Evening star., 1926-10-25
|ONE KILLED BY CAR.
ANY0THERS HURT
Jury Gives Verdict of Acct
dental Death in Case of
Thomas E. Robinson.

One man was killed and a score of
persons injured in traffic accidents
here yesterday. number of which re-
suited from slippery streets.
Thomas E. Robinson, 62 years olu.
a laundryman. who resided at lz!5 ~
street, was the victim of the fatal ac
cident. He was killed at Ninth ana
n streets by the automobile of Welton
B. Hutton. 1412 Chaplin street. ABOUT
$40 o'clock last night.
Hutton stopped his car immedla1ely
after the accident and made a quick
trip to Emergency Hospital with Ine
injured man, who died en- route. LIT.
Potter examined the body and pro-
nounced life extinct. death having re
suited from a fracture of the SKULL
hemorrhage and shock.
Three sons of the victim ldentlneu
the body at the morgue this mornlns.
A coroner's jury today returned
verdict of accidental death.
Car Goes of Bridge.
William H. Armstrong, 6O years olu.
of 1923 Thirty-third street, narrowly
escaped death yesterday afternoon
when his automobile crashed through
a wooden barricade at the west END
of Meigs bridge, Twenty eighth street
and PENNSYLVANIA avenue, and plunged
to the bottom of a 60-foot embanK'
ment.
Although pinned beneath the ma
chine. Armstrong managed 10 craWi
from the wreckage before witnesses
going to his assistance reached MIN.
At Emergency Hospital, where ne was
taken, it was said that several OF MS
ribs were fractured and his face ana
body slightly cut and bruised. Arm
strong explained that the steering
wheel must have gone wrong ABOUT
the time the car skidded on the wet
paving, making it impossible for MIN
to keep 1t from going through the par
ricade. He is employed in the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Another Bridge Accident.
Armstrong's accident was the sec
ond of the kind here in less than "a
hours. as Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Suy-
dam crashed through the Connecticut
avenue bridge in car shortly arter
Saturday midnight, but We're able TO
Chamber to safety while the auto hung
SUSPENDED on the brink of 9O-foot
drop.
A dozen or more persons were IN
iured in minor traffic mishaps yester-
day and two drivers were arrested on
charges of intOxication. They We're
Fleet M. johnson of S19 Nineteenth
street and Henry Young. colored, 81
years old, of 2O20sE street.
Johnson's automobile collided with
a Capital Traction street car In front
of 1926 M street early in the morn
ing. resulting in a slight injury to
Francis j. Moore, 27 years old. 14l2
Chaplin street, occupant of the auto
mobile. Moore was removed to his
home.
Young's car collided with the auto
mobile Of Arthur Booth, All Twelfth
street, on the viaduct at 'Benning. Ed
ward Booth, Is months old, was
thrown from his mothers lap and
badly bruised. The mother also was
slightly bruised. Young deposited
81 900 cash collateral for his appear
ance in court.
Reckless Driving Charge.
Robert S. Cummings. 38 years old,
42S Third street, was charged with
reckless driving and failure to make
known his identity. His car is al
legged to have collided with a taxi
cab at Twelfth and o streets during
the afternoon. Lloyd B. Mason, col
ored, 904 Fourth street southeast,
driver Of the taxicab, was injured.
Sergt. Hugh F. Deakins and Corpl.
Ira Brock, marines, stationed at
Quantico, Va, were occupants of a
car that collided with the automobile
of Bernard I. Hammett, Silver Spring,
Md, at Georgia avenue and Longfel-
low street last night. Sergt. Deakins,
owner and driver of the marines
machine, escaped injury, but his COM
panion received an injury to his spine.
Ernest Scott, 40 years old. in the
employe of the Capital Traction Co.,
was struck by street car while
working on the tracks at Fourteenth
and Webster streets. At Walter
Reed Hospital it was said his skull
may be fractured.
Others receiving slight injuries in
accidents were Miss Edna Reisinger
1444 Eleventh street; Leo Southard
29 years old, Of 1905 F street South.
west: Joseph Benham, SO years old. of
GIG Eighth street northeast: Andrew
Grogan, SO years old, 8O4 Ninth street.
Roscoe Lindsay, 26 years old. Y. NJ
{. A; Mrs. F. c. Sweeney, 337 n
street northeast; Julian Sanders. col.
ored. 1910 Sumner court: William
Mattlngly, colored. 1412 Defrees street:
Carl McGee, 10 years old, 118 Fourth
street northeast; Alonzo Chichester
colored, 523 Twenty third street. and
Philip Rampt. 1881 X street.