Evening star., 1925-02-23
RECKLESS AUTO|ST
hits AND RUNS
Crash Wrecks Two Ma
chimes, Iniuring Several,
One Seriously.

six persons were injured yester-
day afternoon when an automobile,
alleged to have been exceeding so
miles an hour, crashed into an
other car at Four-and a half and Is
streets southwest, wrecking both
said to have run from the sceneh but
Ave colored passengers were ar
rested.
Kenneth Ingram nine years old. the
most seriously injured member of the
party, received a fracture Of the
skull. He is in critical condition at
Emergency Hospital.
Charles Belt, colored. residing In
the vicinity of First and NJ streets
southeast, Is alleged to have been the
driver of the car that did the dam
age. The FIVE other occupants of the
car arrested registered as: Richard
Henson, IS. s21 New Jersey avenue
southeast; Irwin West, Edward A.
Johnson and William c. Johnson, 56
NJ street southwest, and James Ross,
s3 NJ street southeast.
Cecil B. Riley, 1924 Seventeenth
street, owner of the car that was
struck. hurled against tree and
overturned. was accompanied by his
wife, Mrs. Fannie w. Riley, who was
driving, and William Riley, their six
year-old child. Guests of the couple
were Mrs. Florence il. Ingram, %.
and her two children. Kenneth, nine,
and James, four, also occupants OF
apartments at 1924 Seventeenth street.
Cries ot children Bring Aid.
Cries of the children attracted the
attention of motorists and others,
who assisted them from the wreck
age and had them hurried to Emer-
gency Hospital, where they were
treated by Drs. F. o. Roman and
Frederick Sanderson for cuts and
bruises
The several colored men arrested
by police of the South Washington
precinct are said to have admitted
being members of the automobile
party. One of them is reported to
have expressed the belief that the
car was speeding at a s0-mile gait
when the accident happened.
Howard Moran, SO. vice president of
the American Security and Trust Co.
2700 Connecticut avenue; mis- wife and
niece, Miss Aileen Moran. daughter OF
w, Herman Moran, chief of the Sc
cret Service, were injured in a hit
snd-run accident at Connecticut and
Florida avenues about 1870 o'clock
yesterday morning. The Moran car
was overturned but its occupants
escaped serious injury.
An alleged speeding motor truck
crashed into the sedan in which the
Morans were riding. The truck was
badly damaged. An unidentified in
dividual, reported to the police as an
alleged joyrlder, quickly left the
scene of the accident and disappear
ed. Police have been unable to locate
him.
n
Mrs Henry Payne, SO. 119 Massa-
chusetts avenue, was knocked down
by an automobile at First and G.
streets yesterday afternoon and her
right ankle sprained She was treated
at home by her family physician.
Alfred Clomsx, 1901 Carrollburg place
southwest, driver Of the car, was
charged with colliding
Richard Maron. >. Girard street
northeast, was knocked down near
his home yesterday afternoon by the
automobile of A. F. Canfeld, Munsey
Building, and slightly hurt He was
treated ct Sibley Hospital
A taxicab and two automobiles were
involved in a collision on the bridge
over Rock Creek at Calvert street
yesterday afternoon. Joseph Mastin,
Capitol Heights. Md, was driver of
the tsxlcab, while Frank HarSig, 1f43
Eighteenth street, and Alton Jones,
1901 Queen street, Alexandria, Va,
were drivers of the automobiles.
Jones, injured about the face, was
taken to Emergency Hospital Alex
ander Wolf, 16. 1886 Woodley road,
occupant of one of the vehicles, re-
ceived an injury to his head.
Included in the list of persons re-
ported injured in traffic accidents dur
ing the "a hours ended at s o'clock
this morning were the following
James NJ. Patterson. "a, 3111 n street;
Francis McMulIen, 476 Pennsylvania
avenue, and Mrs. Lula Trillo, 314
Fifth street northeast