Evening star., 1929-11-05
TWO DEAD, .5HURT
IN AUTO MISHAPS
Second Accident Victim Ex'
pires at Hospital Today
With Fractured Skull.

The second trafic death in two days
occurred here this morning, when George
Jackson, colored, so years old, of the
400 block Of N street, who Was injured
by . taxicab while crossing in front Of
neighboring house early yesterday
morning, died at Freedmen's Hospital
presumably from fracture of the skull.
It was reported by the police of the
second precinct that the taxicab was
driven by James Means, of 1928 Fifth
street. Coroner j. Ramsay Nevitt will
conduct an inquest at the Morgue to-
morrow morning. -,
+ A coroneris jury decided today that
Charles Andrew Caho, who died at Sib-
ley Hospital yesterday as result of
being run down by an automobile last
Thursday night, came to his death as
\ result of an accident. Caho died as
result Of fractured skull and several
fractured ribs.
Caho, who was 81 years old, and lived
at 2S42 Belair place northeast, was run
down while attempting to cross the
street at the intersection Of Twenty
nrst street and Rhode Island avenue
northeast byfan automobile driven by
Thomas Henry Byron, 26-year-old pat
ent attorney, living at S0ol Fifteenth
street northeast ~
Testimony At the inquest this morn
ing disclosed that the aged man, who
was on, his way to q downtown depart
ment store, where he was employed Al
q night watehnan, was attempting tc
cross the street with an umbrella witt
which he was projecting himself from
the rain. -, s.,-,ss sss 4. 4 IS - s.
Twelve -yeaf-old George A. 3M,irsics.
OF II Eighteenth street southeast Is ii
q serious condition at Casualty Hos
pital from injuries suffered late yes
terday when run down In an alley. on
Eighteenth street southeast between
East Capitol and A streets by machine
driven, police say, by Paul r. Kerchsri-
dorfer, "a years old, Of siIesia, Nd.
Kerchendorfer took the injured sboy
TO the hospital, where DR.. Louis Jiraa]
Of the hospital stan said the youth s,ls-
tained internal injuries, several frac-
tured ribs and severe shock.
Nathan Ruben, Al years old, oS Sc
Claiming street, was seriously Injured
last night when struck at First street
and Rhode Island avenue by an auto
mobile operated by Theodore Z. -Dore
Of 1873 Florida avenue northeast.
The injured man was taken to Sibley
Hospital: where physicians said he SUI
fered fractured left leg and shock.
eighth precinct and charged with reck-
less driving.
Georgia Aiken, S-year-old colored
girl living at SIS Twentieth street, is in
serious condition at Emergency Hos
pital as the result of injuries suffered
late yesterday when run down at Twen-
ty-flrSt and Z streets by a machine
driven by Maurice A. Hess Of 1911
Thirty-fifth street.
Hospital physicians said the child
sustained fractured skull and serious
internal injuries.
Mrs Edith Benton, IS years old, of
1923 Reservoir road, suffered 4 frac-
tlred collarbone when the machine In
which she was Q passenger and driven
by Mrs. Mercedes =. Cottle was in coll
lision at Thirty-fifth street and Reser-
voir road with car operated by RICH
ard Mcmillan Of 1877 Gales street
northeast.
Mrs. Cottle, whose husband, Capt.
George Cottle. Is chief surgeon of the
to that institution, where Dr. Cottle
treated her and said her condition was
not serious.
: Mrs. Rhogolthas Thompson, 80 years
old. Of 2S4 Fifteenth street southeast
was treated at Gallinger Hospital for
injuries sustained yesterday when run
down at Fifteenth street and Massa-
chusetts avenue southeast by an auto
mobile operated by William Bolden,
colored, OF 1928 Kramer street north
east
DR. George Nixon Of the hospital stan
said the injured woman suffered a pos
sible fractured skull and internal in
iuries.