Evening star., 1934-11-05
ONE DIES, IS HURT
ON VIRGINIA ROADS
DURING WEEK END
MiddIeburg Gas Station
Manager Killed in Crash
With D. C. Taxicab.
TEN ARE INJURED
IN ACCIDENTS HERE
Man Arrested as Hit-and-Run
Driver After Woman Is
Struck by Car.

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One man was killed and 13 other
persons injured in a series of auto
mobile accidents in nearby Virginia
over the week end.
Jabe Hollingsworth. %. manager of
gasoline station at Middleburg, met
instant death when an automobile and
Washington taxicab collided on a
! curve of the Winchester pike half way
between Middleburg and Upperville
early today.
Two passengers in the taxicab, Mrs
R. L. Edwards and Frank NJ. Steele
of Washington. and two occupants of
Hollingsworth's machine, Cletus Moore
and Hackney Williamson. both of Mid
dleburg. escaped with minor injuries.
Mrs. Edwards received treatment at
Emergency Hospital for cuts about
the forehead and leg.
Driver Held as Witness.
R L. Edwards of Washington oper-
ator Of the taXicab is being detained
at Winchester as a witness for an
inquest to be held at 10 m. tomorrow
at the Office of DR.. D. T. Safer in
Middleburg. Town Sergt. E. w Bosher
who investig ated the accident, said
today
Hollingsworth IS survived by his
mother, Mrs. John Hollingsworth OF
Indian Valley, Va. and several
brothers. among them C. R. Hollings-
worth of Loudoun County. His body
was removed to Slacks undertaking
establishment at Leesburg today.
The "bottleneck,' where the Rich
mond Highway narroWs from three
lanes to two at Accotink, again was
responsible for two injuries Its lat
est victims were Miss FlOssie c. Bailey,
30, Fredericksburg, who suffered
fractured collarbOne. several fractured
ribs and arm injuries. and Embrey
Bailey. also of Fredericksburg. who
sustained minor cuts and bruises when
the car operated by Bailey got out of
control and overturned. They were
taken to Alexandria Hospital.
Wheel Lost by Car.
NJ. T. Aimsley of Norfolk. Va, re-
ceived cuts about the arms and body
and Mrs. Aimsley suffered a broken
arm yesterday when their car crashed
into a tree on Lee Highway. just west
of Fairfax, after losing a wheel. Both
were treated at Alexandria Hospital.
Emmett Bullock. % Rosemont ave-
nue.. Alexandria. is in the Alexandra
Hospital with possible conclusion of
the brain. a sprained back and cuts
as a result of his automobile overturn-
ing near Alexandria.
Face Cut by Glass.
Forced off the road by an oncoming
car near Manassas early today. Her
bert Dodd, 239 Rock Greek Church
road was cut on the face by flying
glass from the windshield and win
doWs of his own automobile.
Roy Baker of Accotink suffered sew
eral broken ribs and a fractured nose
late Saturday night. when he collided
with a car driven by Joseph Leverton
of the 100 block of Sixteenth street.
A collision near the entrance TO Fort
Humphreys yesterday resulted in mi
nor injuries to two. Marvin Shepherd
of Accotink and Jerry Granger, 1900
block of Connecticut avenue.
Cleve MilStead. 40. 1919 N street,
was struck by an automobile near
Clarendon, Va. He was treated at
Georgetown Hospital, where his con-
dition was undetermined.
Ten other persons were hurt and
an alleged hit-and-run driver arrested
in week end traffic accident in the
city proper.
Anthony j. Stalkus, %, $500 block
of Fourteenth street, was arrested by
police after witnesses had reported he
was the driver of car which struck
Lizzie Garnett. 10, colored. 347 M
street, as she attempted to cross Fourth
Street and Maryland avenue south
west. She was treated in Providence
Hospital.
Jane Fisher, 10, So Rhode Island
avenue, was knocked down by an
automobile driven by Henry Lean
ord, 27, 5000 Thirty-eighth street,
when she attempted to cross the
street in front of her home, police
said. She was treated at Sibley Hos
pital for lacerations of the face,
head and body. Leanord was re-
leased.
Two Crossing Street Hit.
Two men who started tn cross
Fourth street near E street southwest
were hit by an automobile. Harry
Meadows, AZ. 523 Third street south
west, was taken to Casualty Hospital
William Harris, 43, South Washing
ton, Va, was treated at Emergency
Hospital for minor cuts and bruises.
The driver of the car was not held.
Mrs. Freda Dismer, 60, 2701 Four
teenth street, was struck in front of
her home as she attempted to cross
the street Garfield Hospital ply
sicians reported her condition un-
determined.
Mickey Fulton, 81, 512 Columbia
road, and Louis Gurwitz, 81, GOA Co.
lumbia road, were injured in colli-
sion at New Jersey avenue and M
street southeast. They were taken to
Providence Hospital, where their con-
dition was held to be not serious.
Hit Stepping From Curb.
Police reported that John Boney,
AZ, colored, was struck by an auto
mobile as he stepped from the curb
at Delaware avenue and E street
southwest. The car was driven by
Joseph T. Brass, So, colored, 1916
Raum street northeast, it was re-
ported. Boney, whose address is APO
First street southwest, was taken to
Gallinger Hospital.
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