The Washington times., 1924-02-01
The { S1AIib'ii' i
Artists
A Skeleton Record Of
Cases Tried By
Judge SchuIdt
Donald McDougdl-
Common Sense.

the parking space, your honor, De-
cause it was 1:40 IN the morning.
l showed him by the. tire marks
that / only missed him by about
2 inches, but he said a miss was
as good as a mile. 1t was just
about a mile to Number One ana
told him to drive there" =.
Where did all this happenV
Meet Mr.. Traffic Pest.
ION 14th street just above
Thomas circle. I was coming
down 14th with about 2 feet clear
ance from the cars parked along
the curb there. This man was
running about 90 feet ahead Of
me; but a little above the circle
saw that he was about 10 feet
ahead Of me. and backing.
A Star Driver.
"He might have been the planet
Mars for all the signal he gave,
and / turned out as sharp as my
wheels would let me. Another
foot or so and I'd have hooked
his bumper and carried him out
to the car track with me. II.
Good Set-Up.
"There were passengers in
his machine and in mine, and
the casualty list would have been
up to the motorman Of the Capt.
tai Traction car that was run
ming about 80 feet behind me, and
not killing any time.
1.-THE defendant said he didn't
know the way to Number One,
and wanted me to drive in front.
His permit showed he'd been driV-
ing around Washington for over a
year, so l figured, I'd better stick
along behind, where could check
him up if he happened to lose
his way. ~e*
GluttOn for Punishment.
.tJust before we reached L
street he slammed on his brakes
and 1. did some more fancy driv-
ing. that kept the cars intact.
He didn't hold his hand out that
time, either, and :. I brought
another charge of failing to give
signal against him." r@t@
individual Traffic Rules.
Boob: "I don't consider that I
was violating the law by not
holding out my hand at that
hour Of the night, your honor.
when there was no one around"
That's the way so many ac-
cidents happen. WHAT'S the
hours for signaling turn, ac-
cording to your copy OF the, reg
ulations?"
well, it doesn't say. But
you're supposed TO use common
sense"
Fails In Own Test.
'"That would be fine, If every
one would do it. The very first
requirement Of common sense is
to obey the regulations at all
times. The habit of signaling
your turns should be automatic"
& But I can't see why ! should
hold my hand out when there's
no one around, your honor"
"You should do it for practice,
but in this case there's two other
reasons-$7.50 EACH"
A Dummy's AaBOob For A That
'.Three peopie.8ot off a west
bound street car Pom Florida ave:
nue. at SEVENTH. your honor,
where I was Directing traffic.
Two of them reached the curb
stone undamaged, except for a
little dirt on their overcoats, from
the defendants mud guards. The
other one took a..chance on
squeezing in between the side 9f
the street car and the defendant's
machine. -,
"He fIattened \ himself up
against the car, your honor, until
he looked like a collar advertis-
ing poster. Only he didn't have
that calm, serene expression tnat
most collar advertisements wear.
The defendant looked at him
with a sort of 'what-a-funny-kind-
of.place-to-wait-in' expression, and
continued about half way to
Ninth street, where I spoke to
him."
you must have spoken pretty
loud
mo sir. A man in a Chevrolet
roadster saw the occurrence and
asked me if l was going his
way. We ran in front Of the de-
fendant and that's when I spoke
to him."
Boob Can See; Cop Can't.
Boob: "The car slowed up to
throw the switch for the turn
into Seventh street, your honor,
and l waited for it, thinking the
stop point was there. 1 started
when the car did and passed it
before the doors opened. I was
away ahead of it when the pas
sengers got off. The officer had
his back turned and couldn't see
what happened. Four people got
off instead of three. I hold
drivers permit in the District,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania. I've
never been in trouble before. 1
drive for a Congressman"
I'm surprised you don't drive
more carefully thAu* S160