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Show RAPID DRIVING FEAT HAS POLICE FINALE Arrest Follows Spectacular Spurt in Which Machine Is Badly Damaged. A cloud of dust rounding the curve with the speed of an Arabian simoon, a terrific crash, a heart-rending shriek, a shower of splinters, a momentary silence, si-lence, interrupted presently with the stentorian ejaculation, 4 You 're pinched," and '" P. O. Reynolds."' 29 years of age. was led to police headquarters head-quarters early last night by Patrolman M. Conyers, charged with exceeding the speed limit and later released on $100 bail. Reynolds, who says be has another aud better name which he does not rare to have recorded in the annals of police-dom. police-dom. according to eye-witnesses, was driving his car at a speed that would have elicited tho admiration, if not the envy, of Barney Old field, and rounded the corner of Thirteenth South and Ninth East streets without diminishing his rate of progress just as the passengers passen-gers were getting oil a waiting street car on the latter thoroughfare. Reynolds Rey-nolds maintains that he was driving at a moderate pace, and insists the brake refused to work. The automobile struck the curb and one of the ba'k wheels was wrenched off and smashed by the impact. Reynolds Rey-nolds had a party of friends with him. but all escaped injury. Others rrrested last night for violation viola-tion of the traibc ordina nee included Grant St. 'lair. 21 vears of aure. chauffeur, chauf-feur, bv Patrolman Walgren. on the corner cor-ner of Third and Main streets, and George M. Eckstroni, CoO South Eleventh Elev-enth East street, by Patrolman A. E. Lund. |