The evening world., 1908-10-02
DASHES IN AUTO
DOWN STONE STEPS
IN CENTRAL PARK
Chauffeur, Mixed in Roads,
Gives Three Passengers a
Gen. Putnam Ride.
ALL ESCAPE UNHURT.
Machine Needs New Tires, and
$50 Taxicab Bill Is Cut to
Stt on Account of "Scare."
ALL ESCAPE UNHURT.

Three men and chauffeur In taxi
At a3o A. NJ. to-day when their ta0icab
dashed down the steps leading into Cen
tral Park at One Hundred and Tenth
street and Central Park West
The passengers We're George Behlkin.
OF Centre Moriches. L. l., and two
. friends. The cab was driven by Patrick
Shields. an employee of the Renault
company. Shields was in Fourteenth
/ street late last night when Behlkin and
!. his friends approached.
I'VE want to hire this rig for several
y hours. We want to see the city by eiec-
; trio light" one OF the men said.
A deal was quickly made and the three
men sprang in. UP to the Bronx Shields
drove his taxicab and wasted no time
on the way. There were numerous
stops, when the passengers showed they
were ell good fellows" They treated
each other and they treated the chauf-
feur. Soon every body became soc.a Bile
ard happy.
The three men wanted to take In the
music halls along One Hundred and
Tenth street after midnight, and there
Shields drove them. Then 1t was sug-
Sssted that a glimpse Of Broadway be
had.
Down the Stone Steps.
Shields was willing and his taxicab
was in fine working order. The cab
started west through One Hundred and
Tenth street at merry clip 1t was
drIzzling and there was something of
mist
At Central Park West Shields got
mixed. He took the pedestrian walk
for the driveway. and turned in. The
walk leads down thirty-four steps 10
the park. The first flight of steps is
i've. the second nine. the third eleven
and the fourth nine.
The cab took the first flight with q
bound, slammed over the landing and
struck the landing below the second
flight with such force that the three
passengers butted hard against the TOP
OF the tonneau.
on went the cab. gaining in nlomen-
tum. The third flight was made and
cleared, and as the machine struck the
fourth flight the three passengers were
hurled out.
All landed safely on the grass beside
the concrete pavement, Shields held
fast, and when the taXlca0 snot ahead
and ploughed into a brush pie he WAS
etill at the helm.
The tuxlcap had made Its run with
Buch burst OF speed tnat Bel.kIn anu
mis- irIeuus had no tue " yea. og.
once on the!r teet they set UP d Gry
that aroused a WatCAuIan nd!Icd LonI
n The PARKWAY Garage, III One Aunoged
and Tenth street.
Needed Only Tonic.
When Luur TedG..eL me lnrse men
they were al i A,eI. sale OF GAGi.c9!enL.
We're v!UKeh. ~lnelus "as eAd.IlIiIus
!!ls !naCIIIG, when snUHeu tNV orVhe..
rear Lice, ana ne vas 50 .iIS suulc naru
things AuUut a poorly 40 nlrd cIty.
guess ! need = tVa!c amer this
close call" sald one o: the passeusei ..
Come. FELLOWS, our nerve Is apoIt
gone"
So the three truasol away, Ieavlas
SHIELDS with MS broken tired auto and
ali uncoiected blll ~ So. Inc Three
found a convenient placc for lonlc over
on Columbus aVenue, ana were repairing
qhe.r nerves wnen Shields cane -. He
mad managed to ger out u me PARK Us
lns h, uNn pow or, but once OUT the
taxlcab Ia Ited aad there MAS no stErt-
!ns Il. so he. too, sought tgric.
How aSQ4t mat S-G.' asaei Sh!ed
How aUuGs that twenty years
Erowtn?' asked Behlkin.
Then there vas a warm argument, a
second cab came to TOW Shleldss ma
chine back 90 tic garage. ana in It al
hands won't 10 tire West One HunGredth
street pp ice station.
Police Lieut. sullivan acted as peace
maker, and the fi'l OF $50 was cut to sll.
Then nci Kin and mis- friends went
home. They "ad It very fast and turi-
Gus night