The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-01-23
LUMBER MERCHANT
RUNS WILD

Since Sunday evoning the town
has been agog with excitement, anc
no tale OF the happenings has beca
too extravagent, :, depending solely
upon the Imagination OF the pcrsOl
retailing it and the eagerness and
credulity OF the listener to absorb II
as to the establishment given.
The facts, as nearly as we arr
able to Gull them from the, extrav-
agant assertions to DE heard on all
SIDES, are that high powered car
IN which were white man and
.,egro, stopped at Rising Sun Garage
sunday evening fol- gasoline. OI-
ncer Whittier, of the State Motoi
Vehicle force, who happened to be a.
he garage requested the str niger
o show his drivers license. II
stead Of complying the driver OF ths
ar stepped on the gas, leaving HI
.olored companion behind.
The officer gave chase, end here
.ollow more extravagant tales as to
he speed attained Dy the car.
At any rate, it was a wild chase
Ind despite the fact that the officer
managed to runcture d front tire
with revolver shot, and that the
tire came of, the machine was not
until Dear creek bridge
was reached, where it came to grief
The driver, who was in greatly
excited state, was brought to j.ls'ne
Sun and placed in room at the
Maryland House, where he became
violent during the night, requIrirf
he services or physician and two
u three others to restrain him. II
vas finally necessary to take hIrl IT,
he town lookup.
Papers found in his pockets show
I'd his name to be l.. b. Brockett
Ind that he is president CT the l.. B.
3rockett Lumber Co., Inc. Johnson
lille, N. Y. tie is a Thirty-second
Degree Mason and wears an em blem
shot with diamonds. His bank
look, it is SAID, shows checking bal
lice OF $z6,0O0 AMI another boob
around 100000.
In response to tciegra1ns sent tc
lis hcme, one of Mr.. Brocketts (
business associates, Mr.. Sharp, and
lis legal adviser, Judge Scott
..eached Rising Sun on wednesday.
1t seems MI. Brockett, who has
)een hard working business Ilan
las twice suffered mental break
downs aid been confined in private
institutions. One OF the inany
numerous reports in circulation /. to
me effort that the present breaF.
lown was superinduced by some OF
he high powered stuff bootleggers
dispense.
The story of the colored mar
Who was sent home on " ednesday
S to the effect that Mr.. Bsocketr had
lsked him to accompany hl,n tC
Washington. They left New Haven
Conn.,, at midnight Saturday. While
passing through Philadelphia 9
policeman ordered Mr.. Brockett tc
stop, but keeping on, the ,thcer shot
Ind broke a window III the car On
The edge of the city a police noticing
The bullett hole asked how it wss
made. Mr. Brockett said boys
hrew brick against the glass
He was allowed to drive on. Tnis
he colored man says, Inbalance,
Mr.. Brockett's mind.
Wi, h the arrival OF Mr. Hrockett''
friends hearing was held befor,
Magistrate Briscoe and fines totaliine
;139 imposed for reckless driving
md operating car without license
All bills were settled ana arrange
ments made for taking the sItf5rei
20 an institution in BostoL A.
.ompanied by DR.. r.. q. Dodson, who
had been the attending physician
and H. M. Duyckinck, proprietor OF
Rising Sun Garage. the Fedora. Elk
press was stopped at Perryville Wed
iesday evening, and the party OF
i've boarded it for Boston.