MORTUARY VIGIL.
WITH VICTIM ’S BODY. An hour alone in the mortuary with the body of the. person for whose death he was responsible will be' a part of the punishment, inflicted" henceforth upon, any Indianopolis' motorist who brings death' to a pedestrian or other motorist, by careless or reckless driv-. iug while drunk. . •• This punishment, Says the New York correspondent of the. Central News, was- devised- by Chief of .Police Hei* man E. Rikehoff andl Dr William Dappers, deputy governor. The offiicals belipve such a vigil will prove as effective* a cure, for reckless or illegal operation of a, motor ear as a substantial prison sentence or fine.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 15 October 1925, Page 7
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109MORTUARY VIGIL. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 15 October 1925, Page 7
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