The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-04
WAITS IA HOURS As
TAXIMETER CLICKS
Chauffeur Then Learns His
Hilarious Fares Have Dis
appeared at COncy.
CAUSES ARREST LATER

For fourteen hours Bernard McNaho~
a chauffeur for the Independent TaNt.i.
owners Association, sat in his mach ~.
at Coney Island keeping u tryst VIA
capt. Clark of the Albany bay I.."
and four of his gallant crew who W-,
ashore at an amusement resort. pron..-
ing to return with ballast in I'VE mHo.
utes." Mcmahon might ave acquired
his whole summer coat of tan there "a
policeman had not limited that he'i bet.
ter keep his taxi from rusting ana sen.
him away.
Yesterday in the Tombs police ,outi
he caused the arraignnent of joan
Dubois, a truckman of 354 West TN.s.
tieth street, who had told the chauN ar
he was Capt. lark" and then 700. .v
air in the taxi over most OF Muuhi'ft.
and Brooklyn. Besides a charge
disorderly conduct Dubois faced DO ..l
of $50 for discovering just hoW loay
taxi driver will wait.
On Saturday night at II %o'cloc, h.,
~telephoned to the taNi company for o..
automobile, saying another taNi cuU,,r.
rad not accorded him tn. courtesy e
fitting capt. Clark of the Albany bay
Line and he had decided To- f..u
them with his patronage M,Ntl..
was sent with a car to "a saloon at
Washington street, where Dubp.- trY
three other men trippcd aboard ul.
cap Dubois referred to the other Ips.
fondly as his dcckhands. but the cut4f
feur described them as "%rcgulat gorilla
on they set Lp tuo who'd ft..
senger list adding to the trials - F.,
s,'elterirs ci;y L. jOiulU: 90 "a free ..
concert that saved Mcmahon the trouble
OF blowing his horn. Their trail n Oh
have been traced as far north as 1874
street by the CALCULATIONS Of ruIely
awakened and indignant householder,
They returned dov n tow, s..I l,t.r-
wake of mangled sound and bouncing
one another on the cushions more MI
more playfully.
Across the river they le' Their voice.
stray over brooklyn without restraint
but We're finally deferred from ,Iu.,'
ing against the din Of C0uey Island tl.
the roar o: the ocean. They e.',rei
Feltman's for 4 long, cool plum" u t
glass By his time 1t was I s. ST. u
Sunday, but nobody made "a fus- Ie
that, least Of all the chauffeur
You stay outside here, buAo.s 'oi
him. We'll be bach In five muHu -
So Mcmahon waited. More thtu ...
minutes passed, but nothing came DIN
the place except sounds ot ga
Several tempting chances Mere uts cd
to the chauffeur FOR ne fares. ..f ID"
declined to desert his nr.t pIsse t.r~
Nothing moved ia the mtcnin, ,>e".
the taNimctcr.
After the allotted period Dee continued.
at his post, thinking they s.' '
FietcheriZing whatever no4.i-.Uent hey
were taking. BY moo Ice US trg'u.
ming to feel like the oldest v.aaJItia.
OF Couey Island and wondering = tire.
had deserted him. By 3 J.. NJ. he "
sure of IL, and 10y Il T. NJ. hg had u.
out the muller on his language. At '
time a new policeman Come ON toe hrl'
and unsympat.cti.ally ordered HIM Pc"
remove The taxi unless II Ms TO b. OF
vcrted into q bungalow tor On, srI-un
While Mcmahon was driving tarou-
Watt street yeStcrd = lac saw the "r.
tain" and welcomed him back to
city with patro!man Doran OF Ira.
\. The Albany Day Lin officials .-
claimed Acquaintance with him. AMI
was said that he had made ~,,,d
tours of the city ~ the expense %, an.
uther t,tNicah concern. MeAltdo' :
serted that he had . right uu3,.
law To- charge him ah0u. $50. u4- i-
cided he had more chance Of getting g.
dubois objected TO this I.H
Magistrate Koeuig pArollel him 's
custody OF the policeman uu'il AI-ui
80 to allow him t. pay for his