The Washington times., 1924-11-12
With The
Abb Artists
la Cross Section of the
Daily Grind in Judge
SchuIdt's Court.
Read EN- and Weep.
BY DONALD M.HoDGAk
WhiIe We sIeep.


I'VE want to show that the Of.
ficers were biased against my
client your honor--that they took
him to cell and beat him I'M
conscious
Biased seems a mild term for
such an operation. But this court
can hear only one case at a time
and it's your client who is ac-
cused now, not the officers. Let's
hear something about the charges
against him sounding his horn at
4 o'clock in the morning and
arousing everyone in the neighbor-
hood.
The cop: I'VE We're running east
on r street about o'clock Satur-
day morning, and as we approach.
ed Third street car came around
the corner and stopped a hun
bred feet ahead Of us. A man
got out of the car, looked all
around wed switched our lights
Off and went into shop
II ran down and asked the man
in the car for his permit
Counsel: He was parked prop
erly. at the curb?"
YES sir.
And you asked to see his per-
NIT? What had he been doing that
was wrong?"
That's what / was trying to
find out"
Where had you come from, !"
Down southwest.
What were you doing down
there at o'clock in the morn
ing?'
police business"
What was the police business?"
Went down there to arrest
murderer =
The court: Counsel is wander
ing from the subject. Let's get
back to Third and L STREETS
Rouge Meier Felt
Counsel: I'VE want to show that
the arrest was spite work-the
hornblowing proposition was only
The court: This sounding horns
at all hours of the night has got
to stop-subterfuge or no subter-
fuge. I've called it worse than
that myself"
The Halter Draw.
But if we cna show that the
But IL we can show that the
officers suspected my client was a
bootlegger-"
Cant let him go on that ac-
count. Bootleggers don't have
any special privileges in this
court. The only question now is
whether the Observation-Disclosures
ger, angel, murderer, or what
made an unnecessarily loud noise
with hts sounding apparatus. Let's
hear the evidence on that. This
court has jurisdiction over traf-
fic cases only"
With Good Opinion.
But the police took him to a
cell and beat him up-''
That's not traffic case"
The cop: while was exam.
lining the permit / looked up
Third street and saw two cars
coming south pretty slow. / told
my partner, who was watching
the other way, There's his supply
train now. He said: I'll get EN-
and ran toward Third street to
head them off. Then the defen-
. dant sounded several short, loud
blasts on his horn until l took
him into custody and ordered him
to stop. When the horn sounded
the two machines speeded up and
my partner had to jump for his
life."
Boob: He made me get out
OF my car while he was looking
at the permit and his partner
drove up in another machine and
stopped in front of me. They
wouldn't let me get back in my
car, although had done nothing
wrong"
Counsel: did he give your
permit back?'
Yes sir: He didn't even look
at it. He said TO hell with your
permit and you too. Watch me
get those cars on Third street. :"
And when you got your per-
nit back you wanted to leave?"
Yes sir. But the other car
was in front of me, and honked
for it to get out Of the way.
just went bling! bling! like that"
The court: How many times
did you bling! bing!"
II don't remember.
THE court finds you guilty
of unnecessarily sounding your
horn"
Counsel: He wanted the other
car to clear the way for him
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