The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-17
Brooklyn Couple in Party
Threatened by MObs
When Travelling.
REVOLVER Is POINTED
AT MRS. j. A. HANIPHY
Pittsburg Man Tells of Ex-
citing Experiences at
Stations.

W anh SVNs
LONDON. August 1s.
NJ X. McMullin and w. l.. Munro,
president and general manager re-
spectively OF the American Window
Glass Company of Pittsburg, who were
In Budapest on a business trip. saw the
start of the mobilization of the Austro-
Hungarian army two weeks ago.
The Americans reached the German
border at 4 o'clock on the following
Tuesday morning on a train which was
crowded with troops. They started for
Frankfort and then their discomforts
and excitement began. They we're
compelled to change trains frequently.
At Wurtzburg they were Joined by Jo-
seph A. Haniphy. principal Of Public
School 12S in Brooklyn. and Mrs. Hani-
ply. Two German officers were in the
same compartment.
After. the train had stopped at two
stations one of the officers left It. A
few stations further on the train was
stopped and an enormous mob be-
sieged IL. The officer who left the train
, had autographed ahead that Russian
spy In German uniform was on board.
The only officer on the train. accord
Ing to the story told by McMullin,
was the man in the compartment &C.
cupied by the Americans. McMullin
went to the window, whereupon the
mob set up tremendous howl.
r.
Soldiers boarded tho train and took
the officer Off. He was stoned by the
mob.
McMullin. continuing the story. says:
The mob then turned It's attention
to us and shouted. XIII them all: they
are English spies" The soldiers inter-
vened and protected us We showed
our passports and two men checked off
every point OF our description. They
examined all our documents and letters
OF credit and then assured the crowd
that We were really Americans
After this the officer who had been
taken of the train returned. escorted
by soldiers. He was beautifully wreathed
In court plaster where he had bee n
wounded by stones thrown by the mob.
He was replaced In our overcrowded
compartment and two soldiers with
fixed bayonets guarded him.
Points at Mrs. Haniphy.
AT Lohr a mob OF fully 300 per-
sons. who were armed with every de-
| IN Of uyAn
was looking out Of the town side of the
car when saw man marching up and
down with a double barrelled shotgun.
! heard Mrs. Haniphy cry, There's a
man pointing "a revolver at me-" and
turned and saw an excited soldier thrust
revolver through a window of the
compartment, while another soldier at
tempted to shove a rifle through. Then
a door opened at my side and Lieu
tenant entered.
HE was shaking n revolver up and
down, while soldiers kept thrusting
their rifles and bayonets through the
window.
IAN this time the crowd outside kept
yelling. There IL "A Russian spy; kill
him. and kill all those English sples!'
"'Stand up shouted the Lieutenant
to the suspected spy. who stood up He
was calm and dignified and said. why
draw your revolver In such fashion and
Brighten all these peopleT
"'You are under arrest' shouted the
Lieutenant. The supposed spy flushed
but clicked his heels together and
saluted. Then he drew his sword and
presented II to the Lieutenant. He was
then taken out OF the train.
THE demonstrations against us con-
tinued. The entire population OF the
place seemed 10 have become crazed
by the spy mania. Our passports and
papers were again examined. Their
the man who had been marching up and
down with double barrelled shotgun
land who proved to be the postmaster
seemed to feel assured that our paper.
we're all regular and took us under hii
J wing as we we're ordered out Of IN,
train.
I'VE finally managed to get a trair