Beaver County News | 1924-10-10 | Page 6 | Oldfield Charged with Speeding

Oldfield Charged With Speeding Calexico, Cal., Barney Oldfield, veteran automobile race driver is at liberty under $500 bond here pending arraignment in police court on a charge of driving his coupe while intoxicated. According to the arresting ar-resting officer, Oldfield was piloting his car at a, speed of eighty-seven miles an hour on the highway between be-tween Calexico and El Centro. Three state motorcycle officers attempted to overtake the racing driver, but only one was successful. The other two later caught up with the procession proces-sion and helped their companion turn Oldfield qver to the city health officer, offi-cer, who pronounced him intoxicated and passed him on to the Calexico police.