The Washington times., 1924-05-19
THE ALIBI,
ARTISTS
A Skeleton Record Of
Cases Tried BY
Judge SchuIdt
By DONALD McDOUGAL.
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AAACC bhlAOEo were cunning W
g street toward Eighth southeast,
in Dodge touring car at some
thing like thirty miles an hour,
your honor. A lady was crossing
there, and she was about half
way to the center when she saw
them headed for her! She realized
she couldn't make 1t and ran part
of the way hack to the curb. The
Dodge knocked her the rest Of
the, way, and while my partner
picked her up. / hailed the do
PENDANT.
He took one look back and
crossed Eighth street at just about
all he could do. A man in q
Studebaker drew up and asked.
DO you want to catch that bird?'
The sailor had a half a block
lead, and he kept It for three
blocks, when we began to over.
take him. We could beat him on
a straight stretch, but he had 1t
on us at the corners. So he
turned about every other one he
came to, only we didn't know
which way he was going to turn.
He had Us by a block at North
Carolina avenue and Third. Then
he switched his lights off, but the
Studebaker man threw on his
bright ones ana kept them play.
Ing on the Dodge till we lost him
at First and r. We picked him
up again at Virginia avenue and
X. He was doing about forty five
miles an hour most of the time"
Did he run at rs after he
switched his lights Off"
Yes, sir. He ran about eight
blocks that way"
His Peeve.
Witness: II was turning into q
street from Ninth about s o'clock
last night, your honor, when
Dodge touring car with three
sailors in 1t missed me so close
that smelled iodoform the rest
OF the night. Another two feet
and I'd have been a corpse. got
sort Of irritated and tried to get
the mans number. The lady was
just stepping off the curb when
got Strengthened out on G street.
The Dodge knocked her back to
the curb where q policeman
picked her up, and / slowed down
to twenty miles an hour and an
other officer hoped my running
board.
The sailor switched his lights of
after he'd gone three or four
blocks. but threw my big ones
on him and we were gradually
crawling up until somewhere
around First and F streets he
must have lodged into an alley
and we lost him.
Good Judge Of BOobs.
The officer said. IT know where
that bimbo's going. You beat 1t
over to Virginia avenue and K"
The sailor forgot to switch his
lights on again ana that's how we
recognized him there, jogging
along at about fifteen miles an
hour"
Boob: THAT car won't make
forty-five. your honor"
How about twenty-five-will it
make that?"
"Well. might get twenty-five
out Of 1t. But was only going
twenty at the most last night.
1t wasn't my fault I hit the lady
she stepped in my way, and IL
/ hadn't made an awful quick
turn I'd have killed her. tried
to sound my horn, but it was
disconnected"
Merry Maiden and the Tar.
Then you knew you hit herr"
Eyes. SIR"
"And you drove away, without
stopping to see how much she
was injured. or offering to take
her to the hospital"
well, saw the officers there
and I knew she'd be taken care
Of. / just got excited wanted
to get away"
us that why you switched your
lights Off"
II didn't switch 'em Off-they
Jared out"
"And you were only going
twenty miles an hour?"
"Well. / guess I may have been
going q little faster"
Breakers Ahead.
The court: IT guess so too.
You're charged with reckless
driving, no permit, wrong tags,
colliding and leaving after col
liding. The court will consolidate
these items into one charge Of
reckless driving, because they're
all part of the same transaction.
The custom Of bringing too many
charges, when one would suffice,
pads the accident list, and Is
misleading statistically. Three
hundred dollars or ninety days.