The New York herald., 1922-11-16
Summoned After Chase in
Park Avenue When He
Refused to Stop.
IN VAN WITH IL OTHERS
Magistrate Cobb Gives Usual
Sentence of Day in Jail
and $40 Fine.

Frank NJ. Gould, son OL Eu"iH
Gould and two years out of Yale, spent
four hours in the Tombs yesterday.
He was sent there and fined $40 be-
sides for speeding in Park avenue.
He rode to the prison with twelve as
sorted pickpockets and peddlers, and
was handcuffed to one of them. He
was fingerprinted. He took all the
degrees without fussing. The Tombs
received him at noon and discharged
him at p NJ the end of the legal
day. He spent the first two hours of
his term in a CELL the second two
the exercise period-marching up and
down a corridor and in conversation
with two lawyers sent by his father.
The lawyers protected his exit. Pho
tographers stood on the Center street
curb, their cameras planted in the
rain.
AS the steel door swung open one OF
the attorneys unfurled an umbrella and
lowered it as a screen around the young
man. Gould held newspaper in front
OF his face. Thus doubly veiled and
with friend tugging at either elbow he
shot down the steps and into closed
taxicab. The cameras were turned on
the cab. In its depths one of Gould's
companions could be seen seizing the
newspaper and wrapping it around his
heao A belated flashlight went off and
splendid picture of the exterior or
taxicab was obtained, just as 1t started
Cat the discreet rate of about eight
miles an hour for 936 Fifth avenue,
where Gould lives
He appeared in the traffic court at
O'Clock in the morning with summons
in his hand He waited on bench until
nearly noon before Magistrate Cobb
reached his case. Gould stepped for
ward also Patrolman Harry Doyle OF
Motorcycle Squad l.
The Policeman's story.
The story Doyle told was this: Doyle.
watching traffic in Park avenue, was
famed by the breeze from an automo-
bile speeding southwark at Forty ninth
street twenty-nine miles an hour and
gave chase. He overlook the car in
three blocks and shouted TO the man at
the wheel Drive over to the curb"
But the man stepped on the gas instead
and streaked down the avenue, swing
ing around the Grand Central station.
crossing the Forty-second street viaduct
and swerving westward into Fortieth
street. which is a ono way path for east
bound traffic. Doyle, on his fast mount,
overlook the fugitive there and this time
ne stopped.
Lets sec your license" said Doyle TO
tho driver, who replied: ooh, let's fix
1t up. Come on and have supper with
me-" There were Two young men in the
car Neither would give his name.
Doyle called patrolman OF the East
Thirty-fifth street station and the party
drove 70 the station house. There both
occupants Of the speeding car again de-
INJURED at identifying themselves, but
the driver eventually showed a license
proving him to be Frank NJ. Gould. His
companion said he was broker. As
there was no charge against him his
name was not taken. A summons was
given 10 Could and he drove away. In
court yesterday Gould gave his occupa-
tion as that OF assistant secretary. 4"
He Is assistant secretary and director
OF the st. Louis Southwestern Railway
Company. Of whose board his father Is
chairman. He is 23 years old.
How do you plead?" the Magistrate
asked
Guilty" said Gould.
"It seems to me-" the Magistrate said.
''that you nave shown a defiance of the
law. but ! trust you don't think you are
above the law"
The Trip to Prison.
The prisoner could have saved $40 by
spending an additional five days I'm jaiI,
but he decided to pay The punishment
I'm his case Is about the same as other
speeders who don't stop at policeman's s
signal are getting from Magistrate Cobb
eLaa Iorv &C..
and leaving an impress OF his finger
whorls. was locked in the detention room
to await the prison van. which reaches
the Traffic Court In Mulberry street at
noon. IL Is not a nook one would volun-
tarily choose for meditation. It's four
windows are very dirty. Its furniture
is several benches shined by the trousers
of many delinquents and battery OF
cuspidors resting on rubber mats.
Gould. a tall young man with the
dark hair and eyes. heavy eyebrows and
aquiline nose that other members of
the family possess, fllled his pipe from a
pouch and smoked quietly. his overcoat
and pearl gray soft hat lying beside
him on the bench. Chauffeurs bundled
into the pen with him grinned. So did
he.
Within an hour several persons teie-
phoncd Magistrate Cobb asking him 70
suspend sentence man who said he
was Mr.. Knowles, attorney for Mr..
Gould. called and made vain plea for
clemency and then left for the Tombs
The prison van, an old red bus smelling
OF dsinfectant, bad six prisoners from
Essex Market Court when II stopped
In Mulberry street TO pick up the traffic
law violators Goulds right hand was
manacled to the left hand or the prls-
oner at his right. that being the custom
of pairing OF the candidates for the
Tombs. He made no objection. In this
load there we're now thirteen men. The
van deposited them IN the yard back
OF the prison.
Gould was escorted TO n cell on the
first tier. Newspaper men sent note
asking II he wished TO say anything
He returned the message mo" Ho
passed M the prison luncheon, preferrins
to wait until he got out. The only call
ers were the two lawyers A class Of
high school girls. studying penology,
knocked at the door while Gould was
there, expecting to be shown through
NE prison. but they we're excluded.
The most distinguished speeder the
Tombs has entertained in recent years
Is Babe Ruth Magistrate House fined
him 500 and a day In jail on April 2s.
1871 He Wag ON" four Ipurg and n