Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-09
LAWYER AND cop"
ENGAGE IN A TILT
Policeman Rodenhiser' Shots at
Fleeing Motor Party" Car
Rouse Judge Balls Ire.

When Charles r Cunningham.
young man charged with the larceny of u
81 900 Paige car owned by Mrs ANNE
Moore, in which n party of young men
and two young women took n ride to
Chester on the night Of October 30 and
the early morning Of October 81, was
stood mp for n hearing in City Court this
morning there were numerous things
about the case to lifi II ont of the rurk
of ordinary and commonplace hearings
and give il n distinction all its own
In the first place, Judge Ball. who was
Cunningham g counsel, made II apparent
that he thought the right mum was not
facing the court m answer 10 the charge
and that he was being shielded by the
two young women who were IN the party
and were called ~ witnesses IN the ease.
Furthermore, he sought To show that
they had been told what To say whom
they gave their evidence And still
furthermore, Judge Ball and Policeman
Rodcnhiser engaged IN q tilt when Judge
Ball found out that Rodcniilser had hired
ON the party m il swept past him on ITS
return to The city and he and brother Of
6ccrs had tried in vain "a stop It
Early IN the week the case was before
the court when Cunningham. John i.an-
=
girls named Williams were arralgnod
charged with The theft u the car At
that tlmr. Cunningham secured con
tlnuance nf his cnse IL order IL have
Judge Ball defend him. while after
hearing I.anRan and 10 other young mon
were dismissed and he rasf~ against the
two girls nolle pressed on their appear
ancc on the stand as witnesses
rftaffftDE Ar uAfHr4E
lola, they told substantially the sanc
story ~ they told nj the previous hearing
~ the effect thai they had been invited
INTO the car at Fourth md French streets
for ride. Iangan and Cunningham bong
thf, only occupants Of hc machine ~ tic
iitnc Later he others werc picked ~
aud al hands vent tol hester. returning ~
Tire small hours of tho morning
tut 81 Concord Pike Insf inside the
rtt1 iiinlls. hev encountered i defach-
fIeut u policemen sent thrra r. intercept
and arrest them. thc taking If he rar
baylug been discovered anil apparently
thor return sla fhc pike having h~@n
cXI,ecled But fhet dldu stop iGr he
palltr. huf kept On II high speed ! hrn
Policeman Rpdcnhi~er emptled ds gun
IT -. rhccs of he fugitive car much
- thr alarm If it, occupants e-pet lally
the gtn- gre of whom frankly ~aid he
was scared to de1th Haif milo
further IN fnwn he ear n3- thandoned
after tho first - he 40 Rr~ had
testified. Judge Ball wanted - know Il
any one hid told her a-hat ~ say Sic
replied ln hc negative WhercHp6n Judge
ball called i woman spectator Nho had
been sitting Immediately IN front OF he
glr. and she testified that sic had heard
4 Young ran. also among the spectators.
teIl them to say JI-t what ] told ynu
10 say The Same thing happened with
the testimony ri the sccond giri
second woman who xas sitting beside
tie woman Judge Eal had called said
vh. had not heard what the Young man
said ID Ffe girls Their testimony did not
differ materially from that whlch they
gatc 1T the first hearing save that i vas
more cxpicIf III 10 the firing on ne car
Policeman Nirden SAID be ana it0dfn-
hiScr and Policeman Reese mad been te-
tailed 10 halt the car as It came back 70
town and were ont at the intersection ot
Concord Pike and Washington street
and thar Reese had gotten out into the
roadwag 10 do the Job but that the car
had rp.srip run HIM down and had then
kept on full tilt, whcreupon RodenhIser
tired Il il
LAWYER y PoLiCENAN.
Rodenhlser testified that he had emptIed
his gun At i
Do you mean Ia say that you fred at
hat car. loaded down with those peo-
pie demanded Judge Ball
4 fred at the wheels SAID Roden
mscr
Did you hit them
Il don't know
How far were YOU away
About ten feet
Well. = said Judge Ball, All I've got
to say IS that YOU are fine officer and
there was a rlug of contempt IN the law
Ners tone that put very different mean-
ing on tine than that the word con-
notes Rodenhiser smillngly replied
= Thanks
Judge Hellngs held Cunningham in
$500 ball Tor General Sessions. Cunning
ham said in hi. own defence that Langau
had hired hlm 10 drive the ear and told
him II Vas his father : He declared that
he did not know the car had been stolen
until they encountered the police and
then he had been pleaded with ior the
sake OF The girls 70 beat IT at speed past
the policemen In the hope of escaping