Even Henry Ford speeds a bit once in a while. Deputy Sheriff Harold Hamilton, above, of Melvindale, Mich., arrested the flivver king when the Ford car—not a Ford car—hit 46 miles an hour. The sheriff threatened to fire Hamilton if he didn’t apologize to Ford, and the police chief of the village said he would oust him if he did. There was no apology, and Hamilton was notified that he could have a job in the Ford plant if he were fired.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, August 25, 1925. There is a photo on the following link, but a the State Library placed a label over Hamilton’s face when the newspaper was received:
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073201/1925-08-25/ed-1/seq-1/
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