The Washington herald., 1920-11-09
CHILD, 6, AGED
Man, 65, KILLED
In RCRASHES
Lives of Both Crushed Out.
Seven Blocks Apart. at
Same Instant.
THREE DRIVERS HELD
School Girl and Old German
Caught Under Wheels
OF Automobiles.

Death grasped the automobile
steering wheel and struck twice and
simultaneously on washington's
streets yesterday afternoon. As a
result two more names have been
added to the long roll Of trafic
accident fatalities in the present
year.
One victim was little girl. stui
flushed with the happiness OF her
sixth birthday anniversary. The
other was a man bowed with IS
years. a German by birth. and alone
in the world. He was instantly
killed as he made his way along
the pavement toward a grocery 10
purchase food for mrs simple sup
per. 1t was 2:l5 o'clock when both
lives were snuffed out.
Three Men Held
Three men are held for appear
ance at -the two coroner's inquests
this afternoon.
Clara Marie Bussink. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Bussink, Of
20 Myrtle street northeast. and Au-
gust Collmar, OF 523 Sixth street
northwest. are the dead.
Clara on Sunday night laughed
and frolicked with little friends
come TO wish her many happy re-
turns OF the day" for she was six
last Friday. She vas on her way
home from st. Aloysius' School.
where she was a pupil in one OF the
lower classes, when the accident
happened. AS she stepped from the
curbing into North Capitol street
between I and X streets she was
struck by an auto truck operated.
the police say, by Newton Ford. I53
Pierce street northeast.
Say Crash UnavoIdabIe.
Bystanders carried Clara in their
arms TO Sibley Hospital where she
was pronounced dead. Policeman l.
r. Riley. Of the Sixth precinct. ar
rested Ford. who declared. Riley
says, that the child stepped in front
OF his machine 50 quickly he Was
unable TO bring IL TO stop.
At nearly the moment when Clara
Bussink was killed. Collmar. less
than seven blocks distant met his
end in tragicaIly unusual fashion.
He was walking at Sixth and "
streets when. according to the po-
lice. he was crushed by a machine
thrown upon the pavement by i'm
pact OF a collision with another.
William II. Lee. III Pierce place
northwest. was driving his car east
on II street while machine op-
Grated by Albert Small. IS. OF SIS
Upshur street northwest. MAS going
south on Sixth. When they came
together Smslls' conveyance launch
ed itself across the sidewalk. knock
ing Collmar down and fracturing
his skull. Small was released On
s.. 900 bail Lee and Ford had not
furnished bail at a late hour last
night
This is the story OF the affair as
told by Policemen Lewis and Hes
ley. Of the Sixth precinct. who ar
rived on the scene Immediately and
took Lee and Small in charge.
Relatives Unknown.
Collmar was dead when picked
up. He was corresponding secrc-
tary OF the Workmen's Sick aud
Death Benefit Fund but 50 faT as
Is known has no relatives either IN
this country or Germany to whom
his possible holdings in tho fund
might go
Several years since. Collmar WAS
head chef at the Raleigh and had
been employed in a similar capacity
in several large hotels Of New
York. Philadelphia and Atlantic
City.
Headquarters Detective SerEeauts
Bradley and Kec1 assisted in an in
VestigHtion of both cases.