The Washington herald., 1922-07-18
FINDS SALEXANDRIA
BOY WAS KILLED
| BY AUTOMOBILE
Coroner's ] ury Hears
Testimony on Drink
! And Speeding.
1NEGRO DRIVER HELD
Party of Young People Tried
\ To Avoid Car Which
Struck woodward.
NEGRO DRIVER HELD
THE HERALD BUREAU,
A. s. Doniphan.
727 King Street


Clarence woodward. fifteen years
ed. died of injuries received on be-
Ing run over by an automobile
driven by John Lucas, coIored, west
of the Highway Bridge on Duke
street extended. last night. about
o:45 O'Clock.
This was the substance of a YER
dict given by a coroner's jury which
met tonight at wheatIey's mortuary
chapel. presided over by DIR. T. NJ.
lJones,s coroner. The jury was COM
1posed of Maurice r wilkins. fore
imam: Irving Lindsey. William c.
/ fChauncey. William J. Schuler. o. II.
daniels and John H. Fisher. Wood
yard died on the way to the hospital.
Lucas told the jury that If he
jstruck woodward, he had no knowl-
iedge of it. and he told of being in
Intercepted by a man at the corner OF
King ard Payne streets and turned
over to the police. He said he had
taken two drinks during the day.
but denied being drunk
Andrew Grady, jr.. colored who
i occupied a seat beside Lucas in the
car. said he conversed with Ollie
Lear. colored. in the rear of the car
ard just as ne turned he saw a cap
rand heard a crash and he knew they
had hit something. Lucas saw moth
ing. Grady said. and neither did he.
Lear. he said, was not asleep, al
though Lear claimed that he was.
Witness said he also had a couple
I of drinks
Joseph woodward brother of the
| ~ # frUn
| girls and three boys started out
for a walk in Duke street extended
and were returning when they saw
the approaching car which was go
Y ing zigZag. He told one of the
girls to get on his left and he said
he grabbed one of the girls and
showed her back and just as he did
so the car struck his brother. Wit
ness said he screamed and went to
the assistance Of his brother. He
tried in vain to talk to him but the
J blow had rendered the boy uncon-
scious. The car that struck his
brother. he testified. had cut OF it's
lights, the driver had failed to
sound a horn and some of the occu-
pants OF the car laughed when his
brother was struck. In his opinion
the driver knew he had struck
something but did not stop.
Alfred beavers testified he was
standing beside the railroad bridge
when he heard screams and some
one cried to catch the driver. He
pursued in his machine and inter-
cepted the car at King and Payne
streets. He said the car driven by
I Lucas was zigzagging along the
! road and at one time looked as IL
.
graph pole. The driver he said,
slowed up a little after striking
woodward and changed gears.
E. l. Cornell testified that the
machine was going at twenty to-
twenty-five miles an hour.
Albert G. Schlag testified to bring
ing the injured man to the Alex
andria Hospital.
Others to testify were Clarence
Pugh. w. c. Mccormick. Miss Lille
Slick I'D Miss Little Morris.
Lu was represented by Attor-
ney Ashby Bladen. He will be given
a preliminary hearing at o'clock
Wednesday morning in Police Court
The funeral will be held at o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at the home
of Woodyard's parents, 336 Com
merce street, Rev. Robert Browne,
pastor of the Methodist Protestant
Church, officiating, and burial will
be in Bethel Cemetery.
Men living in this vicinity who
wish to join the citizens training
camps to be located in Virginia and
Maryland have until next Thursday
IN which to make application. Cap
c. Grenata. Camp Humphreys. will
furnish information. Papers may be
had at Gibson's drug store. King
Ihe camp is borne by the govern
ment.
The railroad strikers today were
addressed by Mr.. Hewett, editor of
the Machinists' Journal, at the daily
mass meeting held in the armory.
Dr. Chalmers, of Mount Ida, and
Miss Turner nurse, this city, were
placed on the 100 per cent union list
having volunteered to give their
services free to the men while they
are on strike.
In Police Court today John Nor
witz and Charles Lloyd, charged
with violating the State prohibition
law, were held for action of the
grand jury. Richard Swain, arrest
ed at the same time, was acquitted
The building Of six houses out of
thirty-five to be erected in Mount
Vernon Park subdivision. north of
Rosemont, has been begun. The
land was recently purchased by ].
II. Taylor of Washington. H. Her
furth. jr., is the contractor.
Members of Troop 1, Scouts of
the Methodist Protestant Church.
will go on a camping trip to Camp
Goodrich, seventy miles down the
Potomac, July "a They will be
under the direction of Scoutmaster
Paul o. weirback and William Nc
Suen.
The Chautauqua which has been
in progress here for several days
past closed tonight. 1t is expected
that the guarantors will arrange
to have II return next year.
Clyde B. Lanham. who recently
passed the State bar examination.
today was admitted to practice in
Child Falls 40 Feet
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