Evening star., 1923-02-06

dragged and plainly left their marks
IN the street
When arrested, the boy showed the
drivers permit OF another person.
frankly admitting il did not belong to
him. He said he had a permit to drive
In South Carolina, but had left II
somewhere else. Asked why the
prisoner had managed to run into the
hrst car. when IL plainly showed red
light. one OF the boys who accom-
panied him said a friend had called
from the pavement and he had turned
to answer. Other witnesses Judged
his speed to have been twenty five
miles an hour on busy street.
"Mistake In Coats,
officer Hauschild asked: How did
you get hold OF this other permit ?
OF course" he said, you happened to
pick up his coat by mistake and found
the license in it. didn't you?" The
prisoner smiled. So did a very prom
prisoner during the hearing. Haus-
child disappeared for a minute, re-
turned and said:
I'VE will dismiss the speeding
charge and the second charge OF
colliding. You may pay $40 for the
first charge Of colliding and $40 for
failure to have a permit. providing
you go up to the District building
and get one Immediately.
Why" mildly inquired the OBJ
server. did you let that boy down
SO easy?"
We'll. you see" replied the police
man, there was not evidence of in
tent TO deliberately collide. We nolle
pressed the other two charges. Have
you a colliding case?"
The observer replied that he was
sorry that he had not and turned TO
another case. One OF those drivers
known to all motorists had park ID
his automobile with the front so
came along, bumped 1t and threw 1t
into a third car. The owner of the
third machine asked one Of the po-
liceman at the bargain counter for
dence the policeman. acting in his
capacity as a judge. refused a war
rant to either the owner OF the dam
aged car or the policeman who ac-
companied him
By the time the observer had
fic court had opened, the other cases
had been completed and the room was
cleared. The effect of this bargain
counter" justice may be seen through
q comparison of cases actually tried
before Judge Hardison. who an
nounced that he would give reckless
drivers the limit" II brought before
him in traffic court and the number
Of prisoners who failed to answe er
their names and were marked as for
feiting collateral.
When the observer entered tho cor
poration counsers office, where the
colliding cases are tried before the
bargain counter" the room was SIM
ply packed. Out of thirty nine per-
sons marked as posting collateral for
violations of the traffic regulations,
only two answered their names in
court The others had either forfeited
minor sums at the precinct stations
or had settled their case an hour
earlier. One of the two who an
swered was man charged with
driving while Intoxicated, who wanted
q jury trial and merely answered
his name before Judge Hardtson as a
matter Of form.
OYSTER FOR "JAIL CURE"
Commissioner Oyster cana out
strongly today in favor Of jail SEN
tences for automobile speeders as the
most effective remedy for Washing
tons traffic situation.
The Commissioner voiced his views
in commenting on story in The Star
yesterday. describing the "hard-boil-
ed" justice meted out to traffic vio-
lators by Judge Bartlett in Detroit
The Commissioner advocated the
adoption of Bartlett" methods in
Washington, declaring that it would
accomplish what we have been striv-