Evening star., 1933-09-25
TONG LEADERS, SON
FATALLY INJURED
" HEN HIT BY CAB
Receiving Fractured Skull,
Seven-Year-0Id Boy Dies
in Hospital.
13 HURT IN ACCIDENTS
IN AND NEAR CAPITAL
Frederick County Youth in Serious
Condition After Car Strikes
Culvert.

Henry Collidge Leo, 7, of 1915 Eigh-
teenth street, son Of Henry Leo secre-
tary Of the Hip Sing Tong here. was
fatally injured last night when struck
by a taxicab near Seventeenth and T
streets. The child died Of a fractured
skull after he had been removed to
Emergency Hospital. Walter Slade, 26.
of the 2200 block Twelfth street, driver
OF the taxicab, was ordered held for a
coroner's inquest. The accident was
one OF several serious traffic mishaps
in Washington and nearby Virginia
and Maryland during the week end
Robert Knight. 20, son of J. r.
Knight. Frederick County farmer, was
graVely injured last night when an
automobile he was driving was demol-
ished as it struck a culvert near Ste
phens City, Va. He received a frac-
tured skull and internal injuries, and
had not regained consciousness at the
hospital today. Arthur Rowles, owner
OF the car, said he and a girl compan-
ion had alighted at Strasburg to buy
cigarettes. and that knight drove of in
the machine.
Automobile Turns Over.
Elmer Burnett, 1900 block A street
northeast, was seriously injured and his
companion, Hugh Haney, 1000 block
Sales street northeast. sustained cuts
and bruises when the automobile in
which they were riding early yester-
day morning overturned at the foot of
Pohick Hill, in Virginia. Burnett, pin
ned beneath the wreckage, was ex-
tricated by E. E. Fordham. jr. and NJ
M. Fordham of Pohick. Burnett and
Haney received emergency treatment
at Fort Humphreys Hospital and the
1ofa
Hospital here. The accident is believed
to have been caused by a bundle of
burlap lying in the road. apparently
dropped from passing truck.
Paul Brannon, %, 1000 block Third
street, a passenger in car operated
by James H. Stover, %. 1000 block f
street northeast, was cut on the lie,
when the machine was in collision with
another driven by Linwod Hawkins, "a
200 block Twelfth street northeast, near
Sixth and D streets northeast yester-
day. Brannon was treated at Casually
Hospital.
Women and Child Injured.
Two women and a 3-year-old chile
were cut and bruised in COLI
sion between two taxicabs at Third and
B streets. Rebecca Cachaffee, 20, 20o
block Eleventh street southeast; he
S-year-OiO niece, catherine Cachat-
fee. and Elizabeth Carraway. 20. also Of
the 200 block Eleventh street southeast
all passengers in a cab operated b,
Lawrence Eberhardt, 100 block Eleventh
street southeast. were treated at Casu-
atty Hospital after the accident. None
was seriously hurt The other taxi was
driven by Roy Cove Of Hyattsville, Md
Harry Hall of the 1400 block N street
and companion were slightly injured
when their car went over an embank-
ment and overturned near Woodbridge,
Va. Hall told police his car was forced
off the road by a machine which cut
in front Of him.
Two young colored men were Sc
riously injured and two others slightly
hurt when their car crashed into an
embankment at the intersection Of the
Darnestown and Old Germantown pixies
in Maryland. Hilary Brown and Rus
sell Clipper were brought to George
town Hospital by the Rockville Vol
unteer Fire Department rescue squad,
where they were treated for serious in
juries about the head and face. Fran
els Brown and Ellsworth Jackson, the
others in the car, were given first
aid treatment and returned home. AL
four are residents of the Jamestown
district.