| Show 1 i t I I II Results of the Heiress I z Surprising t r durst of Speed That Has Hasa t a a Already Kicked a Judge Two t t r ra a W Policemen and anda a Court Court- Courtr y a r o e er r Attendant Out of Their Jobs r ev I i an all alla a e a g r 3 r tx at v 1 The Th e not rw w 4 y tl r Ki 6 r r 4 V 2 1 l lr r beautiful Rocke w s 7 fi ff r 1 y n d ryr yr d feller heiress a as r looks walk 6 x I she ff r rK K cw r Fifth a ad d 4 ing in g gr along rY b Q a Avenue a Ya a s Y r f L g Aj M I Y via A b r 4 VS f A New York motorcycle policeman handing a sum sum- suma a F g a i- i imona mona to a woman speeder just ae Policeman Fleming g r ti did to Mias Rockefeller the other day d dr r 1 a Yx nr 5 SMART little closed car rolled A along New Yorks York's Riverside e the other afternoon At Its steering wheel sat Miss Abby Rockefeller ler granddaughter ler granddaughter of John D Rocke Rocke- Rockefeller Rockefeller Rockefeller feller and probably the heiress to more millions than any other young oung woman In the tho th world She Sha had not gone sone very far before ehe sh eb I glanced at her her- wrist her wrist watch and gave save a aI I little gasp of dismay It was many mins Min Minutes utes ates later than she had expected and un- un unless un unless less she ehe hurried hurried sho would miss an Im Important im- im important engagement ti The traffic tramp ahead of her was not at ataU atall atall aU all congested and as she could see no motorcycle policeman anywhere sh eh did what so many motorists are aro always being tempted to stepped do-stepped do stepped on the gas The car shot ahead with exhilarating eagerness to burn bum up the asphalt and the heiress sk fully guiding it along the curving Drive had picas pleasant ant visions of being able to keep her engagement after all But as the needle on the speedometer swung ung far past the legal limit the cars car's pace attracted the notice of Motorcycle Policeman Po Edward Eduard Fleming who was lurking in m the shadow of a tall apart apart- apartment apartment apartment ment house watching for just lust such bursts of speed as this He threw open the throttle of his machine and started In pursuit Before the heiress's law-breaking law car had covered another block the motor motor- motorcycle motorcycle cycle cop was vas chugging alongside herand her herand herand and sternly ordering her ber to stop Oh Ob shucks exclaimed Miss Rocke Rocke- Rockefeller Rockefeller feller feller and the way she said it suggest suggest- suggested suggested ed cd that If she had been John Ds D's grand grand- grandson grandson son Instead of this very ladylike grand grand- granddaughter granddaughter granddaughter daughter her words would ha e been a great deal more vigorous 1 As she did not deny having exceeded the speed limit there thero was no chance for argument and so the policeman went through the usual formula Sorry maam ma'am ho he said but Ill have to hand band you a ticket He Inspected Miss Rockefellers Rockefeller's license to operate a car wrote down her name and address and handed banded her what hat Is known as a a ticket ticket a summons to appear in the Traffic Court and answer to the charge of speeding Being too busy to go to court herself Miss Rockefeller sent her friend DavId Milton jr to plead guilty for tor her and gave him the money to pay the fine But later in the day Mr Milton smiling ly Iy smilingly handed her back bac the money she had hadI I given him every him every dollar of it There was nothing to pay he ex- ex exclaimed ex exclaimed claimed Magistrate Marsh suspended sentence Miss Rockefeller thought the matter quite happily ended but as she soon found out it not wasn't-not wasn't not by a II long shot The amazing and reaching far results of her violation of the speed laws were yet yetto yetto yetto to show themselves When they finally did the heIress realized that she sho could hardly have bave created more excitement it If she sho had bad run her car up the steps of City Halland Hall and Straight nto Mayor Hylan's private of- of office of office fice overturning the furniture there and knocking His Honor out of his official chair Courts and police poUce force the whole fabric of New Yorks York's government was wasi shaken and still is by what followed her stepping on the gas for just juat a II few minutes Somebody discovered that Miss Rocke Rocke- fellers feller's latest violation of the speed laws law was not slot her ber first Five months before betonI she had pleaded guilty in the tho same court coura 7 to a similar charge and had bad been gIven givena i a suspended sentence When she again pleaded guilty to a i charge of fast driving she sho was there there- e ew el w I l t r t tAts iy J ia Ats Wp f 1 f I ry y ki- ki kiry Irr tA tAu ry r rn M o i y- y yr i ddn r Xa a p pit it ii u I as n ae f e vy vya a u t r II I 0 A J y yi j i II p it t tt t si r w a ai i b z f y tit titz r Fri e J 64 t I r i it t tI re 1 n t a I M sA a S 1 xi s 7 I n 4 a 8 rr qtY y rr rS r rs s r e d i iy a i Q 1 t f fd d y M t kv S rr i iw w S Otis AYl it V i A n 7 r J e v 7 irk tt A f 8 Zie r l aRp r J sr s ii 0 wl r 0 q ti tiu u e er r a ry r p ii fd rr x Jl l k way p y F c r f t i ivL a l ls s l vL q i if w f wt d iti i 1 s r F Fx x r f i N f Ji rv l da ii I M Y SI r s su stR u tR S h New NewYork's Yorks York's 5 yr ti t RIversIde f fi i Drive where nJ ithe the motorcycle w I i handed Miss cop s f sAbby Abby her ticket Q fore a second second offender and as such should have been fined instead of being given en a suspended sentence A first of offence fence against the laws is often qUIte readily foi given but Lut when hen the same pel prison son admits guilt a second tune time the law is supposed to be velY stern and unyielding m in demanding its pound of flesh In Miss Rockefellers Rockefeller's case cose as prying eyes qu discovered ed the court COUI t records had bad been altered to make it appear that the first charge against her bel had been dIsmIssed This made her out a first instead of a II second offender and gave MagIstrate Marsh the opportunity to tog g give ve her a suspended sentence wIthout even the formality of a personal appear appear- appearance appearance ance in m court The newspapers printed these facts and the city was Mas at once stirred to wonder why th the law andall and all the piece dents pIece dents of the Traffic Court had been set aSIde in this way for the benefit of the tho Rockefeller heiress Was Vas it the magic of her name alone or the skillful use of a part of her millions mIl mIl- mIllions mil millions lions that had brought about this sur- sur surprising sur surprising change in th the court records Is it true as some somo of the radicals are aro always maintaining that there thero is ono one law for the rich and powerful and quite another for those who havo have neIther wealth nor influence If It not thenh then h why had Miss bliss Abby Rockefeller been given a suspended sen- sen sentence sen tence for the second time in five months In defiance of all law and precedent Why indeed 1 l roared Mayor H HIon lan as he ordered his Commissioner of Ac- Ac Accounts Ac counts David Hirschfield to make a thorough investigation of the whole mat mat- matter matter ter And then the fireworks began The Mayors Mayor's why wa was wai echoed In hardly less thunderous tones by Police M Jw t rif bk r if if i Y i iy y Commissioner En z En-z k fT I r f right by Chie Chief Mag Mag- ff lu t 1st istrate rate William WIlham Me M c cAdoo Adoo and by other officIals official who ale charged with seeing that the law is without fear or orfa orfa fa faor fa or and that a Rockefeller heiress hen ben ess gets no m mae e consideration and no less than thanIn In an humble working girl Police Lieutenant Lawrence J Col Collins leis hns in m charge of the records in the Traffic fic Court was as the first Carst one to be ques- ques questioned ques questioned He Ire admitted that he had changed the record in Miss Abby Rocke Rockefeller's fellers feller's case But before the lieutenant could be pI es-ed es for an explanation as to why he had done so 0 he applied for and was granted the retirement I to which he is entitled after serving nearly thirty years ears on the police force Policeman Fleming who handed MIss her hei summons and appeared in court against her got no chance for fOI foran an explanation before being punished for forthe forthe forthe the hand he is supposed to have had In Inthe inthe inthe the matter He Heas was as summarily yanked off his cle and sent to pound tho pavements in m a remote section of Brook Brooklyn lyn miles away from his home Francis X Doran the Traffic Court clerk who is alleged to have played an Important part in the falsifying of the court records record was transferred to another court and made to answer charges pre pre- preferred pre preferred against him by tb the Board of CIty Magistrates Magistrate Marsh refused to obey obe Commissioner Hirschfield's command to t appear before him and explain why he h made mado the disposition he did of the case caso against Abby Rockefeller But this re- re refusal refusal did not save eave him from being added to the rapidly lengthening list of vIctims whom the heiress bowled led over when she sho sh stepped on the gas He was transferred from the tho Traffic Court and when Miss Rockefeller breaks break the speed laws again it will bo be some other magistrate who ho will hear her bel pla pl plea a lid tI t ft and pass sentence on her heT This completes i f the list of casualties up to date but many more and still more serious senous ones are arc to tobe tobe ara r be expected e any day The arlous carious investigations L l f which Mayor wf H hn set act in motion motton 11 lie e still sUll in ur pi ogress rd fb M and before they are arc be be- be believed lie ed completed it is 18 he Cd that other po- po police po police lice and court of officials a may be in the Sa ln sa r of the Rockefeller j heness fro from m the theire i ilaw's laws law's penalty The investigation ire also expected to vya show thit th she IS bo only one of man SG pel persons sons of wealth and prominence who whoA A have been given gwen un d due u e consideration i when the they run foul of the law Shrewd ers ere pre p r e d I C t that New Yorks York's po- po police po police lice and courts are jin 1 In for one of the greatest upheavals they have e ever eier er ex ex- ex all all as a ff u resu result I t of Abby's speeding r Miss MIs RockefellerS Rockefeller 4 who might very pos pos pos- jy f sibly throw a II great deal of light on the reason reasons for the sur- sur surprising sur ur surprising disposition of her case has re- re re fused refused to talk about it and now she has hastIed tIed fled beyond be ond the reach of any nas from Commissioner Hirschfield or any anyone anyone one else As Aa she sailed for Europe the tho othery other y q I C 1 rHy 1 2 a i On t I tI y ya yi I k ti Y t T 7 r rz z Jb ro a y yx x Rocke- Rocke aa John D who per 1 bliss Abby Rocks tt i Naps is glad his feller whose viola viola- tion of New Yorks York's didn't N 1 14 speed laws has as had Y pay a fine k 5 rk such unexpected 4 I 4 consequences day she InsIsted that her trip was t h sent her a warning fi planned and Ind her here that a third offense passage e engaged 1 would be a serious senous long before e she h matter stepped o 0 n nth the e f i ia a Any alteration of ga end set et in t the h e court records moto oton the forces force forcest w was II s he saId a II that have h lifted led purely purely incidental i two one and a prominent magistrate ti out of their jobs lobs and are threaten threaten- In ins mg the tho positions of many others ti i But there is a strong SUspICion that her trip was as arranged to get gether I I her out of the strong glare l of publicity w huch her treat ment b by the Traffic Court has thrown on her and her heri i famIly At any rate it IS 13 f thought she sho will not return 1 J to America until the i J are o er 0 er and there f 4 is no danger of her being subpoenaed and asked what 1 its might prove provo to be very lery ery em em- w f- f harassing questions After ho lie was ousted from the tho Traffic Court Magistrate Marsh Marshi broke his long sIlence and made his first statement in defense of his disposition of Miss Rocke Rockefeller's fellers feller's case He lIe declared he thought a suspended sentence wa was wai more sore in the in- in interest in interest terest of justice than a fine but that he hec c 1 J matter of little interest to me and to bo be accounted for tor in a II court which handles up upwards ards of cases a II lear ear The Tho people of New York City are aro watching the results of the Mayors Mayor's in investigation lon with Ith a II great deal of interest and a great many of them think MISs caso may not prove as easily to be bo accounted for as Magis Magistrate Marsh thinks Perhaps as the magistrate insIsts l G John Ds D's granddaughter received all the tho punishment she sho deserved for her little burst of speed But would the tho young woman to whom Policeman Fleming handed the sum summons mons mona have havo been treated quite like this if she had bad been only a week a Jl f or an obscure house housewife Ife instead of Miss Abby Rockefeller the heiress to rs 4 untold millions That is what Mayor H Hilan Ian and Police Magistrate CommissIoner Enright and Chief MagIS McAdoo end and Commissioner of Ac Ae Accounts counts Hirschfield still want to find out l Jr 1 |
