Evening star., 1929-09-04
H|T-RUN DRIVER
GETS HEAVY FINE
Man Who Crashed Into Sena-
tor Blacks Car Ordered
to Pay $500.

Senator Hugo L. Black Of Alabama,
who lives at the Wardman Park Hotel,
appeared before Judge Isaac r. Hit
in Trafic Court this morning to testify
against Oliver H. Austin, 1000 block Of
S street, charged with failing to stop
after colliding with the Senator's car
at Fifteenth and U streets last night.
The magistrate found Austin guilty and
sentenced the man to pay 5000 in lieu
of a 6O-day term In jail.
Senator Black said that the man
drove into his car. failed to stop and
disappeared into a nearby alley. He
also said that the man after his arrest
offered to pay for the damage done to
his car, but that as it was only about
50 he did not allow him to do 1t.
Say Driver Was Drinking.
Policeman Conklin told the court this
morning that the man had been drink
ing, but was not sufficiently under the
influence of whisky to be charged with
driving while drunk.
Ralph Payne, vice president OF the
Taxi Drivers Association, was present
the number of the fleeing machine. He
accompanied Policeman r. Conklin Of
the Traffic Bureau in the search for the
driver, whose name was learned through
the license number. Senator Black was
called and identified Oliver Austin, 81
years old, of 1913 street, who was
arrested as the driver of the hit-and-
run car. He was charged with leaving
the scene of the accident without max
ing known his identity.
Senator Black only yesterday returned
from a trip to the Atlantic Coast where
he had been recuperating from a recent
operation performed at Walter Reed
Hospital.
Five persons were injured, none seri-
ously, in other traffic accidents reported
to police yesterday and last night.
Boy Knocked From Bicycle.
Fourteen-year- George Beach Of
Colmar, Md, was treated at Emergency
Hospital for a probable fractured left
leg, cuts and bruises suffered when
knocked from his bicycle at Eleventh
and F streets by Washington Rapid
Transit Co. bus which had been struck
by machine operated by Walter Lucas,
38 years old, colored, of 80 Patterson
street northeast Philip Kadel of West
Falls Church, Va, was operator of the
bus. No arrests were made.
Three persons were hurt when two
machines were in collision yesterday
at Fourteenth street and Maryland ave-
nue. northeast. The injured were all
treated at Casualty Hospital
The injured persons were Mrs. Flor
ence G. Partridge, 46 years old, of Pas
sale, N. j., wife of Charles G. Partridge
driver of one of the cars; John Ul-
richny, A years old, of Irvington, N. j..
and his wife, Mrs. Emma Lurichny, 40
years old, who left the hospital after re-
ceiving emergency treatment
Curtis F. Weaver of 1910 Kansas ave-
nue., operator of the other machine, es-
capped uninjured and was arrested by
police of the ninth precinct on a charge
Of reckless driving.
Thomas E. Herd, 80 years old, colored,
of 1875 Sixteenth street northeast was
slightly injured about the arms and
body last night when he Is said to have
stepped from the curb directly into the
path of a moving machine, operated by
robert Smith, jr., living in Richmond,
va. The accident occurred at Bladens-
burg road and Morse street northeast.
The injured man was treated at Cas-
ualty Hospital and later taken to his
home.