Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-21
TwoWiIdChases
Mdrk0utbredk
Of Speeding
One Driver Strikes
Police Scout Car.
At Traffic Light

A new outbreak of irresponsible
driving was reported today by
Washington and Maryland police,
despite the action taken by the
Commissioners yesterday to revoke
permanently the driving licenses of
motorists convicted of exceeding
80 miles per hour twice within
year.
Less than IL hours after the Com
missioners put new teeth in the
Districts traffic laws by stiffening
penalties for speeders. two wild
chases occurred here involving
fugitive speeders and police cars.
One chase led police through the
Northwest section last night in pur-
suit of the driver who sideswiped
10th precinct police scout car, COL
lided with bus and finally crashed
into a tree in a car that had been
reported stolen.
Patrolman arrested q man iden-
titled as Harold Maxwell "a, COL
ored, of the first block of r street
NE. said to be driver of the auto
mobile. He was overtaken in an
alley near Eleventh and Irving
streets NV, police said.
Charged on Two Counts.
Police charged Maxwell with two
counts of leaving the scene of an
accident, reckless driving, not pos
sessing a District drivers license
and unauthorized use of an auto
mobile.
His captors. Patrolmen Thomas
e. Slocum and Alfred w. Shutta
said they spotted the stolen car at
Eleventh and Euclid streets NV
when it stopped for a red light
They pulled the scout car alongside
in an effort to pin the car to the
curb, the policemen said.
When the driver saw the scout car.
he sped away, striking the side of
the police car and inf1icting bruises
on Pvt. Shutta's leg and hip, it was
reported The officers said they
chased Maxwell north on Eleventh
street for several blocks until the
stolen car struck the bus. careened
of and slammed into the tree. The
officers said Maxwell fed on foot,
but was cornered in the alley.
The second pursuit began when
Prince Georges County police heard
a screaming exhaust whistle on an
automobile operated by Clarence
Ransom, 81. Hillside, Md, as he
allegedly sped past the police car
on Marlboro pike. Twelfth precinct
police joined in the chase when Ran
SONS car crossed the District line,
police said, and the motorist even
tually was apprehended at Cedar
Lill Cemetery. He was charged
with illegal use of an exhaust
whistle and released in $500 bond
Milk Truck Hits Tree.
In another traffic case. a milk
truck skidded while making turn,
ran up on the sidewalk at Eight
zenith street between E and F streets
NV, and struck a tree, according
to police. The truck driver, listed
as Frank Gibson. colored, %. of
1901 Alabama avenue Sc, suffered
minor head cuts. He was charged
with failing to give full time and at
tention to his driving
Traffic Court Judge Aubrey
Fennell recessed his court at an
unusually early hour yesterday for
the second consecutive day. All
cases were disposed of before the
noon recess, whereas sessions gener-
ally carry well into the afternoon.
Court attaches said business had
been unusually light since the cur
rent drive started.
Police arrested 35 motorists for
speeding in the past "a hours, II
OF them charged with exceeding 40
miles per hour. Under new regula-
tons, the II face 30-day permit
suspensions, and if they are con-
victed of the of1ense again within a
year, they can be deprived of their
driving license for six months or
lose them permanently.
Since the new regulations went
into effect, 486 persons have been
arrested for speeding, $40 of them
charged with exceeding 40 miles
ner hour