Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1911 — PETROL MADE DRIVER DRUNK [ARTICLE]

PETROL MADE DRIVER DRUNK

Chauffeur, In Charge of Motor Car, Pleaded That Fumes and Not Whisky, Intoxicated Him. London. —A chauffeur named Chaa Rice, who was accused of being intoxicated while in charge of a motor car, pleaded that petrol fumes and not whisky were responsible for his condition. It was alleged that while he was driving along Herrow road at a speed of 23 miles an hour his motor car came into collision with a hansom. The cab driver was thrown from hie seat, and turning a somersault, fell on his back, but Rice drove on for a third of a mile before he was stopped. “I only bad two glasses of whisky." said Rice, “and what the policemen thought were the effects of alcohol were due to the fumes from the petrol. Just before the accident 1 had to blow some of the tubes, and I inbaled the fumes.** Mr. P. Lewin, managing director of flaw ell's limited, a large fsrtcab concern, says Rice was a sober man. and corroborated his statement regarding the effects of the fumes. They make yw giddy." he de clared. “and give you the appearance of being intoxicated. I have often suffered from them, and I have to sit down until the effects pass off. Ten can be overpowered by them."