The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-07-24
Twenty-Five Ordered to Ap-
pear in Municipal
Court Today
CARS FROM FOUR
STATES IN LIST
One Driver Threatens Suit
and Officers Re-
turn Bail

Representatives Of the automobile de-
partment of the secretary of states
office sprung trap in Brattleboro yester-
day that caught many cars which
we're exceeding the speed limit, and as
result wave of public discussion which
has found champions on both sides has
swept over the village and has kept
tongues oscillating at a speed that has
not been known before in years. The
second chapter will occur in the muni-
cipal court today when the officials get
the cases ready for presentation. The
court room and corridor in the Barber
building have been full since Judge L.
d. f. Stowe arrived about 10 O'Clock.
Out of the large number of drivers
stopped by the officers % were notified
to appear in court, mostly for speeding.
The officers say they did not take steps
against any driver who was going less
than 80 miles an hour, although that is
in excess of the speed allowed by law.
The drivers whom they notified to appear
in court were going from 80 to 10 miles
or more an hour, according TO the om-
cials although some of the drivers deny
that they were hitting any such clip.
At the request of village officials the
state department sent three state inspec-
tors here Saturday to check up the auto
mobile drivers, not only with respect TO
speed. but also with respect to reglstra-
ton and operators licenses. They were
assisted in this work by Sheriff Frank
L. Wellman and Policemen w. E. Tyler,
John O. Tucker and Lewis c. Grotto.
Operations were begun Saturday eve
ming ON Canal street, Western avenue
and some other sections, when every car
was stopped and the drivers were asked
to show their licenses. \ very few Were
without them, and such drivers were re-
questcd to appear in court. Those who
were driving faster than the law permits
but were not speeding or driving care
leSsly were cautioned and allowed to pro-
coed.
The traps were set yesterday, on the
Putney road and on the Guilford road,
and they yielded large returns, the one
on the -Putney road catching the greater
amount of game.
A quarter-nile course was marked off,
running north from the Innwood Inn
road, and officers with stop watches were
stationed at both ends and in the middle.
This road is used as speedway, and it
was not long before the cars took the bait
and were pulled in, drop of the hand
kerchief being the designated signal.
Some of the speedsters acknowledged
that they were in error and prepared TO
others relieved themselves of their opin-
ion of Vermont laws in a thoroughly
yitriolic fashion. 1t was all the same to
the officers, who remained cool and col
lected Such Vermonters who could be
summoned easily if necessary were not
required to put up bail, but drivers from
out of the state against whom violations
of the law We're charged were asked to
put up SO as an earnest of their inten-
tion TO show up today, which they did
and were released.
The state inspectors were A. A.
Briggs, II. J. O'Brien and Harry Dick
ems, and the persons whom they detained
Saturday night and Sunday and the
offenses charged were as follows: C. NJ
Whiting of Brattleboro, no registration;
Earl l.. Bunnell of Brattleboro, operating
without license; Gilbert W. johnson
of Greenfield, Mass, speeding; Albert NJ.
Lovenberg of Putney, speeding; Archie
III. Morrill, of Franklin, n H.. speeding:
Edward C. Benders of New York. speed
ing II. NJ. johnson of Keene, n H.,
field. Mass, speeding; James B. Duffy
speeding; Thomas G. Duffy of Spring
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