The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-17

GREEN HAND Ar THE WHEEL
MAKES 4 LOT or TROG BILE.

Empty Sightseeing Machine KNOCKS Over
Three Persons and smashes window
Crowd Ties Up Cars when Not tn
Negro ChAse-One Person In Hospital.
A four seated sightseeing automobile
belonging to the Automobile T%ranspor-
tstion Company. which was being run by
a green operator. climbed over the curb
az Broadway and Thirty-slxth street last
night and knocked down three persons.
Before the crazy machine could be stopped
a large slice Of a window in Douglass shoe
store on the corner had been smashed In.
Frank Harifton. n negro. one Of the oom-
pany's experienced chauffeurs who was
breaking In the new man, ran toward Seventh
avenue. pursued by a crowd.
Detective Thaddeus Jones OF the Central
Once found Mr.. and Mrs. William Thomp-
kins Of l7e West Ninetieth stheet tangled
under the front wheels Of the auto. They
weren't hurt. but most Of their clothes
were In tstters. Frank J. Hammerley. 81
years old. ar employee Of the United Cigar
Company. was jammed between the win
dow and the front Of the machine. After
he had been removed to the New York
Hospital 10 was found that he had a broken
right ankle and many bruises.
Harifton left the garage Of the company
in Forty-hrst street shortly before 0 O'Clock.
to give the new operator pointers on how
to steer the clumsy vehicle. They turned
into Seventh avenue and the pupil seemed
TO he 80 efficient that Harfton, who is very
black. decided to give the novice a whirl
at bucking the Broadway throng.
They swung into Broadway from Thirty
Hinth .&.,.k .uI -. 49, A. --z-l-l
street at a good clip. Herifton. still bossing
the job. ordered the new man to turn into
Thirty-sixth street. The machine hit the
curb, jumped it and hit the cigar store.
Herifton brushed his assistant aside and
threw on the brake.
The crash Of glass brought persons from
up and down Broadway. A few got there
In time to be showered by fancy shoes.
The persons who had been knocked over
we're carried inside the shoe store. Mana
ger L. NJ. Paterson sent the Thompkinses
home in a cab after a doctor had looked
them over.
Herifton and his pupil didn't stop to com
pare notes as To what happened. The
novice disappeared in the direction of Fifth
Policeman jeremiah Guilty Of
the West Thirtieth street station chased the
uekIO' anu the tOuOeT tue DOHCeIldu yeueu
for him TO stop the faster the negro hit up
the pace. The policeman finally landed
him a few blocks down Seventh avenue.
Then the crowd began TO make suggestions
as to what should be done with the prisoner.
although many Of them didn't know what
had happened. Guilty took the negro by
the ear and led him back to the wrecked
store.
A big crowd gathered and the Broadway
cars were blocked until the reserves of the
West Thirtieth street station Strengthened
things out.
When Guilty came up with his prisoner
the crowd surrounded him. hut the police
men drove the excited ones back with their
nightsticks. Guilty made Herifton clint
up on the seat of the car and as the ma
chinery worked he made the negro drive
him to the station. Detectives were told
10 get the man who had been running the
machine. The smashed window was such
a drawing card that 10 took several police
men to keep the crowd moving. An hour
or so later boards were put over the window
and the crowd moved on.