Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-11
POLICE ARREST AUTOISTS
Chief Doushue's Flying Squadron Runs
Down Some Prominent Men-oi-War
cHAUFFEURs TIMED WITH WATCHES
whenever speed Limit Seems 20 BE
Exceeded Admirnls jackson
and sawyer Fire on
the Enemy.

Slow down!
Chief of Police Donahue's flying Rutomo-
bile squadron Is gathering in the flighty
Shauffeurs in punches Since last Thurs
day, when Ofhcers jackson and Sawyer
were detailed with bicycles to keep tab on
speeding automobilists, nearly twenty com
plants have been filed In police court
charging the operators with exceeding the
speed limit as provided by ordinance. A
few of the number already have had war
iants served on them; they appeared in
police court Monday morning and the cases
were set for Thursday morning, which has
been designated by the police Judge as
automobile day.
s. Sleuman has been arrested for the sec
ond time within a few weeks and is
charged with speeding his large car He
was discharged in police court last week
when tried on a complaint charging him
with exceeding the speed limit on North
Twentieth street at time when Theodore
Madsen was injured while riding his BIZ
cycle. ]. T. Stewart of Council BUNS was
arrested Saturday evening by Officer Saw
yer while annihilating distance with his
car, 1t is alleged. Stewart forfeited his
cash bond by not appearing in police court
Monday for trial c. ]. Downs of the Mid
land hotel and +. J. White of 317h North
Fifteenth street were arraigned Monday
morning; both pleaded not guilty and their
cases were set for Thursday morning.
Clarke G. Powell has been arrested on a
charge Of exceeding the speed limit.
Some Prominent Men.
Complaints against the following auto
mobilists were filed in police court Monday
morning: Dan Baum, jr.; N. p. Updike, NJ.
H. Althouse, T. b. Draper, Clark Colt, ]. r.
Webster and S. H. Mcwhorter. The parties
will be arraigned in court Tuesday MORN
ing. Another bunch of complaints will be
filed against other chauffeurs Tuesday
| morning. Meanwhile the flying squadron is
patroling the boulevards and other thor
| oughfares travelled chiefly by automobiles
and is gathering evidence against those
said to be violating the speed law.
officers Jackson and Sawyer are making
sure of their work by timing the flying
horseless carts with watches. Two extracts
from the officers notebooks show that auto
No went from Twenty-ninth to Thirty
second avenues, a distance of four blocks
in twenty-five seconds fat the rate OF
speed being figured at about forty miles
per hour; auto No. 81 is recorded as going
| from Twenty-sixth and Thlrtieth streets
| four blocks, in thirty-three seconds.
In connection with the present crusade tc
| regulate the speed and movements OF al
vehicles on the public streets Of Omaha q
number of drivers OF horse-propelled vehi
Giles have been arrested during the last few
days. officer Vanderford arrested william
Kisne Of Twenty-ffth and Cunning streets
for driving on the wrong side Of the street
Kisne will have a hearing Thursday morn
ing. Jacob Rsoff and Thomas O'Connel
have been taken to the city Jail on charge,
of leaving their teams unhitched O'Con
nell was fined 81 and costs In police cour
Monday morning, while Rsoff will have
| trial Thursday morning.