Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-22
3 HURT AS SPEEDER.
ATTEMPTS ESCAPE.
Policeman and Two Others
Injured as Car Crashes.
Others in Mishaps.

Speeding away from Motor Cycle
Policeman Lloyd S. Graham, who was
conveying him to the thirteenth pre-
cinct station after arresting him for
speeding on upper Georgia avenue, re.
suited in the injury of William T.
Creekmore's two compa Mons, Charles
b. Wagner, 45 years old, and Clarence
w. Leary, Al years old. when Creek.
more's automobile threw tire and
crashed into fireplug near the Six.
teenth Street bridge on Military road,
early yesterday morning.
Creekmore, who with his injured
compa Mons lives at 1349 u street
was driving his automobile to the
police station, trailed by Graham,
after the latter had arrested him for
speeding through Brightwood, when
unexpectedly, the officer declared. he
sped away In a mad dash for freedom
The officer followed the automobile
and when the fleeing vehicle lost q
tire it crashed into fireplug and
overturned. The flying tire struck
Graham's cycle and threw him to the
ground, injuring his left leg and his
back. Wagner and Leary were both
hurt when the machine turned over.
but Creekmore escaped in the dark.
ness. The injured men were treated
at Children's Hospital.
Seven Others Hurt.
Seven other persons were injured
yesterday in various kinds of traffic
accidents.
Miss Mary Duvall. II years old
1909 Twenty-ninth street, and Miss
Ruby Riley. 20 years old, 1923 Cam.
bridge place. were slightly injured
when the automobile in which they
were riding with w. J. Graham. 7O10
Alaska avenue. struck a tree near the
ford at Blagden avenue and Rock
Creek Park, at o'clock yesterday
morning. They were treated at
Georgetown University Hospital.
Policeman Victor P. Kew of the
fourth precinct received severe body
and knee injuries late last night when
the motor cycle side car in which he
was riding with Albert Miller. 500 M
street southwest, in the operator &
saddle. bounded into the air following
a blowout of a tire. The cycle turned
over and Miller was slightly injured
also. Both were treated at Provi
dence Hospital.
Miss Irene Magnetic, % years old
936 n street, and Miss Betty Gordon
% years old, 500 Ninth street, were
cut and bruised when an automobile
operated by Miss Magnetic, collided
with a trolley car at Seventeenth and
H streets yesterday afternoon. They
were treated at Emergency Hospital
Repair Car in Crash.
A repair car from the automobile
repair shop Of Edmund Carl, 623 II
street. itself figured in trouble at
Thirteenth and Quincy streets this
morning while the driver, Edmund
Herman Thaden, IS years old, 2611
Pennsylvania avenue, was responding
to call.
The machine collided with an auto
mobile driven by Ernest Emmert, jr.
1901 Thirteenth street, both vehicles
overturning. Emmert, suffering from
injuries to his body. legs and arms
was treated at Garfield Hospital.
Thaden, reported to have told the
nit at home this morning, was charged
with failing to exhibit his permit and
cited to appear in Traffic Court.
Garland Cheek, colored, six years
old. 1910 First street. was knocked
down by an automobile near Florida
avenue and First street about 9 O'Clock
this morning and slightly hurt. He
was treated at Homeopathic Hospital
by DIR. John L. DeMayo.
Margaret Smith, colored. 38 years
old, 1919 Gales street northeast, was
knocked down near Nineteenth street
and Benning road yesterday afternoon
by the automobile Of Thomas NJ. Ar
thur, 504 G street, and severely shocked
and bruised. Physicians at Casualty
Hospital rendered first aid.