The Washington times., 1924-04-17
The Abb
Artists
A Skeleton Record Of
Cases Tried By
Judge Mcmahon.
BY Donald McDougal--
The Dumber the Faster.

"o WcAAAA6 dCAOS6 ONR~A@S
Circle at Massachusetts avenue,
your honor, about l o'clock
Thursday morning. There is a
lot Of careless driving IN that vi
cinity after midnight. 80 I looked
In every direction a car could
come from, before stepping off
the curb. was about half way
to the car track when the de-
PENDANT swung around the circle
at something like forty miles an
hour and put me to sleep with
his left front fender.
A Mild Case.
When / found myself on my
feet and someone was saying,
Can you stand UP alone long
enough for me to write that fell
lows NUMBER I told him to go
ahead and write it anyhow. /
was pretty sore for day or two
but there were no bones broken"
He's Still Driving.
Witness: 81 was crossing Con-
necticut avenue at Dupont Circle
When heard q noise over to-
ward Massachusetts, avenue and
looked around as the defendants
headlights fell on a man Just
stepping off the curb. The car
skidded around the corner and
passed on leaving the man twist
Ing and squirming on the ground.
The Surviving Witness.
Il ran toward him and the
headlights fell on me. / lodged
and read the license number as
the defendants car swung into
p street. He had turned around
after. hitting the pedestrian and
/ could see his number pretty
plain while he was picking up
speed.
Yellow.
"A man on the front seat with
the defendant leaned out and
looked back at the victim, then
said something to the driver just
as they passed me, but / couldn't
hear what 1t was. He must have
been going about forty miles an
hour when he disappeared down
p street.
His Number.
II didn't stop to write down
the number then, because 1t seemed
more important to get the man
out of the street before some
other traffic yegg came along. I
lifted him to his feet, helped him
to the curb, and then wrote the
defendants number before there
was any chance Of forgetting it.
Then we reported to the police"
Counsel: MY client has pleaded
guilty, your honor"
The Court: STAND upr'
Paste GentiIity.
The defendant stands up. A
young, clean-cut, well.groomed
person. Everything. about him,
from the carefully brushed and
artistically arranged neckwear to
the manicured finger nails present
as startling an impersonaticn Of
a gentleman as you can find out
side the brotherhood Of profes.
sional escorts. why" thought
the Alibi Man, docs an individual
who obviously Is striving his ut
most to appear well-bred, why
does he place himself on a level
with cotton-tail rabbit" Some.
how, as we noted that eye.jogging
display of haberdashery, we
couldn't help thinking of a royal
flush with a measly deuce sub.
stituting for the king.
The Hair-Splitter.
Counsel: I'D like to call your
honor's attention to one point in
the prosecutions testimony-that
the defendant went around the
circle at forty miles an hour. I
think, your honor. will agree with
me that such Il sharp turn can.
not be made at that speed"
The court: "Quite likely. Forty
dollars or thirty days each for
colliding and for leaving after
cOllidIng."
The Other Side Of the Shield.
Because he refrained from
shooting the driver of a bootleg
delivery wagon he was chasing,
before smoke screen could be
thrown out, Policeman John
Nicola, of No. 2 precinct, will
remain in Emergency Hospital
for a long time, with a gashed
foot and a compound fracture of
the leg that may leave him
cripple for life.