The Washington times., 1926-10-25
ONE KILLED IN
TRAFFIC

one man was INSTABILITY
when struck by an automobile,
another narrowly escaped death
when his automobile turned over
three times down an enbankmef1t,
and eighteen persons were injured
during q weekend Of traffic aecl-
dents that eclipges any other prev.
lous weekend total since last
winter.
struck by, an automobile while
he was crossing Ninth st. n, W.,
near H Street man Thought to De
Thomas Robinson. an employe OF
the Palace Laundry. was killed IN
stantly last night. Police say the
man was struck by an automobile
operated by Welton B. HUTTON
I412 Chaplin st. N. w.
Hutton placed the. man in MS
automobile and rushed him 90
Emergency Hospital. where he was
pronounced dead from q fractured
skull. Robinson was unidentified
ninth today. Hutton was released
In custody OF his attorney by police
Of the First precinct. and Will
appear at an inquest today.
When his automobile swerved
fronn the street and crashed through
the bridge railing at Twenty.elgntn
Street and Pennsylvania avenue
Northwest, turned over three times
and crashed into a large bill board,
William II. Armstrong. 80 years
old. 1926 Thirty-third st. ~. W.
escaped with but slight injuries.
Armstrong claims that the steer:
ing gear broke, as he apprOa ched
the AZ Street bridge. mounted the
curb. barely missed tree. took out
an eirht-foot section of the ran
and went rolling down the hill. de
was taken to Emergency Hoapital
nv r II. Rosenberg, 400 Third st.
s. w. and Randall W. Meech. 1922
Nineteenth st. N. W.. who saw the
crash.
Arrested In Crash
After their automobiles had col.
lided with another automobile and
q street car. respectively. resulting
in the injury of two persons, Henry
Young. colored. 81, 1920 p st. n.
w, and Fleet NJ. Johnson, 81, 819
Nineteenth st. N. W., were arrested
and charged with driving while
intoxicated.
The former was the driver Of an
automobile that struck another car.
operated by Arthur Booth. al
Twelfth st. n. n. Booths 1S-month-
old boy was thrown from his moth
er'a arms to the floor of the car
and badly bruised. He was treated
by a neighboring physician.
The automobile operated by john
SON Is said to have struck a street
car in front OF 1926 NJ Sts q, W.
Francis ]. Moore, q. 1912 Chaplin
st. N. W., who was riding with
him. was treated for bruises.
After his automobile il alleged
to have struck q taxicab, inJuring
the driver. and he Is claimed TO
have sped on his way without max
ing his identity known, Robert 3.
Cummings, IS. AS Third 5t. n. W.
was arrested and charged with
reckless driving and leaving With
out r1aking bis identity known.
I,Ioyd B. Mason, colored, "a, eos A.
Fourth st. 8. e. was treated at
Freedinen,s Hospital for cuts about
the head.
corpl. Ira Brock, United States
Marine Corps, Quantico. Va, was
injured about the spine when the
automobile In which he was riding
was collIded with at Georgia Ave.
and Longfellow st. N. W.. by an
automobile operated by Bernard I.
Hammett, Silver Springs. Md. Brock
was treated at Walter Reed Hos
pital Sergt. Hugh F. Deekins, also
of Quantico. operated the former
car.
Hits Fire Plug
While attempting to avoid a
collision with another car at Tenth
and f Streets Northwest, Herman
Sanford, 81, 2s04 Sixth st. n. b.,
drove his automobile into a fire
plug. Leo Southland, %. 1908 r
st. s. W., who was riding with
him, was treated at Emergency
Hospital for injuries to both hands.
Both the fire plug and the auto
mobile were damaged.
Joseph Benham, SO. GIG Eighth
st. n. E., received deep cuts 10
both shoulders when, while getting