Evening star., 1936-06-14

southwest, and Beatrice Young, 80,
334 L street southwest. both colored
were seriously injured.
The accident occurred shortly after
7 o'clock. Parker and his two COM
panions were driving east on L street
when their car was in collision with
a dry cleaners delivery truck operated
by Fred Lee Davis, SO, $40 G street
northeast, who escaped injury.
Davis truck was going south on
South Capitol street. Parker's auto
mobile was thrown into the curb on
the southeast corner, breaking the cast
iron sewer cover which extends back
from the curb.
The, driver presumably was thrown
from the front seat into the open
sewer. Police said, however. Parker
might have staggered into the open
ing in a daze. The others were toe
badly injured to explain what hap
pened after the impact.
Found at Bottom Of Sewer.
Police found the dying man lying
in shallow water at bottom Of the
sewer. He and the others injured
were taken to Providence Hospital by
passing motorists. Parker died Of in
ternal injuries, physicians reported.
Slippery streets in the wake Of yes
terday afternoons thunder storm were
blamed for several accidents, includ-
ing a fatal crash in nearby Maryland
Wheaton Man Killed.
John W. Hogan, 10, Of Wheaton, Md.
was killed when a hit-and-run coupe
occupied by two men and bearing Dis
trict of Columbia tags sideswiped his
machine near the Jenkins television
laboratory on the Seventh street pike
at Wheaton, and sent it careening into
a nearby telephone pole.
The car overturned and Hogan was
pinned beneath it. A passing motorist
Lee S. Jones Of 1701 Massachusetts,
avenue, brought him to the Washington
Sanitarium and Hospital, at Takoma
Park, Nd, where he was pronounced
dead. Hogan was alone.
Mrs. Edna Stone, "a, of Broad Creek
Nd. suffered possible fracture Of the
left leg, cuts and bruises, when knocked
down by an automobile in the 200 block
Of Michigan avenue southeast. She
was admitted to Providence Hospital
The automobile was operated by Oscar
F. Gordon, colored, 1345 v street.
Woman Felled by Car.
A hit-and-run driver bowled over
and slightly injured Mary Carter. so,
of 2118 North Capitol street, at North
Capitol and I streets yesterday after
noon. She received first aid for a
bruised shoulder at Sibley Hospital and
was sent home.
Six-year-old Charles Rodgers, 304
e street, was treated at Sibley Hospital
for bruises about the head after he was
struck while crossing the street near
his home by q truck operated by Rich
ard E. Stovall, 10, colored, 439 New
Jersey avenue.
Helen Baker, IS, Of 419 Massachu-
sets avenue, was slightly injured when
hit by an automobile as she was cross
Ing Massachusetts, avenue in the 800
block northeast. She was given first
aid at Casualty Hospital. The driver
Of the car was William r. Swab, 6408
Georgia avenue.
Hit-and- Run Victim
Howard Raymond Baker of Berwyn,
Md, was struck by a hit and run
motorist while walking along the
Berwyn road with his wife last night.
A passing motorist, Carrie v. Smith
of 725 Eleventh street northeast,
took Baker to Casualty Hospital,
where he was treated for shock and
cuts about the face
Policeman Warren Peake Of Prince
Georges County started an immediate
search for the car after a witness
supplied officers with q description
of the machine and three of its tag
numbers. The car bore District tags.