Evening star., 1936-10-26
AUTOS KILL THREE
AND |NJURE EIGHT
Week End Traffic Toll in
Nearby Virginia and Mary
land Severe.

Three persons were killed and a
fourth was near death today as a
result OF traffic accidents in nearby
Maryland and Virginia yesterday and
last night. A hit-and-run driver Is
being sought in connection with one
Of the deaths.
The dead were:
Charles R. Anderson, 80, of 1928 Lee
avenue, Boulevard Heights. Md.
Sam Meade. %, Fort Belvoir (Va.)
soldier.
John Edward McMahon, SO, WASH
angton Grove, Md.
Anderson, carpenter, was killed
almost instantly shortly before mid
night when struck by hit-and-run
motorist on the Marlboro pike, about
o half mile from the District line. A
passing taxicab took him to Casualty
Hospital, where he died a few min
utes later.
Anderson is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Katherine Anderson, and a
daughter, Louise, 9.
A machine which Virginia State
Policeman E. T. Landers said was
driven by Grant N. Peoples, Balti-
more, injured Meade as he was walk
ing along the Richmond Highway
near Ingleside, miles south of Alex
andria.
Motorist Is Absolved.
After an inquest, DR.. c. A. Ran
som, Fairfax County coroner, gave
verdict of accidental death, absolv-
ing Peoples of any criminal negligence
IN the accident.
Police said the impact hurled Meade
against the windshield of the car, and
Dorothy Weiskittle, 81, Baltimore, a
passenger, was slightly injured by
flying glass. She was treated at Fort
Belvoir Hospital.
Mcmahon, a laborer, was killed
early yesterday when run over near
his home by machine said by police
to have been driven by Clarence J..
Day, %, Gaithersburg.
Officers said Mcmahon was lying
on the road between Washington
Grove and Laytonsville when the car
struck him. Day, who was accom-
panied by two brothers, James and
Robert, declared he saw an object in
the road, but at first believed it to
be bundle. He did not realize
to turn, he added.
The Rockville Fire Rescue Squad
took Mcmahon to Gaithersburg, where
he was pronounced dead by DR.. W. C.
Miller and removed to Barber's fu-
neral parolrs. He was unmarried.
Victim Critically Hurt.
Struck by car while crossing the
Alexandria Washington road near
Reed avenue last night, Raleigh Dun
away. SIS, Lincolnia, veteran car re-
pairman at Potomac Yard, was in a
critical condition. at Alexandria Hos
pital today.
Dunaway suffered fracture at the
base of the skull, fractures of both
legs and a crushed elbow.
Police arrested William S. Simmons,
20, Of the 400 block of Raymond ave-
nue., Alexandria, driver of the car, on
an open charge, pending outcome Of
Dunaway's injuries. Simmons was
released under $500 bond.
Dunaway had just finished work
and was hurrying to meet his wife
when the accident occurred. Simmons
took him to the hospital.
Seven other persons were injured
In mishaps yesterday.
Nine-year-old James White, 1924
East Capitol street, suffered brush
burns when struck at Second AND
East Capitol streets by car operated
by Robert S. Kay, 901 Eleventh street
southeast. He was treated at Provi-
dence Hospital.
The other victims, all of whom are
colored, were hurt in Maryland acci-
dents. They were Violet Wilson. IT,
Benning, D. c., cuts and bruises;
Joseph c. Washington, 81, Prince
Georges County, cuts, bruises; James
Fowler, IS, Upper Marlboro, broken
collarbone, cuts; Maize Jefferson, %,
Largo, Md, cuts, bruises; Russell JEFF
ferson, SIS, Largo, cuts, bruises, and
Samuel Lyles, 18, Bryantown, Md.
possible fractured skull.