New-York tribune., 1919-08-07
Sidney Hess Is Sharply Re-
buked by Magistrate for
Racing Car on Broadway
at IL Miles an Hour
Stern Measures Needed
General Manning and Kill.
ing of Pedestrians To Be
Curbed, Declares Court

Since the father of Sidney Hess hag
been in Europe on matter connected
with his hide and leather business the
mother of that eghteen-year- young
man has been unable to 90 anything
with him. She so explained it to Pro
baton Officer John Mackey, who called
on her after Sidney's second arrest
since June 20 for automobile speeding.
The Hess family live in Gas West 160th
Street
Magistrate W. Bruce Cobb has more
force at his command than Mrs. Hess,
and consequently Sidney was led out Of
the Traffic Court yesterday afternoon
between two. policemen to mediate for
the next ten days in the jefferson Mar
ket City Prison. The testimony of the
arresting officer, Francis Werner.
showed young Hess had been arrested
after driving his automobile up Broad
way at forty-four miles an hour.
When brought into court earlier in
the week Sidney told glib story about
a girl cousin" and two of her friends
He said that he was trying to rescue
the girls from the clutches of the
"fiends." Magistrate Cobb then ad-
journed the case until yesterday to
give Sidney an opportunity to bring
the girl cousin into court But she
didn't appear, and it was fairly we'll
established that the girls merely pre-
ferred the company of the occupants of
the other car to that of Sidney and his
friends, and had deserted them in
Brodway restaurant.
Case Called Flagrant
In pronouncing sentence Magistrate
Cobb sad
"This is one of the most fragrant
cases that has come under my notice
since have been sitting in this
court. There is no doubt in my mind
that had any one been struck on any
of this young mans excursions he
would stand before the law as guilty
of mansaughter.
"This court is going to be stern so
long as the maimings and killings in
passes in this court without some poor
manned creature, some little girl or
old man, dragging himself or herself
up on the witness stand to testify as
a ptiful spectacle against the care
lessness of somebody who has driven
motor car in a way that it ought not
to be driven.
81 am going to recommend a rcvo-
cation of the boys license. I feel that
a fine would be totally inadequate for
this offence, both as a means of pun
ishment for the offence he is charged
with and as deterrent to those who
may be similarly minded in the
future"
Former Soldier Loses License
One other traffic offender was SON
fenced to prison yesterday. That was
John Esposito. a chauffeur of an auto
mobile truck John, who returned from
France in May after niie months over
seas service as an army chauffeur, was
given five days in the city prison On
July II his heavily loaded truck col
llded at Riverside Drive and Seventy
ninth Street with az motorcycle driven
by Policeman John Gunshannon. Po-
weeks in hospital as a result. Magis-
trate Cobb also announced that he
would recommend the suspension of
Espositos driving license.
Miss Pearl Chefetz. of 1915 Uni
versity Avenue. a stenographer and the
daughter Of yeast manufacturer, Of
fered no defence when ararigned as a
second offender for speeding. She
simply said:
The cop is always right
Magistrate Cobb then said:
Sixty dollars or ten days"
James c.. Wolf, a broker, of 524
Riverside Drive, was accused by Motor
cycle Policeman John Mesle of speed
ing in Riverside Drive, between 107th
and 10th streets, at thirty-two miles
an hour. Magistrate Cobb said: "Thir-
ty-five dollars or
Wolf paid his fine and hurried out
the door.