The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-29
The Alibi
Artists
A Skeleton Record Of
Cases Tried By
Judge SchuIdt
BY Donald Dousal-
Looking Backward.

"I'd been visiting at my broth
er.in-law's, on Florida avenue OPP.
posite the Deaf and Dumb Asy-
lum, your honor, and had left
my cara Hupmobile-parked in
front of the house. We were all
standing on the porch talking,
when my sister looked over my
shoulder and said, There goes
your car
1T looked around quick and
saw Buick touring car headed
for my machine at q pretty stiff
gait, the driver facing to the rear
and apparently not much in
terested in where he was going
or how many cars he smashed
getting there.
Important Use for Trees.
Someone in the back seat
warmed him, and he turned around
in time to land a 500 smash on
the left rear corner of my sedan.
The blow knocked the Hupp onto
the sidewalk and headed it for
the living room window Of tho
dwelling next door. A tree
stopped it from entering the
house."
Boob: "Ah wuz adriv'n' wiz
nah lady frien' an a gemman
FUN Bun1minham-"
From whereT'
"Fum OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ham, Alabam, yO' honnah."
"And you were so interested
In. the gentleman from BirIning.
ham that you couldn't keep your
eyes to the 'front.'"
A Dark Secret.
"No, sab, yo' honnah. But
dishyer friend o. mine, he's a
palmist, and he wuZ a'splalnin'
dish yer pahmistry foolishness to
nah friend She whz a-sett'n on
de from seat, side O. me, an she
hatta put her hans back o. de
seat, an de weddah cole, an she
say. oh, that make NAH ham
coe,' jes' lax that. She done AK
me stop de cab so she can get In
de back seat, WHARF he can 'splain
It bettah, and she won't be so
cole. That huccome All look back
'casion'ly."
"A OCuSUE0U OuEE1CUAuIUs
IL see. You wanted your Ala
bama friend to teach you palm.
istry, too?"
mo, sab, yo' honnah. All wan
ma see he don't each her nothin'
but pahmistry."
This is undoubtedly a case of
negligence-"
"No, sab, yo' honnah. All done
watch 'em cloSt-'
Negligence in driving. You
spent too much time looking
All jest squint at, 'em. an right
back again.
you must have been going
pretty fast If you could run up
on a car that quick. Drivers
must keep on the alert every mo-
ment. Looking one way and driv-
ing another is bad business. 1t
OFTEN ends in a smash. $40"
The Fixer.
'About 11:4O last night. your
honor, the defendant was driving
a Ford touring car south on
First street near New York ave.
nue. without any lights. / hailed
him and told him about it. He
said that was a small thing to
stop a man for, and he'd fix 'em
in a couple of minutes. I fixed
him in less than a couple of
minutes with a ticket for $40 on
Number Five"
Boob: my lights were all right
when I left home, your honor.
They must have Jared, loose
while I was running down First
street. wanted to take a lady
home, before stopping to bother
with the lights, but the officer
insisted upon my repairing the
trouble right there. couldn't
spare the time, and told him so.
He said perhaps I could fix it up
with the desk man at Number
Five, and he'd give me an intro
duction. to him for So"
The court: "a headlight may
burn out occasionally without the
driver knowing it. But there's
no excuse for having all your
lights out. And IT'S very danger
Gus. Some other driver might see
you too late"
II didn't know that driving for
a few minutes without lights was
such a serious offense."
you're $40 wiser noxv -