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THREE LOCAL|p«inofinthlDRIVERS GIVE5Cfansa;COPSTROUBLE«ilvaTwo Charged With Drunk Driving, Other With Leaving Accident SceneIt- was “traffic problem child” day in Benton Harbor municipal court today with two motorists Up foran1*02driterDAtimeUipsy driving and another on a LyIhief charge of Leaving the scene of an‘ssertfewbutoan-thcrketouthimitatetookRos-rkctsuedirkttthemd-.urftlince,intoaccident. The three were arrested over the week-nd by city police.One driver, reported to have nearly forced a patrolman off the Main street bridge Into the river, was up for second time for drunken driving.Another motorist was driving drunk, with a truck that had no brakes and was involved In an accident from which he tried to escape.A third driver, arrested twice this year for not having a drivers' license and stiff without one. gave police a battle when they tried to jail him. for drunken driving after a crash and an attempted runaway. Once Sent To JaiK William Khemchen, 26, of 409 Washington street, who was given a 30-day jail stitence on November Biy-{8, 193G, for drunken driving, de-afficiimuideri trial when arrested Sunday Tien i evening on a similar charge. Kiiem-j chens trial was set for August 1 torts* d lie was leased on his own rec-Har- - CBitizance,ulve! According to police, Kliemchen 'nte.si was zig-zagging toward Benton f0rjHarl*or from St. Joseph at 7 p. m. Sunday when he nearly forced a patrolman's car into the river at the bridge. The officer followed him down West- Main street, andmecir3HaW«sujar:AtthiErofVaanTOfrccnPoanCaPl'lt;frcofJuAtRcdate a. * taxplaced him under arrest.pre-Henry Shprmer, 33-yea r-old Highland road machinist, was arrested Saturday evening after his truck became involved in a crashthee Inlasm; tent,ratzbutacre hout the an a even On dies, theW£AtGem2ndi-with a car driven by Ronald Kric-1 ger, of 184 Napier avenue.Companion Is Jailed The accident occurred at Morton hill. Shermer was arrested for tipsy driving by police who caught up with him at West Main and Colfax avenue after be had left the scene of tile crash. Police said Shermer’s truck “had no brakes and was completely unfit to be on the highway.*’ 3hermerfs brother, William, 29, of Fair and Britain avenues, was riding rin the truck also. He was Jailed for intoxication.James Toomer, 39-year-old Negro laborer, of 404 Paw Paw avenue, was jailed at 1 a. m. Sunday after a series of events that happened withfirst sI)cec^ ailc* dispatch, that Toomeris cur is reported by police tftnMto have sideswiped a. car being Ul** driven by K. Palmer, of 363 Walnut street. The accident occurred at . Second street and Territorial road. Prisoner Fights Cops Toomer. officers said, continued on his way after the crash, nearly f crashing into another car, and run-ning through u red traffic light at Paw Paw avenue and Territorial road.When police caught up with him, he resisted arrest and gave patrolmen a fight when they attempted toFiPrth02:j.cirCl:claseiftre*copata;ofexbilmiNbabyloiccpast . Aticrcsairlyulartopnderw;Oill€bethevditCc
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Benton Harbor News Palladium
Benton Harbor, Michigan, US
Mon, Jul 29, 1940
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