Evening star., 1935-02-18
DEATH OF GIRL, IS,
BRINGS AUTO TOLL
OF DISTRICT TO Z
Struck by Machine Driven by
Boy, 16-Inquest Is
Set for Today.
PROBES ARE ORDERED
IN 2 OTHER FATALITIES
Three Persons Are Injured When
New Workers. Car Hits
Parked Vehicles.
The death Yesterday OF Elizabeth

The death yesterday Of Elizabeth
C. Petrey, 15-year-old high school
girl, 1922 Fifth street, injured Satur-
day night, brought the total District
traffic deaths for this year up to IL.
A number of other persons were hurt
over the week end, several Of them
being victims of hit-and-run drivers.
Miss Petrey was struck by an auto
mobile operated by Robert Smith. 16.
of the 600 block of Otis place, at Fifth
street and uincy place. who was to
appear at an inquest into the death
at the District Morgue today.
The girl died in Garfield Hospital,
where doctors had worked frantically
to save her life. She suffered frac-
lures of both arms and both legs in
addition to severe head injuries. She
was picked up out Of the street by
her father, Lawrence J. Petrey. who
at the time did not realize she was
his own daughter.
Inquest Held for Boy.
Inquests also we're to be held at
the Morgue today in the death OF
Ernest Dillon. 4, colored, fatally in
jured Saturday, when struck by
truck near his home in the 100 block
of N street southeast. and in the
death Saturday of Lewellyn Spigener.
ZIG Twelfth street southeast, injured
November l9 when struck by an auto
mobile in the 100 block of Eleventh
street southeast.
Three persons we're injured early
today when an automobile operated
by Thomas P McGurn, %. OF Yon-
kers, N. Y, ran into several parked
automobiles in the 1900 block of
Georgia avenue. Christopher Dineen.
IS, 1922 Park place. suffered head
injuries, cuts and bruises; Eleanor
Tanning, 81. 14O0 block Monroe street
received head injuries and
cuts. and Margaret Nygard, "a, 34l4
Dent place, leg injuries. All were
treated at Garfield Hospital, where
X-rays were to be taken to determine
whether any of the injured suffered
broken bones.
Mans Leg Is Broken.
Ernest billiard, 40, of the 5000 block
of Eighth street, received a broken
leg early yesterday when knocked
down by an automobile whose driver,
police said, failed to stop while in the
1900 block of New York avenue. He
was taken to Emergency Hospital.
Police later arrested Edward Yeszer-
sky, SO. Fort Myer soldier, to whom
they say the car was listed. and ques-
toned him at No. police station.
Yeszersky, it was said, claimed the
car had been stolen and he was asleep
in bed at the time of the accident.
James Delaney, 80 G street, re-
ceived cuts and bruises when the
automobile in which he was riding
was struck by a taxicab, whose driver
failed to stop, at John Marshall place
and C street.
Another hit-and-run victim, James
Mobley, Is, 5219 Georgia avenue, suf-
fered a broken leg when struck by
an automobile while crossing the
street near his home.
Booked for Reckless Driving.
Charles Brooks, &c. colored, Of Knox
Station, Va. received head injuries
and was booked by police on a charge
of reckless driving after his automo-
bile had crashed into a street car on
Key Bridge early yesterday. Stephen
Bullock, 27, colored, of Arlington
County, Va, passenger in the auto
was treated for slight in
juries and arrested on a charge of
being drunk Brooks remained in
Georgetown Hospital for treatment.
Among others injured we're Charles
J. Patterson, %, of 1876 G street,
who received cuts and bruises when
his motor cycle skidded and threw
him to the street in the 4600 block
of Georgia avenue, and Mrs. Isabella
D. Mosley, 80, 1892 Irving street,
who received cuts and bruises when
the automobile in which she was
riding collided with another machine
in the $500 block of Sixteenth street.
Angus P. Cares, 81, 1400 block of Co
lumbia road, driver of one of the
cars, was arrested on a charge of
reckless driving.