The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-18
ARTISTS LICENSE
EXTENDS TO ROWS,
SAYS n. Y. JUDGE

NEW YORK. July 1s.-Making
illustrations for popular magazines Is
not a felony; in fact, they can't even
put a man in Jail for being a maya
zine illustrator. At least one gather
ed in effect yesterday from a re-
versal of Judgment by Judge John F.
Mcintyre of the court OF general ses-
sions that illustrating for the maya
Hines doesn't even rate high enough
TO be cIassed as disorderly conduct.
The Incidents that led up to Judge
McIntyre's decision happened last
spring, late in the afternoon or May
IL, TO be exact In that tense period
OF stress incidental TO the flrsh flush
Of our war declaration, Vernon Howe
Bailey, one Of Americas best known
Illustrators, who is particularly noted
for his artistic pencil perspectives OF
buildings and street scenes, was staho-
ing near the northwest corner OF west
Forty-second street and Eighth aV-
enue making a sketch of the combina-
tion Of architectural bunkers ana as
phalted traps which make the nine
Nteen hole course Of the Forty-second
Street Country Club the most dlfncuit
links in America to stagger over.
I'D to Vernon Howe Bailey stepped
q COP, the same being none other than
Charley Turk. OF the Traffic station.
Policeman Turk took one flash at MI. |
BaiIey's roughly blocked In sketch
and cried: ITO the station house Tor
yours" At the station house the pris-
oner confessed he was an illustrator.
Also he asked that Deputy Police
Commissioner Frank Lord be told OF
his troubles. He told the lieutenant
of his friends.
Put In a Cell
put I'm in q cell, Nike" cried the |
lieutenant, which was done, and later
he was taken out and arrafgned before
Magistrate Ten Eyck in the mems
night court.
eve known Mr.. Bailey for ten or
fifteen years." said Frank Lord, testi |
flying as a character witness for his
friend. Hes an illustrator"
Guilty" said his honor. Sentence
suspended"
Now Mr.. Bailey had testified in his
own defense that officer Charley |
Turk had said to him before leading |
the way to the station house, How I
do I know but you're making draw |
fngs to permit zeppelins to drop |
bombs into Forty-second street?" and
that he had Indignantly denied that
he was a German spy. But Magis-
trate Ten Eyck had decided that in
Rsmuch as these are times when Of |
ficeTs must be very careful he would |
have to find the defendant guilty of
the charge Of disorderly conduct.
Mr.. Bailey left the night court /
plumb dissatisfied, perhaps the frst |
artist in the world who objected to |
having cop or any one else say his |
drawings had stopped traffic. Down |
town he went to the offices of his
lawyers. Barry, Wainwright, Thatcher
& Summers, OF 80 Wall street, and
found them all in. He wanted that
disorderly conduct charge stricken
from an otherwise spotless record,
said Mr.. Bailey.
COHVietiOn ExpunEed-
Yesterday Lawyer Herbert Barry ap- |
peared before Judge Mcintyre with |
the papers IN the case. The papers
not only included letters from Secre-
tary OF the Navy Daniels to Admiral
Usher and other navy yard command
ants asking the commandants TO let |
the artist make sketches OF a certain
sort inside their navy yards-thus
setting at rest forever Policeman /
Turks suspicious. no doubt. concern
ang the artists Americanism-but |
the papers brought into court yester-
day also included the full face and |
bust portrait OF Forty-second street 4
and Eighth avenue. which Vernon
Howe Bailey was sketching when |
pinched.
Judge Mcintyre heard Lawyer |
Barry's arguments and then looked |
the sketch full in the face. One look .
at the drawing convinced Judge Nc !
Intyre II was not felonious nor a mis- /
demeanor, whereupon Judge Mcintyre /
in formal legal fashion informed the /
world that Vernon Howe Bailey's con-
Viction had been expunged from the !
records. And the artist went back to
his studio at Il East Sixtieth street /
L. IL