Evening star., 1933-04-02
Roadster Is Said to Have
Been Going Over rs Miles an
Hour on Baltimore Road.
THREE OTHERS INJURED
AS AUTO HITS STREET CAR
Army Sergeant, One Of Trio, Is
Considered to Have Little
Chance for Recovery.

One man was killed and another in
tured yesterday afternoon, when the
high-powered roadster in which they
are said to have been roaring along the
Washington Baltimore boulevard at
speed of rs or 80 miles an hour. In an
effort to lose" a motorcycle policeman,
left the road and crashed into tele-.
phone pole near Berwyn
The smash-up which climaxed a 10
mile chase, begun when the officer dis
covered the automobile exceeding the
speed limit, was one of two. serious &C
cidents to occur in or near washington
during the afternoon. Three men, in
cluding a Congressman's secretary, were
hurt-one critically-in the other mis-
hap. which occurred in the 1900 block
Of Connecticut avenue.
The man who lost his life in the
Maryland crash was Bernard c. Jones,
81, Of 2043 Bennett street northeast.
His companion, Pvt. Ronald Philips, 80,
a soldier stationed at Walter Reed Hos
pital, was thrown clear Of the car and
escaped with minor injuries.
Victims in Car Crash.
Those hurt in the Connecticut avenue
head-on into a street car after side
swiping another automobile. were:
George W. Hahn, 43, of $500 Thirtieth
street, secretary to Representative Fitz-
patrick Of New York; Henry Wells. 81,
an Army sergeant stationed In Homo
lulu, who was riding with him, and
John o. Newton. 80. Of 1923 Thirty
nth street, motorman Of the street
car.
At Georgetown University Hospital,
where all three men were treated, it
was said Wells, who received possible
fractured skulf. broken leg, cuts
about the head and possible internal
injuries, had little chance for recovery.
Physicians held considerable hope. how
ever, for Hahn, who also suffered pos
sible skull fracture, broken arm and
cuts about the head and leg. Newton
escaped with fractured wrist
State Policeman c. e. Sermon, at
tached to the Laurel substation, re-
ported Jones car raApparently got out
Of control as it rounded a sharp curve.
The ofHcer. who was close behind the
fleeing roadster, saw Eit suddenly swerve
from the road and pile up In mass
Of wreckage against the pole.
Jones, his chest crushed and his back
broken, was dead when removed from
the wreckage. Phillips, after being
given first aid by the Bladensburg Fire
Rescue Squad, was taken to Casualty
Hospital. A corouer's jury will begin
an investigation 81 the accident Tues
day.
Hahn,s machine, according to wit
nesses. sideswiped an automobile driven
by Mrs Katherine Baltz. 6314 Sixteenth
street, wife of Edward c. Baltz, secre-
tary Of the Perpetual Building Associa-
ton, while passing another automobile.
Hahn's car apparently got out OF
control, 1t was said, swerving to the
other side Of the street and, after strik-
ing Mrs Baltz's machine, crashing into
the street car.
Street Car Is DeraiIed.
So terrifhc was the impact that the
street car was derailed and Hahns
automobile was knocked back across
the street to the opposite curb. The
front part Of Hahn's car was telescoped,
crushing him against the steering wheel
and throwing his companion against
the dashboard. witnesses extricated
them from the wreckage and, with
Newton. they we're taken to the hospital
in an eighth precinct patrol.
About dozen passengers on the car
were severely shaken up, as was Mrs.
Baltz
Because Hahn's machine bore con-
gressional license plates, reports were
circulated IN the crowd that gathered
that various Senators and Represent
atives were involved in the smash-up.
Hahn came here from New York i
1919 to become Secretary to Judge
Richard McHenry, then a member Of
the House from the Empire State. He
has remained in the service of New
York Congressman ever since and, with
this session, began his fourth term as
secretary to Representative Fitzpatrick.
Wells, native of Massachusetts, is
attached to Headquarters Company. Sd
Engineers, Schofield Barracks, Hone
lulu. He has been visiting Hahn anC
the latter's wife and four children for
about a month.
Two Children Hurt.
When two cars crashed at Thirty
fourth and Benning road last night
Junior Roebuck, 2, 1909 E street south
east received severe head injuries and
Donald Arthur, 5, Capitol Heights, Md.
was less seriously hurt. Donald was
riding In an automobile driven by Les
ter A White, 32 whose address was
unknown to police The Roebuck
child, according to police, was riding
in car operated by Marcus Kennedy,
IS, attached to the Naval Air Station.
Robert Eugene Peterson, 7, of 1870
Harvard street. was cut and bruised
yesterday when struck by an automo-
bile at Fourteenth and Euclid streets.
He was treated at Children's Hospital
The car, police reported. was driven
by John H. Nicholas, 1900 block Of
Ortario road