Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-05
CAPITAL MAN DIES,
l3OTHERS INJURED
IN AUTO M|SHAPS
John Copsey Fatally Hurt,
Woman Blinded as Auto
Hits Street Car.
WORKERS LEG MANGLED
IN KEY BRIDGE CRASH
Driver in Collision With Track
Machine Held by Police Pending
Outcome Of Amputation.

One man was killed and IS other per-
sons were injured in traffic accidents
late yesterday and early today. One
Of the victims, an employee of the Cap
ltal traction Co., had his leg ampu-
lated, while another, q 37-year-old
woman, was blinded in one eye.
The dead man was John E. Copsey,
n, OF POSI- Nichols avenue southeast
He was hurt last night, when his auto
mobile collided with a one-man street
car on Nichols avenue southeast, be-
tween Howard street and Sumner road.
The mishap occurred, police reported
when Copsey's machine darted from a
line OF traffic onte the tracks of the
washington Railway a. Electric Co. troll
ley. which was bound in the opposite
direction.
Companion Blinded.
Miss Anna Donnelly, POSI- Nichols
avenue. who was riding with him, Is the
blinded woman. She also was injured
about the head and body. The other
passenger in the automobile, Mrs. Mary
Taylor. 70, OF 900 Seventh street south
east, was cut and bruised. Both women
were treated at Providence Hospital.
Copsey was taken to Casualty Hospi-
tai, where he was pronounced dead by
DR.. Roger Young. The motorman, Al
fred Haynie, 80, Of 602 Park road was
held at the eleventh precinct police
station for q time, but later was re-
leased.
The man whose leg was cut of Is
William Edwards. Al, colored, operator
Of q Capital Traction Co. track smooth
ing machine. He and four other colored
persons were injured early today when
an automobile crashed into the smooth
ing machine on Key Bridge, knocking
it about go feet.
The others hurt in the accident were:
Leonard Howard White. 81. RoSslyn,
Va. driver of the car. cut and bruised:
Harold Clark, 1892 Thirty-second street,
cut: Adeline Ball. Clarendon. Va, in
jured ankle. and Emma Bertha Butler,
also Of Clarendon, cut.
Dragged Under Machine.
The smoothing machine was in oper-
alton on the southbound tracks. in
about the middle Of the bridge, when
the mishap occurred. Edwards, work.
ing beneath the device, was dragged
some distance, the machine grinding
his right leg of below the knee.
He was taken to Georgetown Hospital,
where physicians pronounced his con-
1OuS. "IAGC dAlG lAlC OIAACA .
who were riding with him refused hos
pital treatment.
White was arrested by seventh pre-
cinct police and ordered held pending
the outcome of Edwards injury.
OF six other persons injured in acct
dents, three were hurt as result OF col
lisions with other automobiles. Three
pedestrians were hurt, one 4-year-old
boy.
1743 First street. treated at Sibley Hos
pital for bruises about the face, re-
ceived police say, when he ran into the
Ernest Garner. Al, of the 1900 block Of
Tenth street, while in the 100 block OF
First street
Frank Henrick. A. 1885 G street
northeast, was treated at Casualty Hos
pital for cuts over the eye and about
the face, received when knocked down
by an automobile operated by Mitchell
G. David, 20, TOO block of Thirteenth
street, while at Fourteenth street and
Maryland avenue northeast.
Hit in Front Of Home.
Hit by an automobile operated by
Evonder Penn. 80, coIored, of South
Washington, Va, George Gross, so,
colored, of the 1400 block of Twenty
seventh street sustained injuries to his
leg. He was treated at Emergency Hos
pital and taken to Gallinger. Gross
was hit in front of his home.
Mrs. Little Hale, 1915 Eleventh street,
was treated at Emergency Hospital for
cuts on the face and arm, received when
a taxicab in which she was a paSsen-
ger was in collision with an automobile
on Eleventh street.
Phillip Levin, II. 1913 U street. a
passenger in a truck, was treated by
private physician for slight injury 10
the head. received when the truck col
lided with an automobile at Fourteenth
and streets.
Spencer Green. %. colored. 400 block
of o street. received a cut on the knee
when the automobile in which he was
riding collided with another automo-
bile at the Intersection of Fifth and T
streets.