Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1912 — LOSES HIS CAR AND LIBERTY [ARTICLE]

LOSES HIS CAR AND LIBERTY

St. Paul Man in Auto Wreck Jailed for Reckless Driving by Judge. Minneapolis. —J. B. Lawrence, wealthy business man of St. Paul and a member of an automobile firm there, not only is out SI,OOO for damages to his automobile, but also must spend 20 days in the Hennepin county workhouse for reckless driving, according to the ruling of Judge C. L. Smith of the municipal court. Lawrence, who was found in the wreckage of his automobile, was given three days to arrange his business for the enforced vacation. Judge Smith, in pronouncing sentence, declared that after investigation he was convinced the only reasbn Lawrence did not kill some one was because there was no pedestrians near him to be killed. The arrest of Lawrence is In line with the campaign being waged by police and court against speeding.