Evening star., 1936-12-14

Samuel B. Farnum ana vernon
L. Derrickson, drivers of the two
automobiles that struck and killed
Wilmot w. Trew, were exonerated
this afternoon by a coroner's jury.
The jury deliberated only five min
utes before deciding the death was
accidental"
Two inquests are scheduled for to-
day and third probably will be held
tomorrow into week end traffic fatali-
ties which brought the Districts 1896
total to 90.
The cases to be Investigated today
involve the deaths of Wilmot w.
Trew, 56-year-old real estate dealer.
who was struck by two automobiles
In front of his home at 5000 Six
teenth street, and Charles r. Meyers,
~, of 500 Sixth street, who died OF
injuries received December 3.
Trew, vice president and treasurer
Of the William H. Saunders Real
Etate Co. was killed Saturday night.
an hour before he was to drive to
Baltimore to spend the evening with
his two young grandchildren.
The real estate man was struck by
the car of Samuel B. Farnum of
Paterson, N. j., knocked down and
then run over by taxicab operated
by Vernon L. Derrickson, 1908 Kali
mia road.
The Offices of the Saunders Co.
will be closed all day tomorrow out Of
respect for Trew. Funeral services
will be held tomorrow at the residence.
at an hour yet to be decided. Burial
will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Trew was member of the Wash
ington Real Estate Board, the Board
of Trade and the Kiwanis Club, and
was q 32nd Degree Scottish Rite
Mason.
Dies in Gallinger.
Meyers died in Gallinger Hospital
sarly Saturday of injuries suffered
when he was struck at Sixth and G
streets by a truck police said was
driven by George w. Mcdonald, 18, of
$40 Stewart square southeast.
The other inquest will be into the
death of Mrs. Anne L. MACARTHUR, 81,
of ll09 D street southeast. who died
In EE ergency Hospital Saturday night
. short time after having been struck
by an automobile at Seventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue.
Two other persons died in Wash
lngton hospitals during the last 48
hours as the result of accidents in
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
These victims were Harold Cook,
1s, of Woodstock, Va, who died in
Georgetown Hospital of brain con-
eussion and back injuries suffered in
q crash on the Lee Highway at Halls
Hill Va, and Marcellus Pickrell, IS,
Of Waldorf, Md, who died in Sibley
Hospital after being struck by car
near his home.
Charles Cook, AZ, father of Harold,
suffered cuts, bruises and head in
Jury in the accident in which his
son was killed He was reported i'm
proved today at Georgetown.
Several Injured.
A number Of other persons were
hurt, one seriously, in accidents yes
terday.
Five Of the victims were riding in
taxicab that crashed into parked
ear at First and B streets SOUTH
east.
William Steadman, %, Of 3545
Eleventh street, passenger in the cab,
was taken to Providence Hospital with
Q fractured skull and severe cuts.
The other occupants of the cab were
cut and bruised. They were william
Fischer, "a, of 1907 Mount Pleasant
street, the driver; Mabel Herbert, 19,
and her sister, Harriet. 81, both of
TIT Kentucky avenue southeast. and
Daniel McDuffy, Is, Of 1864 Spring
, road.
Doris Strange, 81, Of l7O1 Oregon
avenue. suffered brain conclusion when
the car in which she was riding ran
into an excavation on Alabama avenue
southeast. She was taken to Casualty.
Police said the automobile was driven
BY Francis M. Goodwin, jr., 26, Of 2126
Connecticut avenue.
Thaddeus L. Richards, 80, Of 1925
o street southeast, received severe head
injuries in a crash near Reds Corner,
Md. He was taken to Casualty.
ONE DIES IN CRASH.