New-York tribune., 1909-04-12
AUTO ARRESTS FALL OFF.
Cam pnign H gainst Syeeders 4goin
Shoes Results.

The result ot efforts TO put an end 10 automobile
speeding was shown again yesterday. when. al
though number OF arrests were made. there was
q marked decrease in The number of violations Of
speed regulations
The fact that he was a deputy sheriff OF Kings
County did not save Harry Zimmerly, Of No l4lS
Benson avenue. Brooklyn. from arrest on a charge
q speeding his machine at twenty-fcur miles an
hour on Broadway between 155d and l55th street
Zimnerly admitted that he was not on official husl-
ness. He was released on bail furnished by H l.
kenrick Of the Hotel Ansonia, who was III the
automobile with him.
pa,l Arnold a cl.auffelr for w s Friedlander,
g contractor Of Passaic y J.. was arrested al l5-d
street and Broadway fer speeding. He gave bail
Another TO fall into the dragnet here was Adoph
Peterson Of l5oboken who according TO the
was running motorcycle TOO fast on BroadWa5'
between 17oth and 172d streets.
DR. Joseph E. Blake. of No 6o Madison avenue
whose chauffeur arrested at leoth street ana
Fifth avenue. said that he was on his way to
Ridgeield Conn. TO perform operation Samuel
C1orta. the chauffeur, was paroled in the CUSTODY
Of his employer for examination tomorrow Dr.
Blake told Magistrate Walsh that there VAS grave
danger to his patient il there was any delay IN MS
arrival
Charged with running al the rate Of twenty miles
an hour on Riverside Drive between 10th and lo2d
streets William 5 Emery. OF No $40 Central Park
West was taken To the West l52d street station
and later released.
The police also gathered IN Frederick c Storh,
a1lng his machine above the speed limit on fafth
avenue between 49th ana J0th streets, and George
Baker. a taxicab driver Of No 2S4 West sd street
who. they said, MAS speeding On Pork avenue, De-
tween 40th and 4Sd streets.
While the crowd on Riverside Drive yesterday
afternoon Was largest automobile belonging TO
She New York Taxi Service Company crashed into
the OF rlnab bout driven by Mrs Paula Book
LEI. Of No. rs East l26th street, who was riding
with her husband The occupants Of the runahoUt
T,n, att Ntfa.f
by Dr.. Hammond. Of the J. Hood Wright Hospital,
and their home
After short chase Joseph Sollider. Of Ho 13s
East 18th street. was arrested. charged with run
ming twenty miles hour. between 1oIth and loSth
streets. in Fifth avense Thomas VALLEY, chauf-
feur for A Parker Smith lawyer. al No. Rec
tor street. Was arrested for exceeding the speed
limit Both held in slc9 bail
man Uho said he William Poe-tner.
dealer at No. 1872 Broadway. arrested at
East chester Road and Pelham Parkway last even
ing. There were two women in the automobile
Tho man was locked up in the Wakefield station
Edward ". Murphy. of No IS East 2Sth street,
mas arrested Pelham Parkway and Williams
bridge Road. and taken 10 the Bronx Park station,
Y here he gave bail OF see
Joseph L Mack ? chauffeur. Of No. 2li East 67th
street was arrested AT 18th street and Third ave
nue. last night charged with reckless driving His
machine struck Mary ScuIly. employe of the
waldorf but did injure her. She refused 20
make a complaint. but Patrolman Murphy. Of the
East 5lst street station. arrested the chauffeur.
Professor Bashford Dean. 4 curator Of the Metro
poIitan Museum Of Art and professor OF vertebrate
zoology Columbia University. appeared in tAe
night court last night in behalf Of his chauffeur.
who had been arrested because his machine
facing in the proper direction while standing in
front Of house I'm East 5lst street Magistrate
Herman said that the policeman had done his
dilty. hut the chauffeur had been locked up
several hours he discharged him.
In the West Side court Gerald Vincent. chauffeur
for Charles g Otis president OF the Otis Elevator
Company. was held in $500 bail for trial by Mag
istrate House. charged with speeding Riverside
Drive or Saturday night
Russell T. Smith the chauffeur for the New Am
Eterdem Motor Company. who vas arrested Sat
urlay nigh; for going At the rate OF thirty miles
hour, after he had tired 10 throw Patrolman
steinhert of The scent bv mixing in crowd Of
men in saloon. was arraisned before Magistrate
O'Connor. in the YorhviHe court yesterday. and
held ia $500 bail for trial r. Special Sessions
William T Fickling president Of ". T Ffckling
& Co with offices at No. I54a Broadway. who was
arrested on Saturday night by four Central Office
detectives in a Police Department automobile for
speeding his automobile in Columbus avenue and
carrying registra lion number not his own was
held in the West Side court yesterday for trial
Mr- Ficking told che ma gistrate that he thought
'bold-up' gang after him.