The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-26
CITY ORDINANCE
GETS A TRY-OUT
Auto Owner Fined for Taking
Girl on Auto Ride for
Immoral Purpose.

! The new city ordinance pertain.
Ing to automobile drivers picking
up girls in the street and taking
them out for Joy rides and immor-
/ al purposes was given a tryoNt
lin police court today. Arthur Hern,
Harry Hite, Fed Brown. William
Lewis and Jesse Lee Elliott were
the prisoners before the bar in the
case.
Hem, the owuer Of the car, was
charged with resolving "a female
person into a conveyance In
charge and control OF him for the
purposes Of prostitution, lewednesS
and assignat.on." Hite, Brown,
Lewis md the Elliott woman weSs
charged with lettering. Hsrn was
airo charged with speeding aul
driving hts automobile without \
Irear light.
| AL charges were sustained by
City Detecti'ta John Mckinney,
who made the arrests, and fines
a6gregating $50 were imposed by
Mayor W. ". Copaway.
! Tho testimony In the case. as
givcn by the Elliott woman. the
Glty's principal witness IN the first
charge, was to the effect that tho
| four men were IN Hern's car IN
! Madison street and 40 she was
walking past the car they called
her over to the auto and asked
her Il she would take ride with
them. She entered the car and the
men entered into an agreement
with her whereby they were TO pd:'
her IS II she would accompany
them to Rivesville. She agreed
and they started for Rivesville. il
was while en- route to their desis'
nation that Horn was arrested fIT
speeding and driving without =
rear light on. his cur. The arrest
was made on lower Pennsylvania
avenue.
The four men In the case told a
different story. Their testimony
was to the eject that tho Elliott
woman and an Italian passed
their car and she recognized one
Of tho men in the car. She came
over and talked with him a few
minutes, they claimed, adding
| that he asked her 10 take a ride
and that she said that IL they
waited until 1880 Ut was then
about 9:S0) she would so with
them. They declared that they
had to be home by that time and
| that II she wanted to ride with
them she would have to go right
Them She refused and walked up
Main street with the Italian, they
contendou.
/. About fifteen minutes later she
came back down the street and
started 10 get into the front seat
( OF the car. The driver told her
ito get back In the rear seat. She
i did so and the ride was started.
/ The men denied that they had
made any proposition 10 tho girl
or had offered her any money.
Shortly after the ride started they
were arrested III Pennsylvania
avenue FOR speeding.
| Hern admitted the two traffic
law violations, but they all enter
&C pleas OF not guilty to the other
charges. After hearing all the
testimony Mayor Conway decid'
ed that they were all guilty as
| charged in the warrant and I'M
| posed fine of $25 upon Hern for
taking the girl In his car and a
fine OF $40 for violating the trat-
fc law. Hite, Brown and tho Ell
lott woman each drew fines OF
S22 and costs for lettering. Lewis,
tho fifth member OF the party,
who was only II years old, was
turned over to Judge E. NJ. Show
alter OF the juvenile court for
| prosecution or disposal Of his
case.
Several traffic law violators, ar.
rested for parking wrong and
leaving cars out all night, were
first Offenders and were dismiss
ed in police court today.
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