The Detroit times., 1911-04-11
RECKLESS DR|V|NG|
OF AUTOMOBILES
MUST STOP
CAPT. MCDONNELL
Detective Head, Aroused by Aoci-
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.

Aroused by the frequency Of fatal
tiles and injuries occasioned by reck>
less automobile driving, city and coun~l
ty 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 I'm prob
ably fatal injuries to two persons
Edward Calvin, youthful exponent
of the joy-riding art, is held q 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 strik-
ing illustration of the foolhardiness OF
allowing auto thieves and joy-ridera
to go unpunished by the courts. Chief
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 once
every day with complaints that their
autos have been driven away. Not
a day passes but at least one person
ative who has been struck down in
the highway by an automobilist, who
doesn't even take the trouble to stop
nd Aax he's
Il 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 to stop here and now. My men
are going to bend every effort towards
making the streets of Detroit safer.
1t Is up TO the courts to cooperate
with US. II Is time they saw the nec-
essity Of doing So"
While, Calvin, who Is only l9 years
old, admits that he stole Cadillac
testing machine from In front Of the
Washington Arcade, Monday, he de-
nies that he ran down Marshal Eli lie
Blanc, or 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. 1908 Kirby
ave-, who was driving the auto In
which lie Blanc rode. says that Gal
wins story Is myth. Frank says
lie Blanc stood in the middle OF the
road and ordered Calvin to stop and
that Calvin drove straight ahead at
top speed, striking the officer and
/ hurting him aside.
| lie Blanc Is in the Solvay General
hospital with 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., q tester.
i was hurrying to the scene OF Galvin'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 Zie is ready to
prosecute Robert c. Fantom, a chauf-
feur, who Is held responsible by q
coroner's jury for the death Of Paul
MiscZinski.
! Bernard Krause, 20 years old, No.
! 1872 Livingston-ave., was run down by
an auto driven by c. <. Flory, at
| Grand River-ave. and Washington
| blvd, Tuesday morning The aged vic
| tim was taken home in an auto pa
! troll