The Washington times., 1925-10-17
With The
[Alibi Artists
"A Cross Section of the
Daily Grind in Judge
Hits Court
Read EN- and Weep
By DONALD McDOUGAL
The Substitute

WIN Two canes ana DalllII TO
help.
Witness: about a dozen of us
got off a Lincoln Park car at
Dupont Circle. and started for
the west curb. i was the last one
off, and stood for a moment in
the safety zone, watching traffic.
All the autos I could see were
waiting for us to cross, but when
I was a step or two away from
the safety zone the defendant
swung out from the line Of wait
ing cars and continued around
the circle.
He was coming very slow and
we were in plain view of each
other and I took another step or
two, thinking he would turn out
or stopA
when 1 realized he wasn't
going to do either, tried to step
back out of his way, and If
had been as nimble as I was
forty years ago, could have done
it.
His left front fender stretched
me on the; pavement and /
wrenched my/body out from under
the car as his wheels made a. jelly
roll out of my right foot.
Il heard the bones crunch in
my shoe, and hideous agony rolled
over me, until seemed to smother
in it,
when did this happen?"
August q, about 2 o'clock in
the afternoon. My transfer is
punched $50 p. m. I left the
hospital day before yesterday"
Next witness: IT was taking a
f1iend Of mine down town from
Mt. Pleasant. Just before we
reached Connecticut avenue and
G street he said There's an ac-
cident getting ready to happen
and pointed to a Ford coupe we
were passing. noted the num-
Der, in case the accident landed
on us. There was a man and a
girl in there, and he had one arm
around her, the other hand rest
ing lightly on the steering wheel.
II blew the speedometer up to
twenty-five and put several cars
between us and them. At Du-
pont circle / stopped to let some
passengers cross from q Lincoln
Park car to the. west curb.
They'd all gone but one elderly
man, and when he was about
four feet from the safety zone
there, the coupe. rolled past US
pretty slow-about five miles an
hour, should say, and shut
him off from our view.
Then heard a shrek that
reminded me Of the time our top
sergeant had his arm torn away
at the shoulder, in the -Argonne
Forest seven years ago, and I
stumbled out and staggered over
to where the old man was gurg-
ling on the pavement. I made
a sling out of my coat to support
his crushed leg, and we carried
him over and laid him on the
sidewalk in front of g. drug store.
They gave him something to
lance came.
1.-The defendant was jouncing up
and down in his seat, clapping his
hands and gibbering, while his
wife was circulating through the
crowd with paper and pencil,
getting the names Of witnesses,
tears the size of sweet potatoes
sluicing down her cheeks.
w IlCH IHO OG4CIIudIIC SJOOO up
to get out of the car his knees
gave way under him and he
aIumped out onto his face and
lay on the pavement like bundle
of wet wash. The girl said,
Wont someone move him out of
the way of traffic, please and
went on with her census work"
n Wife: 1.-THE witness Is wrong
when he says my husband had
his arm around me, your honor.
We came down Massachusetts
avenue, not Connecticut avenue.
He must have US confused with
some other couple.
Where did you come from?"
Frederick county, by way Of
Rockville pike"
did you come through Wiscon-
sin avenue to Massachusetts, ave-
nue?"
II don't know. This is my first
trip to Washington and I'm not
acquainted with the streets here"
Reminded Of Lovers"
Ibid you come straight along
until you hit Massachusetts
avenue, or did you turn to your
left at Bradley lane?"
Bradley lane. Yes, we turned
into Bradley lane. 1 remember
that because it reminded me of
Lover's-er-yes, I'm sure we
came through there"
do you remember passing
Chevy Chase Circle?"
II didn't notice."
do you recall the Million Dol
lar bridge-high above the trees
in the valley and with a view of
the Virginia hills to your right?"
II didn't notice the bridge, your
honor
Ibid the street you come
through have car tracks on it as
you approached Dupont Circle?"
Il didn't notice whether we
followed the car tracks or not"
How long have you been
married?"
"Since June 20 last"
You don't know whether you
came in through Connecticut
avenue or the Milky Way. Step
Boob: I didn't see the defen.
dant until l ran over him"
That's better than you did
with the Connecticut avenue
bridge. You ran over that with
out seeing it at ALL"
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Bell 1.-THE collision happened in
broad daylight. your honor, close
to a safety zone where drivers
are required to exercise the great.
est caution. That means more
than merely going slow. His de-