Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-11
TWO KILLED, NINE
HURTNWEEKEND
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Alexandria Man Succumbs
to Injuries Received on
Highway.
BETHESDA COLLISION
is FATAL TO BARBER
Driver Taken to Hospital With
Fractured Jaw Facing 2 Charges.
Second Crash at Scene.

Two men were killed and nine
others injured in a series of week
end traffic accidents in Washington
and nearby Maryland and Virginia.
Three of the injured are reported to
be seriously hurt.
The dead are John Patrick Alex
ander, 40. of 100 North Columbus
street, Alexandria, who died yesterday
at the Alexandria Hospital from head
injuries received when struck on the
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Saturday night and Harry w. Craw-
ford, 43-year-ol barber of 20l st.
Elmo avenue, Bethesda who was al
most instantly killed when an auto
mobile in which he was riding
crashed into the rear of a wrecking
truck on the Rockville pike at
Bethesda.
Park police named Dallas w. bort
of the 400 block South Lee street,
Alexandria. as driver of the machine
which struck Alexander. He was re-
leased without bond, pending an
inquest.
Drivers Jaw Fractured.
Carl G. Youngerman, 81, of 7510
Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda, driver OF
the car in which Crawford was riding,
suffered a compound fracture OF the
right jaw and serious cuts of the face.
He was taken to the Georgetown Uni
Versity Hospital by the Bethesda fire
rescue squad.
Montgomery County police said to-
day that a warrant charging Young
erman with manslaughter and the
unauthorized use of an automobile was
issued last night by Justice of the
Peace Fred K. Van Court. They
said they were told that Youngerman,
employed by the Imirie-Rowe Motor
Co.. took the machine without his
employers authorization.
The accident occurred near the en-
trance to the Woodmont Country Club
a few moments after wreck truck
owned by Call Carl, Inc, and oper-
ated by Joseph Hawkins and Ray
mond C. Booker. had pulled car
owned by John T. Shafer. 2038 Eight
zenith street, from a ditch paralleling
the pike.
The automobile driven by Younger
man struck the rear of the parked
truck as Hawkins, Booker and Shafer
who escaped unhurt in the earlier mis-
hap, prepared to re-enter their ma
chimes and leave the scene. Craw-
ford was thrown from the automobile
and was dead when police arrived.
Escapes in Collision.
Arthur P. German of Rockville, mo-
torman on the Rockville division of
the Capital Transit Co., narrowly es-
capped injury when the car operated
by Youngerman. thrown out Of con-
troll by the first crash, careened across
the road and struck his machine. Cor
mans car was badly damaged.
Two pedestrians were seriously in
tured when struck by automobiles in
Alexandria. They are John Morris,
10, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Morris
of 400 North West street, who sus-
tanned fractured skull and Cleve-
land Mason, so, of No. 6 Rogers lane,
who received a fractured leg and
severe head cuts Both were admitted
to the Alexandria Hospital for treat
ment.
Alexandria police said Mason was
struck by a hit-and-run driver in the
800 block North Washington street.
They named U. C. Clarke, %, of the
100 block East Maple street, Alex
andria. as operator of the machine
which hit young Morris at the inter-
section of West and Princess streets.
Four persons were injured, two OF
them seriously. when the automobile
In which they were riding overturned
near Wisconsin avenue and Macomb
street.
Four Victims in Upset.
The injured we're: Nancy Sentz, 10,
of Alexandria. Va, and Orville K.
Wright, %, of 1909 K street, both OF
whom may have skull fractures; Ed
ward T. johnson, IS. of Clarendon.
Va. driver of the machine, and Will
liam E. Clark, %, of 1909 K street,
both of whom received cuts and
bruises. All were treated at Emer-
gency Hospital where X-rays were to
be taken to see whether the two more
seriously injured have skull fractures.
Several other persons were injured
in traffic mishaps over the week end.
Among these were William Duley. 81,
of 1919 Potomac avenue southeast,
struck by an alleged hit-and-run ma
chine at New Jersey avenue and B
street southeast, and Lee Allen, 81,
colored, address unknown. injured
when struck by a street car last night
at Fourteenth and @ streets. Duley
was said to be in a serious condition
In Providence Hospital with a skull
fracture, while the colored mans con-
dition was reported undetermined at
Emergency Hospital.