New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-12
GOVERNOR GOT APOLOGY
And the Small Boy Who Made It
Now Has His Priced Bicycle.
WON'T THROW STONES AGAIN
One Hit Post and Rebounded
Into the Governors Auto,
Grazing Mrs. Dix.
r7v Telegraph 20 The Tribune. J

,rb,rv Anril 1l-If you really want the
orinion Of william Huested. twelve-year'
ala lad Jonn A. Dix is no sport. William
oor,a into contact with the Governor OF
.ha Ero,ire State on Saturday OF last week
ga AGAIN Yesterday II William were a
,,o,a- and the Governor q candidate for re-
- ga a certainty that williams vote
ord ,neuence would not be cast TO MT
Dix's advantage, william uoiiiii" ''-
sentiment Just now IS WY u'""
take somebody his size
William Is an average sort OF heai'ns
country boy, an outdoors sort OK lau' WINS
most cherished possession is oicycie' nc
also reioices I'm an ability TO throw stone
nc far and as straight as any otheI O'S
his size william and Alton Rowe lrleNN
:, .hor, tho sam, age. had been out Tot
s,i, on their wheels last Saturday AFTER
VOC, Outside Delmar. a suburb or Ihls
ci,v where they live. they stopped 10 III
d,Iga In a friendly stone throwing cohtese =
MT target was an inoffensive telegraph
Mole across the road from wnere theS nau
lean.d their wheels against a tehSe'
rust as William had thrown stone
large automobile, with woman anu soii7
mon in IL. came along. The missile ac'
cording to the story Of the boys struck 'I!e
ts,egranh mole and rebounded, falling INTO
a. .,-,ornohiIe and grazing the woman
passenger. ~.
counle Of the men jumped out OF the
machine. and with every irdication OIL VS.
it,nr dire vengeance on the boys ran
toward them. Naturally, the laos jumped
The fence and fed. The men didn't chase
,nar, far but one Of them seized young
urasteds bicycle and put it in the motor
car. While William. thunderstruck d" LIZ,
alonennent with his beloved wheel $1,000
speechless, young Rowe yelled 10 Ihe au'o,
mobile party that he'd have them arresteu
IL they didn't bring that bike BACK Inc
car sped on in swirl OF dust, but not De-
foe the boys had noted the NUMBER
The automobile stopped at hotel in Del
mar 4 man who identified himself as the
Governor Of the State Of New YORK lerr
ho1.s bicvcle there and said il was not &c
Re delivered TO anybody except by his ex-
nress orders. Meantime William had told
his father. James E. Huested, a business
man Of this city, who was soon oolhnS over
with rage and surprise. He had looked up
the number OF the automobile and found
il was the Governors.
Yesterday Mr. Huested called ar the Cap
itol and demanded his sons bicycle Of the
Governor The Governor said IT would not
he delivered until he had an apology from
the how. In the afternoon Mr.. Huested'
William and lawyer, who was retained
hy the father, called again at the Execu-
tive chamber. Governor DIX Insisted on a
vr,tten apology William wanted his
bicvcle. and concluded that the powers OF
the Chief Executive Of the Empire state
were a little more than twelve-year-oIa
boy could combat with any great success
String in one Of the great chairs IN the
Executive chamber William wrote out a
statement that he was sorry and departed
with an order from the Governor TO the
hoteIkeeper who held the precious bicycle
inpounded.
THE Governor seemed very angry al
first" said Williams father and he IN
sisted on an apology. OF course. that was
given. 7 am sure the boys did not throw
~+onAs wilfrllv at the Governors automo'
bile"
At the Executive chamber il was said the
Governor had no feeling in the matter He
simply followed his custom Of trying 70
find the parents Of boys who stoned auto
mobiles. This boy evaded him, so he had
the bicycle taken to the nearest constable
en- he might learn the name OF its owner.
William. II Is said. wrote a manly letter.
and promised not only not 20 throw stones
in the future but TO use his influence "a
dissuade other boys from throwing stones.
Mrs. DIX was unhurt.