Evening star., 1933-10-02
TWO DEAD, Is HURT
OVER WEEK END IN
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
Farmer Hit-and-Run Victim
and Boy Killed by Truck
in Virginia.
D. c. COUPLE INJURED,
WHEN CAR ovERTuRNs
Six in Head-On Collision on Nay.
lor Road at District Line-3
Injured in City.

Two persons were killed and IS
Injured in traffic accidents in and near
Washington over the week end, most
of the accidents occurring during the
heavy rainstorm that hit this section
last night.
The two persons killed were hit by
cars near Fredericksburg, Va. One of
them, H. L. Crabtree, 35-year-old
Spottsylvania County. Va. farmer. was
the victim last night of hit-and-run
driver near Thornsburg. Va. Police
have no clue as to the identity Of the
driver of the death car. Crabtree was
found beside the road by his brother,
John, and taken to the Mary Wash
ington Hospital in Fredericksburg.
where he died few hours later.
The other death occurred on the
Richmond Washington Highway, about
a mile outside of Fredericksburg. Lloyd
Masters, IA, of Fredericksburg, was
struck and almost instantly killed by
the car of Marvin Stevens, Is. of Stat
ford County, Va. Stevens, who is held
by police on a charge Of involuntary
manslaughter, said he was blinded by
the lights of an approaching car and
did not see young Masters walking
along the road. A hearing on the man
slaughter charge was to be held at
Fredericksburg today.
District of Columbia Couple Injured.
Two Washingtonians were injured
near Fredericksburg last night, Mr..
and Mrs. Wayne G. Garman receiving
minor injuries when their car Skidded
and turned over on the Richmond
Washington road during the storm.
They we're treated at the Mary Wash
tngton Hospital at Fredericksburg.
Six persons were hurt in head-on
collision of two automobiles on Naylor
road at the District line last night.
Other accidents on Washington streets
caused injuries to three.
The injured in the Naylor road acci
dent were Roberta Hanson, %; Lucille
Hanson. 16, and Sevina Hanson. II,
sisters, all of Pomfret, Nd; William
Green, colored. 35, and Emma Despert.
colored, 79, both of the first block OF P
street, and Martha Wright, colored, So,
of the 14O0 block of Tenth street.
Miss Lucille Hanson was the most
seriously hurt Her neck was diSlocated,
it was said at Casualty Hospital, where
all the injured were taken. Miss Rob-
erta Hanson, the driver Of one OF the
machines, suffered decorations to her
head and left arm and the other sister
was scratched and bruised.
Green, driver of the other car, was
arrested on a reckless driving charge
after treatment for lacerations to his
left knee. The two colored women re-
ceived lacerations and bruises.
Injured About Head.
Violet Wright, 81. Silver Spring. Md,
was severely injured about the head
when the car in which she was pas
senger collided with parked machine |
about 500 yards south Of the District
line on Sixteenth street. Roy Bookout,
35, 3lO0 block of Eighteenth street,
driver of the car, is being held by sixth
precinct police pending outcome OF her
Injuries. Bookout's left wrist was
sprained. Both were treated at Walter
Reed Hospital.
Bookout told police the parked car
was without lights and that MISS
Wright was thrown through the wind
shield When police arrived on the
scene after Bookout had taken the in
jured woman to the hospital, the car
he struck was gone. lookout Tor II
was broadcast.
Robert Carroll, 50, of 42l3 Grant
street northeast. suffered possible frac-
lures of the skull and left shoulder
yesterday when he was knocked down
by an automobile at Fifteenth street
and Maryland avenue northeast. He
was treated at Casualty Hospital.
Police reported the car was driven by
Edgar Powell, %, colored, 300 block OF
South Capitol street.
The skull of James Brantley. col
ored 40. 600 block of Orleans place
northeast, was fractured when he was
struck at First and L streets by car
driven by Andrew Mccoy colored. 20,
14OO block of H street. He was taken
to Sibley Hospital for treatment and
later transferred to Freedman's Hos
pital.
Four Hurt in Fairfax County.
Four persons were injured yesterday
in Fairfax County in as many automo-
bile accidents reported to police.
Lorraine Brown, 5. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. william Brown. living near
Seminary. was seriously injured when
struck by a car reported to have been
driven by Charles H. Gray of the 900
block Franklin street, Alexandria. The
accident occurred on the Seminary road
between Seminary and Bailey's Cross
Roads
According to County Policeman Lewis
Finks. who investigated the accident,
Gray is said to have told him that the
child's father had parked his car on
The side of the road and Mrs. Brown
and the child were starting to get into
the car when the girl darted back in
front of Gray's car. The child was
taken to Alexandria Hospital. No
charges were preferred against Gray.
Mrs. L. M. German of Washington,
passenger in an automobile said to have
been driven by Robert Pfeiffer of the
600 block Keefer place, washington,
was injured when the Pfeiffer car and
another said to have been driven by DR..
c. R. Jones of Manassas. collided on
the Lee Highway near Fairfax. Mrs.
German refused hospital treatment.
None of the other persons in the cars
received injuries. Both drivers were
summoned to court.
Two Struck by Car.
R. E. Hef1in of the 200 block Ninth
street southeast, Washington. and Billy
Barnes of Fairfax were injured last
night when struck by a car reported to
have been driven by c. F.. Parker, 81 OF
the 1900 block King street. Alexandra.
According to County Policemen Lewis
Finks and Carl Mcintosh. the auto
mobile operated by Hef1in and another
car had collided A wrecking car
operated by Barnes was attempting to
pull the wrecked cars apart when
Parker, coming over the brow Of hill,
is alleged to have struck the wrecking
truck, knocked Barnes to the road and
careened into the Heflin car
Hef1in and Barnes were taken to the
Alexandria Hospital where it was said
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