Evening star., 1934-10-29
AUTO VICTIM Dies.
12OTHERS INJURED
Taxi Driver ChaSes and
Captures Car After
Woman Is Hurt.

Nine persons were admitted to hos
pitals here over the week end as a re-
suit of series of traffic accidents, and
a tenth victim, injured in Maryland
Thursday, succumbed to his injuries
at Emergency Hospital early today.
Three other Washingtonians were in
jured in Maryland accident.
Ephriam M. Smith, A, of BIS Eight
eenth street, died shortly after 5 am.
He was hurt when his automobile left
the road between Prince Fredrick and
SolomonS Island. He was given first
aid treatment at the Calvert County
Hospital at Prince Frederick and later
was transferred to Emergency.
Mrs. Julia T. Dillon, IS, of 66 Mas
sachusettS avenue, was knocked down
about o'clock last night while cross
ing H street at North Capitol street by
an allegedly speeding car that was re-
ported to have driven past a red light.
Raymond Whitmire, taxicab driver,
1000 block of Gales street northeast,
pursued the car and crowded it to the
curb at First and L streets.
Driver Is Held.
The driver gave his name as Hadley
Lane. 81, colored, 100 block of Thir-
teenth street. He was held for in
vestigation. Whitmire was commend
ed by police, who recommended that
he receive the standing reward of
$50 offered by the American Automo-
bile Association for the arrest of hit
and-run drivers.
Mrs. Dillon, suffering from injuries
to her head, body, left ankle and prob
ably from internal hurts, was taken
to Sibley Hospital in the taxicab of
Harry Bissett, 1400 block Of First
street northeast.
Park Policeman E. E. Sarr suffered a
dislocated wrist, bruised leg and
wrenched back and neck when his
motor cycle collided today with a
tractor and trailer at Fourteenth street
and Constitution avenue. The tractor
was driven by Clark Brisco, %, COL
ored, of Takoma Park, Md. The in
jured officer was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital. Brisco was charged
with reckless driving and held on $50
collateral, police said.
M. B. Campbell, 81, of 214 Sixth
street southeast, was taken to Casualty
Hospital suffering from a probable
fractured skull, broken leg, cuts and
bruises, after being run down last
night at Constitution avenue and
Seventh street. He was struck by
car reported to have been driven by
Clyde S. Hayes, 10, of 230 c street.
Four Hurt in Crash.
Meyer Weiner, Mrs. Adele Weiner,
his wife, of 5804 Georgia avenue, and
Edward Rhodes and James Cathcart,
both of the 1900 block of New Hamp-
shire avenue, were injured yesterday
in a collision at Seventh and Quincy
streets.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weiner were taken to
Garfield Hospital and other victims
to Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Weiner,
the most seriously hurt, suffered a
broken collar bone and head injuries.
Weiner was driving his own car. and
the two men were passengers in
machine driven by Maurice D. Carter,
400 block Of Cedar street, who escaped
injury.
Mrs. Sylvia Newrath, SO, of the Ar
gonne Apartments, suffered a broken
leg and minor injuries shortly after
midnight, when she was struck by a
motor cycle near her home. The ma
chine was driven by Irvington WASH
ngton, rs, colored, of 1414 Eighth
street. Mrs. Newrath was taken to
Emergency Hospital and Washington
was held by police pending the out
come OF the woman's injuries.
Man of go Hurt.
Bernard Penalla, so, of the 1900
block Fairmont street, suffered a deep
laceration to the top of the head
and bruises to both legs this morning
when struck in front of 1346 Fairmont
street by an automobile said to have
been operated by Mrs. Julia H. Saith
aran of the 1900 block Twenty-f1rst
street. Penalla was treated at Gar
field Hospital by DR.. r. E. De Butts,
who said his condition is not serious.
The Maryland accident, involving
the three Washington motorists, oc-
CURED at Laytonsville, when an auto
mobile in which they were riding
failed to negotiate turn in the Lay
tonsville- Gaithersburg road and crash
ed into a tree stump.
William E. Brown, 80, of the 2100
block Thirteenth street northeast, who
police say was driving, suffered cuts
and bruises and a possible fracture
of the jaw. His mother, Mrs. Ida
Brown, So, and Mrs. Lillian Caskey, 28,
both Of the Thirteenth street address,
received cuts and bruises. They were
treated at the MONTGOMERY County