The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-26
POLICE LAUNCH WAR TO
HALT RECKLESS DRIVING
Two Hit-Skip AutoiStS Are
Under Arrests; Pair
Die of Injuries.

a drastic drive on reckless drivers
was ordered today by Police Chief
Claude M Worley, following deaths
due to auto injuries of two persons
over the weekend and injuries to
eleven others.
"A man may be driving ten miles
an hour and still be driving reck-
lessly," Worley said. Il have ordered
all policemen to be on the lookout
for such motorists and lock them
up
The two hit-and-run drivers, one
who fatally injured a woman, and
the other who critically injured a
small boy, will be prosecuted severe
ly and the maximum punishment
asked for them, Worley said.
A companions information to po-
lice resulted in the arrest of Joseph
Fultz, 20, of 1920 S. Kenyon Ave,
charged with the death of Mrs. Mary
Lasker, 38, of 24O1 S. Meridian ST., in
the 1900 block S. Meridian ST.,
Saturday night.
Car Travelling Fast
Mrs. Lasker was returning home
from a grocery store when the auto
mobile, travelling at a high rate of
speed according to witnesses, struck
her and then speeded away. She
died a few minutes later. Another
motorist chased Fultz for two miles,
but was out diStanced.
Ernest Huffman, 10, of 1880
Church St.. who was with Fultz,
came to police headquarters a short
time after the accident and reported
it. Police waited at the Boyer u
Drive-It System. 38 Kentucky Ave,
where Fultz was to return the car,
and arrested him. He was held
on a manslaughter charge under
So, 500 bond.
Mrs. Lasker is survived by the
husband, William Lasker, and two
children, Rosemary, 10, and Billy, g.
Thomas A. Regain, 40, of 1928
Beecher ST.. died at city hospital of
injuries suffered Friday when he
was struck by an automobile driven
by Charles H. Love, 90 Parker Ave,
at Virginia Ave. and East st. Wit
nesses said he stepped in front of
Loves car.
Boy Hit by Auto
Surviving him are the mother,
Mrs. Margaret Regain; two sisters,
Mrs. Clarence Sauer and Miss Mary
Regain, and two brothers, Edward
and William Regain. Funeral ar
rangements are incomplete. 81
Glenn l.. Cain, 80, of 1877 E.
Palmer St. whose automobile
struck Thomas Corrigan. 8-year7old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William D. Cor
irgan, and injured him critically
Sunday. was arrested after the ia
ther noted the automobile license.
The boy was. playing with a ball
in front Of his home and dashed
out into the street after it. Police
charge that Gains car was travel
ing at high rate of speed and that
he fled after striking the boy.
Cain, arrested at his home, denied
hitting the boy. but after question
ing declared that he realized the
seriousness of the act and became
frightened. He was charged with
drunken driving, assault and battery
and failure to stop after an acct
dent.
Others injured Harry Albers-
meier, 1900 E. Washington ST.; Miss
Sally Brosman, 10, of 1149 Fairfield
Ave; Billy Franck, H. of 2211
Brookside Ave; Trauman Ragsdale,
1886 N. New Jersey ST.; Robert
Russell, $50 w. New York St.;
Frederick Pace1lo, 5, of lib Charles
St.; William Brown, IS, Negro, BIT
w. Eleventh ST.; David Jones. 7, of
1921 Guilford Ave; James Brown,
349 Regent ST.: George Mitchell, %,
of 126 N Belmont Ave.