Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-18

That Clarence WOOGyard, ntteen
wears old, came to his death from the
effects of injuries received by beng
truck and run over by an automobile
driven by John Lucas, colOred, Sunday
night. July 18th, was the substance oil
verdict given by corners Jury
which met last night at Wheatley
mortuary chapel, presided over by Dr.
Il. NJ. Jones. The jury heard the tes-
timony. of eleven witnesses mcluuiHs
Lucas. .-
Lucas will be given a preliminary
hearing i'm the police court tomorrow
morning. Lucas was represented at
the inquest last night by Ashoy bla-
den. IN 10
The funeral of Woodyard VIII be
held at 8 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
from the Methodist Protestant Cnurch'
Services will be conducted by rev; rev;
Robert Browne, pastor, ana ourlal VIII
be i'm Bethel cemetery.
The most important witness TO teS-
tifv before the Jury was Joseph Wood
ward brother Of the dead boy, VINO
was in the party and who witnessed
the accident. According to witness
there were five i'm the party, lncluu-
ing two girls. and they had been on
q hike ON Duke street extended, ana
were returning when he observed an
automobile zigzagging. Witness Sald
no saw the machine coming toward
him and ne grabbed one of the girls
and pushed her to one side and Just
ne ne did so the machine struck ms
brother. When it did he screamed TO
stop the car and then went to the as
sistance of his brother. His brotner'
be said. never uttered word after
ing struck, although he made van
effort 10 speak to him. He said Clar-
ence died a few minutes before they
@ot to the hospital.
Witness said the car that struck MS
brother had cut off its lights and the
driver did not sound his horn and
tr,,o i'm the car laughed when ms
brother was struck. He said the
driver never stopped and he certainly
must have known that he struck some
body as glass fell from the front lights.
The car he described as being large
aud apparently green and black. A.
fred beavers. a signalman, employed
ON the railroad, said he was standing
near the bridge on Duke street extend
ed and was attracted by the crash. 1ol-
lowed bv screams. He turned about
AND the car that apparently did the
hitting did not stop. Witness said
the machine slowed up a little after
striking the hoy and the driver shifted
his gears. When witness first saw the
co, II looked TO him as if the driver
was about to run into a telegraph pole.
beavers said when he saw the driver
of the car was not going to stop ne
pursued it and overlook the car at the
corner of King and Payne streets. At
tho time witness stated there were no
other,cars in motion in sight as far as
he could see.
According to f. l.. Cornell he heard
the crash and the automobllist did
not stop Someone cried. STOP that
man. he killed my brother. After the
crash he said the machine appeared TO
~, twenty or twenty-five miles
AZ hour. .ooo NJ,
Miss Leslie Morris, 1909 Duke
street. told of the party of young folks
walking down the road and or oelne
showed aside by Joseph Woodward Just
as the car struck Clarence Woodyard
The machine she said never stopped
but after hitting Clarence zlgzagge'
Il uU the road. Before getting to them
Sthe "ar. she said. APPARENTLY cut on
# he lights ,
~ T'he testimony of Miss Lille Slick
Y 1907 Duke street. was that the car
was going fast and no horn was blown
Witness said she did not see the crash
Clpreuce PuOh. Ills Duke street
o"'d the car. after striking Woodward
dragged him TO the opposite side OF
the road.
Albert G.. Schlag, S15 Franklin
street told Of conveying the boy tC
the Alexandria Hospital in his ma
chine.
The testimony of W. c. Mccormack
of II East Walnut street, ROSemont
was that the driver of the car that
\ struck woodward was driving in q
reckless manner and shifting gears
John Lucas, colored. driver Of the
car. took the stand and told the jury
he did not remember striking Wood.
ward. Somebod1 he said asked him
If he had heard someone hollering anC
he replied that he had not. He tolC
of being intercepted at King and
Payne streets. At the point where
the accident occurred he said he wa;
going at the rate of between ffteer
and eighteen miles an hour and blew
] his horn a short time before. he de
clared.
Lucas admitted that he had two