The Washington times., 1924-11-15
With The
|Aibi Artists
"a Cross Section Of the
Daily Grind in Judge
SchuIdt's Court.
Read EN- and Weep.
By DONALD MsrOUGAL

49, SsteiAsst. 49, 1870 =
step out. :
The court; y Where's the first
Witness?"
"a diseinbodied. voice from the
witness box, like q manifestation
from q spoolSs dealers cabinetl
Here i am, Mr.. Judge.
BY standing on her tiptoes, the
witness raises cute little gnuD
nose, with the usual proportion
OF eyes, etc. above the rail. a
wonderful hat, with q red what
dosyol-call.it accompaniment, re-
tains its position on the sleek
looking / kobbed hair by sheer
miracle. With all Of which, the
witness reminds us Of a ribbon
entangled kitter peelking out from
Auntlc Mabel's work basket. u.
DO you go toSschool, little. grit"
< Yes sir. ]"
What grade are you in2''
'fThe high fourth.
You like togo to school. don't
your, M
NOR,
''You seem to be q very truth.
full. witness. anyhow. Tell US about
the accident.
II was crossing Q street at
Connecticut avenue and - lazy
came along in an automobile ana
knocked me down. She just turned
the wheels away from me anu
drove on"
ibid you see who was driving
the automobilc?
No sir"
How do you know Il was 2
lady7''
II saw her hat.
Defense counsel "a solemn LOOK
ing man, with a dignified bearing,
impressive shell trimmed glasses, p
somber coat. a triumphant neck
tie, and his twin brother. ap.
parently, as associate counsel,
with whom he holds whispered
and cautious consultation before
each question propounded to the
delegate from the high fourth:
aYou got up and ran out Of the
street as soon as you were hit
didn't you?"
No, sir"
what did you DOR
II cried
what did you cry for?''
"The wheel almost went over
my hand, and / was frightened.
If my hand was cut off couldn't
make any more dresses for my
doll, or help mamma with the
dishes"
Responding to questions: II was
dizzy. don't remember how !
got to the sidewalk. / tried to
crawl into a stree-box. I was
afraid another lady might come
along. Someone took me home
and put me in mammals lap"
Witness: "Our machine broke
down on Connecticut avenue near
Dupont circle, your honor, and
my husband put me on a Mt.
Pleasant car and gentleman
gave me a seat next the win
dow. A little girl was crossing
@ street, and when she reached
about the center or the roadway
a Cadillac closed car ran around
from Connecticut avenue and hit
the little one. The lady who was
driving the Cadillac looked around,
saw the little girl squirming on
the pavement, and drove away
very fast.
81 made the conductor stop the
car and went back there and
found the little girl lying close
to tree-box, moaning. I took
her home"
Can you identity the lady who
was driving?"
mo, SIR
How was she dressed?"
The Modern Woman.
"I didn't notice. was thinking
Of the child"
Wish we had space to tell
about the sixteen.year-old boy who
''heard a scream, looked around
and saw q little girl rolling over
and over in the street, and a
Cadillac coupe speeding away from
her." how he determined no .one
should get away with a stunt like
that; how he wrote the lady's IL
cense number on cigarette paper
and gave it to the police; Dad
business, son smoking dulls the
wits); how he was able to fix the
time of the accident within five
minutes. and all the cross-examin-
ing and surprise questions and
whisperings of the judicial Gold
Dust Twins couldn't shake him
by fraction Of a second; about
the man who was headed east on
@ street, 100 feet or so from the
crossing how he pulled into the
curb when the lady speeded up
from the dirt-covered body on the
cross-walk because he didn't know
what she'd do next" how he fol-
lowed her for several blocks, and
the speedy Cadillac left him only
one square from the lady's door, as
It came out afterward; how he Jot-
ted her license number on q letter
that wouldn't have been mailed
otherwise; how the DEFENDANTS
alibi blew UP with all hands aboard
at three questions from Judge
Schuldt; how he branded the lady's
action as cruel and heartless and
deserving the highest penalty for
running away after an accident
$40 or thirty days. Which doesn't
seem at all excessive.
The lady took an appeal and
loudly told the officer in the case
to Ego along and mind your own
business" when he asked her age
for the records.
. And IL shed picked the victim
up and carried her home, all
would have been well, because
the court found the defendant
not guilty of colliding, and the
doctor found the victim not Sc.
riously hurt,