The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-22
Her Car Wrecked Mclntyre's
Wheel After He had Ar
I rested Her.
MUST STAND A TRIAL.
Automobile Clubs Counsel
Pleaded in Vain for
Lienency,

Despite the almost fearful protests OF
former Magistrate Alfred f. Ommen,
counsel for the Automobile Club OF
America, Magistrate House held Miss
| Lilybel Barnard In 800 bail for trial In
the Court OF Special Sessions to-day on
charge OF running her automobile be-
Sond the speed limit John Santa, Chauf-
feur for William II. Barnard a silk I'M
porter. who Is the father OF Miss Lilybel,
was also held IN 500 bail on the same
charge.
Miss Lilybel is a handsome, athletic
girl, sixteen years Of age and an auto
mobile enthusiast, She has her own cav
and took 1t out for spin from her own
lone, No. rs East SiXty-eighth street,
yesterday afternoon, with Santa on the
driving seat beside her. Policeman Nc
Intyre, of the West one Hundred and
F'ifty-second street station, stopped her
at one Hundred and Ninetieth street
and Boulevard Lafayette and placed her
under arrest.
She turned the car and started south
at McIntvre's request, he meaning to
take her to the station house. At One
Hundred and SiSty-nrth street, in some
manner unexplained, the car and Nc
lntyre's bicycle colIded. Mcintyre was
thrown and The, bicycle was broken to
pieces under one OF the wheels of the
automobile
Wouldn't Drive Car.
Placing tie wreck Of his whee In the
car Mcintyre ordered Miss Llybel 10
take him to the station house. She re-
FUSED, but Santa took the chaulfeur's
place and ran the car. At the station
Mcintyre placed Santa under arrest for
violating the speed ordinances while
making the run from one Hundred and
SiXty.hfth street to one Hundred and
Fifty-second street.
Miss Lilybel and Santa, both indig.
nant. were arralgped In Harlem Police
Court this morning, and Mr.. Ommen
was indignant as his clients. Mcintyre
was asked by Magistrate House to tell
the story of the arrest.
lie said he followed Miss I.ilybel's aG-
tomoble from one Hundred and Eighty
NTH street to one Hundred and Nineti-
eth street, and timed the speed at TWEEN.
ty miles an hour Mr., Ommen toolt
hand:
How do you know the speed was
twenty miles an hour" lie asked.
Il timed the car with my stop watch"
replied Mcintyre.
Are YOU chauffeur" DO you know
anything about automobiles? asked
Mr.. Ommen.
Mcintyre replied in the negative.
Mr.. Ommen then asked for Miss Lily
bells discharge Magistrate House re-
fused the request, saying he would
hold the young lady under 800 bail
and let the Court of Special Sessions
decide the facts.
Wanted to Defend.
Then" asked Mr.. Ommen, why
should we put in defense? Is the
word of this uncouth and ungentle-
manly policeman to he taken as
against that OF this mighty cultured
young woman? Is this outrageous
dragging Of tcnderly reared and
highly cultured girl to police station
and police court to be condoned?"
I'D like to say Your Honor" said
Mcintyre, that the young lady's car
ran into my wheel while | was riding
alongside and put II out OF business. l
was thrown to the ground and narrowly
escaped being run over. | dop't accuse
her OF running me down deliberately,
because | couldn't prove 1t. When
my bicycle was useless ! asked her TO
take me to the station house. and she
at first refused to allow me to get into
the automobile"
Miss Lilybel who was muffled in a
big mink coat, and wore heavy veil,
gave evidence Of desiring to be heard.
She was asked TO lift the veil and
did SO.
Policeman Was DisagreeabIe.
II told the policeman" she said, that
he was mistaken; that | was not going
too fast but lie insisted upon arresttng
me. He was very disagreeable ndeed-I
might say impairment. II Is true | re-
fused to allow him to ride In my auto
mobile II was his own. fault that he
fell. His bicycle must have swerved.
Magistrate House insisted upon holding
the young woman for trial. Her father
furnished bail for her, and then Santa
was arraigned,
When the policeman ran his bicycle
into MISS Barnard's car" said Santa,
The used language that no gentleman
would use, and told him so. | told him
he ought to act like n gentleman. He
said he'd show me who was the gentle
man, and when we got 10 the station
house he arrested me on the charge
Of running the car AT twenty miles an
hour while he was In H.
II swear. Judge that at no time while
the policeman was in the car did ! run
faster than four miles an hour
wouldn't | be fool to run up n TWEEN.
ty mile speed with him sitting beside me
on the seat
The Court held however. tina 1t was
question OF fact as between the police.
man and the chauffeur II was put UP
to the Court OF Special sessions and
Mr.. Barnard gave another Slo0 bond
for the chauffeur
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