The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-09-16
H|T-RUN AUTOS
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Brig. Gen. W.H.Arthur
Hurt; Victims Of
Crashes Multiply

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In an accident at Seventh
Street and Constitution Avenue,
William Potts, 81, Of Baltimore,
received chest injuries and was
taken to Emergency Hospital.
John Stone, 81, of the 1900
block A st. S. E., received lacera-
tons of the hand in crash on
the Marlboro Pike.
Matte Woodland, colored, 80,
of the 1400 block Ninth st.
N. w., was treated at Provi-
dence Hospital for injuries in a
crash at Bryantown, Md.
Three Lives Taken
Week-en traffic in and about
Washington took a toll of three
lives and injured 81 persons.
The dead are Mrs. Fanny
Arnold, %, of the 400 block H
st. N. W.; Frank Russell, %, Of
the First block st. N. w., and
Charles Stewart, colored, IS, of
Clinton, Md.
Mrs. Arnold and Russell died in
Emergency Hospital, Annapolis,
after the cab in which they were
riding had sideswiped another car
and crashed into trees on the
roadside on Generals Highway
near Annapolis.
Another passenger of the cab,
Mrs. Irma Recla, of the 700
block Third st. N. w., was taken
to Emergency Hospital, Annap-
oils, in serious condition, and
the driver of the cab, Ernest
Dodd. Is. Of the 1900 block
Twelfth st. N. W., received a
fracture of the foot.
Hit and Run Driver
Stewart died in Providence
Hospital here of injuries after
being struck by an auto, said to
have been driven by Frank Ward,
%, of Clinton, Md.
At Sibley Hospital, John C.
White, Is, Of the 700 block Fifth
st. N. W., was in serious condi-
ton today. He was injured when
the auto in which he was a
passenger overturned as the
driver, George NiedomanSky, 20,
of the 100 block East Capitol
st. sought to avoid collision with
another car at Central Avenue
and Forty-ninth Street northeast.
A truck driver, Francis j.
Sheehy, %, of the 500 block Four
tenth st. S. E., was fighting for
his life today in Emergency Hos
pital. A hit-and-run driver struck
and overturned Sheehy's truck at
Third and K Streets Northwest.
Police today were seeking the
driver of a maroon-colored sedan
in connection with the crash.
Hit-Run Drivers
Hit and run drivers claimed two
more victims. These were John
Boyd, 80, of the 200 block First
st. S. w., and Lucius Hawkins,
A, of the 300 block Clark Ct.
S. w. The pair were struck down
at First Street and Independence
Avenue Southwest. Police believe
that the auto had been stolen.
Brigadier General William H.
Arthur, 70, Of the 2100 Block, Cali
fornia st. N. w., was treated at
Walter Reed Hospital for injuries
he received when his car was
struck by an auto driven by James
Brown, colored, SO, of the 1400
block Columbia Road. Browns
two children, James, IA, and Artie,
z, were treated at Children's Hos
pital for slight injuries. Police are
charging Brown with reckless
driving.
Two women were hurt when a
car driven by Bruce Davenport,
40, of the 200 block Fifth st.
S. E., overturned after crashing
the auto of Anthony Marconi, ~,
of the 1900 block Potomac Ave.
S. e. They are Polly Barbour, 81,
Of the 1900 block H st. N. E., who
is in serious condition at Casualty
Hospital with head injuries, and
Sybil jenkins, Is, of the 100 block
H st. N. w., treated at Casualty
Hospital for slight injuries.
Smacks Fireplug
At Emergency Hospital today
Mrs. Georgia Paul, 50, of the TOO
block F st. S. w., was in serious
condition. She had been struck
by a car driven by Eugene Rack,
of the 1900 block Seventh st.
N. w.
Mrs. Beatrice Briscoe, "a, col
ored. of the 1900 block Marne Pl.
N. w., was charged with driving
without a permit and driving
while drunk when her car struck
q fireplug at Kennilworth and
Deane Avenues Northwest. Her
two children, Francis IL, and Will
bruises at Casualty Hospital.
helmena, 8, were treated for
Another child victim of traffic
miShaps was Elsie M. Bomgard-
ner, 4, who was struck by an auto
mobile in front of her home, 1872
Twenty-first st. N. w. She was
treated at her home for lacera-
lions and bruises. Albert j.
Stevens, So, Of the 800 block
TWenty-firSt st. N. W., was the
generator of the vehicle, police said.