Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-14
YOUTH, DECLARED
DEATHCAR DRIVER,
IS HELD FOR Jury
coToner'S Jury Acts on Re-
port Frederick Calhoun,
%, Ran Man Down.
WASHINGTON MAN DIES
AFTER MARLBORO CRASH
George Friedman's Car Is Forced
From Road on Way From
Plum Point, Nd.

Frederick William Calhoun, % years
old, of ga Keefer place, was held fer
the grand jury today in connection with
the death yesterday of S. J. Eisenberg,
90 years old, of 41O Gallatin street
victim of an alleged hit-and-rurn auto
mobile accident.
A coroner's jury ordered Calhoun
held after it was reported he had ad-
mitted being the driver of the car
which struck Eisenberg Saturday night
Calhoun was arrested by police short
" after Eisenberg was hit as he was
walking across the intersection OF
Georgia avenue and Gallatin street.
Eisenberg was preparing for trip to
New York City to see his mother, who
had been i'll in hospital there, when
he was struck down. The injured man,
who was thrown IS feet by the impact,
was rushed to Emergency Hospital in
an ambulance and treated by DR.. Law
renee Gregory.
NAueu Dy SOHtStOns
The death of Eisenberg followed few
hours after George j. Friedman. %, of
6lo Twenty-first street, was killed in
an accident near Marlboro. Nd. when
q machine he was driving collidsd
head-on with car operated by Dwight
Burroughs, 81. of Brandywine, Md.
Burroughs sustained injuries which
at first were expected to prove fatal
RRarN Ho IN ha
today at Providence Hospital.
An intense effort was made by river
men and radio station V'MAL to locate
the pleasure craft Buddy and inform
Mrs. jeanette Coates of 4601 Georgia
avenue, a sister to Friedman, of the
death of her brother, but the attempt
was unrewarded and it was not until
the boat docked here last night that
Mrs. Coates learned of the fatal acct
dent.
Mrs. Coates, who left washington
Saturday afternoon for q week end
cruise on the Potomac River with her
husband. said this morning that the
radio set on board the Buddy ceased to
function late Saturday night while the
beat was anchored Of Colonial Beach.
Funeral services for Friedman have
been set for Wednesday morning at
o'clock at st. Stephens Church, Twen-
ty-fifth street and Pennsylvania avenue.
and interment viii follow in Holy Rood
Cemetery.
Gertrude Amity, I9 years old, of HOS
3 street northeast suffered minor
lacertations Of the scalp yesterday when
an automobile driven by Arthur j.
Thou, IT., of the 1900 block Trinidad
avenue northeast struck her at Four
tenth and 3 streets northeast. She
was treated at Casualty Hospital and
allowed to return to her home.
Car Hurled From Road.
A hit-and-run trafic accident on the
new road between Mount Harmony, Nd,
and the State road a short distance
from Hills Bridge yesterday afternoon
resulted in the car of George F. Howell
of 1925 Pennsylvania avenue southeast
being hurled from the road over 10
foot embankment. The car was smash
ed and its occupants injured.
Howell had left Plum Point with his
wife, daughter, Miss Catherine Howell,
and a niece, Miss Helena Howell, about
80 minutes before the accident hap
pened, the Howell car being the last Of
or 10 cars moving along the road
at the time.
Behind the car came the machine
Of the hit-and-run driver. 1t was seen
to swerve to one side and then back
in the direction of the Howell car
striking a front wheel of the latter car
and forcing it over the embankment.
A few minutes later other cars ap-
peared, and their occupants assisted
the quartet injured as a result of the
accident, later bringing them to the
city.
Mr. Howell's head was cut and his
shoulder dislocated or fractured. Hi:
wife's back was sprained and she was
cut and bruised. The daughter escaped
with slight hurts, while the niece was
shocked and one arm so badly cut that
several stitches we're required to close
the wound.
ii The car which did the damage bore 9
Maryland license tag. It is thought the
body was green and that its occupants
were colored Maryland police are seek.
tng information which will assist then
in their efforts to determine the identity
Of the hit-and-run driver.