The Washington times., 1924-01-19
The Alibi
Artists
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A Skeleton Record of
Cases Tried By
Judge Schuldt
Donald McDougal-
A Diagnosis.

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Ambulance driver: Il went out
Takoma Park way for a man
that fell off a staging onto a
picket fence. The doctor looked
the patient over and said it was
hell or hospital within 20 minutes
for him. and / didn't try 20 save
any gas. ant
-sa* o@'A A Bad Turn.
I was running on the car track,
SOS to have clear road. There
was a Ford delivery truck run,
ming ahead of me, but, on the
roadway, and when l was. about
so feet behind him, he turned
left into Upsher street. He
didn't give any signal, or warm
ing OF any kind. He just turned,
Complications. g.
There's, d row of trolley poles
in the center of Georgia avenue,
and a street car was coming
north about 100 feet ahead of the
Ford. I'd been figuring on pass
ing him to the left. and he
turned too quick for me to
change my play. -.
.. There was only one thing to
do, and that was to cut in front
of the careless : driver, ,lndC then
get back to the car line before
one of the trolley poles objected.
l couldn't go to the other side of
the road because of the street
car. -
Tie Trysting Place.
knew that if I pulled any
bones in the next second and s.
half the patient wouldn't get tC
the hospital in any 20 minutes
and that I'd probably be win
him when he entered the other
place that the doctor spoke of.
Pleasant Community.
;. If there's any such thing a.
Justice; that place is full of peo-
pie who turn without warning
and I'd rather stay in Washing
ton, bad as it is. got by with
an inch or so to spare on either
side There wasn't time, Of
course, to stop for the law break
er's number. All / could do was
hope that l =. might be called on to
serve him some time in a pro-
fessional capacity.
Hears Angels Flap Wings.
The cop: II was at the cor.
ner of Georgia avenue and
Upshur and / heard the horn of
the ambulance when it was three
block away. turned around,
and saw the machine sailing
along the car tracks, and then
saw the Ford turning in front
of it. et'%"'4
The Dunnny's Warning.
The defendant held one finger
about an inch outside his car, so
no. one behind could possibly see,
and I haven't got 1t straight yet
how the ambulance made it. The
defendant cut loose through Up
shur street and 1 got him four
blocks further on. He ran forty
feet shutting off the gas. That
truck didn't. have any more
brakes than a kiddie car"
Boob: ".The ambulance was half
a block past me before / heard
the horn. 1t went by nae so fast,
that honest, your honor, I didn't
know which way it was going.
l guess l should have held my
hand out further when l turned,
but I'd looked back only few
seconds before, and there wasn't
anything in sight"
Free Insurance.
The court: ITO signal turn
is such an easy thing, and the
road to the morgue Is so long
and rough-that cobbled stretch
along Water street is> enough to
jolt you to pieces-that it seems
as though you'd better hold your
hand out a thousand times when
it isn't necessary, than to make
one trip down that way-when
that isn't necessary, either. How
about the brakes?"
oh, the. brakes-they were all
right. You see, I had the brake
Innings in my pocket all ready to
put on" '.@., :.
Sadder, but just as Dumb.
"The law says they must be
on your truck. You don't look
like a man that needs brakes on
his pocket. They don't belong
there. You've got $40 that don't
belong there either-S1O for fail
ing to give signal, and $40 on the
bad brake. charge"