Evening star., 1922-07-31
SHOTS FLY THICK
AS SPEEDERFLEES
D. c. Woman Races to Dis
trict Line as Maryland
!" FoIice Shoot at Tires.
ESCAPED AFTER ARREST
Mrs. Loranger Declares She Speed
ed Away After Officers Required
Her to Stop at Lonely House.

Amid fuslade of revolver shots,
Mrs Lucille L. Loranger of the Ward
man Park Hotel yesterday afternoon
led two Maryland state road police
men a wild chase down the Rockville
pike and succeeded in crossing the
District line before she was arrested
for exceeding the speed limit.
Indignantly branding the Maryland
policemen as frauds. Mrs. Loranger
said she had deliberately, run as'ay
when one insisted upon forcing her into
small house on lonely road after
she had submitted to arrest for dTlV-
ing her automobile in Maryland with
out showing a license tag for that
state.
ON the other hand. the Maryland
authorities charge that Mrs. Loran-
ger speeded away from her captoTs
when they went to get magistrate
for the purpos, of having the charge
legally entered and bail arranged.
rested in the same vicinity only two
weeks ago on similar charge.
Drove to Small House.
According to Mrs. Loranger, she
started out for ride along Old Falls
road Shortly after leaving WiscOn-
sin avenue the two policemen ap-
preached and ordered her to show
. her license to drive III Maryland.
Upon failing to do so, she said, they
Instructed her to drive to the office
of magistrate at Bradley lane.
II complied with their request"
Mrs. Loranger declared and soon
we came to turn in the road One
of the officers disappeared and the
other instructed me to proceed to the
left for two blocks This brought us
10 a small house in decidedly lonely
section.
when l demanded that the officer
take me to the magistrates Office he
merely grumbled, That office was
closed on sunday | knew that to be
false. Quickly throwing my car in
gear, | stepped on the gas and head
ed for the District line as fast as
could drive. The officer gave chase
and soon was again Joined by the
other one.
Gave Up in District.
Down the road we flew. both police
men close at my heels and firing at
close range. | was terrified. the road
was filed with other cars and my po-
sition was precarious. l was not afraid
Of hitting another car. because l do
know how to drive. but my car was
liable to slide off the road any min
ute. Finally we reached the line and
there l submitted to arrest
The arrest was effected by Motor
Cycle Policeman Albert Sharkey of the
Tenleyt0Nvn station. Upon being taken
there Mrs. Loranger posted S45 collat-
eral and was released. Her Maryland
captors were w. l.. Rogers and F. H.
C1aggett of the Maryland state roads
force, both of whom continued the pur-
suit into the District until they saw
their quarry safely in the hands Of the
law.
AT Bethesda the authorities de-
clared Mrs. Loranger had been ar
rested two weeks ago for speeding
and was fined $40. When she admit
ted that she did not have that sum
with her, the magistrate loaned her
the money.
Declare Mrs. LOranGer Laughed.
The Maryland authorities corrobo-
rate Mrs. Loranger'S story up to the
point of her escape. They claim the
magistrate and left her on the road
while they went on the porch to sum-
mons that official. To their amaze
ment. they turned and saw the wo-
man dart down the road, laughing at
them as she went. they say
According to the policemen they
gave chase and, drawing alongside.
ordered Mrs. Loranger to stop. When
she failed to do so they opened fire
and succeeded in puncturing one of
the rear tires on her automobile.
Still she continued at a speed of fifty
miles an hour and eventually sue
ceeded in outdistancing the officers
until she ran into the Washington
policeman.