The Washington times., 1925-10-07
l With the
EAlibiArtists
IA Cross Section Of the
4 Daily Grind in Judge
Schuldt's Court
Read EN- and Weep
BY DONALD McDOUGAL
Speaking Of Operations

1.-THE west-bound loading platform
at Seventh and the Avenue was
pretty wen filled with people this
morning about ten o'clock, your
honor. They were mainly women
coming from the market, some of
them with their pre-school age
children along.
ST gave the Avenue right OF
way and q Fourteenth street car
drew up, followed by a George
town car, and they cleared the
platform of all but two people.
'aThe defendant, in a Ford de-
livery truck, turned out just after
crossing Seventh street, to pass a
Cadillac sedan running, should
Judge, about twenty miles an
hour.
Bounces Up In Air.
HE turned out too far, hit the
end of the loading platform. and
bounced up three or four feet in
the air. He landed a car length
further on, straddled the platform
and slithered ten feet more to a
stop"
How long was this after the
platform was cleared?"
I'd say about twenty seconds,
or maybe half a minute. The
Georgetown car hadn't quite
reached Ninth street when he
took off. The two men on the
platform seemed to be strangers
in Washington. They were look.
ing at the Capitol, so they were
facing in the direction the attack
came from.
Zone Of them jumped onto the
car tracks in front of a Rosslyn
car, and the other landed in the
middle Of the roadway and gave
a Black and White taxi driver
a chance to show what a good
chauffeur he was. He missed
the refugee by eight inches or
more.
'sThe defendant said he was
only going fifteen miles an hour.
but I don't believe he could
hurdle the platform at that
speed. That's the only Ford I
ever saw go over it. The others
all choked their engines"
Boob: 81 didn't notice the plat
form, your honor. There was a
car in front OF me, and that got
me confused
so many drivers have that
complaint. It's a variety of traf-
fic hydrophobia. A car ahead OF
the patient produces the same
effect that water does on a rabid
dog.
disorder is an operation-bu re-
coVery Is very slow. 1t takes
anywhere from sixty days 70 SIX
months. IN extreme cases. am
putation of the permit is also
advised.
but cures have been effected
by local treatment and I'm going
to try a hot application on you.
If II doesn't work, you're in for
q long seige. Take this prescrip-
fion around to the finance Office
and ask them to fill it at once.
Be careful Of it because 1t calls
for a very strong counter irr1-
tant. It'll cost you $4Os but
you'lP get well thirty days
sDo I apply the plaster before
aYou look more like the kind
that need to paste it on before
they wake up"
Pits Moses VS.. ,Eldridge; Loses
"I paced her down Sixteenth
street at 30~ miles an hour for
three blocks at 9:15 last Sunday
morning, your honor"
what explanation did she give
when you told here she was
speeding?"
"She said she'd be late to church.
The services began at $3.50, and
she wanted to get a good seat.
I told her she needn't be in traf-
fic court until 10 o'clock. But
she missed that too, and had
to give her a second invitation.
Defendant: 81 didn't want to
miss the sermon"
What was the text?"
1.-THE Ten Commandments"
''Your desire to hear a sermon
on the Ten Commandments Is
highly con1mendable, but when you
break one of the thirty-two traffic
commandments to hear It. that's
2 sobbing Peter without paying
Paul sort of a transaction, isn't
it,"
well, hadn't intended"
'You owe Paul, So