New-York tribune., 1910-03-07
G4VE POLICE FRIGHT.
Foar PatroImen York OreT'
time TO Catch Chauffeur.

-,,.,-.s Of tho West tooth
,.,so, .5led out OF the building
-. .e.,v . O'clock yesterdss- morning
- ,-,,,,rl,ted their tour Of DUTY A
-, -sc:~g car bowling along tne
s-..,,, f-ora Amsterdam avenue al q
90. .,-s.e Of speed caused them to scat
~ directions and then disappeared
-, t-,I,,r,r,,s avenue. Four hours 'ater
-. - ana the chauffeur returned 10 'he
-, Tho latter known 10 tie ponce
=. inner west Side and Harlem as
-, ..--oe6 ho---' because for two weeks ne
5saed speed and traffic regulations
-r-dpr arrest
-,-s,,4fe,,r .-s,o his name as James
49,, of Va. 1ss West s5th street He
= ,;clsed 10 81 central Park West ana
. ...s, s.-e=- shortly before o'clock ny
r.---,fe Patrolr7sn Miner. who han been
,o-,,irr ro- him ali night. The capture
-,sde ezsv hv the fact that the ma-
-, q, no shape for running Both
-.,o1e,o ard oil tanks were leaking
= -,-r,. front wheel rested on the
rhe mud guards V'ere also badly
t-.-z o,5 ,be machine vas generally
,~srred and battered
Tra car vas first seen yesterday morn
.-- n, Bicycle Patrolman Dwyer, Who
,z,,~r,+ .ho rate Of tho speed boy at
80 miles ~ hour between l05th and
49,, --reets IN Broadwa-. The chauffeur
-s;5 no attention - al order 70 stop and.
.r.sovgn T---er followed on his bicycle
-rd dna,ly drafted q taxicah, the racer got
srrs.
r,p.ver -eported that the speed boy
-se on The rampage again and the police
arc warned 20 look out for him Less
.-sr an hour later Miner found Dunn over
.r Amsterdam avenue and clocked him al
forty miles an hour between ?1th and 18Th
STREETS. Miner tried TO stop the mschine.
-. -he chauffeur swerved into Tooth street
-st1o,lt slackening speed, ran Up on the
--deq-aiE. gave the reserves fright and
t.-u disappeared
Miner vas joined h. Dwyer, Mcguire ana
n. ,o-o. al bicycle patrolnen, and tne four
-g-aed 20 stay on duty night and day until
- 'epeed boy" was apprehended. They
rad the license number Of the car. and from
-,o1ioe headquarters learned that i vas
,.re5 .1l James O'Brien. a wealthy lumber
man who lives a. the s.. Urban, Central
IN, West ana s9th street. The got him
tr.- ~ bed - 5 O'Clock 10 find OF; where
,ar machine V'as kept.
I'm have that boy arrested for grand
ls--cu,-.-' said O'Brien. He had no au-
t-o-f-~ from ne 20 take the car out
While he called I'd the Harlem detective
bureau 70 ask for the arrest Of his chauf
feur. ;he patroluleGs Went 70 q garage tn
Lincoln square. The records sho"2d that
30 car had been out since 7:I5 o'clock
one q tha men remained there and the
others scattered 10 look for the machine
~c-crs. chauffeurs who We're lcunginS
around the garage started out TO warn the
sped bov." but were brought hack and
r'aced under guard.
!. was broad daylight when Dunn was
found Later h Uas arr2igred before
Magistrate Krotel in the West Side court.
As the magistrate read the complaint. two
a--es Of speeding at The rate of forty
Hl,es an hour and another for fa:!ure 10
f4re clauifeur's license. he asked:
We'll officer, was this man drunk or IS
n trssne1T
Neither vour honor replied Miner.
'IIc vas JUS, IN a playful mood
"Tfrae hundred dollars for SPECIAL Ses-
so1s" said jao magistrate.