The Washington herald., 1922-06-25
William Fitzgerald Vic
tim of Collision With
Army Truck.
DIES AT HOSPITAL
Miss Washington" Opens
Game Between Dread
naughts and Manhattans.
THE HERALD BUREAU.
A. s. Doniphan,

III King Street.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, June "a
william Z. Fitzgerald. seventeen
years old, was fatally injured while
riding a bicycle this morning near
the Union Station when his bicycle
and a big army truck from Camp
Humphreys, driven by Private WILL
lam Norman, came together.
The accident occurred at $3.50
o'clock. and the boy died at the
hospital 1T & o'clock this evening.
He had lid with his mother at 335
South Parr+ck street.
The body was moved to Wheat
ley's mortuary chapel and viewei
at o'clock tonight by a coroner's
jury summoned by DR.. T. NJ. Jones
and adjourned to a later date. The
jury is composed of Walter p. Ker-
rick, Hay S. Cleveland. William
Klaus. Namond r. Davis. A. S. ELL
bourn and Julian F. Poss.
The boy was picked up by Miss
Virginia Keith and driven to the
Alexandria Hospital, where his in
juries were treated by DR.. S. B.
Moore. He sustained a compound
fracture of a leg and cuts and
bruises His machine was demol-
ished. The truck afterward ran
into the iron fence at the west end
of the station The truck was go
ing up the hill to the station. and
Fitzgerald was driving down.
The driver of the truck later ap-
peared at Police Court, where the
hearing was postponed until July
l by Acting Police Justice A. B.
Nicol. Capt A. NJ. Edwards. U. S.
VI. c., gave bond of 81 1000 for Nor
mans appearance.
Washington's most beautiful
young woman. Miss Margaret Cor
man. was the chief attraction this
afternoon at the benefit baseball
game between the Dreadnaughts
and the Manhattan Athletic Club OF
Washington. which resulted in a
score of 16 to in favor of the
Dreadnaughts.
Miss German tossed a ball into
the field to Mayor James N. Dun
can. She then autographed il. and
1t was put up at auction by the
mayor, Kirk Z. Wallace, local sec
retary of the Y. NJ. c. A, winning
it for IS.
Little Miss Mary Catherine Wal
lace presented Miss German with a
bouquet of roses on behalf OF her
many Alexandria admirers, and
Robert Cochran presented her with
a button, making her a member of
ST. Paurs Troop No. /, Pioneers.
Miss Audrey Allen presented her an
other button, making her an hon.
orary member of the Girl Scouts.
First Baseman Morris won the
prize in the base circling contest,
having made the circuit in Is Sec
onds. X E. Wallace made the pre-
sentation.
A man registered on the police
blotter as r H. Thorp was fined $50
in the Police Court today by Justice
Duvall on a charge of breaking
glass on the street. He was ac-
quilted of violating the State pro-
hibition law
According to Policemen Taylor
and Thompson, who made the arrest.
when they accosted Thorp last night
at the intersection of Oronoco and
Columbus streets. he dropped two
half-gallon glass jars. They was a
strong odor of liquor.
In the office o. the clerk of the
court today. deeds of conveyance for
the following pieces of property
were placed on record. Gustave NJ.
Lagergren and wife to Earl B. Brant
and wife, house and lot 10, block 4,
section I, Rosemont; Mrs. Stella G.
Link and husband to T. Harvey
Henshaw. house and lot, SIP North
Washington street.
A meeting of Alexandria Lodge of
Elks will be held Monday night at
its home when a large number of
candidates will be initiated and ar
rangements will be made for a big
class initiation in the near future.