The Washington times., 1925-03-24
A BIN Of Particulars.

OF course, 1t didn't happen ex.
actIy as described. But there was
q certain provocation for us to
write, it that way. The man was
going thirty-five miles an hour,
and he swerved out for a car GO
ing the other way; and he did al
most hit a telephone pole-that is,
Il there'd been any poles along
there he might have hit one. We
admit that the rest is exaggera-
ton.
We just lugged the shovel in
to fill up space. And the grave
diggers; we got out of Hamlet.
We're, not sure whether there's
caves down as close to the fence
as we've indicated, or Motive
just took q chance on It.
Counsel for the Defense.
But the essential point is that
IL a man had been running by
there at fifty miles an hour and
IL he had hit a telephone pole,
and IL he had been thrown
through the windshield, and IL he
had gone over the fence, and IL
they had been digging a grave
there, what more likely than that
he'd have landed in it?
We've heard about lots Of cases
where men driving slower than
fifty miles an hour have landed
In the grave, and when they
weren't within ten miles Of a
cemetery. And helped others into
the hospital, whence they were
later promoted to the morgue. :.
We submit that we have made
out a very reasonable case, and
confidently ask for a verdict Of
not guilty.
II we remember correctly, the
man was fined SIS; and II we
don't, he was fined something
else. But unless a spectacular
case comes along pretty quick,
weH be driven to writing imag-
NATIVE. stuff.
The man that said truth Is
stranger than fiction was wired
up wrong. What he meant was.
it's scarcer.
Note: We don't remember
whether we reported this case,
or dreamed it.
The Traffic Situation.
"He was speeding south on
Sixth street, your honor. That's
a Jone-way north-bound--"
How fast was he going?"
II don't know. He turned
west into G street and pulled up
for a north-bound Chevy Chase
car at Seventh, before could get
the speed on him.
1.-THE street car was waiting 10:
a furniture van crossing Seventh
fkA Gyon
waiting for q brick truck headed
was blocked by an east-bound
Ford sedan.
The sedan was honking
squeaky horn for the street car
to get out OF the way.
Accident Breeders.
The defendant said he had
permit, so 1 told him to drive
over to the curb and show 1t to
me.
didn't like the looks OF it.
What was wrong with it?"
well, / just didn't like the
looks of it, your honor. / grab
bed it as soon as he got 1t out
of his pocket, held it out of his
sight, and told him to spell the
name on it. He was half the
alphabet out of the way.
1t was a duplicate permit, and
that gave me an idea. At the traf
fic bureau I looked the case up
and found the original owner
had taken out five duplicates,
making six permits altogether,
issued on one examination"
Hears RumOr.
Boob: i've been driving that
car six months. Last week l
heard a lot of talk about unau-
thorized drivers, and two or three
people told me I'd better get a
permit If / intended to drive
around much more.
Last Saturday night borrowe-
ed this one from a man I met at
a party. I'd forgotten what his,
name was, and that's how 1 got
caught when the officer asked
me to spell it. / don't know
where the man lives, and I don't
believe / can find him again."
The court: Probably the Off.
Ger can find him. Forty dollars
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