Obviously the indexed text of this book is not actually from 1891, given that the very next sentence talks about 1926 in the past tense.

> Results 1-1 of 1 > Page 49 > Within ninety days after the signing of those pledges, the records of the Bureau of Public Safety showed a decrease of almost 50 per cent in accidents resulting from jaywalking. In 1926 all honorary and special commissionerships in the police ...

Hah! That'll teach me to cut and paste fresh data....

Hm,that's interesting. I wonder why the OED doesn't mention this source in its earliest usage:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking#Origin_of_the_term

EDIT: In case that sounded sarcastic or like I didn't believe you, I'm actually curious about how they're so far off in their "first usage".

Because this is Volume 39, which was actually published in 1954, not 1891.[1]

Search the book for 1954, or any year before then, you will get results. Search for 1955 and you get nothing.

[1] http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=ncycus...