The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-05
WITH THE
AIIBI
ARTISTS

THE TRAFFIC COURT
IN CROSS SECTION
Low Down,

Witness: II was about 6s
o'clock p. M, your honor and &
was coming down Calvert street
near Adams Mill road. When i
was about 5 feet from the curb
heard the noise Of q motor. and
then saw d lot of stars some
real and some not. / was living
on my back trying to count them
when the defendant picked me up
ana carried me into the house.
Yellow.
It took him quite 4 while to
get me on my feet, ana 1 was
staring at his license tag ali
the time. 4 guess I'll remember
that number as long as live.
After he got me into the house
he asked for q sheet Of paper and
wrote g name and address on iii
which he said was his, ana ht1r.
ried out to report the accident.
His Number.
Ny wife called up the station
about an hour later. and they
said no report had been made. /
gave them the name and the
license number, hut they said the
man must have given 81 fictitious
i name, not knowing I had his
number. They sent an officer to
look up the owner OF the license,
and he brought the defendan.
around and : people identified
him. =
Didn't Kiss Him.
Boob: Il had Just turned the
corner at Calvert street when I
saw q man In front OF mo.
didn't kave time to turn and I
hit him. Dnly knocked him
q or 3 feet. When I carried him
into the house his attitude was
hostile, so I gave q fictitious
name. i offered 10 take him to-
the hospital, or call & doctor Or.
get medicine, but he refused
them all, and kept asking for my
name.
She Has Our Sympathy.
81 wanted to report the accident
before he did, because / thought
that would make Ii easier for me
IL he sued. ] intended to report
on the way home, but my wife was
so unstrung by the occurrence that
decided to wait until morning, but
In the meantime the officer came
and arrested me. It wasn't my
fault, because my windshield was
covered with rain ~
A Dirty AIibi.
Well, it certainly wasn't the in
] jured mans fault. 1T is the duty
of motorists to exercise especial
care on rainy nights. A dirty wind
3 shield cannot be accepted as an ex-
cuse for running over people. Your
action In giving a wrong name and
address shows that you felt yong
self at fault. but your offer 10
take the injured man to the hos
pital shows that you are not en-
tirely devoid OF decencv, like so
many motorists who run away and
leave their victims to die alone.
{ The court will consider this In fix
ing the penalty. But there is no
excuse for giving wrong name.
Colliding, SIS; leaving without
giving name, SIS
Lizzie's Marrow Squeak.
He was running west on ~
street, your honor, at q rate that
looked a bit ambitious to me-
set my speedometer and ran across
Sixteenth street with him at tWsn-
ty-eight miles an hour. He crossed
Connecticut avenue at thirty, and
missed a southbound touring car
by about a foot and half.
When he arrived at Eighteenth
street an old gentleman was step
ping off the curb. II he E1adn's
been a pretty lively old gentleman
he'd have been a pretty dead old
gentleman. He was pretty scared
old gentleman when / passed him,
but he walked down half g. block
TO where l had stopped the de-
PENDANT to tell me about It.
Boob: THE old gentleman didn't
complain until he. saw the officer
stop me, your honor"
A Dispute Over Speed.
II you We're running past him
at thirty miles an hour, it is diff
ficult to see how he could COM
plain until the officer stopped
YOU"
was only going seventeen.
1T doesn't seem to the court that
anyone would go half q block out
OF the way to speak against You IL
you We're only going seventeen
miles an hour. You can pay a fine
or SID and watch your step after
this-and your speedoneter."