Evening star., 1934-12-27
HUSBAND DIES
.ASDOCT0RS TREAT.
W|FE'S INJURIES
John S. De Forest Is Fatally
Stricken After Accident
Near Home.
MRS. DE FOREST VICTIM
OF TRAFFIC MISHAP
Driver of Car Arrested and Taken
to Police Court to Face
Charge.

Overcome with shock and grief John
S. De Forest, So, Weather Bureau off,
cial, died last night Of heart attack
in Emergency Hospital while physi-
clans were treating his wife, Mrs.
Camille De Forest, At, seriously injured
an hour before when struck by de-
livery truck In front Of their home,
1923 Porter street.
Mr.. De Forest had accompanied his
wife to the hospital in the truck which
struck her after he had picked her up
out of the street. The vehicle struck
Mrs. De Forest as she was walking
across the street after alighting from
her husbands automobile.
De Forest was seated in the emer-
gency room at the hospital when he
suddenly slumped forward in his chair.
Mrs. De Forest suffered leg frac-
ture and is under observation today to
see whether she had internal injuries
or rib fractures.
Colored Driver Held.
Toussaint Mayes, "a. colored, Of the
1900 block of T street. driver Of the
truck, was arrested and taken to Po-
lice Court today for trial on charge
Of reckless driving. Police said the
truck skidded 80 feet in coming to a
stop at the time of the mishap. The
truck was owned by William H. Whit
tlesly, druggist. The accident hap
pened about $50 pm.
Mr.. De Forest was assistant chief OF
the division Of stations and accounts,
United States Weather Bureau, posi-
ton he held for the past three years.
He had been connected with the bu-
reau for 20 years.
A native of North Haven, Conn, Mr..
De Forest was the son of the late John
Hyde De Forest, who served number
of years as missionary to Japan, and
spent his early boyhood with his par
ents in that country. Mr.. De Forest
later was graduated from Amherst.
Besides his wife he leaves a daugh-
ter. Miss Beatrice De Forest. l9. and
three sisters. Miss Charlotte De Forest,
head of Kobe College, Kobe, Japan;
Mrs. w. B. Pettus. head of language
school at Peiping. China. and Miss
Louise De Forest of Cornwall, Conn.
Funeral arrangements we're to be
completed later.
Receives Head Injury.
In a collision between two automo-
biles early today at Thirty-fourth and
M streets, Oscar McClung, 81. Of
Lexington, Va. received a severe head
injury. At Georgetown Hospital x
rays were to be taken to determine
whether he has a skull fracture.
Leonard j. Abbott. 81. of the 800
block of Connecticut avenue. driver
of one of the cars, was taken to
Police Court today to answer charges
of reckless driving, after having been
locked up at No. 7 police station.
Abbott received Q minor head injury
in the miShap.
Police, continuing their drive
against traffic law violators. arrested
81 on speeding charges from 8 am.
yesterday to 1890 am. today. Mem
bers of the special flying squadron"
Of motor cycle police from the TRAFFIC
Bureau continued to concentrate on
Bladensburg road and New York
avenue northeast.
Alfred w. Straughan was COM
mitted to Jail for Is days in default
of $50 fine for reckless driving by
Judge John P Mcmahon in Traffic
Court yesterday. Straughan pleaded
guilty.
Three other men pleaded not guilty
and demanded jury trials when ar
raigned on the same charge. They
are John M. Budke, John N. Savage
and William E. Snyder.