Evening star., 1935-05-30
COUPLE IS KILLED,
A SUFFER HURTS
IN CAR ACCIDENTS
St. Louis Man and Wife
Lose Lives in Crash
Near Dumfries.
TWO IN OTHER AUTO
ALSO MAY SUCCUMB
Three Vehicles Hit Poles. Motor
Cycle Skids. Trolley
Struck.

A ST Louis, Mo. couple was killed
last night in a collision between two
automobiles on the Richmond High
wav near Dumfries. Va. and Ia other
persons were injured. of them Sc
riously, in accidents in the District,
nearby Maryland and Virginia, in the
past "a hours.
The dead man and his wife are
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Ryall Mr..
Ryall died instantly, while his wife
succumbed several hours later in
Georgetown Hospital.
Miles Lawhorn. colored. of Camden,
s. C.. who police say was driving the
automobile which crashed into the
Ryall machine, and Allen Belton. also
Colored. a passenger, were taken TO
Alexandra Hospital. where il is said
their injuries may prove fatal. Bel
tons wife. a third occupant of the
Carolina car. escaped serious in Jury.
An inquest into the deaths was to be
held today by Prince William County
authorities.
Nine Hurt i'm District.
OF the total number of persons in
inred. nine we're hurt in accidents in
the District. In one accident a bus
driver was slightly hurt when a Cap
ital Transit Co. bus skidded in the
400 block Of Cathedral avenue. broke
of an electric light pole and came
To stop against concrete posts which
prevented it from plunging down
steep embsnkment. Fifteen passengers
on the bus escaped injury. police said,
The bus drives, James Kreimer. 81.
1861 Girard street, was treated at
Georgetown Hospital for rib
fra acture
Fred Bates. AZ of Colmar Manor.
Md, was seriously injured when his
automobile skidded off River road,
near Bladensburg. and hit pole.
Rushed to Casualty Hospital by the
Rladenshure Rescue Squad. he was
found to have fractured skull. con-
cussion of the brain. and decorations
of the scalp and right arm.
James .. Mahoney. SO. 100 block
Of D street southeast. suffered frac-
tnred leg and possible internal injuries
when his car hit a pole near Clinton,
Md. He Is in Providence Hospital.
Trolley. Auto Collide.
Charles c. Sager. 20. of 1882 Bilt-
more street. received multiple cuts and
bruises early today when hired auto
mobile he was driving was in head
on collision with a northbound street
car at Connecticut avenue and 1ngo-
eency Hospital.
Mack o. Hutto, 600 block of Fifth
street. a taxicab driver, was arrested
early today on a charge Of leaving the
scene after colliding several hours
after three persons had been injured
when a cab struck an automobile
operated by James A. Purcell. 46. 2530
Thirteenth street, on Riverside drive
In Potomac Park.
The injured were Purcell. the driver,
and two woman passengers in the lat
fer's car. Viola King, 46. of SIS M
street and Marian Raymond. 25. l54
Sixth street southwest. all of whom.
police said. received minor injuries.
Hutto the cab driver. was located
through the license number on the
taxicab. police said.
Auto Hits Truck.
James C. Walton. lS. of Chelten-
ham, Md was arrested late Yesterday
m a charge of reckless driving after
his automobile had run into a parked
truck At Minnesota and Pennsylvania
avenues southeast. iniuring three pas
sengers in the Walton machine The
injured, al Of Bradbury Heights, Md,
ere:
Ruth Grant. 1s: Garnet Grant. Is.
and Melvin Grant. 9. All sustained
cuts and bruises, while the youngest
Of the trio also suffered an arm frac-
ture
Claude Keyes. "a. of 153 Eleventh
street northeast was injured early to-
6ay when his motor cycle skidded from
Under him and threw him against a
parked automobile in the 200O block
OF Thirty-seventh street. He was
treated at Georgetown Hospital for
shock. X-rays were to be taken to de-
termine whether he has any fractures.
He also was under observation to see
whether he was hurt internally.