Evening star., 1934-01-29
H|T,AND-RUN CAR
ESCAPES POLICE
Officer Pushed From Running
Board Trying to Ar
rest Pair.

Hospitals and physicians offices were
being checked by police today for clues
60 the identity of two colored occupants
Of q hit-and-run automobile, who were
fired upon by motor cycle officer dur
ing q chase that ended when he was
pushed from the running board Of their
speeding car and sent sprawling into
the street.
At the same time, members Of the
police homicide squad, under direction
E. Darnall. were investigating two
week end traffic deaths, one Of them
tho result Of another hit-and-run case
The victims were:
Thomas Heany, As, Of 5420 Colorado
avenue, and Peter Harris, IS, of 1920
Twelfth street northeast.
Died at Emergency.
Heany was struck at Fourteenth
street and Rhode Island avenue shortly
before Z pm. yesterday by a machine
said to have been driven by Fred L.
Allen, 81, of 2l2 G street Heany died
OF fractured skull in Emergency Hos
pital several hours later, and Allen was
Magruder Macdonald
Harris died in Casualty Hospital yes
terday Of injuries received January !,
when the automobile in which he was
riding overturned after colliding with
another car at Fourteenth street and
Maryland avenue northeast.
Earle E. Bishop, 80. first block of
Randolph place, alleged driver of the
other machine. failed to stop, accord
ing to police, and was arrested on a
hit-and-run charge a short time later
Released on bond, he was re-arrested
following Harris death and held for
action Of the coroner.
Harris was passenger in an auto
mobile driven by his brother. Joseph
Harris. 36, Brentwood, Md. The lat
ter's wife also was riding in the car.
Bishop was ordered held for grand
jury action by coroners jury several
month ago, after his wife Mrs. Nellie
Bishop, was shot to death in their
apartment. The grand jury refused to
1ndict him, however. Questioned by
police, he had insisted his wife shot
herself after berating him for going to
. party which she had refused to at
tend.
All Escape Injury.
The hit-and-run accident which re-
suited in the police chase, occurred at
Tventy-second and L streets last night.
The car sped past a stop" sign and
crashed into a machine operated by
John A. Duncan, IS, of sos Prince
street. Alexandria, Va, a guard at the
District Reformatory, at LOrton, Va.
Duncan, his wife and their two children
were shaken up, but escaped injury.
Before the automobiles were disen-
tangled, Policeman w. B. Sparks,
Traffic Bureau. rode up on his motor
cycle. After the cars had been pulled
apart. the officer began inquiring as to
details Of the mishap. When he asked
the colored driver for his registration
card, the man and his companion
leaped into their machine and sped
away
Abandoning his motor cycle, Sparks
conmandered a passing taxicab and
took out after the fleeing machine. At
Twenty-second street and Pennsylvania
avenue, the colored mems automobile
careened into car driven by Charles
Sellers, 2019 G street, fireman The
flight was halted only momentarily, but
that was long enough for Sparks to
leap upon the running board Of the
hit-and-run machine.
As the automobile sped away, one
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with his fists, while the other man
reached for his hip pocket. Thinking
the man was drawing a gun, Sparks
fired at him. As he did so, however,
the other man gave him another shove,
and he fell into the street. Sparks fired
three more shots at the fleeing car be-
fore it disappeared. but he said he
doubted that any of them had taken
effect
On the chance that some of the shots
may have hit their mark. however. a
check Of all hospitals and doctors Of
fees was ordered
The hit-and-run machine, Sparks
said, bore Virginia license plates.
Other week end accidents resulted in
injuries to two persons They are:
Mrs. Marjorie Kohlmeier, 80. Of the
$500 block of Fifth street. cut about the
head when an automobile operated by
her husband. DR.. Elmer A. Kohlmeier,
q dentist. collided with another car at
Ninth street and Concord avenue.
Mary E. Gordon. 80, colored. 1900
block Of @ street. whose leg was broken
when she was struck by machine near
Minnesota and Pennsylvania avenues
southeast.