The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-17
Traffic Yegg Makes Haul.

OG9o S'AS~~eOS
IT was off duty that night,
your honor, and 1 was running
west on Pennsylvania avenue on
my motorcycle. AS / approached
Third street saw a crowd around
a man who had been killed in
an automobile accident. re-
ported to the police officer in
charge and asked. if I could do
anything to help out.
The driver of the car had left
just before the officers arrival,
and had told someone in the
crowd that he would report the
accident to Number One precinct.
The officer asked me to go up
there as quickly as possible, and
keep on the lookout for the man
on the way, and to help him along
if he showed signs OF cold feet.
A. young lady who had seen the
accident, went with me on the
rear seat of the motorcycle to
identify the man II we overlook
him. @
Smart Aleck Does His Stuff,
AS we approached Tenth street
! there was 8 Ford car a little way
ahead Of US. At that instant a
Buick roadster shot by us, al
though we were going at about
25 miles an hour, being on an
emergency errand. The Buick.
turned up Tenth street in front
of the Ford without signaling
the turn. The Ford had to mako
a quick right turn to avoid a
collision, and ran into the curb.
stone.
The Buick kept on up Tenth
street and put on speed and
caught him at z street. / told
him that I was in a desperate
hurry and that If he had any
argument to make, to keep it
until later, but to go along to
Number One with me immedi-
ately IL he wanted to avoid trou.
BILE. He went along.
The Way They Tell 1t.
Boob: ST was running up the
Avenue, your honor, to get some
gas for a man who didn't look al
his tank when he started out. I
turned up Tenth street and there
wasn't a car in sight on either
Tenth street or the Avenue. L
didn't see the officer at the time.
I held my hand out when
turned at Tenth street; then I re-
membered the Ford was on my
right and held my right hand
out, too. 50 he could know I was
going to turn. The first 1 knew
that anything was wrong was
when the officer stopped me at
E street.
Can't Bother With Traffic Laws.
II have been driving for six
years and never have been before
the court"
"Have you ever been arrested
for traffic violations?"
"Why-er-al1-yes, sir. But
only for little things like running
without lights and passing street
cars and things like that. I have
always forfeited my collateral be-
cause I'm too busy to come
around to court" s-
Cop Batting.
Defense counsel: "The officer
must have been lying, your honor,
in his testimony here. Both Of
ficers in the case have been
lying. The story they tell Is con-
trary to our ideas of human
nature. Besides, they tell a story
utterly different from that Of my
client, so they must have been
lying. move that the case be
dismissed
Court Knows Who's Lying.
Reckless driving is a serious
offense, and the policy Of the
court is to impose the maximum
penalty-a $500 fine-when a case
Of actual reckless driving is
proved. There Is an element of
recklessness in this case, and the
court must fine the defendant
guilty. But it would have been
better If the officer had charged
the defendant with speeding and
failing to give signal at turn"
Reckless driving S2h