Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-23
JACK LAVGFoRD FINED s23 m-F SEN treR foTEf TAKES CASE
 I'll HiGHFR COURT
MAKES SOME CHARGES
Chief Parnell says Officers ire II. most Helpless In Efforts To
 re Enforce Law.
Jack bangford. the local yonng

#IBbit WAfp ~ ei2 fli ANa'S'' '''f ''''''y morning " city Detective N \. Branson on a charge of exceeding the auto speed limit sar1y that morning, vas yesterday .ined sa5 by Judge ]. R. stewarf m the city police court. His attorney. Senator II. K. Faey appealed the ease to the circuit court and says he will, if necessary, tale fhe case 10 the Arkansas Supreme Court. He charges Shat his client las been discriminated against and aar- secuted by tho oeal police af#ieers and certain automobile owners
 Patrolmen Henry and Nize 5otb testified that Young fangfofa was exceeding tbe speed limit when aeg saw him ai o'clock Thursday nora- ng on West Ra1radue street one of them aaid he vas going ii Fafa of 20 milea an heH4 ar more 9ae other officer said zaat he had 4ae4at- sd himseH on Walnut street. neaI Hae Bangford homo and saw the aataisl 70 at I terrific 3aead. aut neither af fhe paffalmea were aaIe 10 aateh Hae offender and arrest him at tbe eina They asked Ger sarnant against afn and City betective Rranson made 6ae arrest se7era oous later.
 Thia young nan fs 1eine aef.sa- ented and diseriniaated aeaa4t sad Senator Foneg In his argument before Inc court The police officer himself admitted on #he stand #aat practically s9ary nan in Pine Bluff who has an automobile is violating fhe speed fav Then. if theY arc why do fheY keep an arrestine Lack Ianeford and permit afher 9eAa16ag automobile -4woef4 #e =Aaeaoe FAeg nave f h for laek aneford some Of these automobile people, heeanse ae has sae hest aaas a aae eite The autoists s.e afraid # lack Eaoeaord and ths peopla ara a.raid of fho 7ther antoists h motion
 IT am fa favor 8f enforcing this santo speed ordinance cannot tate my wife and baby dri4ine in the bast streets If fhe oit4 for fear # heiae run down bY some machine They fun in siv fnebes oe gaH. friehfen sou to death and tbon iaueh in vour faee Nov. wby don vour officers ea aut and arrest aH of fhem if you want fo stop speeding n the citg limits and nrofaef fhe Iives of fhe people of this community TherA are some au- tomohilists bere who arc very oare- fm and cautions. taf 2 majority Of fhem have worry Attle consideration far the rights of fhe public
 'The police judge himself knows fhsf thare is scarcely an automobile in town fhat 8oos not make Thirty or forty miles an hour on Walnut steaet because he lives on that street and he seas tbem passing his house aVsrv day. fudge. r you want to be sair. why don, you have warrants tssued for all thAse people You know taena and you can easily get them into yo}'r court This boy is being singled aHt hy yonr officers and others who are urging them on and persecoted will take this case to 'he Supreme Court before see an injustice done nim
 Chief Of Police Parne1l says he $ absolutely helpless in an effort fo enforce the speed law in reference 70 autonAobiffsts He declares thar his men have arrested every vioiatof of the speed law that they could fecog- nize and that in most of the cases they have been unanle to get line on the numbers at the rear of tat machines, because the speed man iacs' turn their numbers to ths wall so to speak, cut odt their rear lights and speed away before the office can get them. ae declares that nc faqoritism is being shown. that his men have orders to arrest everybody guilty of exceeding the speed limi' and that they are doing the best they can to enforce the law. 1angfofd' machine. the officers say, can b' recognized easily because it Is no duplicated in this city. That is on' Of the reasons why he has beer brought into court oftener than oth
 CTS, says the Chief.