Evening star., 1935-11-04
Two Men Believed Victims
of Hit-Run Drivers.
MotoriSt Is Held.
POLICE PLAN TO TAKE
FENDER FINGERPRINTS
Four Soldiers From Walter Reed
Hospital Hurt as Car
Strikes Cliff.
Five persons we're killed in week end

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and Maryland. A number Of others.
including three Walter Reed Hospital
soldiers. were injured in accidents in
the two States. Eight persons were
hurt in the District in the 24-hour
period ending at am. today.
Richard C. Porter, 81. of WeStfield,
". j., was fatally injured last night
on South Patrick street in Alexandria,
Va. when his motor cycle crashed into
telephone pole as he became blinded
by the lights from an automobile.
He died soon afterward in Alexandria
Hospital.
Thomas Bales, 35, of Leesburg. Va,
milk truck driver. and Courtney H.
White, %. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Oc-
tavius White of Berryville, Va, a
passenger on the truck, were fatally
injured yesterday when the truck
crashed on the Lee Highway near
Mocks Corner. Va. White was killed
almost instantly and Bales died in
the Loudoun County Hospital few
hours afterward The driver. accord
ing to police. said he had, gone to
sleep while driving.
Two Others Killed.
The other dead are Thomas Woods.
81. Of Clarendon, Va. struck by an
alleged hit-and-run automobile on the
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway at
Alexandria. Va, Saturday night, and
a colored man. James Magruder, SIS,
Of Ounce Orchard. Md, killed Sat-
urday night on the Darnestown, Md,
road by hit-and-run driver.
John Smith, l9. of Camp Springs,
Md, was arrested on speeding
charge near Reaches Run shortly
after Woods had been injured Smith
denied any knowledge of the acci-
dent. but police said they would take
fngerprints from the fender of his
automobile in their investigation OF
the death.
The body Of the dead colored man
was found in the Darnestown road
by passerby. apparently some time
after Magruder had been injured.
The Walter Reed soldiers, Alfred E.
Smith. 80; Place E. Lee, 80, and H.
c. Krepps, %, were injured when
their automobile crashed into a rock
cliff near the end of a bridge over
the Shenandoah River, near Luray.
Va. They were taken to the Rock
ingham. Va, Memorial Hospital, where
Smith was said to be most serious
hurt. A fourth man. not identified
by county authorities, was supposed
to have been in the automobile. but
apparently was not sufficiently in
jured to require disqualification.
The soldiers were returning to
Washington from Shenandoah.
Three Baltimore women. one COL
ored. and a milk truck driver are in
Casualty Hospital suffering from in
juries received early yesterday in a
triple collision on the Baltimore pike.
James Gilner, %, the driver, was
making early morning deliveries when
his truck, parked on the edge Of the
Baltimore pike. was rammed by ma
chine operated by Lowell Lawson, 26,
colored, Of Baltimore. Lowell's car
overturned and Pauline Everett. who
was with him. was pinned under the
car.
AS Gilner and Lawson we're trying
to extricate the woman. a car, driven
by j. Lewis Raat of Baltimore. ca
reened into the Lawson car. injuring
Mrs. Alto Raat. 43. and Mrs. Edith
Sohn. IS, also of Baltimore.
Mrs. Raat has a brain conclusion
and cuts on the right eye and scalp;
Mrs. Sohn, possible fracture of the
ribs and cuts: Pauline Everett. posi-
bly, fracture of the skull, cuts and
bruises, and Gilner. cuts and possi-
bly, brain conclusion.
City Has II Accidents.
A comparatively safe week end was
enjoyed in Washington. A total of
only II traffic accidents were recorded
over Sunday.
Early today Motorcycle Policeman
Alfred D. Clarke. 26, of 1917 S street
southeast, received deep cuts on his
right leg and possibly a fracture today
when his motor cycle collided with a
United States Treasury Department
truck at Third street and Independ-
ence avenue southwest. He was treat
ed at Providence Hospital. The truck
was driven by William Short, Al. COL
ored, of the HOO block of B street
southeast.
Matthew R. Jones, %, and James
Ayers escaped with minor injuries
early today when the truck in which
they were riding collided with an au-
tomobile on Bladensburg road north
east near Charming street. The driver
Of the automobile, Howard E. Aber-
nathy, %, of 914 Tenth street north
east, was charged at No. IL precinct
with reckless driving. Jones and
Ayers, who said they worked at the
Navy Yard, were treated at Casualty
Hospital for cuts and bruises. Aber-
nathy was uninjured.
Boy, Seated on Curb, Hurt.
Among those hurt yesterday was
Durwood Klopp, 9, of 1924 Shannon
place southeast, who was struck by an
alleged hit-and-run automobile while
sitting on the curb at Nichols avenue
and Talbert street southeast, but es-
capped with minor injuries to the
ankle.
Wilfred Stearman, 40, of 304 F
street, suffered head cuts and collar
bone fracture when struck by an
automobile at Fourth and H streets.
She was taken to Emergency Hospital,
where her condition was said to be
not serious. The others injured es-
capped in most instances with cuts and
bruises.
William Forbes, 14-year- school
boy patrolman; possibly received q
brain conclusion when struck by
bakery truck while assisting classmates
across the Defense Highway at Bla-
densburg.
The boy, q student in the Bladens-
burg High School, was taken to his
Cheverly. Md, home by the Bladens.
burg rescue squad and treated by .
physician.