The Washington times., 1923-07-30
WOMAN DYING
At TER AUTO
PLUNGE
Mystery Surrounds Identity of
Victim in HospitaI-Man
Held for Investigation.

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being Mrs. Deerfield and Mrs.
Holiday. The patient is booked
as living at 1416 Harvard street.
Woman Was Driver.
The machine is said to have had
tags from several States. A local
hackers tag gave Mrs. Edna
Schultz, Of the New Plaza, as the
owner. Mrs. Schultz has not lived
at that apartment for three months,
it was stated there.
Mrs. E. Meters, Of 1920 Harvard
street northwest, was, according to
the police, the driver Of the car.
She refused. the police say, to give
the names Of the occupants Of the
car.
Frank Haggerty, said to be a
novelty salesman stopping at the
| Sterling Hotel, is being held at the
| Seventh precinct station, though he
| denies that he was in the car, or
that he knows who was in the
car.
Bernard shreve, Sc Foxhall road,
told the police, they say, that he
was in the car, but that he did not
know any of the occupants.
| He was treated at the George
town University Hospital for a
sprined ankle. So far as is known
no others were hurt.
| Mrs. Bennett Is internally in
| jured and her recovery is doubt
full, physicians say.
Three Escape Injury.
The three other passengers Of
| the car escaped injury by Jumping
when they saw that the machine
was going over the embankment.
They left the scene Of the accident
without giving their names, the po-
lice say.
Seven people were injured In traf-
fic accidents yesterday and last
night and nine others narrowly
| escaped possible serious injury when
they were hurled from the auto
mobile In which they were riding
when It struck street car.
| On their way to visit their father.
who il being held at the First Pre-
cinct station house for investigation,
Anna and Hazel Small, three and
five respectively, of 500 Seventh
street northwest, were injured In
two separate accidents. Anna was
struck by q southbound street car
and hurled ten feet and a minute
later Hazel was struck by an auto
mobile. Anna was on the way to
the Freedman's Hospital when her
sister was struck. Hazel was taken
to the Emergency Hospital
Both Children Hurt.
was with the children. She saw
both Of them hurt. The accidents
happened at Seventh and H streets
northwest Both children suffered
severe cuts and bruises.
Four persons were injured when
their automobile skidded and struck
a trolley pole at Connecticut ave-
nue. and Woodley road northwest.
They were: Helen Smith, eighteen,
Of Wardman Park Hotel; June
Flanagan, twenty, Of 2847 Twenty.
seventh street northwest: Louis
Marks. twenty-five, of 1881 Har-
ward street northwest. and Harold
Mondsheirn. SO8 West End avenue,
New York city. None was seriausly
hurt.
Ten persons, five girls and five
boys, were thrown from their ma
chine when It struck a street car
at Twenty.seventh and p streets
northwest. Isabelle Hardesty, six
teen. Seat Pleasant, Md, the most
} seriously injured. was taken to the
Emergency Hospital. She is suffer.
ing from decorations and Commissions.
Police Take Them Home.
The others who were in the car
are: Ethel Dove. Margaret Gross.
Gladys Gray, all fifteen years old,
and all Of Seat Pleasant, Md. and
. Louise Hardesty. sixteen. cousin of
the injured girl. of Leon, Md. The
boys were: Clarence Bruffy, eigh-
teen. OF Cabin John. Md. driver
or the car; Lambert Johnson. fif-
teen, 1921 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest; George H. Brown, eigh.
teen, living with Bruffy; Logan H.
Kline, eighteen. 1912 Pennsylvania
avenue, northwest: Louis Scrivener,
1870 Pennsylvania avenue north
west. Bruffy was arrested for not
having an operators permit and
for having dead tags on the car.
When the girls all told Detective
Sergeant OBrien that they did not
have car fare they were taken
nome In the detective headquarters
automobile.
Joseph Levine, 1247 Shepherd
street northwest, and Mrs. George
Theobold, OF the Rochambeau apart
ments, were injured last night
when their machine, driven by Lee
vine, struck another machine at
Thirteenth and Monroe streets
northwest. Both received cuts of
the face and head.
Carl Lincoln, 452 Ridge street
northwest, and Ida and Samuel LIN
coin, all OF the same address. re-
ceived cuts and bruises last night
when their automobile struck II
street car at Sixth street and
massachusetts avenue northwest
They were treated by a physician
living in he neigIborhoOd.
Bernard Kearns, Of Brooklyn, was
instantly killed and Miss May
Miller. Twenty-Five, and Miss Sarah
roster, thirty-two, both of New
York, were slightly injured when
the taXicab in which they were
returning from Coney Island early
today was struck by another auto,
mobile and overturned. The driver
or the automobile sped away. Later
Warren Andrew was arrested and
technically charged with homicide.
; Backed Into Boy.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., July 30.
Edwin G, Remer. of Ventnor, was
directed to appear at hearing
To-Day to explain an accident Sun.
| 0aV in which hIo