New-York tribune., 1906-08-14


TIC police TO assist a deputy sheriff to arrest
William Maybury. superintendent of signs for
.hs Brooklyn Rapid Transit Maybury got away
because OF this refusal helped by the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit inspectors
The deputy sheriff Abraham B;Rkcman, was
on tho Culver elevated train Nc. ipsi when
1Iavbr;ry jumped on the. traia and started to
throw him of for refusing to pay the second
fare Rlakeman showed him mis- badge and told
him shat he under arrest
Maybury called 20 the ex-detectives OF the
road and they focked 10 his assistance. The
odds were about twenty to one but Brakeman
held on TO mis- prisoner, Beaten and bruised by
the men summoned by Maybury, the Sheriff
called TO Captain Harkins for assistance. The
captain absolutely refused to help him. He gave
some advice. however. for he told the Sheriff
that he could go 10 court IL he wanted to arrest
the railroad men. Sergeant Callahan, who was
standing alongside his superior, merely laughed.
Dazed by the blows showered upon him. Blake
man let go Of Magbury and the superintendent
OF signs jumped on a Brooklyn bound car and
got away. He did not appear for some time
again.
MANY THROWN OFF.
Before the. road stopped running the trolley
cars on the Culver line everybody who refused 70
pay fare was thrown out. the police. when Mr..
When Edward Trayner was thrown off a Reid
avenue car at the Neck Road and so beaten that
medical attendance was necessary, the police, at
the request OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit, tried
70 keep Dr. Wilton out Of the police lines and
away from the injured man. Inspector Grant
came along Ia time, and the surgeon was able
70 so TO Trayner's assistance.
Dow s. Smith was arrested again yesterday
when he made another attempt TO tie up the road.
Car 1912 Of the Vanderbilt avenue line
reached the Neck Road about a.3O p. IN. and
the motorman was told stop. Captain
HaTkins and Inspector Grant ordered him 70
start the car. but he refused when ordered to
stay where he was by Smith Smith became in
sistent and Sergeant Bahman placed him under
arrest and carried him off to the Coney Island
station followed by hooting mob.
The car stalIing the entire road. however,
and volunteer motormen were called for. Harry
BroWnell. who once motorman, responded,
and started the toward Coney Island. He
had scarcely got under good headway when he
saw the derailng switch open to pitch mis-
into the meadows. He brought the car to a stop
with jerk that sent every one 10 the floor. TAX
ing the controller with him. he ran back to re-
port to the police the attempt 10 wreck the car.
While he was gone two Of the passengers. inn
patient, got out monkey wrenches and started to
use them in place Of a controller
They had succeeded in getting the car started,
when Inspector" Mite, one of the ex-detectives,
climbed the roof of the car and pulled the
trolley pole of. Not content with that, he got
TO work with a wrench and hammer and
moved the pole bodily from the car. The crowd
then started TO wreck it, but were overpowered
by the inspectors"
SMITHS BROTHER MOBBED.
T. Y. Smith. Dow S Smiths brother, was
mobbed at Coney Island late in the evening.
Deputy Commissioner O'Keeffe had ordered that
The bull pens in which passengers are herded
until they drop their second ticket at the Sea
Beach and West End terminals be torn down.
and no second fare collected at that point So
long as OKeeffe was in sight the police Obeyed,
but when his back was turned the police turned
theirs, while the Brooklyn Rapid Transit forces
collected as many extra fares as possible.
While travelling from the terminal at West
18th street to the one at Luna Park through
Railroad avenue, Smith, who is superintendent
Of the Coney Island elevated lines, was recog-
nized His errand-to get all the extra fares
possible-and the fact that the finding Of Miss
Sabrinsky's body was public property aroused
the mob, which had been seeking some outlet for
its rage. Stones. bricks. rotten eggs and sau-
sages were thrown at Smith The crowd blocked
his progress and for few minutes the situation
was critical. Then a cOFlort Of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit inspectors" charged the crowd
and rescued Smith.
The police kept both the mob, a large part of
which was looking for trouble, and the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit trouble seekers in pretty fair
order so Tar as Coney Island was concerned At
both the West End and Sea Beach terminals
there were small fights when the railroad sought
TO collect a second fare but no serious one oc-
Cured About one hundred men and bows he
longing TO cne Of Brooklyn's rufian gangs went
down to the island looking for trouble. but the
police kept them moving and they had little on
. portunity TO find any.
Scenes Of riot and brutality were common ,~as.
terday until the service was suspended ~, tbe
Culver line Dow s. Smith, general manager o.
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit, was arrested again
because of his efforts to hold up the line The
company deliberately tried to wreck a car in its
efforts TO block the line and foil Deputy Commits
sioner OKeene. Colonel Roberts was seen by
many TO assault a passenger. Later he declared
10 those standing about that the man who re-
fused to pay second fare deserved to be shot.
one inspector for the company was arrested az
the Neck Road. charged with obstructing traffic
ana carrying concealed weapons
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit men arrested
Sunday Jared well at the hands of Magistrate
VOORHEES, in the Flatbush police court Every
one Of them was discha rged, Including Dow s;
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