Evening star., 1935-12-10

street car COM
pany right of way, which is raised
above the street level.
Roy Wells, 26, of 9l4 Bennett place
northeast, the motorman. was All
solved of blame when Coroner Il.
Magruder Macdonald issued Ger
tificate of accidental death after III
vestigating the mishap.
Did Not Observe Light.
Weinberg. who is being held und.
1000 bond, told the coroner's jul.
he did not observe the traffic light E
he approached the intersection ana
struck Mary Eleanor almost at the
same time he saw her in front of his
automobile. The accident occurred on
Wisconsin avenue at the intersection
of Albemarle street. To the best of
his recollection. he said. his head
lights we're on. He said he had driven
in this city several times before. but
had not become accustomed to the
type of traffic lights used here as they
were different from the overhead lights
in Baltimore.
The Lee girl died within an hour
after being taken to Georgetown Hos
pital. Death was due to internal in
juries. the coroner said. The young
girls body was hurled AZ feet by the
impact.
Detective Sergt Jerry Flaherty, in
vestigating the case, testified Vein
berg's automobile entered the inter-
section on red light after striking
the girl.
Several Injured.
Several persons we're injured, one
seriously. in accidents reported dur
ing the past "a hours.
The major case involved James
Pinkey, Z, colored, of 492 School street
southeast, who suffered a broken leg
and possibly a fractured skull when
struck at Fourth and H streets south
west by a car said by police to have
been driven by Arthur Constable of
312 Fourteenth street northeast. The
boy was removed to Emergency
Hospital.
Two women were hurt when a taxi
operated by James w. Loften, AZ,
colored, of 735 Harvard street, and
a machine driven by Antonito Mus
tratea, Sc, of 635 F street southwest.
| collided at Seventh street and Con-
stitution avenue. Mrs. Mustratea,
| At, received a sprained back and rib
injuries, and Esther Richardson, SO,
colored, of 334 Dixon Court southwest,
suffered a hand injury. Both were
taken to Emergency.
Five-year old william Cain Of Oil
I street southeast, was in a critical
| condition in Providence Hospital with
skull fracture received when struck
by a street car yesterday.
On Way to See SAEta Claus.
The child was on his way down.
town to see Santa Claus in one Of
the department stores when the ac-
cident occurred at Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Sixth street southeast.
John C. Cain, the child's father, said
he was holding the boys hand as the
latter skipped along pace or so
ahead. The elder Cain said he did
not hear the approach of the street
| car until it was upon them.
Mary Eleanor Lee will be buried to-
morrow In Mount Olivet Cemetery
after a requiem mass at am. at Sa-
cred Heart Church, Sixteenth street
and Park road. Funeral services will
be held at $50 am. at the home Of
ner guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
A. Dacey, 1923 Military road.
Margaret Munson, 6, colored, 1923
@ street, was injured about the head
today when she ran between parked
cars near her home and was struck
by a machine driven by John A. Ster-
rett, 48, Of $500 Tilden street. At
Children's Hospital she was believed
to have conclusion.