New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-18
Police and Courts, as Well a.
an Occasional Robust Pas
senger, Find These Bull
lies Cowardly When
Brought to Bay.

m get away from the city, where blue
coats and brass buttons are too numerous.
ont into the free country. where they WIFI
only have the notorman and conductor TO
deal with. When one Of these gangs OF
violent humorists has spent an alcoholic
day. saw at Coney. it's members feel ne
FOR FUN on their way back. One OF their
favorite little curtain raisers for a trip or
mirth is TO pile in through the car win
dows and get the best seats. while the
other passengers are in line waiting 10 get
in at the doors. II there are already women
in the seats whose laps they can fall into,
that merely adds to the zest OF the happy
occasion.
A gang Of these "red-necked" come
dams took possession OF car on the
Broadway BROOKLYN line the other night
and succeeded in awing the crew with
their numbers. party Of young women
boarded the car. which was just what the
rowdies were waiting for They started IN
ar their favorite amusement Of making in
sulting remarks and trying TO talk 20 the
girls.
Now. II was unfortunate that these am
| bilious gang men didn't mark the fact
| that the young ladies were rather ath-
| etic I'm build and that they carried good.
stout umbrellas. All OF us make mistakes
that is what the rowdies did that time.
The girls stood IL as long as they could.
/ There was a short whispered consultation,
umbrellas were gripped with frner hands.
| and
"Bir. bir. biz" as the funny papers
say
About the next thing the band OF fun
makers knew they had been knocked 10
the floor by blows from the umbrellas.
I and the young women were kicking their
now unsmiling faces with great earnest
ness and effective vigor. The girls kept
this up until the train OF mirth reached
the Marcy avenue station.
! BY this time the young toughs were
tired Of playing. They hastily left the car
through the windows. They were in such
a hurry that they forgot 20 ask the girls
where they lived or 70 call up on the tele-
! phone some time. All but two escaped by
sliding down the pillars OF the station and
evading the waiting policeman. When
last seen none OF them was smiling. II was
evident that their day had been spoiled
by something The two young iokers who
didn't get away were arrested and fined.
Is American hurlor dead. or what?
Every now and then male hero arises.
Usually when such a thing happens the
hero gets away with II, for the streetcar
gang is merely a miniature mob and is
without backbone one such occasion
came I'D recently on a Columbus avenue
elevated train. IN this case the happy
foxers were three laborers. who had come
here from sunny Italy and doubtless con-
sidared that orr generous American free =
dom would allow them 10 insult women in
streetcars. At any rate. that Is what they
tried 10 do-with unusually poor success.
There happened 10 be one Of those rare
things. a lighting man, on the train When
tho Italians had carried things about far
enough the fighting man made fist out
of his hand and knocked the leader OF the
three half the length Of the car He then
put his foot urgently upon the PROSTATE
Italian collar band and drew a very large
and firm revolver when the others started
after him.