The Washington times., 1924-09-29
With The
.Alibi Artists.
A Cross Section Of the
Daily Grind III Judge
McMahon's Court
Read En- and Weep.
BY DONALD McrOUCAL.
Ioe Miller I3aw

pltai except one, ana ne can't
get around here very well be-
cause he's got 4 wrsnched knee.
He'll come, though, Il it's neces-
sary. The defendant has signi-
fled his intention to plead guilty
and ] am familiar with the facts
in the case,
Let's hear about iii"
There was Ford crossing
Sixth street on Maryland avenue
southwest at 8 o'clock b. M,
September "a, your honor. They
had about 5 feet more to 70
when the defendant, In q Peer
less, knocked them ever on the
wrong side Of Maryland avenue.
1 A hydrant stopped the Peerless
and the driver ran away. The
Ford driver wasn't thrown as
far down Sixth street as the
lady beside him was, because he
got tangled up with the Peerless
bumper.
'Bystanders followed 4 trail Of
oil, pasteboard, tin, sparkpIuRs,
blood, lip sticks, powder puffs,
door keys, and fudge recipes
down toward the arsenal and
found the lady asleep ia the gut
ter. Another lady was sleeping
'On what was left of the rear
seat of the Ford. There were
50 many criss-cross cuts on her
that she reminded me Of Cubist
painting called Lady Finishing
an Auto Drive When we tried
to trace the owner Ct the Peer
less by the tags, We found they
had been issued for Chevrolet,
and it wasn't till last night that
we succeeded in arresting the
defendant. The Ford driver has
just limped Ia here and
Let him take the stand"
Ford driver: Il heard the
trial was to be held today. your
Honor, and thought I'd like to
hear how the accident occurred"
Were you the man that was
driving the Ford 2"
Yes, sif."
What happened q"
We were nearly across Sixth
street and / felt q strain on my
arm and someone said, He's
dead, ] tell you. Leave him
there till the coroner comes
Another voice said, Dead moth
ing. Al man can't be dead and
bleed the way he is. Lay hold
Of him. Then the strain on my
arm increased and they had me
lying on my back on the side
walk"
when did you first see the
defendant Z"
In court here this morning.
Boob: "I'm guilty, your Honor.
I have nothing else to say"
Reckless driving, $3.50, or
thirty days; leaving after coll
iding $40, or thirty days; dYiv-
ing with wrong tags, $40, or
ten days"
After Adjournment.
Alibi man: How did. you 10.
cate that Peerless dummy when
no one saw him, and he had
wrong tags on his car Z"
Officer Milton d. Smith:
There's always something short
about traffic law violators. IL
they haven't got sense enough
to drive in accordance with the
law, they haven't got sense
enough to escape its penalty.
If they're too dumb to drive
without making e mess of it,
they're too dumb to plan q get
away without making q mess
Of it.
when ! looked up this de-
PENDANTS tags, / found they
were issued for q Chevrolet to
q man over in northeast. ]
went there and found he'd
moved. ! visited six transfer
companies and gotN his new
address. He said he'd sold the
Chevrolet about two months
ago to an Aloysius w. Smith.
He insisted on Smith providing
new tags. for the Chevrolet, and
threw the old ones into a trash
barrel.
II went back there and looked
around in the alley. There
was q double garage opposite
the place and ona-half of it
was empty. It was empty
when ] was there the first time,
too. A youngster nanod Tony
Smith said it had been empty
since Thursday, although It
was occupied every day for
long time before that. / asked
him what kind Of q car it was
and he said, a Peerless there's
the man that owns it now /
didn't have any warrant then,
and couldn't arrest the man.
Then / went back to Sixth and
Maryland avenue and found q
couple who had seen the acct
dent--a Mr.. and Mrs. T. M.
Smith. They said the Peerless
went past so quick that they
didn't see the driver, and he
ran away while they were at
tending the wounded. While
Twas talking with them a
twelve-year-old youngster, Az
bert Smith
Alibi Man: "What the heck is
this, reunion Of the Smith
family ~
"Well, it's a case of too much
Smith for the Peerless one"
Sounds like New York poll
tics"
well, Albert said he talked