The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-29
The Abb
Artists
"A Skeleton Record Of
Cases Tried By
Judge Sch1lldt.
BY Donald Mel oug0l-
By Donald Med Ougal-
Right-of.Way Grabber.

0A8utrOIsWAy UE1UV0Es
There was q car running ahead
Of me along Florida avenue. your
honor, and the defendant, coming
down Benning road, pulled up to
let him by. Then he stepped, on
the gas and knocked me into
the Emergency Hospital with q
sprained shoulder and q smashed
front wheel.
AlphOnse.Gast Stuff.
Boob: "I thought the man com
/, ing up Florida avenue was going
to stop for me. your honor, until
he yelled look out, where you're
going, fool and made a sharp
right turn to clear me.
The Ruling Passion.
''I swerved to the left SOS to
help him, and heard something
crunch under my right front
wheel. From the conversation
that followed thought q prayer
meeting was being held under
my car until the officer scrambled
out and asked to see my permit,
Plays FavOrites.
1.-THE reason hit the officers
motorcycle was that all my at
tention went to the other car
The court: There are several
thousand cars in washington, and
you must not think that your
entire duty Is discharged in dodg-
ing one Of them.
On Margin.
1.-THE officer and the other man
were on your right and reached
the intersection first, and you
should not have tried to run by
on such q narrow margin"
Dumping, $26; failing to give
right OF way, $40.
Help the Hospital Drive.
IT was running through the
slush on Vermont avenue, your
honor, with one eye on a U street
car that looked as though 1t was
going to stop, and the other on q
Jaywalker trying to keep his feet
dry at the expense Of a trip to the
hospital.
A Bumper Crop.
when I saw the street car was
really going to stop / crossed in
front Of 1t at about eight miles an
hour. My rear wheels had just
cleared the car track when the de-
PENDANT shot out from behind the
car, hooked my Ford touring onto
his bumper, carried US to the east
side of u street and put my
daughter to sleep in the slush.
The Optimist.
Boob: THAT place Is not stop
point, your honor, and / was about
two feet back of the front door
when the street car began to slow
up, so ! couldn't see the man COM
ing down Vermont avenue until
had cleared the street car. I ap.
piled my brakes, but the street
was slippery, / didn't have any
chains on and skidded into him.
1t was an unavoidable accident"
Must Avoid Unavoidable Accidents.
The court: VERY likely; but
driving without chains wasn't I'M
avoidable; running at such a speed
that you sktdded across the street
wasn't unavoidable; passing an
other vehicle at crossing wasn't
unavoidable. And the slippery con-
dition OF the streets should have
induced you to drive more eau.
tiously. The conclusion that you
are guilty Of carelessly colliding,
however, is unavoidable. $25."
Help 1t Again.
HE was scooting through e
street toward Pension Park at
twenty-five miles an hour without
lights about o'clock yesterday
evening, your honor"
Business First.
Boob: II only had a few blocks
to go, your honor. I know the
lights Jared out occasionally, but
l didn't know they were out
then. I turned them on when I
left my office, and didn't have a
chance to look at them afterward.
l had some important business
to attend to-"
Keeping Alive, for Instance.
The court: You might have
collided with someone who had
still more important business to
attend to-"
Speed, SO; no lights, S..