The Washington times., 1923-06-21
ON GAS
AND HER CAR
KILLS MAN
Mrs. Emma G. Sullivan Be-
comes Confused in Accident.
G. L. Cameron Victim.

G. L. Cameron Victim.
One man is dead and several
other persons are suffering from
injuries received yesterday in
traffic mishaps.
George L. Cameron, fifty years
old, 943 Virginia avenue south
west, died today at Emergency
Hospital as a result Of injuries he
received last night when he was
struck by an automobile operated,
police say, by Mrs. Emma G. Sui
Ivan, 1929 Hartford place north
west. Following the accident Mrs.
Sullivan collapsed and had to be
removed to her home. Shortly
after arriving at her residence
she again tainted.
Hurled Twelve Feet.
Cameron, who was a carpenter,
and who came here from Lynch
burg, Va, was walking in the
roadway on the south side of the
National Museum, west of Ninth
street when he was knocked down.
He received a fracture OF the skull,
broken collar bone, cuts on the
right side of the head and internal
injuries. He was hurled about
twelve feet.
Cameron had stopped in the road
way to let another automobile pass
him when Mrs. Sullivan's car drove
up. A daughter who was accom-
panying Mrs. Sullivan told Detec.
tives Keck and Mansfield her
mother sounded the horn and that
the man became confused. He
stepped backward into the path Of
the Sullivan machine and was
knocked down. Excited over the
occurrence Mrs. Sullivan stepped
on the accelerator instead OF the
brake and the machine passed over
in the roadway. She had intended
stopping the car to prevent the
machine from running over the
man.
Woman at Liberty.
Mrs. Sullivan will not be taken
into custody and is at liberty on her
own recognizances. She will have
to appear at the inquest which will
be held tomorrow at 2:30 at the Dis
.trict rnorgue.
Funeral arrangements will be
completed this afternoon when John
P. Cameron, Of Lynchburg, Va,
brother of Cameron, arrives in
Washington to take charge OF the
body.
Cameron is survived by two broth
ers and two sisters, Robert Dam
eron, of Minnesota; John p. Dam
eron, of Lynchburg, Va: Mrs. Annie
Mary Dice, OF Glenwood, Pa
Cameron. who is a contractor, is
a member Of the carpenters union.
David Bennett, 1920 o street
northwest, reported to police of the
Second precinct that his automobile
collided with a white woman on
Fourteenth street at Thomas Circle
last night, but she refused to give
her name or go to a hospital for
treatment
The curiosity Of little Joseph Wal
ter, three years old, 337 o street
southwest, resulted yesterday after
noon in his suffering a fracture OF
the leg. A motorcycle was parked
at the curb near his home and the
little fellow attempted to climb to
the seat. The cycle toppled over on
the child and he was pinned beneath
It. He was rushed to Washington
Sanitariufn for treatment.
Motor Cars Collide.
Mrs. L. F. Hamilton, 1905 JackA
son street northeast, and Ruth
Hawkins, 1892 Wylie street north
east, were badly shaken up when
the automobiles they were riding
in were in collision at Twenty
fourth street and Benning road.
Both refused hospital treatment.
Albert Goodenough. sixteen years
old, 466 E street southwest. who
was riding bicycle at Twelfth
street and Pennsylvania avenue, was
thrown to the street when he was
struck by an automobile and suf-
fered bruises and cuts about the
leg. He refused hospital treatment.
linda Elaznick, sixty-three years
old, 321 Third street southwest,
was kicked in the head by q horse
he was driving and which became
frightened at an approaching auto
mobile. When the animal bolted
Elaznick was thrown from his seat.
He is being treated at Emergency
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