The Cairo bulletin., 1909-04-25
BROKE % SPEED LIMIT.
"DEVIL WAGON GfuESANEW weak
POLICEMAN A SCARE.
Indiana Mans One-Piece Fire Appa.
raias Makes Officer Lose Breath
Bells clane, Whistle Blows
and Sparks Fly.

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NV Yorkyln arraieBing Albert c.
webb of Vlnceunes, Ind, before Mag.
Estate Harris In the MorIisana court
The other day. Motorcycle Policeman
Merry declared that the young man
was guilty OF The most. spectacular
speed violation OF which he or any
other rauolman had any record.
Young Webb had been stopped by
Merry While in The act Of driving a
combination hose cart, fire engine.
hook nndladder, water tower chemical
engine. patrol wagon. ambulance and
wrcching cart at the speed of IS miles
an hour along the West Farms road
When Ncrny saw the thing 30 by he
thought at first 1t was some passing
nightmare \ locomotive bell was
changing. something was whislins.
ladders and fire axes were sticking
cut behind, the tank Of a chemical en-
CINE leomed mp forward, hand grenades
cropped out TO port and slalhoard. a
great mass of hose was coiIed up In
tho cockpit, crowbars and battering
engines bristled everywhere, electric
sparks spnttered from underneath, the
man AT the wheel wore a flaming red
helmet and the man on the tailboard
a combination dress parade uniform G
IA Long Island yamp and Westches-
ter chief Of police
When he recovered his breath
Merry gave chase with all the power
he could get ont of his sobbing ma
chine and overhauled the vehcular
nionstrosity at the city line.
When he stopped the thing he saw
A. f, ID. painted in green letters all
over the red body of the machine,
what in thunder have you got
there asked Nerny.
u am the fire department" said the
driver In the red helmet
"Thc what fire departments" asked
the motorcycle cop.
amy old fire department" respond
ed young Webb. Il am selling these
things to cities aud towns as handy
one piece fire brigades Nothing like
II on earth We have here a combna
ton of fire engine, hook.and ladder,
hose cart and water tower Only two
men need work It, Carries | 900 feet
of hose, pumps 200 gallons of water
minute has 70-horsepower electric
motor and develops a speed OF 20
miles an hour Greatest invention OF
the age Step right"
Hold ON. cried Merry, I'm not a
city or town and am not out shopping
fot any handy onc.pioce fire depart
ments You were going beyond the
speed limit and that's all I'm here
for. Squirt up your engine again and
follow me to the Wakefield police sta.
ton"
After exhausting further vain argu
ment the young man rang a few of his
gonps, blew some half dozen whistles
and shot along In the wake Of Nerny
to the Wakefield station, There he
deposited $500 bail, rcem0arkcd In
ais strange craft aud proceeded on
his way again to the village Of West
chester TO demonstrate to his rurA.
smoke eaters the value of his wonder
full contrivance.
When arraigned In the Morrlsahia
court he pleaded guilty and was held
for trial in special sessions. He said
that he was 81 years old and repre-
sentative of the Webb Water Fire APP
paratus Company of Ninccnnes, Ind,
which was founded by his father. He
invited Magistrate Harris out for
flyer in his one-piece fire eliminattr,
etc. but the court, after hearing
Ncrny's description of It, hurriedly de
cliaed