The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-30
GRAND JURY TO PROBE
TIA w CASE FURTHER
|5DAYS AT WORKS.
FOR AUTO SPEEDING
Judge Smith Imposes Sentence in
Queal Case defendant
Will Appeal.

7, Warehouses are MOTTO the friend
less. alone, but for the wealthy owners
of automobiles as we'll, if they break
the laws and endanger the lives of !
other persons.
:. This was the, substance of Judge G.
day, when he sentenced ]. H. Queal.
Jr., and his chauffeur, George e. Hea-
ton. to the workhouse for five days
each, after finding them guilty of VIC
lating the speed ordinance.
T.. Frank NJ Nye, attorney for Queal:
gave notree Of appeal and stay OF
Judgment for thirty days was granted
for that purpose. ? T.. r%.
Queal one of the best-known lumber
men in the northwest, and the sentence
came as surprise to the young mans
friends, who expected that he would
be allowed to go with heavy fine: The
defendant had told many Of his friends
that he would willingly pay the. maxi.
mum fine Of 500, but the court thought
this no punishment for a man of means.
Ina Crowded Street.
near early Two two Weeks wee Queal and Heaton
convicted Of SPEEDING the auto on Park
avenue on the evening of June 16, when
the avenue was crowded with machines
and pedestrians. The machine, accord,
ing to tn epolice, was going at a speed
of thirty-fve miles an hour. ,...a..s.s
/ In passing sentence Judge Smith
plainly intimated the attitude of the
| court toward auto SPEEDING and said that
| the disregard of tn claws by auto driv-
| ers must stop, even. If the maximum
sentence is required.
Scored by tn eCourt. -
passing ase the q Judge ID th said av
dence in this case. The defendant is
guilty of driving his car up Park ave:
nue., one Of the main thorofares and
among the most generally travelled a
his car at from thirty to thirtyfve
miles an hour, SPEEDING his car with two
or three other automobiles, and raising
such "a cloud of dust that the police Of
IF eer7c o1ld not see; when shs turned 7zof
| the street. zeb 'tjSfy :. IS Sz.s .E
st.The defendant has been a fast and
reckless driver for sometime. On Sat
urday evening when Nicollet avenue
was thronged with people he drove his
car at fifteen miles an hour.
| ESuch driving drives the pedestrian
from the street. Suchs'reckless driving
cannot be tolerated.. Why. there has
been suhc q wanton disregard of the
z rights and safety Of the public by some
! drivers. Of automobiles is beyond my
comprehension. There is no reason, why
people owning automobiles should not
obey; the law the same as other people,
"There are some reasons why they
should be held to stricter' observance
Of the law than a man born under ad.
verse circumstances and who does not
know or comprehend the full response
bi1ity of citizenship -
/ > E< Conditions, Worse. . 4 :
"I ave eretofore been lenient in in
.ficting punishment for violation of
automobile laws. The first offender
a suspended sentence. But there has
been no Improvement. If anything the
condition has become worse. But re-
Gently I sent a chauffeur to the work
house for Eve days, and since | have
witnessed the most reckless driving
conceivable. I had fully. made up my
mind to infict a punishment Of ten
days at the workhouse for the defend
amt, but on investigation / see that the
offence for which he is. convicted was
committed prior to the former convic-
ton, SO he did not have the benefit of
less as that of the chauffeur who has
served his five days at the workhouse
! THE workhouse is not alone for the
! friendless. All classes of people are
subject to the same laws. The enforce
ment Of the law against the friendless
and it's non-enforcementa against the in.
tluential creates anarchy. 1t is with re-
jluctance the court ever sentences any
one to the workhouse; the more so as
the court is apt to make errors.
i Will It Stop scorching7
T In this case, as in all cases, the
individual is not the. only one whose
+ interest or welfare is at stake The
4 question is, What will put a stop to the
abandon and reckless driving of auto
mobiles9
/ 81 say abandon and reckless, fol
only such driving, of machines warrant
a workhouse sentence. The laws gov
erning the running Of automobiles, like
hall laws, must be administered justly
land with reason. It is not necessarily
every violation Of the law governing
automobiles that warrants a severe
/ punishm ent.
!" Under all the circumstances in thi,
case,4I think sentence Of FIVE day.
at the workhouse should be imposed
And if this is not sufficiently severe
punishment to command obedience tt
the law governing the operation of au
tomobiles, by all persons, then a still
: more severe punishment will have tx
be inflicted hereafter