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Show Frkk First Motorist ' Taken in Speed Trap Tn first AUtoaotUa tpaader aaS the nrst speed trap la tha Ntw Inland In-land district wera described la tn Boston Post. Ooadrased, It aaspefted la 1897, In this wlss: Tits speeder, la Ms tlrtlt nfga-wheeled nfga-wheeled contraption, was roaring down Arlington afreet, going every hit as fsst as soma modem conrrete mixers mix-ers and making an equal anwuat of not. The legal limit was ten mtlea an hour and the local nollea chief told tfa court his prisoner had been making aighteen. "Wera youf Inquired the Judge. "Way, your honor, ray csotsr car won't eveo make the ten-nlte Unit!'' protested the driver. The strange part of It Is that the Judfft believed the driver and discharged him. To maintain his reputation for veracity, the police chief secretly measured of! a quarter mile, got two good stop watches and, with the aid of a sergeant, set out to catch1 conscienceless con-scienceless nutomobillsts. The first victim wus Henry Frlck. the big steel manufacturer. This time there was Indisputable evidence of speeding. Twenty-five miles an hour cost Mr. Frlck just $50. |