Evening star., 1925-01-13
AUTOPSY ORDERED
IN BERG|N DEATH
Effort to Determine if Auto
Injury or, Heart Disease
Fatal.

and hNVraport streets, American tnl-
NerSity Park. today opened the ques-
tjon as 40 whether the injury sus-
tanned by him when hit by taXicab
December a, at Wis, onsin avenue
and Macomb street. was the cause of
death. Heart disease is held a pos
sible cause.
DIR. Anthony NJ Ray, family physi-
cian attending him, stated that since
the accident change for the better
was noted. only to be followed by
relapse. To determine the exact
cause of death, Coroner hewitt an
nounccd today autopsy will be
performed ut the District morgue.
Forrest l.. Winegardner, 30S 18th
street southeast, operator of the taxi
cab that struck Bergin. took him to
Georgetown Hospital, where he was
given first aid and later removed to
his home.
Sam Rice in Accident.
Sam Rice. fieet-footed outfielder for
the Nationals, was a principal in an
automobile-bob sled collision near 7th
and Webster street last night. when
his automobile and the sled on which
Bernard Shartzer. years old, of 4222
seventh street was coaSting crashed
at the mouth of an alley. The boy,
injured about the face and hands. was
taken to Garfield Hospital in Rice's
car. His condition is not believed
serious. Rice was near his home. 7l3
Allison street. at the time of the col
lision.
Liquor is alleged to have been a
contributing cause in an accident at
Florida avenue and Seventh street
yesterday afternoon when Frederick
Ford Sanford, 80. of $40 Madison
street. driving an automobile and
obeying a traffic signal to proceed
from Policeman Bowers, swerved to
the left after crossing the intersec-
tion and crashed into another ma
chine. The policeman, after investi-
eating. arrested Sanford on charges
of driving while intoxicated and col
liding.
Boy Coaster Hurt.
Russell Farnsworth, l6. 1886 Rhode
Island avenue was the victim of an
other coasting accident. He coasted
of the sidewalk at Sixteenth and p
streets about 1915 o'clock and was
injured about the legs and arms by
an automobile driven by Frank p
Ross. I'll Princeton street The in
jured boy was taken home.
Marian Weed, Is, 1910 Kearney street
northeast, coasted against the auto
mobile of Frank NJ. Burdine, 14l7
street. at Eighteenth
and Lawrence streets northeast about
$3.50 o'clock last night and sustained
an injury to her left side. The auto
mobile was parked.
James Harrison, IA, and Daniel
hessler. IL, 1474 Clifton street, were
on a sled that coasted against the
automobile of Hugh II. Groves, 1914
Spring road, on Thirteenth street
near Florida avenue yesterday after
noon, the car and sled going in the
same direction when the accident
happened. Kessler was treated at
Children's Hospital. His companion
was not hurt
William A. Grimes and John Hayley,
residents of Gait place northeast
were slightly hurt while coasting
near their homes yesterday afternoon,
their sled colliding with the automo-
bile of Y. H. Price, 164S U street.
Girl Runs Into Car.
While crossing Seventh between
G and Fl streets southwest yesterday
afternoon Louise Perry, 9, SIG
Seventh street southwest, ran against
an automobile driven by w. d. Dun
bar, 1245 Jackson street northeast.
She was not injured
Norma F. Cogdell, coIored, 10. 1143
Twenty-first street, was knocked
uo"n at connecticut avenue and n
street yesterday afternoon by an
automobile driven by Mrs. Philip B.
Campbell, PSI California street She
was treated at a physicians office
Sidney Porter, colored, 35, 523 Third
street southwest. slipped from the
rear step of a wagon at New Jersey
avenue and K street southeast about
5:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon and
fractured his right wrist. He received
aid at Emergency Hospital.
Policeman Hurt.
While on duty at Eighth and d
streets last night about 9:15 o'clock,
Policeman Robert Bryant of the
first precinct slipped and fell on the
sidewalk, sustaining an injury to
his right arm. He was treated at
Emergency Hospital.
An automobile driven by John
Grant, 1888 Levy street northeast
skidded against and knocked down
a lamp post in front of 1912 Ingle-
side Terrace yesterday afternoon.
Grant was not hurt
Joseph w. Allen, 10, inmate of
Soldiers Home, slipped on the icy
pavement in front of 925 Ninth street
yesterday afternoon and injured his
right shoulder. He was taken to
Emergency Hospital
Miss Jessie Eskew, Is, yesterday
afternoon fell on the icy sidewalk in
front of her place of employment
at 1874 Fourteenth street and sprained
her right knee First aid was given
at Emergency Hospital.