Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23
SUSPECTED LIQUOR
| CARS ELUDE POLICE
IN THRILLING CHASE
Man, Halted by Bullet,
Charged With Trying to
Block Officers.
DISCLAIMS CONNECTION
WITH ESCAPED AUTOS
PursuerS Lose Bumper From Ma
chine in Effort to Stop
Motor Car.

Cutting from left to right at high
speed along Georgia avenue and Four
tenth street, endangering vehicular
and pedestrian traffic in mad rush for
freedom, two automobiles, thought to
contain liquor, eluded the police last
night after spectacular chase that
started beyond Silver Spring on the
ColeSvtlle road.
One man was arrested. John Albert
Tolson, "A, who gave two Washington
addresses, pulled up short when Corp.
D. L. Snyder Of the Montgomery County
police f1red at TolSon'S car shortly after
the chase got under way. Several shots
were fred during the pursuit.
Tolson was driving behind the two
cars the policemen were chasing. He
disclaimed any knowledge of the men In
front Of him, but the policemen assert
ed that he drove the car in such a way
OF the road and then suddenly cutting
to the right when they attempted to
pass.
OMacer Given Tip.
Sergt. Guy Jones, In charge Of the
Northern district station of the Mont
gomery County police, was tipped on"
to the passage Of the automobiles by
Constable Bernard Fling. Fling got on
cars had run him on the road near
Burtonsville.
Jones and Corpl. Snyder set out to
head the cars on near White Oak.
Snyder was fired on earlier In the week
by bootleg transport car. Before ar
irving at White Oak, the three cars
zoomed past them. The oficers turned
about and came within firing range
near the Indian Spring Country Club.
The driver Of the rear car paid no at
tention to signal to stop, the ofacers
opened fire. at the frSt shot, TolSon
pulled up.
Within q few moments, Sergt. Il. II.
Burdine, In charge Of the Takoma Park
Sub-station, came up to join the chase.
TolSon was placed In his custody and
Jones and Snyder Immediately re-
Sumed the pursuit. In silver Spring.
within Q few hundred yards of the Dis
trict line, Snyder again opened fire and
thought he hit the car In front.
Action Is Speedy.
The action was fast. Almost at the
District line the police car drew up to
the one In front, and Jones, dexterously
plotting the machine at o slight angle,
succeeded In hooking thu rear bumper
with the front bumper Of the police car.
The strain was too great, however, ana
before he could stop the front car pulled
free, carrying . bumper with 1t, and
dashed on.
At that point, policeman Of the thir-
tenth precinct took up the chase. The
cars IN front eluded the purSuers along
Georgia avenue and Fourteenth street
by blowing through intersections and
passing on the left side Of street cars.
The policemen reported that the lives Of
persons were endangered all the way.
Tolson gave the 400 block Of First
street and the 100 block Of Eleventh
street southwest Is addresses. The tags
on the car he was driving were regis
tered to Irwin Tractenburg, 200 block
Of Massachusetts, avenue. Policemen
found second set Of tags In the ma
chine and q nozzle which. they said,
was Of the type used on smoke screens.
Tractenburg furnished SOS collateral
for the release Of Tolson on charges of
reckless driving and failure to give
right-of-way.