Evening star., 1925-12-08
REWARD FOR HIT.
AND-RUN DRIVERS
Police Sum to Be Used to Pay
for Observation-Disclosures
Dies of Injuries.

Citizens who report hit-and.run driv.
ers to the police department Will be
rewarded with "a good round sum- II
was announced today by Maj. Edwin
2. Hesse, superintendent Of police.
The police chief described the hit
and.run driver az the worst form Of a
coward, and believes that II ciVilians
standing by when accidents happen
would take down the Identification tag
number of the fleeing machines ana
Iurn the information over 10 tne po-
lice, the practice would be broken UP.
The Police Department has an
appror~'~ IN Maj. Hesse said. to pay
for :, alton concerning crimes
and d driver who moWs down a
pedes, ,ali and fees without making
his identity known Is guilty OF d
felony. the police chief will use the
fund in an effort 10 capture the run
way motorists. The amount OF the
reward, however. has not been flxed.
Another Death Added.
Another death and several injured
have been added TO the rapioiy
mounting traffic toll in the past -
hours. while an accident In NEARBY
Maryland this morning is expected to
John w. Smith. ia years old. injured
by an automobile the night OF Novem.
Der 2s at Pennsylvania avenue and
Nineteenth street, died at his home,
626 Kenyon street, early last night
Smith was knocked down by an
automobile driven by Leo +. Sher-
wood. 26 wears old. SO X street.
Sherwood took the injured man TO
Emergency Hospital. where he was
at1 nd
home. Coroner hewitt Will conduct an
inquest at the morgue tomorrow morn
ing.
Head-O On Collision.
Two automobiles met head-on on
the State road at Clinton, Prince
Georges County. Nd, about j. miles
from Anacostia shortly after o'clock
this morning and two occupants OF
one Of them were injured.
The injured men. Elgie Dement,. 80
years old and Jesse Windsor, 33 years
old, residents of Tippett. Md. were
brought TO the city in the car Of Bat
Tie Z. Thompson. 9lI ! street, owner
and driver of the other car that fig
ured in the collision. and taken TO
Providence Hospital.
Dement,. unconscious and in an ap-
parently dying condition. accompanied
Windsor. owner and driver Of the car
in which they were bound In the direc.
lion Of this city. Both were thrown
10 the roadway as a result OF the
collision.
After Thompson had assisted the
injured men TO the hospital he vas
taken to No. ) police station and Ie.
tanned until the arrival Of Constable
Arthur G. Thompson FROM Clinton.
He accompanied the constable to Gin.
ton to answer any charge that might
be filed against him.
Struck on Sidewalk.
Robert 3. Robinson, IS years old.
l146 5 street, was knocked down on
the sidewalk in front of 1741 T street
last night by an automobile that was
entering an alley. the driver failing
to stop. according to the police. The
number Of his license was obtained
aud he will be questioned. The vic.
TINS condition was reported as unde
:ermned.
William B. Oliff, IS years old. 20o7
Fourth street northeast. and Mrs
l;eulah Ohm. % years old, his daugh
ter-in-law, 2004 Fourth street north
east, were struck by the automobile O,
Clarence Pendleton. 30i4 Sixteenth
street northeast, at Lincoln road and
Rhode Island avenue northeast early
last night. Pendeton took them tc
tHc OIDCe VI IL H. - Cpife, StVU
North Capitol street, where they were
given first aid. the former for a
severe injury to the hack Of his head
and the latter for slight bruises.
A street car moving north on the
southbound track on Key Bridge about
l2:30 o'clock this morning was the
cause assigned for a collision between
the car and a motor bus driven by
John III. Hicks, Eallston, Va. The bus
was badly damaged as i result of the
Head-on collision and Hicks was badly
shocked. He VAS taken TO George
town University Hospital.
John Gray, nine years old, residing
near Rockville, Nd. was treated at
Emergency Hospital last night for in
Juries to his head, after being struck
by ii motor truck on the road near
his home yesterday afternoon. Physi
clans reported he was not dangerously
hurt
Roscoe Alley. 81 years old, Of 1926
street. was held for the action OF
the grand jury today by a coroner's
Jury at an inquest into the death OF
Henry Page, II years old. Of 1919
street northeast, who was knocked