Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-09
ONE KILLED, 12HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
Driver Held as E. E. Lomax
Dies From Injuries
at Casualty.

Week end traffic accidents on Wash
lngton streets took toll of one life
and resulted in serious injuries to three
Nine other persons sustained hurts of
a minor nature.
Struck by an automobile as he was
riding his bicycle north on Eighth
street at A street northeast Saturday.
Essex E. Lomax, 60 years old. of 10
morning at Casualty Hospital from his
injuries Charles Mobley. colored, AZ
OF 465 street, driver of the machine
was arrested by ninth precinct police
and is being held pending the outcome
of coroner'S inquest tomorrow morn
ing at the District Morgue.
According to DR.. Louia Jimal of the
Casualty staff, who treated LomaX, he
died of fractured skull.
Woman Seriously Hurt.
Struck down by Government mail
truck as she was crossing at Seven
tenth and N streets early last night
Mrs. Ellen R. Goldsborough, 80 years
old. of 1925 Connecticut avenue, was
seriously hurt. She is at Garfield Hos
pital today suffering from a broken left
arm, decorations to her forehead and
severe shock, often dangerous for one
Of advanced age.
The truck was operated by Squire r
Daniel. 654 Giratd street, who told
police he did not see the woman until
his machine hit her. He thinks she
stepped out from the curb into the
path of the truck
Mrs. Goldsborough, who is the widow
of the late Richard H. Goldsborough.
a local attorney, was taken to the hos
pltal in passing automobile and treat
fhnrn Nv IIor
street, her family physician.
Injured in Motor Mishap.
Hurled to the pavement over the
handlebarS OF a motor cycle when it
struck parked automobile at Thir-
tenth street and Potomac avenue
southeast yesterday afternoon, Charles
Gill, 10, of 731 Thirteenth street south
east, was badly hurt.
AT Casualty Hospital, where he was
taken in private automobile, physi-
clans said his skull may be fractured
He also is suffering from brain con-
cuSSion and decorations to his scalp.
Gill was riding on the motor cycle
behind Clarence Smithson, 20, of 1880
G street southeast, who lost control of
the machine. Smithson said Gill was
thrown into the air over him, hitting
the automobile and striking his head
Ou Tie pavement III Idlllng.
Driver Held in Accident.
Barney E. Wilson, % years old, of
1910 K street, is in a serious condi-
ton at Emergency Hospital today as a
result OF injuries sustained last evening
when he was struck by motor cycle
as he was crossing at Twelfth and K
streets James Burns, colored, Is, of
the 1900 block of Eighth street, the
operator of the machine, is being held
at the first precinct for investigation
in connection with the accident.
Wilson was taken to the hospital in
the ambulance and treated by DR.. Fran
els Gilfoy for internal injuries fractured
ribs and Commissions to his body.
Mrs. Myrtle Wenzel, 81 years old, of
35l1 Davenport street, was cut and bruised
about the face last night when the au-
tomoblle in which she was riding, oper-
ated by her husband, William H. Wenzel,
81 years old, was in collision at Thirty
fifth and streets with a car driven by
Frederic T. Lynes, 80 years old, of the
$500 block of Connecticut avenue.
LyneS was later arrested for reckless
driving and leaving after colliding. The
injured woman was treated at George
town University Hospital.
Miss Mabel Hamilton, 35 years old, of
1916 Sixteenth street, received a frac-
ture of the collarbone last evening when
the automobile in which she was riding
was in collision with another car at
Eighteenth and r streets. Mrs. Made
line Long, 40 years old, of 3O33 Fiji
tenth street, driver of the first ma
chine, sustained Commissions to her left
arm. Both women were treated at
Emergency Hospital. The other car was
operated by George B. Martin, 1922 I
street.
Receives Scalp Injury.
Riding in an automobile driven by
Jack Bailey of the Mount Alto Hospital,
Miss Sylvia Fingerhut, 10 years old.
of COS Decatur street. was cut about
the scalp when the car was struck last
night by machine operated by William
Merk, colored, 20 years old, of the 2100
block of r street The accident oc-
Cured in front of Merk's home. The
young woman received medical atten-
ton at Emergency Hospital.
Thrown against the top Of the auto
mobile in which she was. riding along
the Speedway yesterday afternoon by
a bump in the road, Mrs. Willye j.
Freeman, So years old, of 102 Thirteenth
street northeast, sustained sprained
back and Commissions 10 her head. She
was taken to Casualty Hospital for
treatment.