Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-09-20
DARING AUTOIST
CAUGHT In CHASE.
TOMMY CARTER OF PORTLAND
PLACE GAVE POLICE THRILL
ING RUN.
MADE THE CROWD SCATTER.
0vertakea Afssr Run Of Ten Blocks
Through West End Streets.
MADE The CROWD SCATTER


Yoang "Tommyr Carter, son OF
Thomas W. Carter OF five Portland
place, and formerly OF Mexico, Mo-,
known 70 automobile enthusiasts
as = daring driver and TO the po-
lice as one Of the hardest to catch OF
wealthy young owners OF motor cars
was finally captured Sunday evening
ey policeman Stinger in the police Au-
tomobile after an exciting chase OF 10
blocks Two turns were taken dur
ing the chase and the speed OF the
machines was such that they practi-
cAlly rounded the corners on two
wheels.
The chase began at Sarah street and
Delmar boulevard. The police auto
was running west on the boulevard In
pursuit OF another machine, when
Carter, in q big 40 horse power tour
ing car, swung by the police machine
going east on Delmar at a torpedo
pace. Stringer recognized the young
driver, saw that he was alone in the
car, and knowing that he would at
tempt TO get away, he told bis chauf-
eur to turn around and start after
Carter's car.
When the police auto had finally
made the stop and turned, Carter was
blowing his horn for the Vandeventer
street car line When the police ma
chine got under way Stinger looked
up to see the flying auto bounding
over the car tracks.
MADE PEDESTRIANS SCATTER.
Up the hill that begins at Wander
venter, young Carter pushed over bis
spark to the last notch and threw open
the gas valve and then threw of
his muffler 50 that he fairly tore up
the boulevard, with the unmuffed
engines making great up
roar and startling the quite Of Sunday
evening on the boulevard. He was
gaining on the police machine.
But grand avenue is bad street to
cross at very rapid pace, and he
slowed up somewhat and the police
auto got within half a block. Carter
put on high speed again when he saw
there were no cars on Grand avenue in
his way and swung north to Lucas in
way that made persons on the street
run pell nell in various directions.
But the young driver who has as
perfect control OF bis machine as
polo player has Of his pony, was think
ing only Of getting away from the po-
lice machine which 1t has been his
boast to say had never caught him
yet.
Down Lucas avenue the great ma
chine went, swinging from side TO
side like locomotive with its
throttle open on straight track. The
lights OF the machine were not light
ed and In the heavy twilight, the
plunging machine tearing down the
street loomed up TO those in the wag-
ons and carriages going west and to
pedestrians crossing the street corn
ers as a sort OF big shadow coming
ont Of the mist.
STOPPED BY WAGONS
At Compton the press of vehicles
and wagons was so thick that Carter
threw of his speeds suddenly coasted.
Then two wagons got into his way and
to avoid collision he threw on bis
emergency brake and brought the car
to stop. Then he waited for Stinger
and the police machine.
Stinger placed the young driver
under arrest.
Carter didn't seem to care very much
and Singer was too elated with his
capture to say much to the reckless
autoist.
The policeman got into Carter's
machine and drove him over to the
Manchester Avenue Station, where he
was released on his own recognizance
and told to appear in City Hall Police
Court Monday.