New-York tribune., 1908-05-11
AUTO SPEEDERS CAUGHT
Vanderbilt CAR H1LTED.
Constable at HmtsdaI6 Irrests
Chauffeur and DELAYS Dinner.

With motor cycle. stop watch and rope. the police
of New York and the suburban communities gath
cred a harvest of automobile speeders yesterday.
and among them Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt 3
chauffeur, leaving Mrs. Vanderbilt and several
friends In bad fix The Vanderbilt car was on
/ its way to Mount Kisco whete the party was to
dine In Central avenue, Hartsdale, N Y. Con
stable A P. Townsend stopped the car and an
nounced that he would have TO arrest the chauffeur
for speeding the car at a rate of twenyelght miles
an hour When the officer said that he would
have to take the prisoner to Ardsley, seven miles
away, to arraign him before Judge Glover. Mrs
Vanderbilt and her friends became greatly an
nOyed. Her engagement called for l o'clock at
Mount Kisco. and it was 1879 o'clock when the
/ arrest made.
Mrs. Vanderbilt called up Sheriff Charles NJ.
Lane. of Westchester, the telephone. but he said
that he had the authority TO make the con-
stable relent He suggested that the officer take d
cash bond from Mrs. Vanderbilt to insure the
chauffeurs appearance later, but the constable re-
manned obdurate, and insisted upon taking his
prisoner to Ardsley, Judge Glover paroled the man
in Mrs VanderbiIt's custody untu he is given d
hearing Thursday.
In New Rochelle four arrests were made for
speeding. Detectives and patroImen posted
along the most likely places for speeding y heavy
rope was stretched across North street from the
T0mpkinS Monument, and the corps of "cockers
timed everything moving faster than walk Her
bert I.udwigsdorf. of No. 251 West S7th street.
Manhattan. the first unhappy automobifst to
get caught by means of the rope trap and mud.
With party of men and women friends he was
driving i'll North street when he the rope in
his path. He applied brakes, reversing gear and
other remedies and the made several startling
moves and started UP road leading to Broadvew
Park before the motor cycle patrolmen could
mount. At full speed Mr.. Ludw gsdOrffs racing car
was fast escaping the police when he swerved from
the hard roadbed mud axle deep. 1t took fence
rails and shoves TO pry the car out. and the own
er-chauffeur mud covered and the women Of
the party chilled when they were brought before
City Judge Schlessnger. The forlorn appearance
of the party caused the judge to let Nj. LudwigS-
dorff off with so fine instead Of the 500 which
thought of at first.
Thomas McCiuerI of Pelham Manor; Charles
Scott. OF Rye. and g. J. Buchanan of Manhattan,
the other offenders arrested at New Rochelle.
In New York City the police seemed "a 5e IN
usually active arrestiug the -peeders- Paul La
croix. of No. 275 Central Park West was arrested
for speeding his automobile at the rate of twenty
two and one-haIf miles hour on the Central
Bridge vaduct. AS Pdtrolman Gibson was MAX
ing the arrest Walter {. Allen. the secretary Of
the New York Taxicab COMPANY rode up IN his
car and protested against the arrest Of IacrOiX-
He was arrested on a charge Of disordeTIy conduct
in interfering with officer. Edward A. Lyons.
of No. 20 West 86th street, charged by bicycle
Patrolman Devanny with speeding his automobile
Broadway. from 10th to 175d street, at the rate
of twenty-five and a half miles hour. AIeXan-
der Epting, of No 229 East S4th street. was ar
rested a charge of going at the rate of twenty
miles an hour St Nicholas avenue near
18th street Mr. and Mrs Isdor Wormser, jr-,
and Sidney Wormser were in the when the
chauffeur arrested
In the Jamaica police precinct Castor Piantlnn
and Nathan B. Stearn. Of Manhattan. aud William
r. Steinway. of Steinway. Long Island. were ar
rested for alIegtI speeding, Each deposited bonds
of Sl00 and released.
-Four other arrests were made in the Hunters s
Point section of Queens and diamonds and real
estate given bonds for the release OF the
prisoners. Frederick ". White OF No. q West
55th street, was arrested in Jackson avenue, Long
Island City. for fast driving. He left ring worth
$500 as security for his appearance, Augustus
Woodward, a chauffeur, of No. u West 21st street,
was arrested IN Jackson avenue for the same Of
fence. and his employer gave house valued at
$4,000 as security. Louis Lockwood, of No. 5G7
West 18th street, taken to the station for
riding too fast. and it several hours before he
could communicate with friends wealthy enough to
get him out.
Even Yonkers sent out its bicycle squad yester-
day to catch speeders and the men in charge OF
Sergeant Won Steenbcrg arrested the autoists who
gave their names Adolph CiottrOn. of No 70
East s4th street: Raymond +. Tiffany. of No 179
State street, Paterson, y. J., and Louis s. Bost-
wick, of No. 562 9th street, Brooklyn.