The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-21
Wayne County Automobile AS
SoCiation Makes Itself
Plain in Regard to Recent
GIidden Tour Arrest.
SAY THAT DRlSCHELL
WANTS ONLY THE MONEY
Local Officials Will Receive
Support of the Association
But DriScheII Will Have to
Fight Hereafter.

Marshal Daniel Drischell Esq. of
Cambridge City seems to have taken
hold of humble bee whose business
end was in thorough working order.
when he had the party of Gliddenists
stopped in this city on last Wednes-
day that he might have fines assessed
for what he termed "scorching'
through Cambridge. Instead of the
wrath of local people abating as time
goes by, it increases and Drischells
actions are condemned on all sides
The Wayne county automobile club
has become so "riled" that it has
drawn up resolutions which handle
Drischel roughly. In this set of reso-
lutions Drischell is branded as being
"a money seeking officer" and state
that it is largely through his mania
for money from autoists, that he car
ries on his campaign
1t is said that when an auto goes a
little two fast in Greenfield, the town
marshal peeks around the corner of
his huge tin star, runs to a telephone.
calls Cambridge and apprises Dris-
chell. The same actions are carried
on by the marshal at Knightstewn.
By the time the autoists reach Cam
bridge, 1t is said that Drischell has
all the hen coops, tin cans, dry goods
boxes, Stop jars and other refuse in
the city piled up on Main street to
stop the machines.
The resolutions which have been
drawn up by the Wayne County Auto
mobile club follow:
Text of Resolutions.
We the undersigned, wish to ex-
press our deepest regret that the laws
Of this state allow a money-seeking
officer to degrade the police courts
of other cities in order that he may
get what is ever most in his mind-an-
other dollar or two.
We are also very sorry that right in
our own county, we have one of these
money seeking officers in the person
of the marshal of Cambridge City.
He has gained much notoriety lately
with his, as he thinks, perfect scheme
of timing autos. When timing, them
he eases his conscience by giving
himself the benefit of the doubt In
moment a telephone bell rings in
the local police headquarters and the
officers here are compelled to stop the
soca1led offenders. thereby earning
dishonest money for this marshal.
We wish the public to understand
that the club appreciates the situation
of the local authorities and that our
feelings toward them are most friend
ly and will be only too glad to assist
them in any way. as the superinten-
dent of police vii; testify. But as to
our feelings toward the marshal, they
are entirely different. We will assist
no one who openly brags about soak
ing it to the auto everytime he gets
half chance"
His manner in the arrest of the
GIiddenite last Wednesday has not
met the approval of many as is shown
by the interest of the citizens in re-
funding the fine. That his one desire
is for money, is clearly shown in the
fact that he let all go by in the morn
ing and then when one came in late
he realized that his chances were
rapidly decreasing; there was moth
ing to do but have the man violate
the speed limit and mail him" with
the aid of the police here.
That even the police are not in SYM
pathy with this officer. is shown when
several of them here said that they
would like to contribute toward re-
funding his fine.
We would like to give the marshal a
small hint to the fact that hereafter
he has to fight the American Automo-
bile Association and that he will
have to prove every word he says and
know absolutely the number of the
car he wants arrested and that no
more of his baby play will be allowed.
We sincerely hope that he will take
this hint and avoid future trouble.
We again wish to impress upon the
local authorities the fact that he are
strickly for them and not working
against them. but the other fellow.
GEO. d. COLE, Pres.
w n. JOHNSON, Vice Pres.
WALKER E. LAND. Secy.
]. A. SPEKENHIER,
Executive committee, A. c. W. c. |