Evening star., 1932-11-20
WOMAN, 70, KILLED
IN STREET BY AUTO
MANY OTHERS HURT
Mrs. Martha HenauIt Said to
Have Stepped in Front
of Machine.
MANS ANKLE BROKEN
WHEN STRUCK BY CAR
Attorneys Collarbone Fractured by
Taxicab-Cuts and Bruises
Inflicted on Several.

A woman about 70 years old, later
identified as Mrs. Martha Henault, 500
block of street northeast, was killed
and nearly dozen other persons were
injured in automobile accidents yes
terday afternoon and last night.
Mrs. Henault was struck at Fifth
street and New York avenue by car
driven by Mrs. Evelyn Mae Woodard,
20, of 1921 Charming street northeast.
Mrs. Woodard, who was booked for in
veSt1gation at the second precinct po-
lice station, declared the woman
stepped in front of her machine and
that she was unable to halt the car
in time. Mrs. Woodard later was re-
leased pending an inquest
Ralph K. Russell, 1880 Fuller street,
took the injured woman to Emergency
Hospital where she was pronounced
dead. Identification was made some
time afterward by Thomas Farrell, said
to have been Mrs. Henault's landlord
at the L street address.
Car Knocks Woman Down.
Miss Mary O'Connor, rs, of the Cor
don Hotel, suffered an injured shoulder
when knocked down at Connecticut
avenue and M street by a car driven by
William Ware, 35, colored, of the 2400
block Kalorama road. She was treated
at Emergency Hospital, where X-rayS
were to be taken to determine If she
had broken collarbone.
Clarence Duffy, SIS, of 1885 I street,
suffered a broken ankle when hit at
Eleventh and H streets northeast by
car operated by William j. Bolec, 1917
Eastern avenue northeast He was taken
| to Casualty Hospital.
Annie l.. Harvey, 81, of 219 Eighth
street northeast was cut and bruised
when struck by machine at Maryland
| avenue and Eighth street northeast.
She also was treated at Casualty. The
| driver of the automobile, Howard F.
| Klotz, ITO G street northeast, was ar
rested by ninth precinct police on a
bad brakes charge.
Andrew Jameson, 1917 Twenty-fifth
street southeast, received cuts and
! bruises when hit by a car on Nichols
avenue, between Coed Hope road and
U street southeast. The driver of the
machine, Robert E. Hibbs, 1912 Mon
| roe street northeast, was arrested at
| his home a short time later. He said
| he returned to the scene of the accident
| after driving around the block and,
since Jameson had disappeared, cen
cluded he had not been hurt. Hibbs
was charged with failure to stop after
an accident.
Hurt Near Her Home.
Mrs. Flora Barr. 81, of 5112 Con-
necticut avenue, was struck by a Wash
ington Railway & Electric Co. repair
truck operated by Luther A. Dodd, So,
of 1901 E street northeast. She was
treated at Emergency for injuries to her
head and hip. The accident occurred
near her home.
Karl Fenning, so, an attorney, living
at 1888 Chevy Chase Parkway, suffered
a broken collar bone and other injuries
when hit by a taxicab at Connecticut
avenue and Northampton street. He
was treated by physician in the neigh
borhood. The cab was driven by Virgil
G. Armel, %, of the 1900 block OF
First street.
Mrs. Edith Tucker, 35, of 1908 Thirty
! first street, received leg injury Wnen
! struck by car near Thirty-flrst and
M streets. She was treated at George
| town Hospital. The driver of the auto
mobile. Leslie Clifton Barr, "a, Balls
| ton. Va. was arrested on reckless
driving charge.
Mary C. Madigan, 50, of 1851 Column
bia road, was cut when two cars crashed
at Sixteenth and Euclid streets. she
was treated at Garfield Hospital.
Ora Mosley, 70, was knocked down
| by an automobile at Eleventh street
| and Pennsylvania avenue, and was said
| to have received a serious hip injury.
| He was treated at Emergency Hospital.
Lawrence T. Boswell %, of the 4300
block Bowen road southeast, was said
! to be the driver of the car.