Evening star., 1933-02-28
BOY DIES, SIX HURT
WHEN AMBULANCE
! AND AUTO COLLIDE.
Parents, Badly Hurt in Crash,
Are Not Told of Death
of Son.
HOSPITAL CAR ON WAY
TO SCENE OF SHOOTING
Chinese Says He Fired at Men
Causing Disturbance in Hotel.
Was Given Beating.

Apparently unaware that their s.
ycar-old son is dead, Oren Lentz, 26,
and his wife, Mrs. Leah Lentz, 81, lay
critically injured in Emergency Hospi-
tai today-victims of a crash last
night between their automobile and
one of the institutions ambulances, in
which the boy lost his life and four
old son, were hurt.
Lentz, who lives at 1902 Franklin
avenue, Indian Spring Park, Md, Is
believed to have a fractured skull, In
ternal injuries and cuts in the smash
up-the third in which Emergency am
balances have been involved at or near
the corner Of Fourteenth and E
streets during the past year or so.
His wife also suffered severe head
injury, in addition to a broken right
arm, cuts and bruises. Their infant son,
Terrell, had his left wrist fractured and
was cut about the face.
Boy Lives Two Hours.
The older boy, Oren. jr., died in the
hospital about two hours after the
crash. His skull had been fractured
when he and Jerrell were thrown from
their fathers car, which overturned
several times after it had been struck
by the speeding ambulance.
The others hurt are:
Lentzs sister. Miss Helen Lentz, 81,
of 1467 Girard street, cuts; Thomas
Edwards, 1443 Girard street, passenger
in the Lentz machine, bruises, and
Clarence Montgomery, %, colored.
driver of the ambulance, cuts and, ,
bruises. DR.. Darrell Grain, whom the
ambulance was rushing to the scene OF
q reported shooting, escaped injury,
The shooting call was received at the
hospital about $3.50 pm The crash
occurred a few minutes later, as the
ambulance, with siren shrieking, roared
across Fourteenth street, eastbound on
E street. The automobile, with Lentz
driving, was travelling southwark on
Fourteenth street, headed for Highway
Bridge.
Meet in Center Of Intersection.
Montgomery saw the Lentz car as
he approached the intersection, ne salo,
but he assumed the driver would hear
the siren and stop. Lentz evidently did
not hear the alarm, however, for he
continued across the intersection.
The vehicles met directly in the CEN
ter. The noise could be heard for sew
eral blocks, it was said, and the Lentz
machine half rolled, half-slid across the
intersection, coming to rest against
curb. The automobile was wrecked and
the ambulance was badly damaged.
Montgomery was released in the custody
OF hospital officials pending an inquest.
The shooting report originated. it de-
1r-lo, Chiy,r Doh SS Chinese
owner of the Penn Hotel, 497 Pennsyl-
vania avenue, fired a shot at Wilbur
Wright, 33.
Wright and another man, according
to the Chinese, walked into the hotel
shortly after o'clock and attempted
to break up the furniture. In an effort
to force the men to leave, Ching said,
he opened fire with his revolver, but
the bullet did not hit any one.
Chinese Given Beating.
according to police, gave the Chinese a
beating. When the ambulance failed to
arrive, Ching was taken to Emergency
in private car. After receiving treat
ment he was transferred to Gallinger
Hospital where he was said to have
possible fractured skull.
Wright was arrested by Policeman
L. o. Tompkins and booked for investi-
cation at the first precinct. Capt.
William E. Holmes, precinct COM
mander, ordered search for Wright's
companion.
Gurdo c. Boerking, IS, Pittsburgh.
was arrested as a witness and held at
the fifth precinct.
No one was seriously injured in either
of the other mishaps involving
Emergency ambulances. A fire truck
and a police machine also figured in
accidents in the same neighborhood in
recent months, but these crashes. too,
resulted in comparatively minor hurts.
Emergency officials did not tell Mr..
and Mrs. Lentz Of their sons death,
they said, because of their condition.
They were not sure, however, whether
friends or relatives had broken the news. |