STOLEN CAR THRILL

Hokitika Guardian, 31 May 1929, Page 3

STOLEN CAR THRILL

L. . ; ; LONDON, April 6. , i , ' A thrilling story of a ride on -the footboard of a motor-car travelling at GOYniles an hour was told at Jv.iyeypppl yesterday when Leonard I fJvron Morris, aged 22 ,a homeless labourer, was charged with stealing a,'motor-car. > ... Air F. Borrows, prosecuting said tjhnt/dialf an hour after the car had , been—missed Constable Bradshaw saw it in Walton going towards Aintree. He signalled to the driver to stop and Went to the car to make inquiries, placing one foot on the running-board. ‘‘While the officer was taking particulars,” 1 said Air Borrows, “ Alorris made off at top speed with the coustgible standing on the running-board gripping the, window frame. “Morris drove at between 50 and 60' miles an hour and took no notice of several policemen who signalled him 1 ./to stop. A young woman in the car screamed and threatened to throw herself out unless it was stopped. Morris slowed down, and the woman stumbled into the. roadway. ntlEp TO CRUSH HIM.. • “ \Viiile tiiis was taking place Bradshaw jijbt a grip on the steering-wheel and tried to stop the engine, but Morris accelerated "and again reached a ♦speed cf between 50 and 60 miles an hour. “He zigzagged all "over the road and several times attempted to crush Bradshaw against other vehicles. When they got to Qld Roan Bridge, where tjia road is /very rough, -,the constable had -to Relinquish his hold and fell' into tbe road, injuring his head. The' cur wap afterwards found abandoned.”) Mr Borrows said that when Morris, was arrested he said/ “ I did take the car.” Alorris .was remanded.