The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-16
HAM|LT0N,A|RMAN,
|bEATEN|NATAXI,
/ ROBBED Of $3.50
Niator Declares ChauffeurS
h: Conspired to Turn Him
n Over to Bandits.

Charles X. Hamilton. the av1ator, VINO
VS. held up. robbed and beaten In a
sas1csb iax night. declared this morn
fne NJ his boom In the knickerboc ker
Hotel mat he had no doubt the taxi
chaufYeurs who engineered the job had
bean laying for him." Hamilton was
nervous and shaky from the effects OF
,hs heating he received, and also from
some dope that he believes the taxi
bandits put In his drink.
The whole thing was such clever
ana apparently casual plant that they
had me practically at their mercy" he
sasd.
rhe living man had been to brooklyn
,osv,sit some officers at the Navy Nard
Yesterday afternoon. For that trip he
h,ved a touring car from the knicker-
hocker stand. lie returned from
Brooklyn and stopped at the Imperial
Hotel Mt about 6 o'clock lie dismissed
,hA touring car when he went INTO 'ho
Imperial and came up to the knicker-
borker about an hour later In taxi
frbm the Imperial stand.
II was to meet man here at o CLOCK
tsst night" Hamilton said. put az !,
wa about fifteen minutes after q wheh
soA here I thought Ia run over to 'he
Asor "a s~e n he was these. Going out
chs aide entrance / stepped up TO Hab
lust beside the subway entrance IL
was not one of the cabs that stand az
thu Knickerbocker. but learned later
sbat lust beside the subway entrance
%hkre In n space long enough to accom-
MEDIATE one taxi which IN reserved n
. bubble stand. =.
NJ told that chauffeur TO take me tc
the Astor, and on getting there told hin
to- wait for me. Ny friend was no
there, and In a few minutes I took thu
same cab. telling the man 20 take mi
back 20 the Knickerbocker. The tax
was q yellow one. II was not the reg
uisr yellow taxi but an Independent
painted yellow. The chauffeur was no
uniformed.
sWhen the machine ran across Forty
hfSh street toward sixth avenue
thought the chauffeur was merely tryin
to.make as long run as possible ou
of.the trip back to the Knickerbocker.
about two-thrds OF the way TO sixt
AVENUE tine machine stopped and III
driver got out. mutterlng somethin
abbut q blowout, and Just then anot hs
yellow taxi came along going west o
Fosty-fifth street. The driver. slow,
down and spoke TO my chauffeur as
hesknew him. and then said to me: r
take you along, Mr.. Hamilton
NY nrst driver looked up and sal,
Az right. Joe. you take Mr.. Hamilte
back to the Knickerbockor.' and l q,
into the second machine. 1t WAS yello
bud like the frst was an tpdepehdents
didn't think anything of the fellow
knowing my name.
II was Just getting started OF In Il
second machine when three men ran I
AND said they wanted taxi In a huri
and asked II they could get In. Tn,
were all well dressed; one OF them ca
riea a cane and one OF them was vel
Eau They had evidently been drinkin
and just as we started on again OF
Of them pulled out q bottle and pass,
It around. took a swallow.
The three men Jumped on me az
aoek the drink. and although l put
Q Sight and yelled for help the chaufre
dA not seem to notice anything. In 70
hsthrew on his muller no that the 9
CINE made q lot OF noise. drowning O
any outcry within. We were still Abo
swrnty feet short Of sixth avenue VIII
they threw me to the street. minus
dASsnond pin worth $3.50. a ring wor
60 and $500 In cash. 90.
Il was dazed and 1 got another
wh&n my head hit the street. Tho {
shot around the corner and disappear
The number was smudgcd I'D W
grease and all recall was . 9 In ,
middle"
HAmilton's neck was raw this mol
lnG and he had bump as big a.
walnut on the back of his head.
q managed to kick a hole throu
the window OF their taxi before n
rot me-" he said. The chauffeur v
most certainly ono OF the gang"