Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1910 — Another Victim of Speed Limit Contributes in the Sum of $4.80. [ARTICLE]

Another Victim of Speed Limit Contributes in the Sum of $4.80.

John Doe paid $4.80, which was fine and costs for exceeding the auto speed limit. John does not live in this city. John is a stranger or rather three or four i strangers. John was enroute to Chicago and stopped in Rensselaer for a short time to get gasoline. The ladies were left at the Makeever house while the men and their colored chauffer went after the gasoline. Marshal' Mustard said they were going at the rate of about 35 miles an hour. Probably they wanted to get the gasoline before it was all sold. They thought they could not have been going any faster than 8 or 12 miles an hour, but John Doe usually avoids the possibility of having his testimony contradicted by local witnesses and he took the shortest and quickest way of getting rid of the difficulty. He plead guilty, took out his weasel skin and planked down the $4.80. John always has the money to pay as he goes, even if he does go pretty fast. He went'pretty fast after he paid the fine. He moved off cautiously for about a block, looked back to see i? the marshal was on a motorcycle and seeing that he was not, John cut ’er loose and went around the Forsythe corner and headed north at a speed that made the ordinary speed violator look'like a piker. John was trying to get the worth of his $4.80. We must not take advantage of oourist autos. They should be notified by signs what the city regulation for speed is. This should be done without delay.