The New York herald., 1922-08-31
ON ROLLERS
HAS MOTOR, JEWELS
AND LEGS-AT HOME
Stunfpy Horton Malone De-
MES He Gets 800 a Day
in Seventh Avenue.
LIVES IN HOTEL SUITE
Evening Clothes Hang in
Wardrobe, but He Rarely ,
Goes.to Theater.
CHAUFFEUR IN TROUBLE
Fails to Pay Lawyer SIG So
Employer Must Get 1t Out
of Charitable Dimes.
CHAUFFEUR IN TROUBLE


low the knee pushes himself about on
a little platform on rollers every af-
ternoon, rain or shine. in Seventh
avenue between Thirty-third and For
ty-second streets.
Sometimes he goes over 10 Fifth
avenue. and he is such pathetic
looking figure and so obviously strug-
Cling in the bottommost depths of
poverty that the police even on the
avenue do not bother him much. They
feel sorry for him and turn their
heads when he goes past.
Many tear has been shed over this
beggar by soft hearted men and
women, and many coin has ratified
into the tin cup which he holds out
with gesture OF infinite pathos. 1t
is magnificent gesture this man has
developed; it tells the passerby that
while he has pencils for sale he hopes
nobody will buy one because il they
did he could get no more. And 1t is
seldom that he loses a pencil
People drop nic!xels and dimes and
quarters into the tin cup. but they get
no pencil. But they do get thank
lyou" in faint voice, voice utterly
worn out by poverty and hardship.
"Legs Cut on by Train"
The name of this beggar Is Horton
Malone. He will tell you that six years
ago his legs were cut off In a railroad
accident in Ohio, exactly the same thing
that he tod six years ago. 1t Is really
hard work that he does sitting there
all day on the platform pushing him
self about listening to the coins rafting
into the tin cup. II is very hard work,
and it Is no wonder that when six
O'Clock comes he Is glad to call 1t a
day.
And then does he go home to a hoveI.
where perhaps a faithful Cog awaits
him? And does he dish himself up u
mess OF beans or something equally
common and eat his food while his
faithful dog plays with the tin cup,
And then does he weep and feel bitter
because OF his hard life?
lie does not.
He climbs into his automobile. which
Is brought around by his chauffeur to
a spot not in his stamping ground. He
goes home 10 his suite In the Hotel
Marlborough. where his wife and his
mother-in-law greet him. Then he puts
on a pair OF very expensive and very
fine aluminium legs. ana one of three
dinner coats which he has in his ward
robe. and then he fares forth TO dinner.
walking very we'll on his aluminium
legs and with money in his pocket.
His life. In truth. Is hard. 1t Is no
wonder that many tears are shed over
him and that many nickels and dimes
rattle into the tin cup.
MnIone.s Chauffeur Arrested.
These things were not known about
Malone until yesterday. and even then
the good man did not appear to be
particularly keen. to have them sent
broadcast. But some time ago chauf-
feur who said his name was George
Morrison was arrested with man and
n woman In an automobile at Broadway
and Eighty-second street. It was said
by the police that narcotics were found
in the machine.
The man and the woman were re-
leased. but Morrison spent a day in
fail for observation. BY means OF a
blood test the police learned that he
was not drug addict. and he was re-
leased pending further investigation.
II was at this time that Morrison
employer. known In the ease only as
Horton Malone and not as the particu-
lar pathetic beggar who sells lead
pencils and listens to the music Of the
coins as they rattle in his tin cup. en-
ployed Henry Frank of Rector street
as attorney for the chauffeur. But for
some unknown reason Morrison became
dissatisfied and got another lawyer
Mr.. Frank sued for money which he
said was due 10 him and on Monday OBJ
tanned judgment for si16 agains,
Horton Malone, Morrison having said
ne was without funds and having re-
ferred the lawyer to the man who en-
ployed him as a chauffeur. The same
day George J. .Hirsch. city marshal,
served the papers on Malone, who was
borough with his wife and mother-in-
law. The automobile was seized to sat
isfy the judgment
Generous souls Call on Him.
Callers at the MARLBOROUGH last night
questioned Malone regarding the judg-
mcnt and the circumstances. and the
group included man who had only
some hours previously dropped dime
in the tin cup OF the Seventh avenue
beggar and who had felt a glow OF
righteous satisfaction ever since. He
had refused lead pencil. He get his
reward for his deed OF generosity OF the
soft voiced Thank you and ne hoped
for further reward In the hereafter.
The others also had from time to time
dropped dimes into the tin cups. All
we're able to recognize the beggar as
Malone. lie lay In a bedroom off the
parlor of the suite. In an open closet
could be seen dinner coats and other
evening clothes OF the latest cut and OF
expressive material. standing In n
corner close TO the bed were a pair OF
aluminium legs. The man on the bed,
the poor poverty stricken begRar. who
has lead pencils for sale and to whose
ears tho rattle OF the dimes In his tin
cup is sweet music. wore diamond ring
on the little finger OF his right hand.