The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-24
mrs. SL0CUM.DEAD,.
GEN. BELL INJURED.
They Fall Victim S Of.
Autos Crash With
Trolley Car.
WOMAN CRUSHED
UNDER MACHINE
Chief Of Staff Of Army Suffers
J. Severe Hurts, but Will Re- /.
cover Accident Occurs
While Party Is En- Route
to Washington After
Visit to Fort Myer.

Washington. March 23.-Afajor-Gen-
eral j. Franklin Bell, Chief Of Staff
injured early to-day In an automobile
accident, In which Mrs. Herbert ].
slocum. wife Of Major slocun1, u. S. "a.
was almost Instantly killed. was re:
ported tonight to BIO resting com
fortably. One OF his ribs was broken
and he suffered some scalp wounds.
but no internal injuries have been dis
covered and no complications OF any
sort have set In
Major Slocum, who is a member OF
the Seventh Cavalry. and now stationed
at Governors Island, N. Y. arrived to-
night with his sons, Jermane. who Is
also at Governors Island, and Theo-
dore, student at Princeton Untver-
sity. He was met at the train by In
spector- General Darlington. almost a
lifelong friend, and by Colonel Crow
der, Of the Adjutant-Generais office.
and Lieutenant-colonel Kean. an as
sistant to the Surgeon General
No further arrangements have been
made for the funeral OF Mrs. Slocum
than that the body will be taken. af-
ter the inquest tomorrow, to the home
OF her birth. Ossining. n. Y. MT. ana
Mrs. Robinson. the latter sister OF
Mrs. Slocum. and Miss Robinson. OF
New York. also arrived here tonight.
Collides with Trolley.
The accident was caused by a south
bound trolley car OF the Wisconsin
Avenue car line. near Tenally.own. in
the northwest outskirts of this city.
col1iding with an automobile owned
by General Bell. The car was occu-
pied by Mrs. H. ]. Slocum, fifty years
old. OF Governors Island. N. Y; Mrs.
II. L Green and General Bell. Mrs.
aSlocun1, who received internal Injuries.
was removed to the Georgetown Hos
pItal in an automobile, where she was
pronounced dead.
Chauffeur Ward was unhurt. but
Was soon arrested, together, With thc
lnotorman and conductor OF the trolley
car. They were later released from
custody. however, on orders from Cor
.oner Nevitt, who instructed them to
appear at the inquest tomorrow
morning.
Mrs. Slocum. whose husband is a
nephew of Mrs. Russell Sage. was visit
ing her sister. Mrs. Fl. L. Green, at
the Wyoming apartment house in this
city; but yesterday went to Fort Myer
to visit Mr.. and Mrs Bell, with whom
she and her husband were on terms
OF intimate friendship. It was on the
way back to the Wyoming that the
fatal collision occurred The Tenally-
town Road. officially known as Wis
5consin Avenue. runs north from
Georgetown through the westerly
environs Of the city. and is a fayorlte
route for automobiles. Crossing the
Georgetown Bridge from Fort Alyer,
the car turned north into Wisconsin
along the northerly boundary of the
city, when, at Garfield Street the coll
5lision occurred. The fast-moving
trolley car when they came together
practically demolished the automobile
The automobile was hurled about
twenty feet against a trolley pole. 1t
finally turned over. General Bell was
thrown out. Ward was pinned under
the front. but managed to 5extricate
himself. Mrs. Slocum was crushed
under the body of the car. II
bell Directs Work. ST
Bleeding about the hands ana head
General Bell directed the pass sengers
on the car and others In lifting the
automobile from the woman. Mrs
Slocum was then hurried to the hos
pital.
| In statement issued at the War
Department this afternoon, it was ex-
planned that Mrs. Slocum had been dis:
cussing the advisability OF building
home in Washington, and it was
with this in view that General Bell
was taking her to look at some high
ground along Wisconsin Avenue wher
the accident occurred