Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26
Hit-Run Drivers Figure in
Four CraSheS-D. C. Men
Plunge Off Road.
SISTERS ARE RUN DOWN
ON CONNECTICUT AVENUE
Man in Serious Condition From Be-
ing Catapulted From Machine
After Collision.

With hft-and-run drivers figuring In
four of the mishaps, IL persons were
carried to hospitals late yesterday with
injuries received in series of holiday
traffic accidents reported to District and
nearby Maryland police.
Five of those hurt were said to be
in a serious condition today, among
them two Washington men who were
taken to the Frederick Hosital after a
machine in which they were riding
plunged off sharply curving road near
Owens Creek on the Rocky Springs
Thurmont, Md, highway.
Samuel Grogan, 20 years old, Of GIG
Nineteenth street, who was at the wheel
of the car when it careened off the
roadway and upset in field, and John
Knott, %, of 1909 Eighth street, were
treated at the Frederick institution, Is
miles away, for possible internal in
iuries, cuts and bruises.
A third occupant of the auto, William
Kelly, Is years old, of Thurmont, was
able to go home after being treated for
minor decorations and Commissions.
Man Thrown From Auto.
Joseph Hayes, rs, of 1903 Third
street northeast, was injured critically
last night when he was thrown from
an automobile which overturned on the
Baltimore pike near HyattSville after a
collision with a hit-and-run machine.
Joseph A Hunter, 1900 Kentucky
avenue southeast, who was driving a
roadster in which Hayes was riding,
escaped unhurt. Hayes is in Garfield
Hospital.
Mrs. Catherine Sheahan, A years
old, of GOT Sixth street northeast, was
run down by an automobile at the in
tersection of Sixth and c. streets north
east. She reported the car failed to
stop after the accident.
Serious internal injuries were received
by Robert Arnett, colored, IS years old,
of Philadelphia, when roadster driven
by his brother, Archie Arnett, 81, Of
Margaret, N. j., collided at New Jersey
avenue and G street with a taxicab
operated by Fred voorhees, Of 222 Sec
ond street northeast.
The two drivers escaped unhurt.
Robert Arnett was hurled against the
side of the roadster and received sew
eral fractured ribs and internal hurts.
He was taken to Casualty Hospital.
Two sisters, Dorothy Froelke, 22-year-
old War Department clerk, and Helen
Froelke, "a, both of whom live at 2115
P street, were injured at Connecticut
avenue and @ street last night when a
taxicab which, police say, was driven
by Milton c. Early, colored, %, of the
1900 block street, felled them.
WOman's Arm Broken.
The younger Of the two women sus-
tanned a broken right arm, while Miss
Froelke suffered a fractured left arm.
cuts about the head and bruises. They
were treated at Emergency Hospital.
Early was arrested by third precinct
police for reckless driving.
A collision between two machines on
Pennsylvania avenue near Thirtteth
street southeast caused slight injury to
an occupant of one Car last night,
while four others escaped unhurt.
James o. Atwell, jr., rs, an oyster
counter at Shady Side, Md, who was
driving one of the cars, was arrested
and booked at No. IL station for reck-
less driving and driving without a per-
NIT.
AtWellS automobile struck another
operated by Thomas F. Roche, So, as
sistant District building inspector, OF
1908 Alabama avenue southeast and
overturned. Clarence F. Rogers, %, of
Shady Side, Md, was pinned beneath
Atwells car and was taken to Casualty
Hospital for first-aid treatment after
firemen responded to an alarm and
righted the auto.
Car Is Wrecked.
A hit-and-run automobile wrecked
the machine of Harry F. Shower, 81,
of OPT G street southeast, near Fort
Washington, Md, and sent the youth
to Casualty Hospital with slight cuts.
Louis Fletcher, colored, so years old,
of 1910 L street. was injured seriously
yesterday when his car went over an
embankment on the Grain Highway
near Rosaryville, Md, and was demol-
ished.
Fletcher's auto plunged down the as
foot bank and plowed through a
thicket of trees. He was found beneath
his car by the operator of wrecking
truck, who went to the scene and found
him still in the car.
Lindsey Fortune, colored, IS, of 1907
Carrolburg street southwest escaped
with slight cuts on the left arm when
an auto struck him at Ninth and Q
streets last night. He went home after
treatment.