The sun., 1910-05-29
COLUMBIA BOYS mob GUHOISl
SCARE ann INFO TtKIVG HURT
BRTCKLATER 70 HOSPITAL.

cosiess IAhoFeF Fesl TAsse stories. bat
Ihe Man IN Ne. lOs1tO Refused 10
saeed MIN 70 o. IuhsS Uaill the Ex.
cited studeats Carried Their POlns.
Whoever Was driving automObIls No.
lORsiO. ths owner Of which ID registered a.
Sol Jse0bs. broker. Of 81 West Seven
tisth scFeNe. was nearly m0bbed by abOut
ewO hundred Columbia seidsnts because
be refused 10 take an injured man three
blOOks to &C. iAiks's Hospital yesterday
afternoon.
commencement festivities az Columbia
started yesterday afternoon with the
annual baseball game with YAls. South
Field was crowded with undergraduates
and their friends and graduates. The
1Ams ended with q victory for Yale and
disEruntlsd crowd wAs fling out Of the
gates by the side Of HamiltOA Han when
la attention was attracted by a group Of
lAbOrers on the SOAaOlding in front Of
Kent Hail. the new law school building
at Amsterdam avenue and Iisth street.
opposite Hamilton Han.
The men had stopped their work on the
windows Of the third story and were
whOopinG from thsir soaEold in imitation
Of the college cheers that thcy had heard
al the afternoon. The studsnts and their
girl friends looked uP and laughed at the
workmen. Ths workmen renewed their
fOollnG. suddenly The crowd saw the
platform On which the laboreFa were sts nd
ing swing out irOm the side Of ths build
Ing. Two u the mon jumped back into
the open window bahind thsm. bus the
third, Peter Byrns. q briokhyer Of Isl
East Eightieth street. was not quick
enough. He Whirlsd out into the air
with the swinging suAIOlding and landed
on q stone ledge three stories below at the
feet Of the collage crowd.
Some STUDENTS picked him up and bathed
his sacs with water from the fountain In
front Of the library. Policeman O'Brisn
sent in q call for an ambulance from the
j. Hood Wright Hospital But tkis was
too slow for the students. A long line
of automobiles was atandinR across the
street and At tho head Was No. I029iO
ByTne, who was unconscious, was
carried over and laid on the pavement
alongaids the machines Then ths stu
dents asked tho chauffeur Of lOasIO TO
take the man % N Luke'a. at llath street
and Amsterdam avenue. Thls he refused
10 do.
The crowd did not understand what
was going on q first. a. . line 0f vOlun-
tsoFs had been 'oFTned around ByTne by
O'Brlsn. bat whsn ths word Eut around
that aid had bssn refused thsre was a
rush 10 Sc At the Chau9sur. A msmber
Of ths graduating Glaas oliushed into tire
machine aud standing beside the chauf-
feur. Who waa frightened. tried to make
a spesch. Ths crowd Vas quiet for a
moment until . short. dark haired man
stood up in the tOnnsau and yelled that
he would take no one Ia that machine
to any hospital.
The excitement started all over again
and ByTns was nearly tramplsd on a.
he lay on the Sidewalk By the crowd who
pushed In from behind. Finally when the
men In the machine aaW that the students
we're really stirred and when they had
nOsed several eEoitsd fists they decided
10 give in ByFne was lifted into the
machine by the cheering crowd. which
20 the gates Of the hospital aud
49, - L.. a.
emergency ward Tbs ambulance from
J. Hood Wright Hospital claitsrsd up A.
svery one was leaving
Byrne was found 10 be suffering from
oonoussiOn Of the brain aud acalp wounds |
His condition Ia serious.
Mr.. Jacobs sAld that he knew nothing
oi the affair when Questioned a. bis home
after the accident He also refused to !
give his chaudeur's name