The Detroit times., 1911-04-12
RECKLESS DRIVING
OF AUTOMOBILES
MUST STOP
CAPT. MCDONNELL.
Detective Head, Aroused by Acct
dents, Says His Men Are Going
to Bend Every Effort to Make
the Streets of Detroit Safer.
Two Are Injured as Result of Joy
Ride by Youth Who Appro-
pirates Machine.
CAPT. MCDONNELL.

Aroused by the frequency OF fatal
tiles and injuries occasioned by reck-
less automobile driving, city and coun.
~ police authorities, Tuesday morn
ing, declared that the practice must
stop.
Sheriff CASTOR spent the whole OF
Tuesday investigating the latest joy
riding episode, which occurred Mon
day night and which resulted in prob
ably fatal injuries TO two persons.
Edward Calvin, youthful exponent
OF the joy-riding art, Is held pris-
oner at the Wayne county jail. Twice
before he has been arrested for driv-
ing away other peoples autos, but he
was allowed to go scot free both
times.
His escapade of Monday is a strik-
ing illustration of the foolhardiness or
allowing auto thieves and joy-riders
to go unpublished by the courts. Cher
OF Detectives Mcdonnell Is highly ex-
ercised over the matter.
IF young Calvin had been dealt
with properly when he committed his
first offense, this thing would not
have happened said the detective
head There is altogether too much
leniency shown these fellows and it's
got to stop.
People are coming into my office
every day with complaints that their
autos have been driven away. Not
day passes but at least one person
comes in TO tell OF some friend or rel
alive who has been struck down in
the highway by an automobilist, who
doesn't even take the trouble TO stop
and see how much damage he's done.
II notice The Times has repeatedly
called attention to the increasing dan
ger occasioned by reckless driving
and the paper is to be commended for
its stand upon the question. Too
much cannot be done in stamping out
the evil
Il want to say that this thing has
got 10 stop here and now. My men
are going to bend every effort towards
making the streets of Detroit safer
IL is up 10 the courts TO cooperate
with us. 1t is time they saw the nee
essity of doing So"
While Calvin, who is only 10 years
old, admits that he stole Cadillac
testing machine from in front of the
Washington Arcade, Monday, he de-
MES that he ran down Marshal Eli lie
Blanc, OF Ecorse.
His version is that when lie Blanc
left his automobile In River Rouge to
head of the stolen machine, he fell
down. Harry Frank, No. 1905 Kirby
ave, who was driving the auto IL
which lie Blanc rode, says that Gal
wins story Is a myth Frank says
lie Blanc stood in the middle of the
road and ordered Calvin to stop and
that Calvin drove straight ahead al
top speed, striking the officer and
hurting him aside.
lie Blanc is In the Solvay General
hospital with a fractured skull He
has not regained consciousness.
Edward Everett, IA years old, No.
1882 Twelfth-st., is another innocent
victim of Galvin's prank. Ernest Will
liams, No. 1873 Stanley-ave., a tester
was hurrying to the scene of Galvip's
escapade, when he ran the boy down
at Trumbull and Merrick-aves. The
boy is in Grace hospital with a frac-
tured skull.
Prosecutor Van Zile is ready to
prosecute Robert G. Fantom, a chauf-
feur, who Is held responsible by a
coroner's jury for the death of Paul
Misczinski.
Bernard Krause 70 years old, No.
1872 Livingston-ave., was run down by
an auto driven by c. f. Flory, at
Grand River-ave. and Washington
blvd, Tuesday morning. The aged vic
tim was taken home In an auto pa
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