The Washington times., 1923-06-21
WITH THE
ALIBI
ARTISTS
THE TRAFFIC COURT
IN CROSS SECTION.
Being a skeleton record of
cases tried in Judge Nc
Mahon's tribunal.
Read 'En1 and Worry
By DONALD McDOUGAL.
Faith without Works.

Faith without Works.
Four fire-lads hop off truck to
shove a thirty-five-foot ladder into
the second story window of a shop
on Fourteenth street, between
Columbia road and Irving street,
to show a blaze up there who's
boss.
Fireman No. a is pushing his
share Of the 350-pound contraption
above his head. Begins to count
stars. Three blue ones, six yellow
and two red. Brother fireman
picks him UP, wipes the blood off
his face, says that's the -- -
that hit you down there in the
Studebaker" and goes back to the
ladder.
Victim staggers down to the
corner OF Columbia road and takes
the boob's number.
For $156.13 q Month.
Fireman-Witness: zone end Of
the ladder was at the curb, and
the, other was out on the car
track. There were two OF US on
the track-end and we had he lad
der above our heads and were
raising 1t as. we walked toward the
curb.
I'VE had gone about three steps
when the Studebaker came along
and knocked my buddy ten feet
onto the car track. Another man
had his place before he hit the
ground, and ran and picked up
my buddy. A gentleman drove up
and offered to take him to the
hospital, but he wanted to get the
Teller that hit him. So I pointed
him toward the Studebaker and
went back to the fire. 1t was be-
ginning to blaze right lively.
Can't Watch Fire and Fool.
Drivers at Same Time.
did you see the car before it
hit the LADDER"
mo, sir. When we respond to
an alarm we have to put all our
attention on the blaze. We
can't put out fires and dodge
automobiles at the same time.
Failing walls give us all the
lodging practice we need. A man
can't send a stream into four
story window if he has to keep
his eye on the street. The city
won't last long after firemen get
to thinking about other things
than the fire."
On the Job.
Next witness: II was running
up Fourteenth street near Co
lumbia road when heard the
fire engines siren and pulled up
to the curb. I couldn't see the
engine, but knew that siren
wasn't any tin whistle and | got
out of the way. Then they came
along and laid hose all around
me and was marooned. I
watched the four men erecting
the ladder. and then this man in
the Studebaker came along at q
twelve-mile clip and knocked 'em
all endways. He kept right along,
with everyone yelling at him,
until a man stopped him at the
corner of Columbia road"
"Never Mind the Fire-Give Me
Room"
Boob: IT have been driving ten
years. and this Is the first time
I have ever been in trouble. They
swung the ladder around and hit
my car. l didn't hit the ladder.
I didn't come within six feet Of
the man that was hurt"
A String of Alibis.
why did he fall down?"
He hung onto the ladder and
the shock threw him. 1 didn't
see him and l didn't see the lad
der until it struck me. I couldn't
have turned out anyway, because
there was a street car coming
on the other track and I didn't
have ROOM
Had a Stiff Neck.
why didn't you stop after the
collision?"
II was afraid there might be
another machine behind me-"
Prayer VS.. Care.
The court: "The exercise of
ordinary caution would have pre-
vented the accident. The fire
apparatus, the hose and the truck
were all in plain view. The
ladder was taken from the street
side of the truck and was in
sight from the time it left the
truck until it was erected. The
evidence shows that you took a
chance on passing the end Of the
ladder before it reached the car
track. You were praying that
you might get by before the lad
der blocked your way. Under the
circumstances, this constitutes
reckless driving, and the court