The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-05
8 D 7 HERS
BADLY
HURT
Edward Hughes, Pittsburgh
Man, Dying After Drive
With Lillian Osbourn.

Two dead, one seriously in
jured, and eight others in the
hospitals is the city's automobile
toll for the twenty-four hours
ending at midnight last night.
In addition, a pretty twenty
one-year-old girl stands charged
with driving while drunk, having
dead tags, and possessing no oper-
ator's permit. She is Miss Lillian
osbourn, of 610 Longfellow street
northwest, and she obtained her
release from the Third precinct
when she put up 800 collateral.
ID. C. Athlete Killed.
The dead are: William Deller.
twenty-five. member Of the Mohawk
Prep A. C. football team of 111S G
street southwest, and Mrs. Emma
Ruhler, fifty-five, OF 92s III street
northwest. Deller died at Casualty
Hospital Of injuries received near
surrattsville, Nd, when he and two
others were returning from a dance.
Mrs. Ruhler was struck by a taxi
cab said to have been driven by
Herman w. Gregory, of 311 Seventh
street southwest, in front Of her
home. She died at the Emergency
Hospital
Others who were injured when
Deller was fatally hurt, are Aubrey
and Charles J. Havenner, Of 5H
Seventh street southeast. Both
were cut and bruised. The accident
their automobile.
Pittsburgh Man Dying.
Edward Hughes, twenty-four, son
Of a prominent Pittsburgh, Pa,
surgeon, is dying at Emergency
Hospital Of a fractured skull and
internal injuries as the result Of
the wild ride that ended in the
accident, near Foxall road and
Canal road, to the car. Miss Os-
bourn is charged with driving while
drunk.
Pending the result Of injuries to
Osbourn has been continued for
two weeks.
According to police of the Third
precinct, Miss Osborn's machine
left the Foxall road and struck
some unknown object between Rail-
road avenue and Canal road. The
automobile, occupied by four others,
was badly smashed, but Miss o.
bourn was able to drive 1t to
Emergency Hospital.
Two policemen, o. J. Letterman
and w. Sager, Of the Third pre-.
cinct, saw the machine SIS it
limped by. They summoned the
patrol wagon and followed it to the
hospital. There they arrested Miss
Osborn.
Had Been To Party.
Police say that Miss Osborn and
her friends were returning to the
city at $3.50 Sunday morning after
having been out on a party. Others
who were In the car were Mr.. and
Mrs. John e. Lind, apartment No.
., 1880 Thirteenth street northwest:
Howard Ames, GIT Longfellow street
northwest, and Miss Ruth Carrfgan,
of Baltimore, Md. All were treated
for cuts and bruises.
Policeman Sager and Letterraan
say their attention was first at
tracted to Miss Osborn's car by the
seeming inability of it's driver to
keep it going straight. They say
the car went from one side of the
street to the other, narrowly avert
ing hitting other automobiles and
trees.
Hughes q Law Student.
Hughes is a law student at q
Baltimore school. He is q member
OF Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity.
Among others who were injured
yesterday were Robey Marshall
1887 Fourth street northwest
James Griffin, PA John Marshal
place northwest; A. Full, fifty
whose address is not known; Ed
ward Scott. Annapolis, Md; Ophelit
Bullock, Arlington, Va; Lillian
Jones, 703 Rhode Island avenu,
northwest; Daniel Harrison, 6,
Logan place northwest; Raymon,
A. Haws, 93s Virginia avenue south
east, and Alfred Buckley, one yea