Evening star., 1932-12-27
THREE CAR DEATHS
0VERYU[E HOLIDAY
CALLED ACCIDENTS
InqueStS Are Held at D. c.
Morgue-Six Injured
Within "a Hours.
OFFICERS MACHINE
FATALLY HURTS MAN
Woman Is Killed as Auto Driven
by Husband Skids and
Crashes Christmas Eve.

Three persons who died as a re-
suit OF Christmas eve traffic crashes
all came to their deaths accidently,
a corners jury decided today Six
persons were injured in traffic accidents
in the past "a hours, one Of them by
hit-and-run driver
The deaths were those of Thomas
Croyle, l8, of 23l Massachusetts, ave-
nue. northeast; Mrs. Anna Ferguson.
21. of 2416 Thirty street south
east, and Eugene Greenstreet, ST. of
l27 Atlantic Street southeast.
The dense fog which enveloped the
city Saturday night was brought into
the testimony in all the cases.
The three verdicts absolved James
ferguson, "a, driver of the car in which
ms VIE was killed. Policeman j. ].
Culllnane of the first precinct. whose
car struckaCroyle. and Jesse M. DUNCAN.
motor man Of the street car with which
Greenstreet's truck collided.
Hit by Officers Car.
Croyle. whose death occurred In
Emergency Hospital Sunday, was fatal
ly injured when he and his father.
Charles Croyle, 81, were struck by the
automobile of Cllinane near the inter-
section OF Lincoln road and Michigan
avenue northeast while they were
changing tire on their automobile.
Policeman Cullinane was on his way
nome from duty early Sunday when the
accloent occurred. The elder Croyle is
still at Emergency Hospital
Mrs Ferguson was fatally injured
when the automobile she was in with
her husband skidded and crashed on
pennsylvania avenue southeast late Sat-
urday night
Greenstreet was fatally hurt early
SUNDAY. when truck in which he was
riding with John L. Clarke 40. 45oo
block OF Livingston road southeast. coll
Hded with a street car of the Washing
ton Electric Railway Co operated by
DUNCAN in the $500 block of Nichols
avenue southeast
Injured in Cab Crash.
Mrs. Mary Bond, 70. 1860 Columbia
road. was seriously injured today when
the taXicab IN which she was riding
crashed into an automobile at Con-
necccut avenue and L street. She was
injuries to the head X-rays were to
be taken at Emergency Hospital this
afternoon to determine whether she has
fractured skull
William Padgett. 800 block of D
street northeast, driver of the taxi. re-
ported that the car he struck failed to
stop after the collision. police look
out was broadcast. Padgett explained
that the car ahead stopped suddenly
and that his cab crashed into it.
Mrs. Sarah English 81, of l9 Seaton
place northeast, and her ll-year-old
son. Edgar, were in Sibley Hospital,
suffering from fractures of the legs and
other injuries received when knocked
down by an automobile at Fifth street
and Rhode Island avenue northeast
last night Alton Bowman. 25, l400
block of K street. vas driver of the
automobile that struck them
Hit-and Run Victim.
Douglas Williams, 20. colored, of the
1900 block of Thirteenth street. was in
Garfield Hospital after being struck by
a hit-and-run driver near his home
early today. Williams was taken to the
hospital in an unconscious condition.
Police were searching for the driver OF
the automobile that struck him.
Others injured included George Hunt.
IT, 1900 block of East Capitol street,
who received a broken knee last night
when a bicycle he was riding collided
with an automobile near the city post
Office. and James A. Duffy, 60, 903
Thirteenth street. who was seriously
hurt yesterday when struck by a taxi
cab in the 1900 block of street. Duffy
was taken to Emergency Hospital, where
he was reported to have received Sc
rious injuries about the head and a
broken leg The driver, of the cab
which struck him was said to have
been John O'Brien, l400 block OF
Twelfth street.