Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-24
THREE VICTIMS DIE
IN AUTO M|SHAPS
Score Iniured-D. C. Woman
Killed and Nine Hurt in
Five-Car Crash.

Two persons were killed and nearly
score injured as slippery roads led
to many automobile accidents on near
by Maryland and Virginia roads over
the week end.
A third fatality resulted when .
woman, injured on the Lee Highway
Friday, died at Emergency Hospital.
The dead are Mrs. Suzelle Carroll.
first block of v street: Corpl. Mack
Marosy, 1900 block of Eleventh street,
and Mrs. Anice l.. Bayne, 1900 block
OF Maplewood street.
Five Cars Collide.
Mrs Carroll was instantly killed and
nine other persons injured in a COLI
sion involving five cars on the Defense
Highway near the Ardmore road yes
terday afternoon.
Her husband, Frank s. Carroll, and
her 14-year-old son Norman were in
jured, as was Mrs. NJ. z. Smoot, 300
block of Massachusetts, avenue north
east, passenger in the Carroll car.
Mrs. Smoot suffered broken leg. The
three were taken to the Pinehurst
Sanitarium, Mount Rainier, for trea4-
ment.
Others injured in the accident ac-
cording to police reports, were Louis
Maxbury, his wife and Esther Eolum-
sky. of Washington: William James
Heller, 1900 block of Wyoming avenue;
Mildred C. Schwartz. of Philadelphia,
and Mary Cox, Of Georgetown, Pa.
Two Others Cut.
Police reports show Miss Schwartz
H. fvS
the car operated by Heller, were
treated at Casualty Hospital. the former
for decorations about the legs and the
latter for q fractured rib and ankle.
The others were treated by local physi-
clans. The Prince Georges rescue
squad took the injured to the hospital.
Policeman William e. Clifton, who
investigated the crash, said Mrs. Car
roll was thrown from the car in which,
she was riding and pinned beneath an
other machine which overturned.
He said the accident was apparently
caused when one of the cars hit the
rear of the Carroll machine, the other
cars then piling into the two. Ofticer
Clifton declared his investigation
showed Frank Carroll, Heller and Max
bury were the drivers OF three of the
cars, but two other machines involved
in the crash left the scene before he
arrived.
Other Motorists Sought.
Policeman Clifton, County Officer
Ralph Brown and State Patrolman G.
w. Cubbage are continuing their in
vestigation to learn the identity OF all
involved in the accident and its cause.
No arrests have been made.
coroner'S jury under Justice OF
Peace John A. Downing viewed the
body of Mrs. Carroll last night, and an
inquest will be held next week, Oddcer
Clifton said.
George B. Swain, 80. and Catherine
Swain, %, of Baltimore, were treated
at Casualty Hospital for decorations
near BeltSville, Md. Lloyd Lambie,
also Of Baltimore, sustained lacerated
forehead in the same crash, according
to police, and was also treated at the
hospital
Mrs. Bayne died of injuries sustained
in an accident on the Lee Highway
near Bull Run Friday. She is survived
by a sister, Mrs. H. A. Grtswold Of
Washington.
Services for her will be held at
Emanuel Church, Thirteenth and v
streets southeast, at 8 pm. Tuesday.
Burial will follow In Congressional
Cemetery.
Guardsman Is Killed.
Corpl. Mack Marosy, IL, of 1914
Eleventh street, Washington, q men,
Der of the 29th Division, Military
Police Company. and Of the District of
Columbia National Guard, was fatally
injured in q collision on the Rockville
pike yesterday morning. Marosy was
alone in his car at the time and was
returning home from two weeks en-
campment at Camp Albert Richie, Nd.
Ewell Bean of Rockville, Md, the
driver of the car. which cOllided with
that operated by MaroEy, Is in George
town University Hospital, where his
condition was reported as good this
morning. He was unconscious when
taken to the hospital, but has since re-
covered consciousness. He has pos
sible fracture Of the skull and q frac-
tured knee.
Returning to District.
Marosy was bringing Government
equipment back to National Guard
headquarters IN Washington when the
accident occurred. Police say that
witnesses to the accident told them that
Bean was driving on the wrong side
Of the road ct the time OF the crash.
Among witnesses to the accident was
Walter johnson, jr., son or the mana
ger Of the Washington ball club Whnl