Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-05
ACCIDENTS ON 9TH
KILL THREE HERE
More Than go Are Injured
and Is Arrested for Shoot
ing Fireworks.
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near the Laurel Bridge.
The two were given medical attention
by Dr. Bryan P. Warren of Laurel and
removed to University Hospital. Bal
tinore, in the ambulance of Eugene
Kaiser, Laurel undertaken. Brown was
pronounced dead on arrival, while Hal
version was found to have a possible
fracture of the spine, fractured leg and
broken nose.
Car COlIides With Truck.
According to police. the car in which
the two were riding hit truck operated
by James Williams, 80 years old, of
Savage, Md, who escaped unhurt. Po-
lice were Informed the car containing
the constable was on the wrong side of
the road at the time of the mishap.
Joseph I. Wilson, il, 7-month-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilson of
1912 Florida avenue, was painfully
burned about the chest, arms and head
yesterday afternoon by a f1recracker
which was tossed into the machine Of
his parents while the family was re-
turning from an outing at Bay Ridge,
Nd
AS the Wilson car neared Mount
Olivet Cemetery. a machine bearing
Virginia tags pulled alongside and one
Of its two occupants flung a f1recTacker
into the child's hammock and sped
away. The firecracker exploded blow
ing the cflild's rompers into shreds and
tearing two holes in THE hammock. The
infant was taken to Casualty Hospital,
treated by staff physicians and then
removed to its home.
Wilson told police he gave chase to
the Virginia automobile as it sped away
but was soon outdiStanced. He fur
niShed officers investigating the case
with a description of the two men and
urifb the F11lYSatnre Of their car
and an arrest is expected today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson and q son, Jack,
Q years old, escaped injury.
Saul @. Arnoff, 10 years old of Balti-
more, Nd, was also burned by a fre
cracker tossed from parked machine
while playing at Third and G streets
yesterday. The boy was taken to Sibley
Hospital by his father and treated for
burns of the right leg.
Says Man Drew Pistol.
The elder Arnoff told police one of
the men seated in the car drew pistol
and warned him to beat it" when he
attempted to demonstrate with the pair.
From the description furnished by
Arnoff. sixth precinct policemen arrest
ed two men sitting in coupe parked in
front Of an apartment at Third and @
streets shortly afterward
The men, who are being held for in
vestigation, are booked as Elmer Altizer
"a years old, of Richlands, Va, and
Frank Jewett. % years old, of the As
toria Apartments. A quantity of fire.
crackers were found in their machine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson viewed the two
men at the sixth precinct last night,
but told police they could not positively
identify either as the man who threw
the frecracker into their car. while Ar
noff is to face the pair today in an eff
fort to identify them as the men seated
in the machine from which the fire.
cracker which injured his son was
thrown.
Injured when flare dropped from
an airplane exploded at his back last
night on the Monument Lot during the
Fourth Of July celebration, Policeman
Theodore A. Schultz, 80 years old of
No. precinct was suffering in Emer-
gency Hospital today from burns and
severe shock.
The accident happened about $50
when Schultz, accompanied by Miss
Freddie Ray, also of 1915 F street, was
watching the ceremonies The air
plane, high overhead, cut loose the
fare. It fell into the crowd and land
ing at Policeman Schultz's back ex-
ploding with a loud report. His clothes
were set afire and some of them burned
from his back, as those near him fran
tically fought to extinguish the flames
Schultz was Knocked unconscious by
the blow and when asked about 1t this
morning said he had been in such a
daze he couldn't remember clearly
what happened. He thought he was
only partly conscious most of the time
afterward. A Red Cross ambulance
removed him to Emergency Hospital.
where rs was treated by Or. l.. W.
Gregory.
At the hospital, 1t was said that
Schultz may be suffering also from con-
cussion of the chest.
Boy Burned by Firecracker.
Nine-year- old Kenneth Swami Of 643
East Capitol street was burned when a
frecracker exploded in his hands. He
vas taken TO Casualty Hospital and
treated by staff physicians.
Casualty Hospital doctors also adj
ninistered first aid treatment to Eugene
Laurie, 9 years old, Of 1925 Rosedale
street northeast, when a 2-inch fire.
cracker salute" exploded prematurely
and burned his left shoulder
A cap which exploded in q toy pistol
held by Samuel Mosley, colored, years
old, of 1882 7 street, burned the youngA
ster about the body while he was cele+
brating Independence day with a group
of playmates at Fifteenth and Swan
streets. He was removed to Freedmen's
Hospital for treatment. His condition
was pronounced not serious and he was
later permitted 10 60 home.
An exploding firecracker burned Ga
zella Garner, "a years old of st. Joseph.
Tex, while he was watching the fire.
works display at the Monument Grounds
He was treated by DR.. Lawrence Greg
DRY at Emergency Hospital. James Pat
terson and James Melroy. both Of
Rosslyn. Va. and Jack Taylor, 20, Of
2400 block z street. were also treated
by Dr. Gregory at that institution for
powder burns OF the face and hands
received while celebrating in front OF
their homes.
Burns about the face and hands were
sustained by Ralph Clinton of I12014
Florida avenue while firing fire.
cracker at Seventeenth and B streets
northeast Casualty Hospital physicians
treated him.
Silver Spring Boys Hurt.
Severe burns Of the chin were in
fiicted upon John Oden, ir., l3 years
old. OF Silver Spring, Md, by a fire.
cracker which exploded while holding
it in his hand. He was treated by a
family physician.
second silver spring youth, w. r.
Van Horn. Of 5000 Sligo Mills road, re-
Ceived burns Of the left hand in a
similar manner. First aid treatment
was given by Walter Reed Hospital at
tachcs and he returned home.
Picking up a f1recTsckeT to determine
whether it had exploded cost Alfred
Joel, colored, IA years old. of 1909
Benning road northeast, burns of the
right hand and he was taken TO Cas-
ualty Hospital.
LacerationS of the right hand and
neck were suffered by Wilson Jones. IA
years old, Of 206 Fourteenth street