The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-19
Ssh! They Are ;Speeders'
COURTS BLAMED
BY SPEED COPS
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and Schortemeier said he believed
the law gives him a certain amount
Of authority In cities. That's the
law and we aren't going to pass the
buck" Schortemeier said.
The chief defended the one-way
traffic rule.
He admitted that drivers were
abusing the privilege, but said it was
/ due to lack of police to regulate the
traffic.
Properly regulated it would be
valuable asset to north bound
traffic" he said.
Order to Stay
Riknon said he could not rescind
the order as 1t had been made by
the board of safety and therefore
was out Of his jurisdiction.
He and members of the accident
prevention bureau could not recall
any serious accident on Meridian St,
from speeding. What few accidents
occurred are due largely to failure
of stop and go signals to operate
properly, they said.
Police said the accident which cost
the life of Miss Ethelyn Keith and
the injury Of three other teachers at
Michigan and Meridian SITS, Thurs
day night, was due to dispute over
whether another auto had the right
of-way.
Meanwhile. Miss Dorothy Wood
stock, 81, of 2541 Shelby ST.; Miss
Catherine Fort, Is, OF 1903 e. Wash
/ ington St, and Robert McCardle,
1855 Park Ave, were still in a criti-
cal condition at the hospital. None
] has regained consciousness since the
street carauto crash at Illinois st.
and Indiana Ave, which cost the
life of Norman Barthel, lao E. Wa
bash st. Barthel was speeding fifty
miles an hour when his auto struck
| the trolley, witnesses said.
Motorists Arrested
Hugh Nessel, %, 2415 Brookside
Ave. one of the alleged speeders
Friday night, was caught when he
passed a police emergency machine,
travelling thirty mile an hour.
Carl Tickling, 81, of S31 S. State
Ave, and Bert Kingan, 3S, Of the CO.
lumbia Club, were the drivers ridden
in the patrol. Sergeant Owens said.
THE motorcycle men will work
twelve hours a day until we have
this speed craze curbed. 1 expect
| to drive my men until the chief is
well satisfied that traffic in Indian
apolis is moving slow. Drivers who
are caught doing more than forty
miles an hour or driving over the
speed limit in a reckless or care
less manner will be sent to city
prison in the patrol wagon and made
to give bond. The others Will be
released on their own recognizance
and ordered into court.
Hanpered in Drive
1.-THE only thing that is hamper
ing me in my drive is that l have
little to work with. Twelve motor
cycles are in. the shop. Three Of
these could be repaired If we had
the funds to do 1t with. The other
nine are junk"
Those arrested on speeding charges
included:
Horace Helper, IS, Of r. r. B.
Box 342; Richard Mcdowell, II. of
11S e. Thirty-Third ST.; George Cecil
81, of 1910 N Oakland Ave-; Marion
Griffith, %, of 215S s. New Jersey
ST.; L. A. Raney, 30, Of 2231 College
Ave; Fletcher l.. Humphrey, AIT E.
Forty-Seventh ST.; Lee Anderson. "a,
of 21O2 N. Meridian St.; Guy huston,
IS. of 1906 Haugh Pl.; Jerry Hicks,
%, of r. r. M. Box So; Lewis Stick,
AZ, of 1893 Lincoln ST.; William Dean,
26, of 1913 Tabor ST.; Theodore wal
ton. 20. of 345 Lincoln St.; b. f.
Sleeps, 20. Of BIAS Northwestern
Ave; Archie Robbins, 20, OF 1922
Shelby ST.; Henry Brandt. 10, of sol
Southern Ave; Carl Jacobs, 10, a
student, 400 N. Capitol Ave and
Tony Smith. 10, 1918 z. Ohio st.
The officers who figured in the ar
rests were Sergt. Owens and officers
Miller. Becker and Hudgins.
MOtOrist Injured
DR.. Charles G. Root is In a serl-
Gus condition at st. Vincent's Hos
pital as a result of an accident Fri
day evening, when his automobile
crashed into a concrete pillar at the