Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1915 — LEGLESS, BUT A SPEEDER [ARTICLE]

LEGLESS, BUT A SPEEDER

Gets SIO,OOO Verdict, Buys an Automobile and Is Fined Very . Regularly. La Crosse, Wis. —Silas Green of Hokah, Minn., collected SIO,OOO from the railroad after he lost both legs in an accitteht. He bought an automobile, and since then has been a regular visitor in the La Crosse police court, accused of speeding. The police got so tired of arresting the legless pilot that recently when Silas appeared ia court again they dug up an old city ordinance and charged him with driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor. Silas paid the maximum fiae, 5102.5 g, Thq police expect a rest for a time.