Evening star., 1935-10-13
HyATTSV|LLE GIRL,
RUN DOWN BY CAR,
LIES UNCONSCIOUS
Skull Believed Fractured,
Left Arm Lacerated in
Crossing Street.
WOMAN SUFFERS BRAIN
C0NcUSSION IN CRASH
Scalp Laid Open in Fall When
Struck-Driver Hurt
Swerving Away.

A l5-year-old girl, Miriam E. Gray,
OF Z Block street, Hyattsville, Md, lay
unconscious in Casualty Hospital early
today. her f1axen hair matted with
blood her scalp cut to the bone From
her throat came gurgling sounds. Her
heart beat skipped, drummed violently,
whispered feebly.
This girl, pretty not many hours ago,
was one Of the most seriously injured
of last nights traffic victims. She was
struck down by an automobile in front
Of HyattSville Post ONCE. The driver,
who gave his name as Roland H.
Windsor of Wheaton. Nd, told police
she stepped from the curb into tbs
path of his car.
Hair Red With Blood.
Miss Gray was brought to Casualty
Hospital unconscious. In her scalp
was deep three-inch cash. She was
believed to have received a fracture
at the base Of the skull. She was
retching and smeared with blood.
Her blond hair was so bloody, a doc
tor said, 'she looked like a red-head."
On her left arm was another cut.
Her reported condition was very
serious.
Another young woman, Miss Viola
Ratcliffe, 20, Of 2l2l New York ave-
nue., was taken bleeding to Emergency
Hospital last night, her scalp laid
open so that four stitches were re-
quired. Knocked to the pavement by
an automobile in the 1900 block Six
teenth street, she suffered a brain
conclusion, and doctors said her skull
may be broken.
Cornelius Aben Of 1924 Q street,
driver of the car which struck Miss
Ratcliffe. was injured when he drove
into another automobile while swerving
to avoid the young woman He was
treated at Emergency for cuts and
bruises on shoulder.
Unidentified Man Hit.
Among the worst injured Of last
nights victims was an unidentified
white man, hit by an automobile while
crossing Vermont avenue.
He was taken to Freedmen's Hos
pital, his jagged left shinbone thrust
through the flesh. blood splashing from
a 2-inch bone-deep cut in his fore.
head. He was believed to have a frac.
tured skull-in the frontal region
and physicians said he may not live.
In his pocket we're found papers with
the name, A. Abraham, 903 Tenth
street, but police said no ore Of that
name was known at that address.
With no relatives or friends to COM
fort him, he lay near death, wretched
with pain. Police arrested Jordan
Tollinger, 25, colored, of the 1900
block Twelfth street, said to be the
driver of the machine which struck
Mr.. X" and were holding him at the
second precinct station pending OUT
come Of the injured mans case.
Three Ribs Crushed.
Gasping for air in Casualty Hospi-
tai today was Thomas F. Doyle, 10,
of Berwyn, Md, injured in an accident
near Beltsville. Md. yesterday. Three
crushed ribs on his right side pierced
a lung. In his forehead was
5-inch cut, which exposed the bone.
Physicians said he was rallying. but
required close attention and careful
treatment.
Miss Mary Stanton, 70, of Ammen.
dale, Nd, was run down last night by
a hit-and-run driver and is in Provi-
dence Hospital with a lacerated scalp
and numerous bruises. The aged wom-
an was found lying in the highway
near her home by Edward Crostwaite
of Hyattsville, who summoned the
Bladensburg Rescue Squad.
Edeline Rhodes, 16, of 465 I street
southwest, was cut and bruised on one
shoulder when his bicycle collided
with an automobile at H street near
Sixteenth street. He was treated at
Emergency Hospital and sent home.
Skater Still Unconscious.
Meanwhile, Robert c. Montgomery.
l6-year- -old son of Policeman Robert
S. Montgomery of the tenth precinct.
of 818 Eleventh street northeast was
in Providence Hospital insensible to
the pain which will stab him when he
regains consciousness-if he ever does.
Robert was struck by a street car
while roller-s skating across PennSyl-
vania avenue southeast Friday night.
He has a cracked skull and torn in
ternal organs.
In Children's Hospital were Sidney
Neal, 3, of the 1900 block Tenth street,
and Albert Carter. IL, 1900 block S
street, both colored. The former was
struck Friday night by a taxi police
said was driven by James A. Morgan,
colored, GOT o street. He was at first
believed to have a fractured skull,
but later his injuries were found to be
less serious and his condition last
night was much better" physicians
said. But the Carter boy was tossing
restleSsly in his cot, pain soaring his
head from q conclusion, possibly q
skull fracture, and jaw and nose
STAYED in by an automobile which
struck him in the 1900 block v street.
The car was driven by Joseph Miles,
10, colored, Of the 1900 block Walter
street southeast, police said. The
driver told police the boy darted out
in front of his car.
Royal Hight, 8, colored, 1900 block
| EIBL1IAl SLICct, WdS III CTccuLIlc1l nus
pital, thigh bone snapped. He was
hit yesterday morning while skating
in the street at Eighth and P streets
by a truck said to have been driven
by James Lester Sineberger, 81, COL
ored, 1900 block Ninth street.
An autopsy was performed at the
morgue yesterday on Harry Chant.
A, Of A I street, who died in Cas-
ualty Hospital Friday after nearly
three days Of acute agony. The au-
topsy revealed that while Ghant-the
eighty fifth traffic victim this year
was not injured externally, his spleen,
a soft, pulpy. tissue near the stomach,
was ruptured and blood had poured
from 1t into the abdominal cavity.