The Washington times., 1924-07-14
AN|ON
TELLSOF
CRASH
Friend Did Not Know Police
man Was Married Chum
Declares

The story of the circumstances
surrounding the ride of seventeen
year-old Mae Foreman, 525 F
street northeast, last night with
Forrest P. Waddell, 918 | street
northwest, a Washington police
man, which ended fatally for the
girl when the motorcycle on which
they rode overturned on the Fort
Humphreys pike, will be sifted by
a coroner's jury.
To Hold Inquest.
Over the JifeIees body of the girl
lying in the Domaine undertaking
establishment IN Alexandria, n iurv
called by Coroner I. NJ. Jones viii
go into the tale CT how trip tc
the movies with two girl companions
and an invitation to a motorcycle
ride from three young men they
met as they left the show ended
fatally for the girl last night in
the Alexandria hospital shortly after
II o'clock.
The accident occurred between
CUB Springs, Va, and Fort Humph-
reys on the Richmond washington
PIKE. According to B. G.. Durrer.
state policeman, who was near at
the time Of the accident. WaddeIl
was trying to pass a car driven nv
w. Z. Burns, All Maryland avenue.
When the side car in which the
FOREMAN girl was riding struck a
rear wheel of the machine. The
side car was thrown into the air
and the girl was thrown to the
concrete roadway after somersault
ing in the air. WaddaU was
caught beneath the overturned
motorcycle.
Injuries Not Serious.
At the Alexandria hospital TODAY
II was stated Waddells injuries
are not believed serious. He was
suffering severely from shock. it
was stated. A wife and a child
ot the policeman are visiting in
Massachusetts.
Parents and friends of the dead
girl asserted she had never mef the
policeman before she was included
IN the invitation of the three young
men last night after the movie show
10 take the ride which ended in
death. Mae was Of a quiet dispo.
sltlon' they declared, and paid no
ATTENTION to fellows" Girl friends
with her denied they knew Wad-
dell Is married and said they felt
sure Mae knew nothing of it, They
expressed doubt that their other
male companions knew of Waddeu
as a married man.
IL was fearful and historical
scene at the Foreman home in F.
street northeast this morning when
MRS. e. II. Cans, PA F street
northeast, mother Of Helen Cans
VINO was with Mae Foreman last
nlgnt' came to condole with Macs
broken-hearted parents.
Don't come in here" was the
hysterlcal warning of Mrs. Foreman
as she sighted Mrs. Cans entering
the front door. Your Helen was
the cause of it ALL" she cried
through her tears.
She would not have gone with
him II she had known he was mar.
rleo, Mrs. Foreman declared to a
Times reporter.
Mae left here yesterday after.
noon with Helen Cans. They were
oOio " Ilie IHONIeS' ftelen mad no
money and Mae had 80 cents. She
was going to pay Helen's way. They
were going first to a movie over
on Ninth street, but they changed
their minds and decided to go to
the Criterion down on H street as
1t was nearer their homes"
Shields Memory of Pal.
In the Cans home were two sob
bling girls in whose minds were
still fresh the scene of death on the
dark Humphreys road not twelve
hours before. Helen Cans had but
one thing she wanted to do and
that was to shield the memory of.
her pal" from the rumors that go
with a ride with a married man.
Il know Mae never met Forrest
before and did not know he was
married." Helen sobbed. Il don't
believe the boys he was with knew
it,"
The story related by Helen and
the third girl on the ride, Lillian
Kidd, visiting at the Cans home,
was essentially that the girls went
to the movie about 645 last night.
The show being over, they left at
about $3.50. AS they reached the
street Helen was met by Arnold
Bowen, hoy whom she had known
and asked to take a motorcycle ride
She said today she did not know
there were other young men with
Arnold at the time. The other two
one of them Waddell, invited the
Foreman and Kidd girls and the
three couples set out to take
swift ride and be back in Wash.
ington before 10 o'clock, as Helen