Evening star., 1923-01-28
TWO DEAD, 5 HURT,
|NSTREET CRASHES;
TWO MORE MAY DIE
Sister-in-Law of Representa-
tive Succumbs Shortly
After Accident.
CAR SKIDbING ON WET
PAVEMENT KILLS MAN
Woman Is Injured, When Auto
Collides With Parked
Fire Truck.

Two persons were killed and five in.
Jured in traffic accidents yesterday after
noon and last night. Two of the in
jured may die.
The dead are: Mrs. Emily Keith. about
sixty years Of age, 1885 Park place, a.
visitor In the city. and a sister-in-law
OF Representative Fuller Of Illinois. who
was knocked down by an automobile at
18th and B streets northeast, shortly
after 3 o'clock, and Frank ". Capers,
fifty years old, Of 1925 Girard street,
killed almost instantly. when struck by
an automobile at 14th and Girard streets
at z :l5 pm.
James Crowley. colored, fourteen
years old. of 1881 street, is at Emer-
gency Hospital In a serious condition,
as the result of a traffic 1umble In front
OF 81 K street northeast, at 6 80 last
night. He is reported suffering from
conclusion of the brain and fracture
Of the skull.
Caesaro Compagnoli, fifty years old,
Of 204 G street northeast, was knocked
down by an automobile while crossing
Florida avenue between North Capitol
and 1st street northwest, at 1880 last
night He was reported early this
morning to be dying at Casualty Hos
pital.
Crashes in Fire Truck.
Mrs. May Wolf. ia Virginia avenue
southeast, is at Emergency Hospital
suffering injuries received when the au-
tonobile in which she was a passenger
crashed into a parked fire truck at goth
street and Pennsylvania avenue last
night. She probably will recover
Daniel Gallatin, eighty-one years
old, of 60 r street northwest, while
crossing Florida avenue at 1st street
northwest at 10 minutes to o'clock
last night was knocked down by an
automobile operated by D. Carlton
Dorsey of 1886 Swami street He re-
fused hospital treatment and was
taken to his home.
In an automobile collision at $50
o'clock last night between a machine
operated by Claude Bradield, 1908
34th street northwest, and a mall
truck from the Post Off1ce Depart
ment. operated by Thomas Hartley OF
No. Canal road. which was parked
at the time of the accident, Hartley
received a broken left arm and
bruises about the body He was
taken to Georgetown University Hos
pital and later taken home.
slippery Streets Cause.
Capers was crossing the intersec-
tion at 14th and Girard streets when
struck by an automobile operated by
Raymond Wood Of 823 Allison street.
The paving was wet at the time OF
the accident, making brakes almost
useless for quick stop. according
to police. At Garfield Hospital,
where he was taken in Woods ma
chine, he was pronounced dead on
arrival by DR.. G. w. Davis. Frac-
caused death. Wood is being held
at the tenth precinct. pending tho
coroner's inquest
Capers was recently retired from
the government printing office. A
native of Columbia, S. c., he came
here twenty three years ago and re-
sided in Washington virtually con-
tinuously since that time The body
will be sent to Prosperity, s. c., for
burial. He is survived by a widow,
Mrs. Carrie Capers, and four sisters,
all of whom reside here: Mrs. Percy
Richmond, Miss Eleanor Capers, Miss
Ruth Capers and Miss Mary Capers.
Mrs. Keith was knocked down by
an automobile operated by Samuel
King, colored, thirty-eight years of
age, 746 12h street southeast. while
crossing B street at 18th street north
east. She was taken to Casualty Hos
pital in an automobile operated by
w. e. Wood, 2o1 Tennessee avenue,
who was passing at the time. She
died ten minutes after arriving at
the hospital.
Driver Surrcnders.
King went to the ninth precinct
after the accident, where he is being
held pending the action of the coro-
ner.
Mrs. Keith was a member OF .
prominent Chicago family and was
spending the winter in Washington
at the address mentioned above. She
is survived by her sister, Mrs Fuller,
wife Of the Illinois representative;
Mrs. Mary e. Hussey OF this city, q.
sister, and another sister living in
Chicago.
James Crowley's injury, according
to one witness, was the result OF q
trafic mix-up midway in the block
of K street northeast between North
Capitol and 1st' streets- william K.
Watkins OF 81 K street northeast,
son Of former Representative Wat.
kins OF Louisiana, was driving east
In his machine when horse and
wagon driven by Henry Tibbs OF 1881
T street. believed to be relative of
the boy, backed into the street. An
other automobile, whose operat tor is
not known to the police. was going
east at the same time. Watkins
swerved his car so that the fcnder
knocked off tho rear wheel of the
wagon. The boy was standing near
the wagon and the wheel hit him,
knocking him 70 the ground. He was
irst taken 70 sihlsy Hospital ana