other
meme1toeS OF Yale
Liveryrnan NeSbit says he never had any
better driver. and he is sorry to lose Strong.
He said he had no idea of blaming Strong
for the trouble with his fare" It was
worth all he charged and more he said. And
one funny feature Of the tier is that Mr..
Mccarthy was charged 81 for the carriage
when he called to pay his bill. He is think
ing Of bringing a suit against Strong for
injury O his rroOPrfv