New Britain herald., 1916-08-02
SPEEDING CHARGED;
 AUTOISTS ARE FINED
Young Ladies in Cars Not One Bit
 Afraid" They Tell Judge


 Bond street, automobile drivers, were each fined $10 and costs by Judge James T. Meskill in police court this morning on charges of reckless driv- ing on the Plainville Road last Sat urday afternoon. They were arrested by Officer Fred Wagner who brought in several witnesses who testified that the two cars appeared to be racing and were going at a speed estimated to be between thirty-fivc and fifty-fVc miles per hour. Lawyer w. F. Man gan appeared for the accused.
 Officer Wagner testified he was near Andrews crossing when he saw an automobile loaded to the running board with passengers speed past, followed by another car. Near Corbin avenue he said the two machines raced neck and neck and finally one forged to the front. He estimated the speed of AndersOn's car at forty miles an hour and said he had to go be- tween forty-five and tiftyfvc miles per hour to catch them at Cedar street.
 James Havalick and Henry Scheil- der testified that AnderSOn'S car sped down West Main street between forty and fifty miles per hour and Schenks car little slower. R. 0. Hughes, former racing driver With eighteen years experience, estimated the speed of Andcrson's car at thirty-hve or forty miles an hour at Burritt street and said both cars appeared to be racing. Michael Walls, another auto mobile man with ten years expert ence, saw the cars further down West Main street and estimated AndersOn's speed at about 40 miles per hour and Schenk's at about 35 miles per hour.
 'Feet" Attract Attention.
 Mir. Anderson said he was returning from the Stanley Works picnic at Scheutzen Park and had a crowd of young ladies in his car. It is t five passenger car and had seven ln #. He said he was not racing and did not see MT. Schenk. He said he did not go above thirty-five miles an hour at any time. All of the young ladies denied that the two cars were racing and each one declared that "I was not one bit afraid" Charles Swift, whose name might indicate that he IS a judge of speed, said he was not a judge of speed but did not think the cars were going at an excessive late. William Walls testified that when he saw the cars they were not going fast and would never have noticed Ander- sons car particularly had he not seen a couple of girls feet sticking out of the back seat. Then he took a good look and saw whose car it was. Schenk gave similar testimony regard Ing the excessive speeding.
 During the trial Officer Wagner whispered to Prosecutor c. W. klatt and immediately thereafter the latter asked MT. Schenk if he had ever had any automobile trouble, such as run ming down a child. He replied in the negative and Judge Mangan laughed and said the assistant dis trict attorney was wrong that time." In regards to this statement, Prose cutor Klett defended the officer against the charge of over officious- ness and said it is his duty to give the state any information he Aas. Prosecutor Klett also called attention to the law which provides that no automobile shall pass any intersecting street faster than ten miles per hour and Judge Meskill quoted from the statutes to show that any street that runs into another, whether 1t crosses it or not, is an ''inter9ecting street."
 Will Support Wife Now.
 Franklin Knipfer, who was arrested in Meriden yesterday on a nOn-suD- port charge told the court he was willing to Support his wife and child but had left her because of family troubles He was placed on proha- ton and the case was continued until August 19.
 Everybody Gets Into Fight.
 Tony Letki and John Parnycz were each fined $5 and costs for fighting on Broad street yesterday. They cX- plaincd the cause of the trouble much to the amusement of the spectators They said that Letki's cousin and Parnycz's brother first got into a fight which spread when others min gled into it. The two accused then waded in as pGace-makers and stopped