Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-29
BOY HIT BY AUTO;
DRIVER SPEEDS ON
19'Year-0Id Youth in Crit.
cal Condition as Police Seek
Man Who Fled.

With still another name added to-
day to the list of persons left lying
senseless on streets Of Washington
by motorists, who fed and cloaked
identities rather than give aid to their
victims, Inspector c. L. Grant, chief
sincere cooperation of the public In
rendering information to the police
which might tend to Identify the re-
sponsible automobilists.
arly this morning Leonard
Stevens, 10 years old. OF sl5 Fifth
street northeast was crossing Con-
necttcul avenue near Legation street
when an automobile knocked him
down and sped away without stopping
to see II he were injured. Today
Stevens Is lying in Emergency Hos
pital in a critical condition and De-
tectives Brodie and Vermillion are
identity of the drives Of the automo-
bile.
Inspector Grants Piea.
Police need all the corporation
which the public can render in their
efforts to solve these traffic casual
ties" Inspector Grant announced Of
f1cially today. IF the public will ten
der Information which must have
come to the notice of some person or
persons in the city, the, seemingly i'm
possible task of Identifying these mo-
florists will be greatly facilitated.
Amy person. therefore. with any in
formation which may throw light on
any of the unsolved traffic cases oc-
curing here since Halloween. who
will come forward to detective head
quarters or to any police precinct
with such Information, may rest as
sured that 1t will be treated with the
utmost confidence when requested"
Deaths Since Halloween.
Three deaths since Halloween from
automobilists who ran away without
making their names known remained
unsolved. in one other case the police
know the identity of the motorist.
Thee three deaths were those OF Or.
William A. Pethel of 1904 Ninth
street, who was knocked down at
Thirteenth and u streets by a ma
chine containing a crowd OF jewellers
Halloween night; William T. Riley
who was struck and killed the fol-
lowing day at Georgia avenue and W
street, and Miss Margaret Hefin of
Alexandria, Va, who was knocked
down as she was about to board a
street car at First street and Florida
avenue a few days later. Police know
the identity of the motorist who
rushed away after knocking down
and fatally injuring Joseph n. Powell
about the same time at New Jersey
avenue and S street.
And now the motorist who struck
down Leonard Stevens early today is
added to the list Of unknown"
Stevens Rushed to Hospital.
Stevens was picked up by John
Merriett of Is Grafton street. Chevy
Chase. Md, and rushed to Emergency
Hospital Physicians there stated he
was suffering seriously from shock
and that his skull IN all probability
was fractured.
A lookout" sent out by the police
describing the automobile contained
only the yaguest descriptive details.
A number Of minor casualties and
two cases wherein motorists failed to
identify themselves after striking
parked automobiles also were report
ed to the police last night and today
The first precinct is seeking a sedan
automobile which collided with an
automobile parked on E street be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth. and
failed to stop. and the Twelfth pre-
cinct is looking for a large touring
car, in which man and woman were
passengers, which collided with the
automo bile of Floyd A Truscott, park
ed in front of his home. 1910 Rhode
Island avenue northeast. and also
failed to stop. In each case the
damage was slight.
Police Seek Responsible Party.
Police, however. because OF tho vio-
lation Of the requirement that COL
liding motorists make their identi-
ties known after accidents are OK
erting every effort to learn tho names
In each case.
Six-year- Pauline Finnootf of
1918 Thirteenth street southeast was
knocked down by an automobile while
she was running across Good Hope
road southeast at Fourteenth street
and suffered q broken leg. Thomas
Dalton of 429 X street. operator OF
the automobile, first took her to the
office OF DR.. Hollingsworth, at 1913
Nichols avenue southeast. and later
to Providence Hospital. where her
condition was pronounced not serious
Patrol Auto In Collision.
The fourth precinct patrol auto
mobile was In q collision at AZ
street southwest, at N, last night
with an automobile operated by
James r. Brown of 92< c street
southwest. Brown was arrested on q
charge of operating an automobile
while intoxicated. No one was hurt
in the collision. III
Becoming frightened at the ap-
proach Of an automobile operated by
Mrs. NJ. E. Sheats OF 1000 Sixteenth
street. at Fourteenth and L streets
yesterday, Mrs. Smoot, 70 years OF
age, OF 1437 Clifton street, fell to the
street, although tho machine did not
touch her. Mrs. Sheats stopped to
inquire after tho condition Of the
woman, but the latter stated she was
not injured and went home. refusinn