The Washington times., 1925-02-10
With The
[Alibi Artists
IA Cross Section Of the
Daily Grind in Judge
McMahOn's Court.
Read EN- and Weep
BY DONALD McDOUGAL.
The Hospital Alibi.

i naQ one IOOL IN the gutter
and the other on the curb. cross
ing d street at Tenth southwest,
about $50 last night, your honor,
when the defendant turned into
D street from Ninth on two
wheels
Counsel: You were at Tenth
street and the defendant was at
Ninth, and you could see that
he turned the corner on two
wl1eels-and after dark?"
"Yes--by the way his head
lights tilted. a Agroup of children
were playing on the Opposite cor
ner to me, and yelled at them
to get out of the street
The defendant bounced when
he hit a rough place on the cross.
walk and came down with his
front wheels on the running
board of a Ford touring car
crossing there.
He carried the Ford across
Tenth street and down u street
as far as the first tree on the
right hand side. The Ford driver
left his seat when the cars first
came together and got to the
fore the machines did
How 10 Start q Ford.
He ricocheted off the tree and
landed heels up on the sidewalk.
] ran over there and found the
Ford so mixed UP. with a Hudson
that when you stepped on the
Hudson's starter, the Ford engine
turned over.
.A lady in the rear seat of the
Ford was crying I'm para1yzed.
I'm paralyzedi From my hips
down cant move! Something
struck me In the back Two half
stunned little girls were crawling
on the floor of the car like week
old puppies.
The smaller one was bleeding
stream from a cash in her
cheek, and the mother reached
over to pick the little one up.
She overbalanced herself, lav.
ing no use of her legs, and fell
down on the floor of the car,
with the children under her.
Probably District Committee.
Several bystanders picked the
man up from the sidewalk, but
they didn't seem to know what
to do with him. and laid him
down again. In the Hudson
were three men and a girl, and
an odor OF gin. The girl was
screaming, I'm cut! I'm cut!
Take me to the hospitaI-my
stomach is cut open' The Hud.
son driver said the girl had
been slashed by friend who got
jealous of her at a social func-
tion a few minutes before, and
they were rushing her to the hos
pital when the smash happened,
Just then my husband drove
up in our Ford, and with the
help OF two young men, got the
lady and the children aboard,
and told her he'd take her to
the hospital
She refused to go unless her
husband came along, too, and
the boys lifted him up to put
him in with her. when a man
standing near said, You'd better
wait for the coroner" That
startled the boys and they let
go of him. He fell to the
ground again and came to.
Every Day.
Then he sat up and asked,
What day is it?'' He seemed
to be all right except that the
blood made his hands slippery,
and he fell when he tried to
climb into the car.
Counsel: MY client was eneae.
ed in humanitarian work. youf
honor-he was taking the girl
to the hospital"
The court: Have YOU anv of.
ficial report from the physician in
charge, detailing the-extent of her
injuries?"
mo sir--I regret that we have
no such report"
"Your client is likely to regret
it still more"
But he was performing an act
of charity. your honor. He couldn t
allow the patient to bleed 10
DEATH
A Sorry Trade.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
McGarraghy: while he was tax.
ing the alleged victim to the hos.
pital, your honor, he came near
sending four people to the
morgue.''
The court: Crossing street cor.
ners without slowing down is bad
business. There is no law that
gives even ambulances the right
to run at such speed through the
streets, and expect everyone to
get out of the way. The court
finds your client guilty OF reckless
driving. Two hundred and fifty
dollars or 1870 days"