Evening star., 1935-08-13
M'MAHON REVIEWS
DENUNC|AT|ON OF
TRAFFIC VIOLATION
Indicates Results of Safety
Drive Are Below Ex-
pectations.
SAYS DRIVERS ARE
TRYING TO GET OFF"
Campaign Directed Against
Truck Using Maryland Avenue
Northeast Against Rules.

judge John p. Mcmahon continued
his TRADE against traffic law vio-
lators from the bench in Traffic Court
today in a scathing denunciation of
persons who have continued breaking
the law in spite of the safety cam
paign which has been under way for
the past several weeks.
In his denunciation Judge Mcmahon
intimated that results of the drive had
fallen far short of his expectations.
In nearly every case of speeding before
him today. he asked the defendant
If he had been reading the local papers
with respect to the drive. and nearly
all violators declared that they had,
but just did not realize" they were
going so fast.
Judge McMahon's statement follows:
II want to say for the benefit Of
all those present am very much dis
appointed in today's showing of this
court. From day to day. week to
week and month to month the press
of this city has been carrying articles
describing the current traffic cam
paign.
Disappointed in Speeders.
"Of course, on Tuesday there are a
number of cases hanging over from
Monday, but I am greatly dis
appointed at the number of persons
In court today charged with speeding.
You are not cooperating with the
authorities You are taking unneces-
sary chances and your only excuse is
I just didn't realize.
To get off as easy as you can is
your only thought when you enter this
court"
Ninth precinct police and the Traffic
Bureau yesterday began a drive
against interstate trucks which are
using Maryland avenue northeast in
their passage through the city to
Baltimore. Philadelphia and New
York. Twelve arrests were made.
Under the District code all such
trucks must follow definite, clearly
marked route through the city in or
der to create as little traffic hazard
as possible and also to avoid the an
noyance of Maryland avenue and
. other desirable residential streets in
the Northeast section. All of those
arrested elected to forfeit collateral SO
their schedules would not be inter-
rupted.'
~ Gases on Docket.
A total of 70 traffic cases was on
Judge McMahor's docket today. OF
these, 81 were on collateral and / were
locked up pending trial. There were
80 speeding cases, including third-of-
fense charges against Garrett VIII
1iams, 2418 Seventeenth street, and
George M. Thompson, 10l5 Girard
street northeast.
Police Supt. Ernest w. Brown to-
day renewed, with additional en-
phasis, his special order for enforce
rnent of the regulation against glar-
ing headlights on automobiles in con-
nection with the campaign. now in its
twenty-fifth day. Today's order in
structed members of his command also
to stop motorists driving with only
one light.
A total of 221 arrests for traffic law
violations was made during the "a
hour period erding at am. today.
OF these 81 were for speeding, l
for driving while drunk, for reck-
less driving and 3 for passing red
lights.
None was seriously injured in some
Is accidents recorded by police in the
"a hours, ending at am.
-Four persons were injured today in
a collision between two automobiles at
First street and Rhode Island avenue.
List of Injured.
The injured are Mrs. Lillian Scott,
48. Of 1904 Franklin street northeast,
wife Of John Scott, 50, driver of one
of the cars, who. received cuts;
Claudius G.. Furbee, a, 1904 Bladens-
burg road northeast. driver of the
other machine, who suffered cuts,
and two colored men riding in the
latter's car.
The colored men, Herbert Patterson,
80, of the 1900 block of Third street,
and Wilson johnson, 80, of the 1900
block of Marion street, were both
admitted to Emergency Hospital, the
former for a collarbone fracture and
the latter for cuts.
william Hunter, IS, of 1905 Morris
road southeast, sustained a leg frac-
ture early today when struck by a
truck which was making turn from
Nichols avenue southeast into Tai
bert street.
Meanwhile Charles Prichard, 6, CAT
Hamilton street, was still unconscious
today in Walter Reed Hospital from
injuries received Saturday when
struck by truck while playing near
his home.
A police broadcast was sent out
for a hit-and-run driver that struck
Leonard Suder, IS, colored, 209 Vir-
sinia avenue southeast, at Maryland
avenue and Seventh street southwest
this morning. Suder, an employe of
the Street Cleaning Department, was
treated at Providence Hospital for
slight leg injury.