The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-28
FIXING HALTED,
SCORES GRIEVE
AND PAY UP !.
Traffic ViolatorS Forced to
Dig into Pockets for
Those Fines.
NONE EXEMPT, IS WORD
And Police Insist They'll
Keep Up Drive for Law
Observance.

The unofficial wisp at municipal
court who until now has busily
voided traffic stickers for citizens
who knew some one was gone
today.
And 10 holders OF stickers police
explicitly conveyed the information
that he will be gone indefinitely
and there Is no successor to him
available
The altered procedure Of the mo-
tOrist who is cited for minor traffic
violations. they said, is TO appear at
police headquarters with no further
ado and paw the 81 penalty.
More than Us motorists with
stickers appeared at headquarters
this morning and searched every
nook and Granny for the absent
fxer.
They Tanted frenziedly IN the cor
Tidors. buttonholed police officers,
hunted up court attaches. and con-
tacted all the people they knew"
until II became late and they real
lied they we're losing IN business
time more than the 50 the sticker
called for. So they paid.
Desks Pressed Into Use.
The line was long and not cheer
ful, but it produced an almost I'M
precedented flow of money into the
general fund of the city.
Many a desk. dUSt-cOvered and
unused during the reign Of the ticket
fixers when fifteen or twenty pay
ments a day was the maximum. was
pressed into service again today.
And police confidently predicted
that they would remain in service.
because other motorists possessing
unpaid tickets but who did not vol
UNFAIRLY appear will be sought out
and made to settle in a drive
launched today.
To the driver who has been &C
cuStomed TO mailing tickets to peO-
pie on the force or in the court TO
be fixed" the police issued this
statement. The tickets we're NOT
fixed and tire being held against
you"
Warrants to BE Served
To the driver who ignored them
successfully until now: They are on
record and will be served against
you"
Policemen were recruited from
other duties and Will prepare and
classify affidavites against these vio-
latOrs. These affidavits viii be dis
tributed each morning at roll call to
auto squads who will be ordered to
call upon violators. serve the affl-
davits and warn them to appear in
court
II they then ignore that summons.
warrants for their arrest Will DC
sworn out and the court complica-
ton thus Will be aggravated.
Devises New Horrors"
The furore among citizens today
indicated to what extent the fixing
Of tickets had become rooted in the
routine procedure of police and the
court in sucn matters.
Captain Lewis johnson, traffic
bureau chief. said he was kept for
fifty minutes today at roll call an
Swering frantic calls from motorists
who wanted their tickets fixed. but
could not manage II through pre-
viouSly satisfactory channels.
New horrors of strict account
ancy in the court were predicted by
Captain johnson. He will recon-
mend ana fight for a law with
teeth in il" that will enable the pO-
lice department to tow into police
garages all unattended cars parked
in violation OF ordinances.
Prior Law Held Illegal
An ordinance with such provision
was held confScatory and uncon-
Stitutional in municipal court in
April. 1892. Preceding that. police
had had a private contract garage
tow in offending cars and owners
we're required TO pay towing and
storage bills.
Captain johnson estimated that
it has been about twelve or thirteen
Tears since the traffic Sticker really
has stuck in the city as its sticks
TODAY. That was when the ordl-
nance was new. and then they
worked with so per cent perfection.
ne said. Now. the average probably
Is not more than 10 per cent, he
estimated.
He predicted a marked uptrend IN
Sticker business at the pay window
and in the court.
Police Saturday stuck $40 cars and
Monday SOS.