The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-23
MISS BISHOP ANGRY
Champion Woman Golfer, Indig :
nant at Being Taken to Po- /,
lice Headquarters.
VIOLATED AUTOMOBILE LAW
bridgeport Society Woman Had No
License With Her, But Was
Later Discharged.

Bridgeport, Sept. 22.-Miss Georgian
ma Bishop, daughter of Pr sydney
Bishop, former champion woman golfer
of the United States, and an enthusi-
astic motorist, was angry-very per-
ceptibly so-when she was subjected 10
the indignity of arrest for violation oil
the automobile act. Miss Bishop was
not held. she explained matters to the
satisfaction of the police, although she
was plainly violating the law. not in"
tentionally OF course. when she was
taken into custody.
Miss Bishop was one OF three motor
lists who were arrested out of 100 or
more who were held up at the Yellow
Mill bridge yesterday afternoon be-
tween 2 and O'clock Patrolman Flynn
and Coughlin we're despatched to the
bridge with orders to stop all automo-
biles. The drivers were to show their
licenses, and If the driver had no IL
cense and there was no licensed driver
In the car. the police were to bring
them In Those were the orders OF
Superintendent Birmingham, following
a recent conference Of the police board
and Mayor Lee. IN
So Coughln and Flynn held forth at
the bridge for several hours. holding
up machine after machine, and almost
Invariably finding the motorists COM
plying with the law. 1t was about
o'clock that Miss Bishop. seated alone
In her Buick runabout. drove east
across the bridge. Coughlin was near
err than Flynn. He held her up, and
explaining briefly the nature Of the
business he asked for her license.
IT have all the credentials home,
she replied.
Yes, but you must have them with
YOU" explained the policeman. HI
was very sorry of course, but he must
accompany her to police headquarters
Coughlin got into the rumble seat
and with the well known young societ!
woman as his ,chauffeuse, he soon ar
rived at police headquarters.
Captain Hunt was at the desk.
"Why am brought here?' demand
ed Miss Bishop.
In his methodical, unperturbed style
Captain Hunt explained his conception
Of the automobile law, and supported
his statement with leafet distributed
| by the Automobile club of Bridgeport
the opinion of Attorney F.. r. Haller
as to the practical application Of tn,
automobile legislation Of 1907. On thu
cover of the leahet was the date
1907"
mo. sir I must have the 1908 laws,
she exclaimed
| Still undisturbed, Captain Hunt ex
planned that there is no law maxim,
| In Connecticut In 1908. and that thu
laws of 1907 are still good enough 70
the citizens of the Nutmeg state. Thel
he pointed out Section of Chaptel %
Of the special acts of 1907 which pro
vides in part--"and (said license) shall
at all times be carried by the license
when he Is operating a motor vehicl
on the highways Of this state and shall
be subject to examination upon de
mand by any proper officer"
Captain Hunt then told Miss Bshol
that II she wished. she could accom-
pany Patrolman Coughlin to her hom
and produce the credentials she sail
were. to he found there The captain
incidentally told the policeman that |
the papers we're satisfactory, Mis-
Bishop need not return.
A second time Coughin climbed int
the rumble seat, and Miss Bishop, witt
imperious dignity that betokened he
disdain for all things pollcial. set OH
for her home. The. license was foun,
as she represented and Coughlin ha
to walk back to police headquarters.