Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-02
ONE KILLED, SEVEN
HURT IN ACCIDENTS
Driver Is Held for Inquest.
Pursued Taxi Injuries Wom-
an, 70, in Upset.

One man was killed and two others
were injured seriously in holiday traffic
accidents in the Capital yesterday.
Five persons escaped with minor hurts,
among them a 70-year-old woman, who
was knocked down by a taxicab when
it overturned in a collision with an
other car while fleeing from pursuing
motor cycle policeman.
The fatality occurred when Richard
M. Carroll, IA years old, of PittSburg,
Kans., walked into the side of an auto
mobile driven by Timothy j. Lynch, 81,
of 126 street northeast. at State place
and Seventeenth street. He died shortly
after he was taken to Emergency Hos
pital with skull fracture.
Lynch, police were told, was making
left turn into State place when the
accident occurred. Carroll, here on a
visit with daughter living at the Park
Central Apartments, was out for walk
at the time.
Driver Held for Inquest.
Police Of the third precinct station
placed Lynch under arrest following
CAROLS death and were to take him
before a coroner's jury at the District
Morgue today for an inquest ordered
by Coroner Joseph D. Rogers
The two men seriously hurt were
George T. Pearce 48 years old, of los
I street, who suffered severe spinal in
iuries when felled by an automobile at
New Jersey avenue and I street. and
Sylvester j. Powers, 81, Of 5727 Ninth
street, who was treated at Garfield Hos
pital for a broken left collarbone, a
fractured left shoulder and shock after
! his car was in collision with another at
Thirteenth and Upshur streets.
Other Motorists Arrested.
Andrew w. Alternately, colored, 40
years old, of 100 Thirteenth street,
driver of the car which struck Pearce,
was placed under arrest by Policeman
H. M, Smith of the Traffic Bureau Gil
a reckless driving charge after Pearce
was removed to Sibley Hospital.
A reckless driving charge also was
lodged against Stanley E. Travis, IS
wears old. of GOT Longfellow street,
whose car figured in the collision with
Powers machine. Travis obtained his
release on $500 collateral for appear
ance in Police Court.
| Mrs. Adeline Edwards, 10 years old,
| of 8l6 Twelfth street northeast escaped
with bruises of the face and arms when
| the taxicab of colored hacker at
| tempting to escape from Motor Cycle
Policeman G. M. Patton overturned
| twice and struck her after colliding
with a coupe at Eighth and G streets
northeast. She was treated at the Cas-
ualty Hospital.
Fugitive Is Captured.
The taxi driver, Thomas Brezzel, 81,
! Of 9O2 Florida avenue, leaped from his
| disabled cab and fed from the scene
| on foot. but was overtaken by Patton
/ in a store several blocks away and ar
rested on charges of reckless driving
| leaving an accident without making his
| identity known and driving without q
! permit
Brezzell was halted by Patton when
: he made a turn at Fifteenth and II
| streets northeast in the wrong manner.
! The officer sensed something "phony"
about the hackers permit when he ex-
| amined it and ordered Brezzell to drive
| to the ninth precinct station. En- route
| Brezzel stepped on the gas and tried to
! shake his captor.
The cab, proceeding at furious clip,
crashed into a coupe operated by E. E,
at the intersection of Eighth and q
| streets northeast, careened and then
/ overturned twice. striking Mrs Ed
/ wards. Neither Langley nor BrezzeIl
was hurt, and the latter took to his
! heels but finally was caught and ar
! rested BY Patton, who arrived on the
! scene of the accident few moments
! after the crash.
| Second Chase Brings Mishap.
Another policeman chasing a speed
! ing car was slightly injured when an
automobile he was pursuing stopped
uuickly in Clarks court. between l. and
| N streets southwest. causing his motor
cycle 10 crash into the rear Of the ma
chine.
THE officer, Pvt. r. A. Cunningham
1 If tna TRAFFIC Bureau. was thrown 10
| the Pavement by the impact He ar
! rested the driver OF the car, William
Gales. colored, 29, of $40 K street
Southwest. for speeding, reckless driv-
ing and driving without a permit after
] which he was given FIRST aid treatment
bv fellow oficers for minor bruises and
cuts