Evening star., 1925-06-23
NUN KILLED, HURT
IN CRASH ENDING
LIQUOR CAR CHASE
Rum Auto DemOlishes Sedan
of Sisters in 6O-Mi|e-an-
Hour Dash.
VICTIM WAS KNOWN HERE
AS ANGEL OF PROVIDENCE
Man and Woman Captured When
Mad Pursuit Is Climaxed
by Accident.

machine, sustained less serious in
5urieS.
Woman Resists CaptOrs.
The Robinson woman, whose huS-
band was killed only a month ago
when his automobile crashed into
tree while he was being chased by
revenue agents, and Young were cap
tured by Detectives Ogle and Schenck
of the fourth precinct. but only after
the woman, covered with blood from
her own injuries, fought like a cor
nered tiGeress and was virtually
dragged to the police station.
The accident occurred at the inter
section of Second and ID streets south
east, two blocks from the Providence
Hospital, which Sister Cephas and
Sister Agnes had left just minute
before to go marketing for supplies
they intended distributing among
their needy charges. Sister Cephas
died before she could be carried back
10 the hospital, but the others, al
though severly hurt, will recover.
Crash Inevitable.
Iadson was driving the hospital
car, a sedan, north on Second street
The bootleggers' machine dashed sud
denly out of d street. There was no
time to swerve-juSt a flashing sec
companied by the screechinS of
brakes, and witnesses saw the twisted
frame of what was once the sedan
crumpled up on the far sidewalk,
where it had been hurled by the on
rushing rum runners machine.
Sister Cephas, who had occupied the
rear seat with Sister Agnes, lay un-
conscious yards from the wreckage,
her head resting on pile of spllntered
glass dozen or more pieces OF the
glass puncturing her brain. 1t Is be-
lieved she had been hurled completely
through the rear door Of the sedan,
the frame of the door being found
nearly half block from the scene OF
the accident.
Companion is Injured.
Sister Agnes stunned and too be-
wildered to understand what had oc-
Cured. was found on the floor of the
tonneau. and Ladson was sprawled
unconscious over the steering wheel.
one hand still clutching a piece of the
wheel, which had been smashed into a
dozen parts by the impact. y lamp
post on the corner had been snapped
off 6 inches from the ground and
twisted almost into the shape of an
Interrogation mark.
Residents who had witnessed the
ira gedy from their windows and Pc
destrianS rushed to the scene. pri-
vate automobile that stood nearby was
pressed into service and the injured
were placed in ii and rushed toward
Providence Hospital. Before the car
could travel the two blocks, however,
Sister CephaS died and it was feared
for several hours that Ladson, too,
would succumb to his injuries.
Priest Rushes to Scene.
Less than an hour before the acci-
dent occurred the two Sisters of Char
ity had attended mass at st. Peters
Catholic Church, less than a block
from the scene Of the accident, and
Father Moore, who had served them
holy communion, hearing the crash of
the collision, rushed to the scene. He
was just in time TO swing on the run
ming board of the automobile as il
started toward the hospital.
There. hatless and clutching a door
handle with one hand. he administered
the last sacramentS TO the dying An
gel of Providence" The priest had
felt her pulse and realized that she
could not live more than a few sec
onds. The final prayers of the priest
sped her soul on its long journey into
eternity. Upon reaching the operat-
ing room of Providence Hospital he
also said the last rites over for Lad
son, DeIeNllS lHdJ ne, 700, NOulO ule-
In the meantime the police car con-
tanning Detectives Ogle and Schenck,
barely avoiding the collision itself, had
stopped and the officers turned their
attention to the woman bootlegger and
Young. Unmindful of the still forms
of their victims that were scattered
about, the drivers of the death car
had tried to take advantage of the
excitement to escape, but the ready
nothing to do but continue their pur-
suit.
Woman Tries to Flee
Young had stumbled only a few
steps before he was collared by
Schenck. The Robinson woman. how
ever. had disappeared. and she was
found fleeing up an alley. Weakened
herself by the shock of the collision.
she was soon overtaken by Ogle. and
when she found capture inevitable she
turned on the policeman with "a threat
TO kill him if he came near. Ogle,
however, continued after her.
Tearing off the heavy mourning veil
she wore, she turned upon Ogle and
clawed at him in frenzy as he grabbed
her. Screaming. she was led back to
the scene of the tragedy, and after
both she and Young had been exam
ined by physicians, was taken to the
fifth precinct police station.
Ogle and Schenck were first attra CT.
ed to the bootleggers' car at First
street and Virginia avenue southwest
because of its excessive speed. AS
they gave chase Young, who was at
the wheel, opened the throttle wide
and the big roadster dashed away
toward Southeast Washington on its
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