Evening star., 1921-08-10
SPEEDERS TO FACE
court ATTACHMENT
FOR EVAD|NG TRIAL
FIaqrant Offenders Will Not
Be Permitted to For
felt Collateral.
VIGILANCE INCREASED
TO ARREST VI0LAT0RS
Motor Corps Members Vested With
Authority of Special Officers
| to Aid Police.

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be served with attachments compelling
them to go to trial instead of forfeit
| ing collateral.
When a driver is caught going one
OF two miles faster than the eighteen.
mile limit he probably will be per-
mitted to forfeit collateral. if he so de-
| sires, provided there are no unusual
| circumstances to the case.
| Where the speeding is excessive or
reckless. however, or where II is .ne
| second or third offense, and the driver
/ fails to appear in court the next morn.
! ing, the assistant corporation counsel
! will apply to the judge in the Distrlct
| branch for an attachment compelling
! his appearance.
| Many Violations Noted.
! Commissioner oyster declared to-
! day that the Commissioners and the
police intend to cooperate in every
way with the Police Court IN putting UNI;
! a stop to reckless driving, and that
| he appreciates the evident desire OF
| the judges for such cooperation.
The Commissioner announced today
| that observations made within the
past few days by members OF the
| League show that the regulation re-
| quiring machines to slow down to
| twelve miles an hour at street inter
sections is disregarded generally by
motorists.
| Members of the motor corps. it be-
came known today. have been sta.
| toned along 18th street for several
days making count OF speed VIOLA
tions at the intersections.
Authority to Arrest.
! A partial report submitted to the
Commissioner today shows that in one
F., hour last Saturday the motor corps
| men counted 976 machines tina,
! crossed intersections without slowing
down. OF this number between forty
and fifty were exceeding the eighteen
| mile speed limit.
| In one-half hour on Sunday the
I motor corps men counted 215 cars
passing street corners without SLOW
! ing down.,
with the authority Of special officers
! it was learned, and in future viii
| take the numbers of machines tina,
fail to observe the twelve-mile regu'
| lation at street crossings.
! Naj. Gessford's Order.
At the direction of Commissioner
oyster, Maj. Gessford today issued the
following order to police captains:
with a view-of decreasing the mum
| her of accidents caused by moto
| vehicles, you will give instructions u
YOUR men, and see that same are com
piled with. that they pay particuia
attention to the enforcement t OF a. a.
traffic regulations, especially that re
| earding the speed of vehicles.
| .sWhere an arrest is made for tn
violation of the speed law the oficel
making the arrest. Will ascertain
from headquarters if the person ha'
previously been arrested for violat
ing the speed or other traffic regula
tions, and will give all facts and cir
! cumstances leading to the arrest u
the assistant corporation counsel
the Police Court. at the time an in
the said assistant corporation counse
might use his judgment as to whethe
| the collateral in such cases should b
forfeited or the case taken into cour
for hearing. In which event, providing
the defendant fails to put in an ap
! pearance, an attachment Will De re
quested of the court.
'iThe minimum collateral for viola
tion of the speed regulations will b.
So In cases where vehicles are ope
rated at a speed over twenty-av
miles per hour, the person taking
collateral at the station will be guid
ed as to the amount required by th
gravity of the onense.
Bicyclist Arrested.
Diligence of policemen during the
present crusade to prevent speeding
in the District is resulting in the lis
of speed violators lengthening daily
The officers are arresting every oper
ator of a vehicle. whether it be auto
mobile, motor cycle or bicycle, whit
exceeds the speed limit of eighteer
miles an hour. A survey of the sew
eral police precincts today showed
that policemen yesterday rounded III
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more than on Monday. One of then
was Russell Dickerson, a bicyclist
who was said to be pedaling at rat
of twenty-five miles an hour. He wa
required to put up $40 collateral a
the third precinct.
majority of whom were operating
automobiles, were forced to put I'll
collaterals ranging from IS to $50
How many of them appeared in Po
lice Court today to be tried could no
be ascertained. due to the fact tina
called at a late hour. as it is Gus
tomary for the tribunal to defer tn,
trials of the speeders until the mis-
; cellaneous cases have been dispose
of. 1t was said, however. that a ma
jority of them probably would for
the court and take a chance of be
ing fined the maximum of $50.
Third Precinct Leads.
OF the thirty y-eight fast drivers ar
rested yesterday the third precinc
took credit for catching the larees
, number. This precinct had the name
of seven speeders on its record.
The first and sixth precincts cam
. next with six each. with the eight
and ninth following closely with fiv
: each. The tenth precinct took credI
for four; the second, three, and tn
seventh and fifth, one each.
, Only three of the twenty-eight spee
! violators arrested Monday had teiner
ity enough to face the court yester
day, the others forfeiting heavy col
laterals. They were Hobson Luca,
7 Arthur Wainwright and Cyral Shep
pard Mr.. Lucas was fined $40; NJ
Sheppard, SIS, and Mr.. Wainwright
$40. The latter had deposited $40. q
the police precinct when arrested, re
ceiying q rebate Of SO. On the othe
hand, Mr.. Sheppard had placed a col
lateral of $40 in the hands Of tn
) policeman when arrested and tn
, court assessed him IS additional
Collateral Forfeited.
} Others who were rounded up Il
Mondays drive and forfeited col
lateral were: julius Arnold. SO
James F. Bayer. $40; Hiram Burton
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