Evening star., 1934-07-30
District, Maryland and vir-
qinia Authorities Prob
e. ing Accidents.
POSTAL CLERK DIES
IN ST. MARYS COUNTY
Second Capital Man Killed When
Auto Runs wild" and Turns
Over Near Suffolk, Va.

Week end accidents in which two
men were killed and nearly score
of others injured, several OF them
seriously we're under investigation to-
day by District. Maryland and Vir-
ginia authorities.
Victims Of the fatal accidents were
Thomas H. Osborn, jr., 27, OF 1872
Shannon place southeast. and Clyde
H. Reid 20, o. 1858 Euclid street.
Osborne died in st. Mary's Hospital.
in Leonardtown, Md, less than an
hour after his automobile crashed
head-o into another car about mid
way between Leonardtown and Love-
Vile. Five other persons were hurt.
Reid lost his life when his machine
left the road, overturned and rolled
into a ditch near Suffolk, Va. Ar
other man and a woman were injured.
Five Taken to Hospital.
Those hurt in the st. Marys
County smash-up were Osborn's wife,
Mrs. Elizabeth Osborn, 25 his father,
Thomas H. Osborn, sr., IS; Clyde G.
GLADDEN. of Baltimore, driver of the
other automobile, his wife and their
two sons. All were treated at the
Leonardtown hospital.
According to State Policeman W. A.
Rogers, the crash occurred when
Osborn and GLADDEN., who were bound
in opposite directions, attempted to
pass two other machines. After re-
ceiving treatment for his injuries,
GLADDEN. was released without bond,
pending an inquest at pm. tomor-
row.
The Osborns were returning from a
fishing trip to Newtown Neck, while
the Gladdens. also on an angling trip,
we're headed toward the lower portion
of st. Marys County.
Osborn, a Post once Department
clerk, was a brother of william Os-
born, whose marriage to Mary I.
Mitchell. gypsy princess, at Rock
vile. Md, in November. 1927. at
tracted considerable attention.
Two children, Nancy Lee, l. and
Margaret, 8; five sisters, Mrs. Jessie
Blade, Mrs. Nancy Loyejoy, Mrs. Net
tie Sydnor and Misses Mildred and
Lillian Osborn, and another brother,
Eddie, also survive him.
Injured in Virginia.
Mrs. Dorothy Brockman, about "a,
Of the 500 block of Fifth street south
east, and Roy L. Estep, first block of
r street, were injured in the Virginia
accident. Both were taken to the
Raiford Hospital In Franklyn. Va.
Reid is survived by his mother, Mrs.
sisters. Mrs. Russell Carpenter and
Mrs. Charles Dorton. also of Win
chester, and two brothers, C. w. Reid
and Lancelot Reid, both of the Euclid
street address.
Others hurt in week end miShaps
were: Jack Schlosser. 43, of the 100
block Of Sixteenth street southeast,
found unconscious in the 1900 block
Of Naylor road southeast, evidently
the victim Of a hit-and-run driver. He
was taken to Gallinger Hospital, where
his condition was said to be serious
Mr.. and Mrs. John Argent, Capital
View, Nd, also the victims of q
hit-and-run motorist. They were
slightly injured when their machine
was struck by another car, which was
occupied by two colored men. near
Kensington, Md.
Lewis Stone, jr., IS, of 48l2 Battery
lane, Bethesda, Md, who suffered
possible fracture of the skull when
he rode his bicycle into the side of
an automobile in the TOO block of
Wisconsin avenue, in the Maryland
suburb. He was taken to Georgetown
Hospital. The car, Bethesda police
reported, was operated by William H.
Bankerton, 1900 block Of Biltmore
street.
Skidding Injuries Two.
Mrs. Lena Dunn, %, and James
Briggman, 20, both of the 1700 block
of P street, were injured when their
machine skidded into telephone pole
beside the Defense Highway, near
Lanham, Md. They were treated at
Casualty Hospital.
Mrs. Elizabeth Klein, IS, OF the 100
block of Schley avenue. and Mrs.
Roey Use, also IS, of the 240o block
of Tunlaw road, hurt in collision
on the Defense Highway, near the
Grain Highway. They were taken to
Sibley Hospital.
Rose Butler, 2s, and Howard But
Ter, 20, both Of the HOO block OF
New jersey avenue, and Mabel
Grifhth, 2S, of the 200 block of !
street northeast, all colored, injured
when their automobile skidded into a
tree on the Defense Highway, near