The Washington times., 1924-06-25
JUDGE HUNT, OF
BETHESDA,
HURT
Former District Policeman is
jailed in Rockville For
Speeding

attend a session of the orphans
court, OF which ne is one of the
judges, Harry J. Hunt, of Bethesda,
who is also connected with the
Assessors Office of the District of
Columbia, sustained painful injuries
in an automobile accident. and his
colored chauffeur, Cleve Ripper,
was seriously hurt.
The accident occurred at the in.
tersection Of Bradley Lane and the
1ackvllIe pike. To prevent the car
ne was driving colliding with a car
turning into the Rockville pike
from Bradley Lane, Judge Hunt
turned sharply to one side of the
| road and his car went down
five-foot embankment, turning over.
The steering wheel was pressed
violently against his chest and fly
ing glass cut one of Ripper's eyes
| so seriously that it Is feared the
sight was destroyed. Both were
brought to Rockville and given
treatment by Doctor Linthicum and
were later taken to the Hunt home.
Doctor Dinthicum could not def
!nltely determine the extent of
Judge Hunts injuries but was Of
the opinion that he was not seri-
| ously hurt internally and would be
about in a few days.
For driving his automobile in ex.
cess OF sixty miles an hour on the
Rockville pike late Sunday night,
John w. Carroll, former member
OF the District Of Columbia police
force, was fined $3.50 and costs by
Judge Samuel Riggs in the police
court here. He was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff E. v. Caywood, who
swore that he chased him for sew.
eral miles and fired two shots in
an effort to make him stop. Car
roll admitted his guilt. He was
committed to jail, where he will be
held until he raises the amount.
Something like forty Of the public
school teachers of Montgomery
county are about to enter summer
schools for courses of six weeks.
George Washington, University of
Maryland, University of Virginia,
University Of Chicago, Asheville
Normal School and Columbia Col
iege will be the institutions at
tended. Those who will attend in
clude: Mrs. Myra He'll, Mrs. Ola
Burdette, Mrs. Stella E. Thomas,
Mrs. Lulu B. Ricketts,. Mrs. Mary
ShanholtZ, Mrs. Ethel Van Hoessen,
Mrs. Hattie Kingdom, Mrs. Lucy
Barnsley, Mrs. Norman Smith, Mrs.
Calphurnia Monday, Mrs. Anna
Mackey, Misses Victoria Jones,
Anna White, Hazel Long, Maude
England, Elizabeth Griffith, Cath.
arine Riordan, Pearl Clements, Edna
Hauke, Ivy Fulks. Helen Wood
Leila Hendricks, Ella Wootton,
Eleanor Maughlin, Genevieve Bour-
deaux. Carolyn Howard, Elizabeth
Bowman. Nevis DUNCAN, Evelyn
McAtee and Professor Thomas w.
Pyle, Professor Harry S. Beall,
James w. White, Guy Jewell. Will
liam Baker and A. c. Bready. A
part of the expenses will be paid
by the county board Of education.
| Licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court here for
the marriage Of the following: John
w. Mill, aged %, and Miss Margaret
Williams, 10, both of Richmond,
Va; Emil A. Krause, %, of Wash
ington and Miss Grace Ogle, of
Marlboro, Md; Emert E. Pohle, %,
and Miss Myrtle G. Aufebauer, 81,
both Of Takoma Park, Nd. and
Henry A. Andre, AZ, and Mrs. Helen
A. Lawler, "a, both of Washington.
Jack C. Carter, Of 4414 Four
tenth street northwest, Washing
ton, paid a fine of $25 and costs
in the police court here yesterday
after he had been found guilty of
driving car on the Seventh street
pike, near Sligo, in excess Of the
speed limit. He pleaded not guilty and
testified his car was not capable
Of travelling as fast as the officer
who made the arrest-Guy Jones
said which was thirty-five mile an
hour. Judge Samuel Riggs had the
speed of the car tested by Officers
Jones and Lawrence Clagett, who
took Carter along, and they in.
formed the court that 1t went at
the rate of fifty-two miles an hour
for them. Carter then admitted that
his speedometer was probaly out
of order.
: Unless investigation in the neigh.
borhood where he lives develops
that he is a much better citizen
than evidence in the police court
here yesterday showed him to be,
William Fairfax. colored, of the
, vicinity of Travilah, this county, is
very likely to be given a demonstra.
ton here within the next few days
of what the whipping post means.
Following his conviction on a
charge of assaulting his wife,
States Attorney Garrett suggested
. that the defendant deserved a dose
of his own medicine and Judge
Riggs said that he thought so, too,
but would defer sentence for a few
days until inquiry could be made
about him. Within the last few
years, several penalties Of the kind
have been carried out in Rockville,
always, so the authorities say, with
good effects on the persons whip
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