The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-08

matte signal. The auto was i'm
pounded. This is the first instance
during the present traffic drive
when police have been forced 20 use
gun play in hating reckless drivers.
Motorists More Careful
Warned by the example of others,
motorists were more careful during
the weekend and only 80 motorists
were arrested. The charges we're;
speeding, eight; no auto license, one;
drunken driving, three; driving on
the left side of the street, one; dis
obeying traffic signal, Ave; failure
to stop for preferential street, IL; no
drivers license, Eve: parking in
safety zone, inadquate brakes and
improper lights, one each.
James Harris, So, of 4O2 Smith-st,
was struck and injured seriously last
night by a hit-run driver at 16th-st
and Boulevard-pl. Mr.. Harris was
sent to City Hospital suffering from
a deep cash on his forehead.
Four persons were injured last
night in collision in the 1000 block
w. Westinghouse. They are Miss
Jessie Woods, %, of 548 N. Senate-av.
face and left leg injuries; Ed Flynn,
81, of 319 S. Taft-st, cut and bruised;
Mrs. Fanny Moore, 5806 w. Wash
ington-st, head and leg injuries, and
her son Edward M. Moore, head and
face injuries.
Cars Pile Up in Ditch
The cars, driven by Walter Moore,
5806 w. Westinghouse and Ander-
son Hatchett, SO, of 81 E. 38th-st,
piled up in the ditch. The injured
were sent to City Hospital.
Al Huber, 1135 Shelby-st, was ar
rested on drunken driving charges
last night after he had lost con-
troll of his car and turned over in
front of 4937 Madison-av. He was
treated at City Hospital for cuts on
the hands and head.
Police found an auto with license
plates removed upside down in a
field near the old Speedway-rd west
of Stadium-dr last night. witnesses
said that three Negroes, two men
and a woman, alighted from the car
and ran across the fields after the
auto had turned over. The woman
was thought to have been injured,
witnesses reported.
~ 81
Washington-blvd without lights was
impounded last night because 1t was
the cause of an accident. G. E. Car
ter, 81, of 1901 College-av, crashed
into the truck.
Crash Driver Is Held
Arrested early yesterday after an
accident in which four persons were
injured, Carlos Jeffrey, 80, of 2611
E. 11th-st, faces charges of failure
to stop for a preferential street to-
day. His auto is alleged to have COL
lided with one driven by Miss Mar
vel Snyder, %, of 609 West-dr,
Woodruff Place, at New Jersey and
New York-sts.
An auto driven by Arthur Har-
rington, 10, of 1854 w. 30th-st, held
as a drunken driver, collided with
an auto driven by Mrs. Esther
Davis, 80, of 4012 E. 11th-St, at Both
st and Northwestern-av early yes
terday. Harrington was treated for
head cuts at City Hospital before
being taken to City Prison.
James Adams, 80, Negro, a taxi
cab driver, was injured critically last
night when he lost control of his
car and it crashed into a utility
pole in the 1900 block w. Michi-
gan-st. Suffering from a fractured
skull, Adams was sent to City Hos
pital.
Chief Mike Morrissey today en-
phasized the point that the drive
against reckless drivers would con-
tinue permanently. The state auto
mobile license division reported that
since the drive was started more
licenses have been sold.