Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-04
THAW'S BROTHER
IRRITATES CONDUCTOR
WANTS LATTER TO PICK UP
- ENGLlSHMAN'S HAT
But Railroad Man on Yosemite Valley
Refuses to Engage In Fight
Until His Run Is
Ended

| ]. c. Thaw, brother of Harry Thaw
whose acquittal of the murder of Stan
ford White aroused such sensation II
this country and Europe. was the hero
of peculiar incident on a train in thu
Yosemite valley recently.
According to the report of the mat
| ter the facts are as follows:
| The train, which was on the Yosem-
lite Valley railroad, was travelling from
Ell Portal to Merced. Three passengers
were on the observation and parlol
end of the train, an Englishman ano
J. C. Thaw and wife. All three had
After leaving El Portal the news agent
made the rounds of the train and
called on Thaw, who quite tersely in
formed him that he wanted nothing al
all. The agent also informed him that
would be all right.
The day was warm, and ThaW
raisfied the window, but found the
catch was broken and would not stay
up without some brace.
Accordingly he procured a chair from
| the observation end of the car and
placed the chair Under the window.
The temporary catch went well until
the train reached Merced Falls. when
Thaw left his place by the window.
The Englishman took his place and
rounds as usual about that time, and
knowing that this window was raised
in manner contrary to the wishes OF
the company. pulled away the chair
and lowered the window.
Enelishman BuIlies Conductor
| In doing so he knocked the English
mans hat from the chair, where he
had laid it, The tourist raised a howl
and wanted his hat placed back on the
chair. Conductor Monnett knew he
had knocked down the hat. and he in
tended putting the chair in its place
and return to pick up the hat.
But on his return the Englishman
kept bowling about his hat and. point
| ing to it, informed the conductor in
strong terms that he must pick that
! hat up and place the same on the
chair. or else he would make him do So
The conductor did not think this was
quite right and so he informed the
Englishman that he would not do it sc
| long as he talked in that manner.
Again the doughty Brlton ordered
him to pick up the hat.
Again the conductor refused.
| At this point Harry Thaw's brother
entered the controversy.
| He looks as though he weighed 225
pounds and were about seven feet tall
Thaw Favors Eneishmsn
He Joined in with the Englishman
and told the conductor to pick up that
hat, or else he would make him.
Now, Conductor Monnett looked like
an ant beside Thaw. But the employe
of the railroad has a goodsA steady eye
and he informed the traveller that he
was not going to pick up the article,
and that Thaw could not make him.
| Things began to look sulphurous.
| The conductor added that he would
turn in his train at Merced, and that
then he would be a free man out oi
uniform. and that they could meet on
equal terms.
! But although Thaw is said to have
tried to make the conductor forget his
place. he did not succeed. Thaw
/ finally said that he would take up thi:
matter with the president of the road
but nothing has been heard of the in
cident so far.
And as far as the conductor is con-
cerned, the Englishman's hat still oc'
eupies the center of the stage on the
car floot.