The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-18
The Alibi
Artists
A Skeleton Record Of
Cases Tried By
Judge Mcmahon.
By Donald Med oug0l-
When BOObs Hurry.

WHEN DOODS 1AuEIJs
From the racket heard be-
hind me as I was crossing Nine
teenth street at Pennsylvania
avenue, your honor, / thought
! they were pulling off another
bootleg circus, and I looked
around as the defendant shot by
In a Buick touring car"
Automobile Courtesy.
He passed you at the intersec.
ton, did hep"
Yes, sir. We both passed the
center mark at almost the same
time. When he got about six
inches ahead Of me he moved
over in front and / nearly had to
run up on the sidewalk to avoid
him.
The Road Hog In His Glory.
There was bunch Of people
near the car track. waiting for q
westbound street ear just behind
US, and three ladies were crossing
from the curb. He seemed to
catch sight OF them about the
time he cut in front of me, and
slammed on his brakes.
Reducing Exercise
"They squeaked and two or
three women in the crowd squeak
ed, too, and jumped for their
lives. Some ran onto the track
in front Of the street car and
gave the motornan heart dis
ease, and some ran toward the
curb about two, feet in front of
my machine and gave me a
funny feeling in the pit Of my
stomach, like what you have
when you go down in an elevator
too fast.
Lizzie Lets Loose.
when got clear of the crowd
went after the Buick for all my
lizzie could do. I had the car
bon cleaned out and the valves
ground day before yesterday, and
she was in pretty good shape.
She was going thirty-five miles
an hour at the most charitable
estimate, but I didn't get within
hailing distance Of the Buick until
we'd passed Twenty-second street.
Price SIS.
A westbound taxi was Just
ready to turn into the curb In
front of a house in the middle
of the block, and the defendant
passed him on the right just
about as he did it. The taxi
stopped pretty quick, leaving mo
about three inches clearance.
Permit Mill Graduate.
My idea was to run past the
the taxi, force the defendant to
the curb and get in front of him,
but he had a different idea.
Just as I had him pretty well
pocketed. he turned into Twenty.
second street without signal, and
avoided running up on the left
sidewalk by miracle. He re-
peated the performance when he
turned into X street.
Pleasant Duty.
had the captain of my pre-
cinct in with me, and he said
Get that man. Lizzie acted like
a perfect lady, and sewed the
D0A~h ~ JOSI DCAOAC ACd[AAAAS
Twenty.first street. was crawl
ing over the captain to get out
and arrest the man, when /
heard the Bucks engine speed
ing up. I got out the left side
without unfastening the cur.
tains and jumped on the defen-
dant's runningboard.
Finds pIoro IN por1x
''IIe said he wasn't trying to
get away, but was making room
for me so I wouldn't block traf-
fic. I took him to Number
Three and they made room for
him so he wouldn't block traf-
fic for a while, either"
Boob: 'I'vc nothing to say,
your honor"
The court: There's four
charges against you. You'd bet
ter have something to say"
"I was in a hurry. / really
didn't have time to observe the
little niceties Of the traffic regu-
lations."
"Now you1l have a chance to
observe the little penalties Of the
traffic regulations"
Failing to give signal, S.; pass
ing a vehicle at street intersec-
ton, $780, passing a vehicle on the
right. SIS; speeding. $40.