New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
TAX|CAB |NVADES SHOP;
WRECKS ITS CONTENTS
Cigars, Stationery, Notions,
Even Ideas. Scattered, and
Several Hurt.
SILBERMANS TAKE WARPATH
Drag Chauffeur TO Court, Asking
$3.50 Damages-Car Stops at
Saloon as 7th Ave. Crowd
Dodges It's Path.

Mrs and Mr.. Jonas SHERMAN, keep
ore ~ notions and cigars at No IsI
Seventh avenue, had heard it that the
worm will turn. Now they know IT..
From, the bottom Of their hearts they
don't want II the worm should do such
thing for another time. For the bust
ness Of the notions, the cigars, the to-
bacco. the postal card souvenirs. If the
worm that turned it last night had never
baan horn. thev speak at the truth when
they tell YOU they wouldn't kick at all
Listen. while from their hearts they
speak it.
Edward Morris, a chauffeur. SOBER
tventv-four years old. employed by the
New York Taxicab Company, was goihs
north in Seventh avenue. at about ols'
s,roat when that mechanical worm
turned. 1t is not known just Which u'-
rection the worm took, but MOTIFS pe
oaus.. of the temporary derangehieht VI
that mart Of his apparatus, founo MN
Golf driving the taXicab to the lel' III
s,ead of the right. and to the lett DANGER
,av and the curbstone ana ''e "o''o''
e,ore Of Mrs. and Mr.. Silbermah'
,rho tavicab Jumped the curb, inter-
.orod With the orderly progress OF sew
oral pedestrians and crashed t'rous',
A. foot square window OF MIS- ana
-, cuhornan. The worm must nave
turned again about this tlme' p peoao''
tho more Morris yelled to the maciil''e u
hocl mn and the more the SllpertildnS
d IN. discommodcd and sIiGhuy
hr,,ieed pedestrians confirmed that sus-
ao.,ion the more animated was the
srorting intruder in its advance
The taxicab knocked down seNera'
| .bou,cases before the combined opihIons
If the spectators succeeded IN bringing
| :, - eton But il was not for long.
u,,or, M one wanted il to II came back'
~, ,,rie,lv under control and properly
cbaerined. II came back under i's own
.taom The worm had apparently put
80 turning for "A long time, ana was
ohocking up. The bruised and the fast
ro.rering crowds Of sightseers gave II
| hortb but watched the telephone poles
I and trees TO see NlllDH S"''''''' -
| doc;de to attain. The mystery was not
solved Until a moment later When the
taxicab Morris still at the throttle. pale
and ANNOYED. made a forward dash for
the adjoining building, which was a
! saloon.
II stopped in front Of the saloon On
the sidewalk, and then Mrs. and Mr..
S,Iberman divided their forces.
Mrs. Silberman jumped into The taxi
cab and held tho chauffeur down In the
! driver'a seat until Patrolmen Thomas
Darlington and Morrison, of the West
.7th street station. arrived. She de-
uanded OF the policemen that Morris
nay the damages. estimated at $3.50
| NIorris went to the station, although HI
was not arrested, and the policemen as
| cured Mrs. Silberman that the New York
Taxicab Company was the party respon-
s,bIe in any civil action under the cir
! cumstances.
Among those who were slightly injured
op the sidewalk were John Kleinert, ar
electrician, twehty-fouf years old, OF No
II, West g2d street. whose thumb was
I,cerated, and William Schlant, walter
or No. 45s2 Park avenue, who suffered
fr1W shock and barked shin. They
wcrc treated by Or. Knapp, who arrived
I'm an ambulance from the floWer hos
pital.