The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-10
|. MAN UNDER HER BED,
CABBY BRINGS AID
Frightened Girl losses From
Window a Comb With an
Imploring Message.
HITS DOLCE FAR NIENTE
But the Horse Never Neighs-
Then Brave John Murphy
Helps Locate Suspect.

Thursday night had got SO close TO
'SetnE Friday morning that even the
nfghborhood OF Broadway and Forty
third street was beginning to think
about going to sleep. when woman's
comb hit Cabby John Murphy and there
by enabled John to go to the rescue of a
lair damsel in distress. Certainly John
had gone to sleep as he sat on the box of
his cab in front of 14S West Forty third
street and there Is proof that John s
nag Dolce Far Niente. by Inflammatory
Itheuma tism, out of Sleeping Sickness,
mad been In conatose state since sun
down.
In fact the comb, to which was at
tached piece Of note paper bearing the
thrilling legend. Help! Man in room -
had beaned Dolce Far Niente squarely
between the ears without getting a
flicker from the cab horse But when
the comb had bounced from the dome OF
the nag, then from rib to rib to rib to
RIB and finally into the lap OF the doing
John Murphy, John Immediately
ftraishtened up. leaned for his whip and
said mechanically
Yes. sir. l know every place in town
that's still open. Where to. sir?"
No one answered. John was alone
The blur Of white paper on his lar
caught his eye and after John had
lighted match and had got the gist OF
ihS momentous call for help, he gazed
Az ward and saw a girl reckoning to
him msdly from a high window Of 143
John Murphy feared him not. bu,
jumped to the rescue. But little did
John reckon that the boarding house
boss Mrs. Anna Newman. would bal
his way as the gallant Mr.. Murphy tried
10 enter the house.
go away. you've been drinking.
cried Mrs. Newman to John Murphy
who, being member of the Claimants
Union. Local 32-wh!ch. as every one
All cabbies to be total abstainers-
hadrt had touch of the hard stun
since that night back in 1883, wher
Dolce Far Niente was born.
John Murphy hurried away from the
slammed door determined to wake UT
q cop. In time he not only found one
but the policeman was still awake
wherefore John now accompanied by
Patrolman Bill McGerald, of the Yves,
Forty-seventh street station, raced back
I, 143 West Forty-third street Mrs
Newman, now that John was properly
chaperoned, admitted him and John and
the officer climbed the stairs.
Before Magistrate Frederick Groeh
Ia the West Side Court yesterday the
policeman, the cabby and the lady Of
the comb told what had happened. The
lady. who said she was Miss Bertha
Mcintyre, music student from Pana.
ma. related that when she had reached
her room about midnight and was pre-
pairing to go to bed she looked OF
course. to see whether there was a man
under the bed.
For the first time in history there
was. He Jumped for the door, said
Miss Mcintyre, and disappeared in the
hall. Then because she was afraid e
pursue him she locked her door and
threw out her plea, weighted with 6
comb. in the general direction Of Johr
and Dolce Far Niente Murphy
When the two rescuers reached hel
moor Miss Mcintyre handed to Police
man McGerald leg Of chair AROUND
which piece OF newspaper had beer
tied. The intruder had dropped tn,
chair leg in fight, Miss Mcintyre added
A search OF various rooms In the board
ing house was made, where finally &
man who described himself as Loui.
Abrahams, 81 years old was come upon
Policeman McGerald found also in tt,
room a piece of paper OF the kind usec
on the chair leg.
Magistrate Groehl heard all IN,
stories and then found Abrahams guilt,
OF charge of disorderly conduct
Abrahams was remanded for sentenc,
next Monday. by which time John Muir
ply hopes Dolce Far Niente Murph,
will have awakened sufficiently to b,
somewhere in the neighborhood whel
the prisoner hears the bad news