Evening star., 1928-12-31
TWO ARE WCTMSl
OF H|T-RUN AUTOS
Cab Driver injured While
Helping Officer Report
Traffic Mishap.

Penbrook Williams, 35 years old, a
taxi driver. 700 Sixth street southeast,
was struck by a hit-and-run driver
early today and taken to Garfield Hos
pital in a serious condition. Williams
was assisting Officer William T. Grimes
of the tenth precinct in reporting a
traffic miShap at Sherman avenue and
Columbia road when the accident oc-
Cured.
Ten other persons were injured in a
series of traffic accidents over the week
end.
The driver of the hit-and-run car
that struck Williams is reported by Po-
ltceman Grimes to have extinguished
the lights of his car, stepped on the
gas and sped south on Sherman ove-
nue..
Williams was taken to the hospital
in a passing automobile and examined
by DR.. Luber, who found he had sus-
talned compound fracture of the right
leg, possible fracture of the skull and
numerous cuts and bruises.
Autos in Collision.
About an hour earlier a collision be-
tween the automobiles of Albert F..
Westfall. 14l1 Harvard street, and Rob-
ert j. Harris, colored, 1920 Eleventh
street, resulted in Virginia jackson, COL
ored, 1925 N street, occupant of the
latter car, being severely shocked She
was treated at Garfield Hospital and
taken home.
Williams witnessed the accident and
went in search of a policeman. He
found Policeman Grimes on Fourteenth
street and they went to the scene of
the accident Grimes was standing
near one of the damaged cars when
Williams was knocked down.
Miss Bette Northern, % years old,
of 1850 Irving street, was seriously In
jured about 2 o'clock yesterday morn
ing as a result of a collision between
a street car and an automobile in
which she was riding at Ninth and
G streets. Edward S. Mcdonald, %
years old, 1418 w street, also an oc-
cupant of the car, was seriously In
jured. They we're in the automobile
of John S. Simmons, 1919 Kenyon
street.
Miss Northern and Mcdonald were
taken to Emergency Hospital in pass
ing automobile and given first aid by
DR.. Mccarthy. The former sustained
an injury to her head and was bruised
and shocked, while Mcdonald also re-
ceived a severe injury to his head and
possible internal injuries. Simmons was
charged by police with reckless driving
and having no registration card. He
deposited $50 collateral.
Driver Fails to Stop.
A second hit-and-run traffic accident
early yesterday morning that resulted
in serious injury to pedestrian oc-
Cured near Second and Kennedy
streets, the victim being John H.
Pfiuger, So years old. of Queens Chapel
road northeast. Pfiuger was crossing
Kennedy street some distance from the
of the two streets, about
2:30 o'clock in the morning, when he
was knocked down and his head and
face cut. The driver failed to stop, po-
lice reported A passing motorist took
Pfiuger to Garfield Hospital, where his
condition was reported serious
Others slightly injured in traffic mis-
haps were James H. King, colored, 81
years old, zoos Rosedale street north
east; John c. Carter, colored, Ill Cor
coran street northeast; Rosa johnson,
colored, 65 years old. 1891 Seventeenth
street: Frederick Cole, % years old, %
Iowa circle; Alfred Tyler, colored. %
years old, GIT o street. and Timothy
Walton, colored, IS years old, 234 N
street.