Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-21
ONE DEAD, TEN HURT.
IN SUNDAY CRASHES.
Serious Mishaps Take Place
on Nearby Maryland and
Virginia Roads.

One man was killed, ten persons in.
tured and six others arrested on Seriou:
charges as a result of week end traffic
mishaps and offenses on highways ir
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
A coronerS jury which will endeavor
to learn the exact cause OF the deatf
of Reginald Shepherd colored, 20 years
old. first block of Decatur street north
east, who died following collision or
the Baltimore boulevard at Berwin, to-
day viewed the body in Washington anc
will hold an inquest at later date.
:. Shepherd died at Casualty Hospital
several hours after he had been brought
there by Robert Marshall, a passing
motorist. Death was attributed to a
fractured skull. Howard Robinson, a
companion of Shepherd, is in the hos
pital suffering from broken collar
bone and multiple bruises. His condi-
ton Is said to be serious.
On Baltimore Pike.
According to police, the two men
were travelling south on the Baltimore
boulevard near Berwyn at high rate
q speed when their car sideswiped an
other machine going north. Neither
machine was badly hurt by the impact,
but the colored mans car, said to have
three times after the collision. Shep-
herd. witnesses say, was thrown 80 feet.
Policemen Reese, Deputy Sheriff
Brown and Constable Gasch arrested
George Dougherty, 1900 block OF FAR
lawn avenue southeast, as the driver OF
the other car. He was booked for recK-
less driving and leaving the scene OF
the accident and taken before Justice
of Peace George S. Phillips, who set
his bond at $500. Joseph E. Lowe,
first block of P street southeast. said TO
be the owner of the car. was arrested
and charged with permitting his car TO
be operated recklesSly.
Cars Of Road.
Answering criticism in a morning pa
par TO the effect that the police had
stopped another car and left their own
machine in the roadway, adding 10
traffic hazards, officer Reese SAID TINS
morning both the police car ana the
one they had stopped were clear of the
road.
It was while talking to the six men
in that machine, Reese said, that the
Shepherd and Lowe cars colllded near
by. Reese said he stopped the car con-
tanning six men because 1t was being
driven fast and reckless enough to de.
serve a reprimand. The ofhcer declared
had complained of his actions would
attend the inquest.
County police officers won a race on
the Baltimore Boulevard between Muir
kirk and Beltsville early yesterday
morning when two motorists were ap-
pretended and charged with speeding
in excess of so miles an hour. They
were Howard Feast of Baltimore and
Ashley Noble Smith of Washington.
Police say Smith and Feast were racing
along the straight stretch of the boule-
ward, at times travelling abreast OF
each other.
The motorists were arraigned before
Justice of Peace George S. Phillips and
placed under bond of $500.
Held on Drunk Charge.
c. Richardson of Berwyn Heights was
arrested last night by County Police
man Reese for driving while intoxi-
Gated. The officer said Richardson was
driving in an cratic manner. His bond
was set at $1,000.
Miss Mildred Briggs, % years old,
1000 block of H street, suffered a pos
sible fractured ankle when she fell from
a motor cycle at Richie, Md. The
young lady was treated at Emergency
Hospital.