The Washington herald., 1907-07-29
COLLINS BUSY AGAIN
Nabs Chauffeur of Assistant
Secretary Bacon.
DRIVERS LICENSE LACKING
Jack Coleman, the UnIucly Victim
Is Rec aired to Deposit Ten Dollars.
Automobile from the Marine Hos
pitaI Is Also stopped and j. ID.
Huggins Is Placed Under Arrest.

Marshal Collins, the renowned guardian
OF the peace and the Conduit road, added
to his fame yesterday afternoon, and at
the same time helped along the compli-
cations and the jurisdictional controversy
involving Glen Echo. Mayor John Gar
rett, and the Departments OF State, War,
and Justice.
Jack E D. Coleman. chauffeur Of AS
sistant Secretary of State Bacon, came
gliding bHthefully by the township and
the militant marshal, drinking In the
fresh air of the country. and apparently
seTeneiy ignorant OF the danger zone. In
the machine with him was Fred Lyman,
chauffeur of Assistant Secretary New
berry, OF the Navy Department equally
butheful When half way between the
park and the post-ofiice, Collins, ever
alert, detected the lack OF the d. G.
license.
Although the machine was going at a
rate within the limit. and had displayed
conspicuously the Maryland license, rs
stopped the blithesome ride with a sud
den command 10 halt.
Chauffeur Not Licensed.
He asked TO be shown the chauffeur
license.
The chauffeur. to his great grief. had
none. and he was hailed before Mayor
Garrett. Coleman gave his address as 500
Thirteenth street northwest and Lyman
as 1915 Sixteenth street, the home address
Of Secretary Newberry.
Coleman explained that Maryland IL
cense 1852 was shown on the machine
but confessed that he did not have a
Maryland He was requested 10 deposit
$40 which he did. for the privilege OF ap-
pearing before Justice Clifford H. Robert
son, at Rockville. Tuesday morning. Be
ing curious about the District OF Colum-
bia license, the mayor asked Coleman
why that. too. was not on the machine, as
/ he usually operated it In the city. To thi.
Coleman is said to have replied that be
did not have It, that the Washington cop
/ pers knew he drove Mr.. Bacon. and con
sequently they with emphasis did hoi
dare 20 hold Up the machine.
4 short while afterward the Marine
! Hospital Service made its entree. J. ID
/ Higgins. OF 1873 L street northwest, drov,
/ by in an automobile said to belong 20 th-
Public Health and Marine Hospital Serv
/ ice. with the red cross on the side. Tc
Marshal Collins the machine was onlS
conspicuous by its lack Of the propei
/ license number. He stopped Mr.. Huggin'
abruptly, and requested an interview viii
the mayor
The Mayor Asks Why.
/ The mayor asked why, and Mr.. Huggin'
explained that II was a government auto
mobile and did not need a Maryland Il
cense, and not only that, but he was Z
physician in the government service. Thi.
/ did not convince the mayor and he. too
/ was requested 10 either leave ten befor'
/ his departure or delay the same. H'
was also read the rigmarole about appear
/ ing before Justice Robertson on Tuesday
morning
/ Marshal Collins was 10 have done dutl
/ on the BrightwOod road at Petworth yes
/ terday. but on going there he found tn
road covered with four inches of dust
and returned with the explanation tina
/ with this amount of dust on the road h
could not push his machine at twelv
/ miles an hour. and therefore his service
were useless in Overtaking any machln
/ .x-n.a44rfgr eraad limits