The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-22
The Abb
Artists
A Skeleton Record Of
Cases Tried By
Judge Mcmahon.
BY Donald McD ougal
They Always Get EN-.

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II heard a woman scream
pretty loud, your honor, and /
looked down Seventh street from
my stand at New York avenue
where was directing traffic
and saw the defendant running
through q crowd of people wait.
ing to board a north.bound car
at the southeast corner.
The Thinner the Safer.
''The girl that screamed was
caught between the defendants
left running board and the street
car. She was wearing one Of
those criscrosB striped dresses and
the way she was plastered against
the rear door she looked like
a waffle dripping with honey.
Wants Speaking Part.
"Tho defendant ran north pretty
fast, and I stepped out from my
stand and signaled him to stop.
He turned his machine toward me
and stepped on the gas. I'd
rather give testimony In court
than be evidence at the morgue,
20 I gave him the road and step.
ped on the running board OF q
Buick touring car coming out OF
Massachusetts avenue, and told
the driver to go after the run
away.
Gone, But Net Forgotten.
II had the defendants number
and good look at his face. so !
loid the Buick man not to go
over forty miles an hour. We
lost sight of him down by Con.
vention Hall. About q month
after that he drove past a Georgia
avenue street car / was on, and
got away while I was sQuirming
through the crowd.
Amy More Like This, Major?
Last November caught him
at Seventh and Florida avenue.
with a different set Of tags on
his car and no. permit in his
pocket. The day before the trial
he jumped his bail. got word
that he was in Baltimore and
went there to look him up. I
located him, but he kept out of
reach. Altogether, 1 went over
there four times"
Were you authorized to do
that?"
mo, sir. went when I was
off duty, and paid my own ex-
penses. It cost me over $40 to
get that man, but 1t was worth
it.
The Court Says Something.
1.-THE last time, followed him
for about an hour, and he finally
went to the w. B. & A. station
and boarded a train for Wash
ington. / boarded it. too. and
when we crossed the District line
/ arrested him. He didn't have
any bail to jump this time"
Boob: "I've nothing to say,
your honor"
THE court will consolidate the
permit and disobeying signal
charges with the reckless driving
charge, and you can pay a fine
Of 800 or 30 days. On the two
charges of dead tags you are
fined SO each"
The Flight Instinct.
Bailiff latter adjournment): "You
know that bird that the cop at
Seventh and X chased to Balti-
more and back?"
''Uhuh."
"Well, he ran away again
jumped out Of the wagon as
soon as the door opened at the
Jail, and started for Baltimore
again, but on foot this time. The
driver also ran and got him down
in the marsh by the Eastern
Branch. stuck in the mud. When
the others got there, the prisoner
looked as though he'd been to a
wedding and wasn't the best
man."
$50 they got him, did they?"
"Yup. They always get EN-"
Thinks He's the p. o. Dept.
''This man pulled up to the
curb in front Of a cigar store,
your honor, about fifty feet from
where was standing on Ninth
street. Without shutting OF his
engine heo ran into the store and
out again just as I came UP to
the car.
Sight Controlled Engine.
when I asked him what was
the idea In leaving his engine
running he said he was only gone
q couple of seconds, and was
watching the car through the
store window 30 he didn't have
to shut the engine off,"
Boob: II just ran into the store
for some cigarettes, your honor
RefOrmers' Opportunity.
The traffic regulations don't
say anything about cigarettes,
but they're quite voluminous on
the subject Of leaving ydur motor
running and unattended. S."