The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-02

Ponce formerly rOue alleged speed
ers TO city prison in patrol wagons
Immediately after arrest and slated
them at once.
No More Rides
Now. Rhoadamer said it has been
discovered, speeders are not forced
to ride in patrols, but are merely
told to report in city court on a
certain day Then the arresting
officer merely reports to his SUI
perior officer that he caught 80
and So" speeding.
The new practice is not to for
mally slate the alleged speeder un-
til the same morning he has been
told to report in city court.
This makes it unnecessary for al
legged speeders to furnish bond and
gives them several days in which
to See political powers and attempt
TO bring pressure upon police to
prevent fling any charges.
All the superior officer would have
to do to end the alleged speeder's
troubles would be to destroy the
report the officer made at the time
of the arrest.
Temptation
Rhoadarmer did not charge that
this had been done in any instance,
but he made the point that the op-
portunity for suppressing charges
against alleged speeders in the pres
ent municipal campaign presented
temptation and opportunity for
politicians to force job fearing police
honest officers should not be sub
mitteed.
Meanwhile. only three alleged
speeders had been arrested in the
last twenty-four hours, or total
since March Is. when a political
shake-up of the police force occurred.
or twentyfour. During the first fif-
teen days of March sixty-eight were
arrested, making a total Of only
ninety-two, as compared with 234
arrests made in March last year
Third Child Killed
Death OF the third child for the
year was recorded when Jeanette
Hedderich, 5. of 129 Detroit ST.. was
killed late Wednesday when she
was struck by an auto driven by
John c. Klein, S23 Eastern Ave-, at
Southeastern and State Aves. The
child's death was the eighteenth IA.
tality in auto accidents for the year
so far.
The change in handling speeder
arrests was revealed in city court
Wednesday afternoon, when Judge
Wilmeth inquired into conditions
surrounding the case of a driver
who had been arrested a week ago
The affidavit showed it was not
signed on the day after the arrest
in accordance with city court pro-
cedure.
Motorpoliceman C. F. Becker. the
arresting officer. told Judge Wilmeth
that under the new arrangement
motor police had been allotted one
day in city court each week. Becker
said he was told with other officers
that when they made arrests, to
order the driver to appear in court
the day allotted to the officer. He
said then they were instructed to
give the drivers name to their
superior officer.
Orders Over1-idden
The new ARA angement. according
to Rhoadarmer. overrides orders
early in the year One, issued by
Police Chief Rikhoff was that all
speeders be ridden to the patrol
wagon. Another, by Judge Will
meth following the abolishment of
the weekly speed court. was that
motorists be arraigned in city court
the day following their arrest.
Another was that only superior Of
flcers could order the release Of
under their own rec
ognizance.
The names of the arrested per-
sons are not placed on public rec
ords Immediately" Rhoadarmer
said. mo one knows that they
have been arrested. 1t leaves an
avenue open for erasing thereof the