Evening star., 1930-12-08
CRASH INTO POLE
KILLS RAIL OFFICIAL
IN AUTO; TWO HURT
Louis st. Elmo Burgess, So,
Dies Instantly in Rhode
Island Ave. Accident.
MOTOR OF CAR DRIVEN
INTO SEAT BY IMPACT
Michael DManna and Luciano
Maiesti in Serious Condition
at Hospital.

One man was killed and two others
were seriously hurt last night when an
automobile in which they were riding
crashed into center trolley pole in the
700 block of Rhode Island avenue
northeast.
Louis st. Elmo Burgess, So years old,
Of 2906 Twentieth street northeast, di-
vision passenger agent for the Southern
Railway Co., was killed instantly, while
his two companions, Michael DManna,
At, of 1171 Sixth street northeast and
Luciano Maiesti, Al, of 2233 First street
were seriously injured.
The railroad official was returning to
his home with D'Manna and Maiesti in
D'Manna's machine after spending the
afternoon at the latter's residence.
Taxicab drivers extricated Burgess and
took him to Casualty Hospital, where
he was pronounced dead.
MaieSti, Navy Yard machinist, was
found to be in critical condition with
a fractured leg and possible internal in
JurieS when carried to the same insti-
tuition, while D'Manna is said by off,
cialS at Freedmens Hospital, where he
IS confined with compound fracture
OF the skull and possible internal in
Juries, to be gravely hurt also.
Motor Driven Into Seat.
The motor of the car was.driven into
the front seat by the force of the i'm
pact. A police guard has been estab-
hShed at D'Manna'S bedside and he is
technically under arrest for investiga-
ton.
Fate played an important role in the
death of Burgess, police learned. Mrs.
DManna told officers that she had been
invited to accompany her husband and
his companions to the Burgess home,
but she was too busy. Ordinarily, Mrs
DManna said, she would have accepted
and taken the seat beside her husband.
which the railway official was occupying
at the time of the crash.
Burgess. who was born in Nelson
County, Va, on April 8, 1873, has been
associated with the Southern Railway
Co. 80 years, and came here in 1919 to
take charge of the District and Virginia
territory as division passenger agent
During the World War he served at
Charlotte, N. c., as superintendent of
troop movements.
Survivors of Burgess.
His widow, Mrs Sue Prince Burress.
two daughters, Miss Elizabeth o.
Burgess, 26 years old, and Miss Ethel
A. Burgess, %; a son, John Prince
Burgess, 20; his mother, Mrs. Henrietta
Burgess; two sisters, Mrs r, z. Yowell
and Mrs. w. P. Gleason, and two
brothers, Woods Burgess and Arlie
Burgess, survive.
The body was removed to the funeral
parlors OF the S. II. Hines Co., at 29OI
Fourteenth street, pending funeral ar
rangements.
Members Of several Masonic oreaniza-
IONS, OF which Mr.. Burgess was a mem
Der. viii participate in the rites.
Several other persons were injured
IN trefnc accidents here yesterday,
James Moffett, 81 years old. of s23
q street southeast was injured seri-
ously when a truck he was driving
was struck at Thirteenth street and
5outn Carolina avenue southeast by a
washington Railway g. Electric Co
bus. operated by Earl L. WiIlett 81.
Brentwood, Md. Modett was taken to
Providence Hospital
Bus Driver Injured.
A bus driver, r. j. Smith, 27 wears
old, Of Lloyd, Va, also was taken to
Providence Hospital with injuries fol-
lowing a collision of the bus and a
machine driven by Victor Hefiin of l245
Morris street, at the District line.
Hef1in escaped injuE.
Those who escaped with minor In.
1ur1es in accidents yesterday were:
Mrs. Augusta G. Hawkins, 48, and her
husband, L. D. Hawkins, 4s, both of
New York City; willard A. Reed, 10,
14Oo block Owens place northeast;
Louis Tehaan, 3418 Prospect avenue:
Mitchell Hoge, 322s1z M street, and
Beatrice Harris, colored, 80, 1900 block
r street
Coroner ]. Ramsay Nevitt has sched-
uled an inquest into the death of Bur-
CESS Tor II o'clock tomorrow morning
at the District Morgue along with an
inquest into the death of Hugo H. Metz
ner, b5. Of 322 Eleventh street south
east. who was killed by hit-and-run
driver Saturday night.