Evening star., 1934-12-29
Won NAMMON DEATH
PROBED IN INQUEST
Hearing Advanced to Enable
Witnesses to Attend
His Funeral.

A coroner's inquest was begun this
afternoon into the death of Siegried
Won An1mon, So, Bureau of Standards
engineer, who was fatally injured
Christmas morning in a collision be-
tween two automobiles at Connecti-
cut and Nebraska avenues. He died
early yesterday.
D. W. johnson, IS, Of l0l6 D street
northeast, was driving the car which
coIlided with Won A1nmon's-
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
decided to hold the Won Ammon in
quest prior to the one into the death
Of Policeman Raymond ". Sinclair,
80, so as to enable witnesses to at
tend Won Ammon's funeral sched-
uled for 2 pm. The two deaths yes
terday raised the years traffic toll
here to 1873.
Mr.. Won Ammon, who lived at 3840
Legation street, had been connected
with the Bureau of Standards for the
past Is years and was secretary
treasurer Of the Chevy Chase Citi-
zens' Association.
Officer Sinclair, into whose death
an inquiry was to be made at the
second inquest, died early yesterday IN
Casualty Hospital from injuries re-
ceived Thursday night when his motor
cycle ran into an automobile which
had started to make a left turn
from Bladensburg road northeast into
Queens Chapel road. George A.
Nolte, 80, of 81 quincy place northeast
was driver of the automobile in the
Sinclair accident.
Others Seriously Injured.
Meanwhile, two other persons were
In serious condition today from in
juries received in recent accidents
One Of them, Victor Barnes, 43, of
Bethesda, IS in Georgetown Hospital
suffering from a broken ankle and
head injuries, suffered yesterday in a
collision of two trucks at Broad
Branch road and Rittenhouse street.
Louis M. Jackson, IS, Of Bethesda,
driver Of the truck on which jackson
was riding, was charged with reckless
driving and released under $500 bond.
The other driver was not held
Mrs. Camille De Forest, Al, injured
Wednesday night when struck by
delivery truck in front of her home,
3028 Porter street, was still In q Sc
rious condition in Emergency Hospital,
being conscious only during brief in
tervals. Her husband, John s. De
Forest, 81, assistant chief Of the di.
vision Of stations and accounts,
Weather Bureau, died of q heart at
tack while in the emergency room at
the hospital, near where his wife was
being treated by physicians. about an
hour after the accident.
Treated for Bruises.
William D. Harris, A, Of 1884 Beech
er street, was treated at Mount Alto
Hospital early today for cuts and
bruises received when the automobile
being driven by his wife skidded and
ran into a parked automobile in the
27o0 block Of Wisconsin avenue.
Mrs. William F. Ham, So, wife Of
the chairman Of the board of the
Potomac Electric Power Co., was or
dered held for the grand jury by q
coroner's jury yesterday investigating
the death Of Miss Blanch K. Teel, 63,
who was struck by Mrs. Hams auto
mobile at Connecticut avenue and
Calvert street. Miss Teel was q re-
tired school teacher.
The coroner's jury held accidental
the death Of Edward C. Burns, Al,
alias Earl G. Brandt, of Silver Spring,
Md, fatally injured December is.
The verdict exonerated George L.
Krafthofer, 20, Of Sill Ninth street,
driver Of the automobile.
Pedestrian Knocked Down.
Norman Green, 40, 2034 Sixteenth
street. suffered minor injuries to the
face and head this morning when
knocked down at Sixteenth and T
streets by an automobile said by
police to have been operated by Tai
madge Mickie, SO, colored, 1400 block
T street. Green was treated at
Emergency Hospital and then went
home.
Traffic Director william A. Van
Duzer announced today he will make
trips over the city again next We'd
nesday in the blimp In which he twice
cruised yesterday. He was accom-
panied on the afternoon trip by Com.
missioner Melvin @. Hazen.