Evening star., 1909-02-20
Life in Peril Following Auto
Accident in Washington.
REPORT FROM GUATEMALA
Injuries Supposed Slight Have De-
veloped Seriously.
HIS CONDITION IS CRITICAL
Motor Car Turned Turtle on Decem-
Der 8. When on the Way to
Mount Vernon.

NEW ORLEANS. February 20.-Pri-
vate advices received in New Orleans
from Guatemala City. state that the in
iuries sustained by Gen. John Drum
mond IN an automobile accident in Wash
inston some weeks ago nave developed
seriously. and that he is now in criti-
cal condition at his home in Guate-
maa.
The Guatemalan minister of foreign
affairs. Juan Barrios. and Minister Luis
Toledo Herrarte with Gen. Drummond.
We're on their way in an automobile Ia
place a wreath on the tomb of Washin gton
at Mount Vernon when their car was over
turned but without fatal result. 1t was
believed at the time that Gen. Drum
mond's injuries were slight.
How Accident Occurred.
Gen. John Drummond. who is fifty
years of age. was In Washington and reg
istered at the New Willard Hotel in this
city when, on December last, in COM
pany with Senor Juan Rarrios, minister
of foreign affairs and special envoy from
Guatemala TO the United States. and
Senior Luis Toledo Herrarte. envoy eN-
traordnary and minister plenipotentiary
was injured as a result of an automobile
turning turtle in which they were rid
ing.
Senior Barrios, who had arrived in the
United States few days previous to the
accident, had been instructed by Presi-
dent Cabrera to place a wreath entwined
with the colorS of the United States and
Guatemala on the tomb of Washington
al Mount Vernon. Bent on carrying out
this mission, the diplomats and Gen
Tlr,,y ht~41 Nj rrnv,
14th street garage and drove to flower
store on Connecticut avenue, where they
purchased wreath for 500.
They left the florists shop shortly after
o'clock Knowing the gates of Noun,
Vernon would be closed at = o clock, they
instructed George Startling. the chauffeur
to make the best time possible.
The machine had crossed the Highway
bridge and was about one-half a mile from
the Virginia end of the bridge, where there
bile swung around the corner d light
vehicle, driven by a fashionably dressed
woman, came into sight
Auto Strikes Stone.
Attempting to avoid an accident, the
chauffeur turned off to the right. The
next instant the front wheel struck one
of the small curbstones set atintervals
along the road. The machine turned
| over and the occupants were thrown ou,
and rendered unconscious.
A telephone message was sent to the
Emergency Hospital. The ambulance
started Immediately for the scene of the
accident. Meantime Gen. Drummond anC
| he diplomats had been placed in d de
| livery wagon and were being conveyed
| to Washington. The ambulance met the
wagon on the bridge.
| The injured men were taken to the
| hospital. where II was found that Gen
| Drummond was suffering from a lacerat-
! ell wound of the scalp and abrasion o.
| the face. After receiving treatment ht
returned to his apartments at the New
Willard. He later left the United State:
! for Guatemala.
! Senor Barrios was the most severely
/ injured. with a slight fracture at tn,
| base of the skull and cuts about til,
head and body. He later recovered. Senol
! Tole do was but slightly injured.