Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-31
TWO MEET DEATH,
FIVE ARE INJURED
District Girl, 18, Is Killed
When Auto 0verturns
at Hall Station.

A young woman was killed in an au-
tomobile wreck in front of a sheriff's
home, a colored youth was decapitated
by an electric train and five other per-
sons were injured in q series Of traffic
accidents in nearby Maryland yesterday
A manslaughter warrant will be
sought here today for Joseph o. San
tucci, % years old, of Oak Terrace.
Brookland. D. c., driver of a car which
overturned at Hall Station yesterday,
killing an 1s-year-old girl. Sheriff W..
Curtis Hopkins declared this morning.
d. C. Girl Is Killed.
The victim, Miss Margaret Lauer Of
the 1900 block of Lawrence street
northeast, was pronounced dead on ar
rival at Casualty Hospital, where she
was taken by Hugh Ostermeyer OF Hall
Station.
Miss Winif-e6 L. King. 20. Of the 340o
block of Twenty-second street north
east, another passenger in the machine,
was taken to Sibley Hospital with San
tucci by Carl Krouse, l400 block OF
Newton street northeast, passing mo-
torist. She Is suffering from possible
fracture of the skull, internal injuries
and shock.
After treatment, Santucci was re-
moved to the Twelfth precinct police
station where he agreed to return TO
Maryland with Sheriff Hopkins, but col
lapsed when about to start and was
! taken to Gallinger Hospital. He Is re-
ported to have a possible fracture OF
the skull.
Lost Control on Curve.
According tn Mr. Hopkins. the Young
man was driving at high rate OF
speed and lost control of his car on a
curve on Central avenue. The sport
roadster overturned several times, COM
ing to rest in front OF Sheriff Hopkins
house The sheriff said an inquest
would be held. but the date has not
been determined.
Miss Lauer is survived by her par
entS and two sisters, Mrs. Esther Jen-
kins and Doris Lauer.
South Is Decapitated.
Lewis Thomas, colored, 10 years old.
of High Bridge. Md, was decapitated
by train of the Washington, Baltimore
g. Annapolis railroad near the High
Bridge station, late Saturday nlgnt.
County Policeman Arthur Brown and
Constable William KreitZer who investi-
gated the accident. were unable to find
an eyewitness to learn how 1t occurred.
The officers had some difficulty with
a large crowd of colored people who
An inquest is scheduled to be held
at High Bridge this afternoon at s
o'clock by Justice Of Peace Il. M.
Scott According to the magistrate. the
train was driven by Engineer Phillip
OSler.
Nancy Lee Geary, s years old, Of
Capitol Heights, was struck after allgnt-
ing from her fathers machine In Iront
of their home, on Crystal Spring ave-
nue. She was taken to Casualty HOS
pital, where her condition Is described
as undetermined. Police said they olo
not learn the name Of the driver OF
the car which struck the child.
Mrs. Thomas Dougherty OF Philadel-
phia, Pa, and several companions were
slightly injured when their car over
turned on the Maryland pike near
Branchville. The injured were taken
to Providence Hospital.
Susie Thomas, colored, 20 years old.
was critically injured when a motor
cycle on which she was riding over
turned near waldorf, Md. The girls
legs were nearly severed in the acct
dent. She is In Casualty Hospital.
Driver Is Held.
RAYMOND Stewart, colored, 20, OF the
400 block of Eleventh street southwest,
said by police to be the driver Of the
motor cycle, is being held at the MARI
boro jail pending the outcome OF the
girls injuries. He was arrested by State
Policeman j. Z. Taylor.