The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-08
WITH THE
ALIBI
ARTISTS
THE TRAFFIC COURT
IN CROSS SECTION
Being q Skeleton Record OF
Cases Tried In Judge
Schuldt's Tribunal.
Read 'Em and Worry
Quick Work.


your honor, we got q telephone
message that q man had run past
a car stop at Eighth and B
streets southeast, hurt one pas
senger and nearly killed another.
He gave US the license number
and I called up the traffic bu-
reau and got the name CORE
spending to It. AS I was start
ing out of the station to so
after the man, I met another of
ficer bringing him In. So look.
ed up the conductor and motor
man. gave them sun1monses to
appear here this morning, and
then went over to the hospital
and gave a summons to the hus-
band Of the lady who was in
Jured."
OVERRIDING It.
Motorman. al was just stopping
at Eighth and B streets to pick
up q group of passengers when
saw car run up on the side
walk and hit q man that had just
come out OF q doorway. At the
same time three or four people
yelled Get his number! Then
the driver turned his lights out,
drove back to the street and shot
around the next corner. But the
light from another car fell on
his license plate, and I got his
number. I looked back and saw
two men carrying a lady to the
sidewalk. The man that was
struck only had his hand cut,
but the lady had to go to the
hospital"
How Do They Get Permits?
Conductor: 1--WE were just COM
ing to a stop at B street when .
man on the back platform said
Look at that foolg' The defend
ant was tearing down the street
at such q rate OF speed that I
knew he couldn't stop before we
did, and left the doors closed
50 passengers that wanted to get
out there wouldn't be injured.
He ran by so close to the car that
IL had opened the door he'd
have struck the steps.
City Of Magnificent Jumpers.
There were five or six people
waiting to get on and he smashed
into them like q foot ball player
bucking the line. Most Of 'em
were young and lively, and they
Jumped out OF the way. But the
lady seemed to be a little con-
fused, she's not Washingtonian,
and hasn't had much practice In
lodging autos at car stops-but
the machine knocked her into the
gutter instead of under the wheels
OF our car.
Everybody In my car got up
from their seats and blocked my
view so I couldn't see anything
and yelled Get his number"
WAS he going fast or slow?"
COOPERATION.
HE was carrying the limit
with him, all right. But. a man
in q Buick roadster came up
just then and said Let me by
and I'll catch that bird"
Cop: 81 was standing at the
corner Of 7th and Pennsylvania
avenue about 8 o'clock last night
when a car shot by me without
any light. yelled at the driver
and a Buick roadster ran UP to
the curb and the driver said:
THAT man just ran by a street
car and nearly killed one of the
passengers" hoped in and we
caught the defendant at Second
street. I asked him for his per-
NIT and he said he'd left it home.
So I took him over to the station
and several people came in and
said he'd struck a passenger at
a car stop and then turned out
his lights and ran away"
Gave Fair Warning.
Boob: 81 saw the people In the
street at the car stop, your honor,
and honked for them to get out
Of my way. What more could /
do? My brakes wouldn't hold
and thought the best thing I
could do was to keep on. Then
I saw the lady right in the middle
OF the street, and I yelled at her
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move. In lodging her I ran
up onto the sidewalk. I don't
believe I hit the man there, or
II did 1t was just a slight push.
didn't see any reason why I
should STOP"
There are q 100 reasons why
you should stop, as the court viii
explain In q moment. This seems
to be a typical case of reckless
driving. All the elements of reck.
lessness are here-the danger to
life or limb Of the passengers in
the street, the high rate of speed,
the wanton disregard for safety
shown by driving with defective
brakes, and callous running away
after knocking down a pedestrian.
Making the Best OF 1t.
The court regrets that tho
charge is not reckless driving, so
that the maximum fine of $500
might be imposed. However, the
court will do the best that can
be done under the circumstances,
and will impose the maximum
fine on each major charge"
Hitting pedestrian, $40; leaving
without making identity known.
$40; passing street car, $40; fail
ing to show permit, $40.