Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-30
Police Find Broken Lamp
and Radiator and Recall
Injury to Four.
NAVY PROBING CAUSE
OF OFFICERS DEMISE
Board of Inquest's Findings Elk
pected to Be Made Public by
Adams Next Week.

While naval court of inquiry was
investigating today the death OF
Lieut.. Bruce Settle, White House naval
aide who is believed to have
been fatally injured in fall frcm the
mezzanine floor of a building at the
Navy Yard yesterday, the police began
an inquiry into the possibility that
Lieut.. Settle may have been connected
with traffic accident Sunday night
in which an automobile plowed
through a street car safety zone at
Connecticut avenue and Van Ness
street and injured four persons.
Acting on information furnished
them today two headquarters detec-
ives interrogated employees Of the apart
ment house where Settle lived and later
inspected his automobile.
Car Was Damaged.
The automobile. small coupe, had
a broken headlight, damaged radiator
front and dented hood. Witnesses to
the accident Sunday reported that the
machine was a small coupe of dull
color. Settles machine was olive green.
Ihey said one of the persons hit, a
youth, was thrown into the air and
landed on the side of the hood as he
fell
Employees Of the apartment house.
the Broadmoor, 1901 Connecticut ave-
nue., recounted to the police today that
Settle came into the lobby Sunday night
about O'Clock, pale and flustered and
told them that If any one inquired for
MN TO tell them that he had been
there since $50 o'clock.
Later thew coid V1avaI 1H1aa- -
his wife came to see Settle and he re-
FUSED to let them in his apartment.
Witness Gives Account.
Mrs. Paul ]. Koenig of Lyon Village,
who passed the scene with her husband
Immediately after the accident, was
able to give meager description Of
the hit-and-run machine. She said a
small coupe occupied by one man ran
through a red traffic light, passing
their machine, several blocks from the
scene Of the accident and continued
down Connecticut avenue toward the
safety zone In which the four people
were standing. laas.as..a.
The general description of this ma
chine, as they observed it, tailed with
a more detailed description given by
The license number was not obtained.
Four Were Injured.
Those hurt in the accident were Miss
Anna c. Minnigerode, as years old, of
1920 N street, who received a broken
left arm; Frank Q. Roland, 16 years
old, of 1858 Tilden street, who received
multiple body bruises and fractures Of
the left wrist and right leg; Roland's
brother. Henry, 10 years old, whose left
leg was broken, besides severe head in
jurieS. and Mrs. Ellen S. Roden, SO
years old, Of 1916 New Hampshire ave-
nue., who was treated for slight bruises
and shock
Miss Minnigerode is the sister of c.
Powell Minnigerode, director and secre-
tary of the Corcoran Art Gallery.
May Report Friday.
officials at the Navy Department ex-
planned that the board of inquest under
the Craftsmanship of Capt. P. w. Foote,
hopes to finish its deliberations tomor-
row and will likely put its report in
final shape by Friday. Tt will then be
forwarded to Rear Admiral Claude c.
Bloch, commandant of the Washington
Navy Yard, senior officer at the reser-
walton where Lieut.. Settle met death.
Admiral Bloch will forward the re-
port of the board of inquest, with his
findings. to the Navy Department, prob
ably late this week.
There it will be transmitted to the
judge advocate general, Rear Admiral
David F. Sellers. who will examine the
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