The Washington times., 1925-02-20
With The
IAlibi Artists
n
"A Cross Section of the
Daily Grind in Judge
McMahon's Court.
Read EN- and Weep
BY DONALD McDOUGAL,
A Stitch i'm Time.

IT saw the lady half a block
away, your honor. and we both
reached Fifteenth street at about
the same time only she was go
ing east on NJ street, and / was
going west.
"When was a little better
than three-quartecs of the way
across she cut the corner and
landed on my back on the cross
walk.
my foot hung up in the side
car of the motorcycle / was rid.
ing, and that pulled me clear OF
her wheels, all except my head,
and I got that out of the way
myself.
THE machine ran over the side
walk and stopped against a fence,
willis the lady went around the
corner ana stopped on the wrong
side of Fifteenth street, headed
downtown.
"a colored man jumped off a,
truck, gave ME q lift. onto my
feet. and helped me hobble over
to the lady.
"She said, Thank God you're
not hurt. I'm going home now,
to return thanks to the Almighty
that no damage. has been done
in this dreadful affair"
"I told her Before YOU start
the celebration, lady, will YOU
give me your name and address,
"'No, I won't she answered.
and stepped on the gas. couldn't
read her license number on ac-
count of my glasses getting
smashed when my head hit the
pavement. But the. colored man
not ed it for me on the back OF
a bootlegger's price list"
Colored man: "Ah's a.runnin' a
shote ways benin disllah gemman
an All. sees de lady acomin' toads
us fun tudduh side uh Fifteenf
street an All pulls ip toe de
cyuhb-'
did the lady give any indioa-
ton that she was going to turn
down Fifteenth street,"
"NaWs'r.''
~ why did you pull in to the
curb?"
"Jes' foe safety fu'st. yo' onnah.
All allus pulls in toe de cyuhb foe
fiall mines an lady dribahs. All
nebbah crosses no street when
dey's a lady -dribben-cyah in sight.
Dey mos ginally dribes spic an
span, an acc'd'n' toe Hoyle,, but
yO' KANT bank on hit. NaWs'r.
"Dey changes dey minis in de
mos onlAkly places, yo' onnah,
an when dey bus de regulations,
dey bus EN- unexpected an ex-
citin' an dey bus 'em wide open.
"Dishyah lady done cut he
co'nuh-"
"How much did she cut the
corner?"
"She done cut hit in two. She
jes' swing out'n huh co'se an
prounce on dishyah moto'cycle
lax a cat on a mouse. All done
slip 'roun' hack. o. de lady's cyah
an copy huh nun1bah down on
fnah--on nah route Slip"
Lady: II went away in an atti'
tude of prayer"
but without making your iden-
tity known"
mo one was hurt to any ex-
tent, and / was returning thanks
to Heaven"
"The regulations say you should
report to the nearest police sta
ton. Why did you cut the cor.
ner?"
"There was q bargain sale
downtown and was in a
hurry. It looked so foolish to go
away out across the street be-
fore turning There wouldn't
have been any trouble If this
man hadn't been running thirty.
five miles an hour"
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Thomas: ''It looks as though
public safety requires that the
defendants permit be revoked"
"My clients husband is agree.
able to that, your honor. He
has just settled the damages,
SIS.
How soon can you get action
on the permit matter, Mr..
Thomas?"
by next Thursday, / think,
your honor"
1--we simply got to use my
car Thursday"
Have the defendant here Wed
nesday for sentence"