Dec. 23, 1920
A force of motorcycle police to patrol the state roads in an effort to stop automobile banditry will be inaugurated at once, Governor Ritchie announced. The new force will be in effect, a state police force, but, because of the necessities of the law, will be under the immediate direction of the automobile commissioner. The present plans include only a comparatively small force of 20 or 30 men. On motorcycles, however, such a force can cover a large amount of territory.
Yesterday, a closed Hudson car, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. James R. Russell of Winchester, Virginia, left the Baltimore State Road at Whip-poor-will Hollow, near New Market, within 100 yards of the spot where Edmund Berger and George Watts met with a fatal accident about a week ago. The Hudson upset after leaving the road.