Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
AUTO VICTIM DIES;
FIVE OTHERS HURT
19-Year-0Id Youth Sue
Cumbs From Injuries Suf-
fered Saturday.

One man is dead as a result Of an
automobile accident Saturday morning
and five other persons are in Washing
ton hospitals seriously injured in traffic
mishaps yesterday and last night.
The dead man is Thomas r. Heath
10 years old, of 1905 Irving street. He
was hurt early Saturday morning when
the automobile in which he was a pas
senger overturned on Riggs road north
east, near the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road tracks, as it was being pursued by
a policeman for speeding.
The. driver of the machine, William
Lyman, and his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Ly-
man, both of 735 Rock Creek Church
road, were seriously injured. Physicians
at Garfield Hospital, where all three
victims were taken, say they are not yet
out of danger.
Car Hits Depression.
Motor Cycle Policeman C. B. Kimbell
of the twelfth precinct who was chas-
ing the machine, reported that de-
preston in the road caused 1t to turn
completely over.
Two children and the mother Of one
of them were badly hurt about 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. when their auto
mobile collided at Eleventh and H
streets northeast with machine driven
by John M. Fentress, 80 years old, Of
Los Angeles, Calf.
Those injured were Mrs. Delsie
Browne, "a years old, of 1871 INLAND
terrace northeast; her 8-year-old
daughter, Audrey B. Browne, and
oneida D. Morris, 10 years old, of 1887
Fifth street northeast. All three were
treated at Casualty Hospital by DR.. j.
Rogers Young. who said the two girls
may have fractured skulls. Mrs. Browne
suffered severe decorations to her right
ankle and left thigh. She may be in
iured internally. Thomas S. Browne,
40 years old, of the INLAND terrace adj
dress, who was driving the machine,
was not hurt.
Driver Under Arrest.
Fentress was arrested by ninth pre-
cinct police on a technical charge OF
reckless driving and then released I'M
der S25 bail. 1t was explained that the
charge was placed against FentresS be-
cause he is from another city and 1t is
desirable to hold him here to await the
outcome of the injuries of the others
in the accident.
Said by police to be the victim of a
hit-and-run driver, Joseph Samuel
Everett, 81 years old, of 40 Quincy
place northeast, suffered a possible
fractured skull early last night when he
was knocked down at Florida avenue
and North Capitol street. Elijah Alfred
Carter, colored, of the 100 block OF
Sixteenth street northeast, was arrested
at Freedman's Hospital by Policeman
r. L. Hinton in connection with the
accident.
Police quote Carter as saying he was
rushing sick child to the hospital
when he hit Everett and was so intent
on getting there that he did not stop.
Woman Is Injured.
Mrs zetta Mitchell, 81 years old, OF
1855 Eleventh street is in a serious con-
dition in Casualty Hospital suffering
from Commissions to her head and legs
and internal injuries sustained yester-
day when the automobile in which she
was riding collided with another ma
chine at Pennsylvania avenue and
Eleventh street southeast.
Her companion, John r. King OF
Takoma Park Md, suffered slight head
injuries and after treatment was re-
leased in the care of Maryland authori-
ties pending the outcome of Mrs.
Mitchell's injuries. The other machine
was driven by Joseph j. OHara OF the
Navy Yard, who was uninjured.
Policeman Guy L. Carter, of the sec
ond precinct, was knocked down by an
automobile and slightly injured early
this morning as he was crossing at
Seventh and @ streets. He was taken
to Emergency Hospital in a passing
automobile and treated there by DR.
John Baber for Commissions to his left
knee. He returned to duty. The auto
mobile was operated by Leoda Grear
colored, 81 years old, of the 400 block
of Twentieth street.
Hurt in Triple Collision.
Mrs. George A. Taylor, 50 years old
of 4421 New Hampshire avenue north
west, suffered minor decorations of the
| face and head and possibly several
| fractured ribs yesterday afternoon when
an automobile in which she was riding
with a nephew, Russell v. James, same
! address, was struck by machine driven
; by Clyde L. Pettitt, 1923 Muse street
! northeast, and truck OF the American
Agricultural Chemical Co. of Alexandria
In a triple collision just north of the
Hunting Greek Bridge at Alexandria.
Mrs. Taylor Is q patient at the Alex
andria Hospital.
Fitted with its own motor, a church
| or wheels was recently consecrateo