Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-21
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Young Millionaire Accused Of
Driving Automobile While In
toxic icated-Cirl Tells Story
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kalama roo. M'ch.. March 21.--The
case Of John Duval Dodge. Of Detroit.
In which the young millionaire is
charged with driving aa automobile
while intoxicated. was on the munich
pal court docket here today.
The chnrgcs grew out of midnight
JOY ride on March II. when Dodge and
Rex Earl. Of Kalamazoo. invited three
Young women into their machine and
one of the girls. Miss Emmeline Kwa-
kcrnaak. becoming alarmed. lcaped from
the car and injured her head. Enrl
was convicted Of drunkenness last Fri.
day.
To eliminate preliminary delays in
Dodge's trial. q jury was selected yes
trrday and the defendants arrival last
night from Detroit. where he had just
completed serving five days sentence
for speeding. found everything in rcadi.
ness. Dodge's attorneys and several
witnesses accompanied him from De-
troit.
Crowd at Courtroom
Long before the hour set for open
ing of the case hundreds OF persons.
eager to gain admittance to the court
room, gathered about the central police
station. which also houses the court.
Inside every preparation Ind been made
for accommodating a capacity crowd.
extra chairs having been placed In
aisles and other unoccupied spaces. A
special detail Of police was on hand to
handle the crowd.
Roth the State and defense attorneys
carefully guarded the names OF wit.
nesses to be called and in advance Of
the opening of the case 1t was not known
whether Miss Kwakernaak. who has
been in hospital since she was injured.
would testify against Dodge. Nor was
II clear whether Dodge would testify
in his own behalf. At his arraignment
he denied that he was intoxicated.
After the present case Ia disposed Of.
Dodge is to face a chnrve of illegally
transporting liquor. the officers who ar.
rested him declaring liquor was fount
in his machine.
Miss Kwakernaak's Story
Miss Kwakernaak yesterday told for
the first time the circumstances sur.
rounding her injury.
Miss Kwakernaak said she had just
loft a dance in company with Miss
Ethel Clemens. her roommate. and MISS
Sue Stegenga. a friend. when an auto.
, mobile drove up with two young men in
/ 1t. She said they later introduced
themselves as Dodge and Rex Earl. OF
Kalamazoo. and invited the girls to
ride.
/ Not knowing the men. they declined,
she said. adding they explained they
/ were on their way home. q short dig
| tance away. Then. according to Miss
Kwakernaak. Dodge and Earl offered
to take them home and they accepted.
when they drove right By OUT
boarding house and headed out into tho
country at terrific speed. we all be.
came frightened. she said. 1--WE were
all Of us-we three girls-sitting In tht
back scat and the men in front. Ther
sudden impulse moved me to jump
When I woke up was In the hospital
J. Miss Kwakernaak was picked up un'
conscious by a np6torist and taken t.
the hospital. and when the incident wa.
reported to the local authorities. Dodg'
and Earl was arrested. The former
stated later he and Earl just wanted tt
give the girls a ''little ride
! The only remaining evidence OF Mis-
Ewakernaak's injury. which was frs,
thought to be fractured skull, is a sea,
over the right eye. where she struck the
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