Evening star., 1935-07-15
THREE DEAD, FIVE
INJURED IN CRASH
INVOLVING 3 CARS
Wet Boulevard Near Belts
vile Scene of Sunday
Afternoon Tragedy.
ROYAL c. REMICK, 56,
AMONG THOSE KILLED
Was in Spotlight of Congress
Probe of War Department
Contract Deal.

yesterday afternoon resulted in the
deaths of three men and injuries to
four other persons. A fifth motorist
was injured a moment later when one
of the crashing cars hit third ma
chine.
The dead:
Royal C. Remick, Sc, whose Wash
1ngton activities as a representative
of various industrial concerns brought
him into the spotlight of congress
sional investigation of War Depart
ment contract lobbying and who had
been living at the Congressional
Country Club.
Charles r. Davis. 35. of the 100
block of Fifteenth street, employe of
a local fuel company.
John j. Curran, 48, of Berwyn, Md,
a dining car steward on the Rich
mond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Rail-
road.
Victims in Same Car.
State police said all were riding in
a car operated by Curran, which also
contained Mrs. Mary G. Budd, 90, his
daughter, and Mrs. Thelma
Davis, wife of one of the victims, both
OF whom were injured
The others hurt were:
Sergt. Harold R. Hacker, o. of the
Marine Corps Barracks at Quantico,
Va, who is in Naval Hospital with
q fractured skull and broken knee.
Clarence Dorsey, another Quantico
Marine. in University Hospital, Balti-
more, with possible internal injuries.
Mrs. John C. Bunch of r. F. D.
No. 6, Terre Haute, Ind, who suf-
fered slight cuts about the head.
Mrs. Budd was released from Sibley
Hospital after being treated for Sc
we're lacerations, but Mrs. Davis. who
suffered broken leg. remained there.
The accident occurred during a
driving rain. Police said Currans car
and the one occupied by the Marines
collided head-on. John Bunch, 46
OF Terre Haute, Ind, driver of the
third car, said his machine was hit
from behind Immediately after the
first crash. He is being held at the
Hyattsville Jail for $500 bond as a
State witness.
Justice of the Peace George S
Phillips impaneled a coroner's jury
on the scene and ordered an inquest
at the Hyattsville police station
July "a.
Body in Hyattsville.
Curran was pronounced dead i'm
mediately and his body removed to
Gasch'S funeral home, Hyattsville.
John H. Kress, r. F. D. No l,
Bethlehem, Pa, passing motorist,
rushed Remick to Casualty Hospital,
where he was pronounced dead FL
liott S. Helms, 900 block of Third
street, taxicab driver, took Hacker
to Sibley. He was later transferred
to Naval Hospital.
Henry H. Field. 300 block of Six
teenth street, placed Mr.. and Mrs
Davis and Mrs. Budd in his car and
drove to the Hyattsville police sta
ton, where Officer Howard Slater
took the wheel and drove to Sibley
Davis died en- route.
Hundreds of cars lined the boule-
card in one of the worst traffic jams
in years before police and the county
rescue squad could care for the vic
TINS and remove the demolished
machines.
Sergt. A. E. Markley, Corpl. C. w.
Cubbage, Officer Vernon Spicer of the
State police and Sergt. Ralph Brown
of the county force handled the in
vestigation.
They said Curran had entertained
his friends, Remick and Mr.. and
Mrs. Davis, yesterday afternoon and
was taking them for a ride when
the accident occurred.
Bunch was driving with his wife
and twin daughters, Louise and Lucille.
16, and son, Troy, 81. All except
Mrs. Bunch were merely Jared by the
crash. The mother was treated at
the scene.
S2,5O0 Williams Loan.
Remick had close association with
Frank E. Speicher, tire company rep
resentative, whose loan of $4,000 to
Brig Gen. Alexander E. Williams, as
sistant quartermaster general of the
Army, resulted in conviction of that
officer by a court-martial for accept
ing favors from person seeking War
Department contracts.
Remick was summoned before the
grand jury which more than year
ago investigated and condemned lob
bying conditions at the War Depart
ment. He was questioned about an al
legged agreement he had with an auto
mobile concern to secure contract
from the War Department. He also
was interrogated at length by the
House Military Affairs Subcommittee,
which inquired into Army contract
negotiations.
A native of Detroit, Mich, 'Remick
had been living in the 1900 block of
wyoming avenue. but recently moved
to Congressional Country Club for the
Summer. His wife, the former Ma
belle Ruth Lindsey of Detroit, was In
Charlottesville, Va. when notified Of
the accident. He also is survived by
a son. George Bradford Remick, I'd, OF
washington, and sister, Mrs. Ethel
r. Mcdowell of Chicago.
He was a graduate of the University
Of Michigan, member OF the Sons
Of the American Revolution and other
patriotic societies and of Sigma Phi
Fraternity.
A native of Buffalo, N. Y, Curran
had been employed by the railroad for
81 years. He had resided at Berwyn
for the past 10 years, living in Wash
angton for several years previous.
He is survived by his widow, Mar
jorie Elizabeth Curran, formerly a
Miss Beale of La Plata, Md; two sis
tiers, Mary and Catherine Curran, and
q brother, Michael, all of Buffalo, N.
Y, and his stepdaughter.