Evening star., 1935-05-06
CoIored Man Killed by Street
Car and Another Dies
in Crash.
MOTOR CYCLE COLLISION
WITH FENCE is FATAL
Robert B. Eisinger, 645 Park
Road, and Girl, 6, Victims in
County-Nearly Score Hurt.

Two colored men were killed in
traffic accidents here yesterday, while
accidents in nearby Maryland ac-
counted for two other deaths over the
week end-as plans were announced
for launching a Washington traffic
safety education campaign today.
Nearly a score of others we're injured
in the District, nearby Maryland and
Virginia.
One Of the dead colored men is
Frank Stroman, %, Of the 500 block
Of Fifty-seventh street northeast, hit
by a street car on the right of way
near Fifty-sixth street northeast Ray
mond Henson, "a, colored, of the 1900
block Of Twelfth street, was killed
earlier yesterday when an automo-
bile. reported stolen, crashed into a
tree and an electric light pole at
Twenty-seventh street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast.
David Doggett, SO, Of 1922 I street
northeast was operating the street
car which struck Stroman. He will
be summoned to an inquest, the date
Of which Is to be announced later.
Body Found at Scene.
Henson was found under the elec-
trio light pole, which had been
knocked over, and was identified later
by a friend. Police say two men
jumped out of the machine and ran.
A search is being made for them. 1t
was not known definitely whether
Henson had been riding in the ma
chine.
The nearby Maryland fatalities we're
Robert B. Eisinger. 20, of 645 Park
road, killed Saturday night when his
motor cycle left the road and crashed
into a fence at Takoma Park, Nd,
and a 6-year-old colored girl, Mary
Frances Tyler, who died in Freedmen's
Hospital late Saturday from injuries
received Friday at Hyattsville, Md,
when hit by an automobile.
John Lang. 50, resident of Soldiers
Home, was in a serious condition today
in Casualty Hospital. suffering from
head and chest injuries sustained last
night when he was hit by street car
at Eleventh and I streets southeast
It was feared he was injured inter-
nally. X-rays were to be taken today
to determine whether he has q skull
fracture.
Raymond A. Dixon, 19. of 228 Tenth
street northeast, was seriously injured
last night In q collision between two
automobiles at Savage, Md. He was
taken to Casualty Hospital where his
condition was said to be serious. He
was hurt about the head and may
have been injured internally. His wife,
Lorraine. and another woman, were
treated in Baltimore hospital. but
not admitted, police said. Young
Dixon was brought here from the
scene of the accident in a taxicab.
Howard Selby. 1S, of Gaithersburg,
Md, was seriously hurt and three
other young Marylanders injured
when the automobile in which they
were riding was in collision with an
other machine near Gaithersburg.
Young Selby is under observation at
Georgetown Hospital for possible in
ternal injuries.
The youths brother, Howard Selby,
20, Of Gaithersburg, who was driving;
Catherine Etchison, IS, of Boyds, Nd,
and Flora Pope, 10, Of Monrovia, Md,
were treated at the hospital for
numerous cuts and bruises. The other
automobile was driven by Edward p.
Roberts, 5523 Kansas avenue, county
authorities said.
Three persons were treated at Cas-
ualty Hospital for cuts and bruises
received in collision at Bladensburg,
Md. They were Andrew Clark, 10,
of 454 M street southwest; Frederick
Salzer, 26, of Naval Air Station. and
Helen Poore, "a. Of POT Pennsylvania
avenue southeast.
California Couple Hurt.
Frank H. Nelson, 80, of Riverside,
Calf, sustained nose fracture, cuts
and bruises, and his wife, Mrs. Orva
Nelson, rs, head injuries and cuts
when their automobile ran into the
concrete center of the @ Street Bridge
last night. They were taken to
Emergency Hospital, where X-rays
were to be taken to determine whether
Mrs. Nelson suffered a skull fracture.
Rubin Dobson, 49, of 818 Ninth
street, is in Emergency Hospital suf-
fering from head injuries sustained
when struck by an automobile on
Ninth street between F and g
streets Friday. He was under OBJ
servation to determine whether he
has q skull fracture.
Rufus Smart, 10, 456 M street
southwest, was cut and bruised early
Sunday when q parked automobile
in which he was seated with Winnie
I. Pigdon, also of the M street ad-
dress, was overturned by another
automobile In the 5000 block of Ala
bama avenue southeast. Eugene M.
Peake, %, of the 500 block of Seward
Square southeast, who police say was
driving the striking vehicle, was ar
rested on a charge Of reckless driving.
Several other persons, number Of
them colored, sustained minor in
juries in traffic accidents in the
District.
Thomas Stokes, 48, colored, Of Wa
terfall, Va, was in a serious condi-
tion in Emergency Hospital suffering
from q lung puncture, rib fractures
and other injuries sustained when an
automobile In which he was riding
overturned In the vicinity Of Fairfax,