Evening star., 1934-09-17
Two of Victims Succumb
After Crash of Bus
and Auto.
I'VE OTHERS INJURED
IN SAME COLLISION
ompanion Hunted-Riverdale lie
Woman Killed Near Home.
Drivers Name Withheld.


)ads.
The dead are John William Abel,
4, of 513 Fifth street southeast;
lmes A. Flood, "a, of SAB B street
utheast; Mrs. Frances Bateman, 65,
iyerdale, Md, and Roger Du Boise,
}, of 1011 Montana avenue northeast.
Abel and Flood were fatally injured
hen the car driven by Abel, in
hich Flood was riding, crashed into
bus at Eighth and East Capitol
treets about 4 am. today. Five
e.ther persons were hurt in the acci-
dent, three of them seriously
Mrs. Bateman was struck down yes
iarday morning by an automobile on
tae Baltimore Boulevard near her
LONE. Du Boise died in Casualty
Hospital early yesterday from in
sries received in a collision at Fourth
md K streets late Saturday night
E,ix others we're hurt in the latter
csash.
Man Is Sought.
Police are seeking an unidentified
gr an who is said to have left the
ii enc of the accident in which Abel
e ia T 1OOO 1ODb LLICll 1NCS W1IllOuI llldk-
i!g known his identity. He is thought
L have been a passenger in Abel's
II. A check is being made of all
! oSpitals to ascertain whether he
G. 1plied for treatment.
Others hurt in the Eighth and East
{ lpitol street collision were Katherine
+ ken, 25, of the first block of K
5 rect; Charles F. Hughes, 26, of 812
! aSsachusetts avenue northeast, and
iolan j. Diegelman, %, of 1903 D
-eet southeast, all passengers in
I )els car and three suffering from
s we're head injuries and lacerations;
ri F. Clemmer, %, of 1924 Chaplin
S 'eeC driver of the bus, decorations to
/ face and head, and Ulysses G.
7 rner, 81, 1874 B street southeast, a
2 ssenger in the bus, injuries to his
b ok.
Miss Aiken, Hughes and Diegelman
said to be in serious condition.
A the victims were taken to Casualty
+ lspital.
Police report that the car driven
b Abel was going at high speed when
] struck the bus. Both machines
re badly damaged.
Asks Military Burial.
Both Abel and Flood were badly
angled. They were taken to the
Ispital in an ambulance. Flood died
.ortly after arriving there and Abel
Jout two hours later.
In Floods pocket was found an
Identification card to which was at
ltsched a note directing that several
things be done in case of his death.
- retired machinist'S mate of the
laYy and former Navy Yard worker,
1ood requested a military burial
Bury me in a military cemetery
With the honor that all service men
ate, as did the best for the country
love and cherish" he wrote
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
frances Beckner, with whom he lived,
ind a great-aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth
Os.nenhauer of this city.
Abel was timer. Surviving him
iFa his mother, Mrs. Annie L. Abel,
with whom he lived; four brothers,
Robert, Albert, Howard and Bernard
Atel, all of Washington, and five sis
els, Mrs. EStelle Rhine of Alexandria,
Va, Mrs. Susie Downs, Pohick, Va;
Ms. Laura Crawford, Fort Humphries,
IA Mrs. Viola McMurray and Miss
catherine Abel, both of Washington.
Drivers Name Withheld.
Mrs. Bateman, who lived at River
ia4e With her son, r. A. Briscoe, was
truck as she stepped from behind a
'aTked car into the path of another
Machine, police said
The operator of the car was a Balti-
iaore man, the officers reported. but
hey declined to disclose his Identity
hey said his mother is critically ill
'nd fear it would be fatal to her if
she learned through the newspapers
tnat her son was involved in an acct-
cert.
Injured in the accident with Du
lAolse and recovering in Casualty Hos
lital are Morris Dorf, 81, and his
trother, Sidney, 26, both of .Phila-
cclphia; Wilford F. Jones, 80, of 1924
l.anlm street northeast, and James
llverette, 30, Glen Echo Heights, Md.
so hurt, but allowed to go home
q ter treatment, were Mrs. Mary
j )nes and Lorraine Jones, 8, wife and
daughter OF one of the men injured.
Dubois was a photographer for a
c.lain drug store. He was riding in
mes machine. Their car was in
illISion with taxicab driven. police
6ty, by Liverette. Dubois is thought
II have come here recently from
j arndale. Mich. He is said to have
bt en- married and have one child here.
Mrs. Lena D. DeskinS, 54, of 2134
i street was severely injured about
q O'Clock last evening when knocked
dowr at Eighth street and Pennsyl-
V-11sL avenue southeast by the auto
mobile of G. F. Brady, %, of Ritchie,
Md She was taken to Casualty Hos
rlial by Brady and treated for numer-
tn.S .acerations and bruises.
Hit-Run Victim.
Struck by hit-and-run driver at
Il eventh and K streets, Mrs. Lena A.
j 'yn1lds. "a, of the 100 block of New
y rk avenue received painful injuries
IT, her head and body.
James Jones, 60, of the 200 block of
I, street, was struck down by an auto
4 >bile at Third and H streets. He
treated at Providence Hospital.
Z cove ring from hurts received in an
o, Ter accident is Charles w. Cocker,
a., OF the TOO block of Wisconsin
aIenue He was struck near Thirty
O. ond and NJ streets.
Two colored pedestrians were hit by
a, aut mobile at Twentieth and H
st eets. They were Eli H Barker, 80,
o. 38 Eenton street northeast, and
d vid ?. Sweeney, A, of TAO New
j. -sey venue.
Also INJURED was James Waters, COL
o. ID, 4t. of the 2100 block of H street,
vlo We S IN car which struck a tele-