Evening star., 1936-08-24
DRIVER
IS SOUGHT IN HIT
AND RUN FATALITY
Franklin v. King Killed Near
Waysons Corner While
Repairing Tire.
PASSERSBY AID VICTIM,
EMPLOYE Of STAR
Another Killed in Traffic, Third
Dies at Wheel and Dozen Are
Hurt in or Near D. C.

A search was under way here to-
day for the hit-and-run driver who
fatally injured Franklin v. King. 81,
while he was fixing tire near Way
sons Corner. Md, near Prince Fred
erick, yesterday.
King, an employe of The Sunday
Star Circulation Department, was
picked up by party of fishermen
bound for Solomons Island and taken
to the Calvert County Hospital, where
he died short time later He is sur
vived by three brothers. Philip of
Chicago and Roger and Harold, both
Of 2l0 Tenth street southeast, and his
step-mother, Mrs. Annie King, Bar
stow, Md.
Maryland State police we're in
Washington to aid in the search Of
the car, which they believe was
abandoned here.
Another man was killed, a third
died at the wheel of his car and a
dozen were injuerd in other acci-
dents in and near Washington yes
terday.
Skull Fracture Fatal.
Russell Harris, 18. colored, of Ar
lington. Va, died of fractured skull
received when his car struck a bus
at Lee Boulevard and Glebe road, in
Clarendon, Va.
Several other colored persons were
injured, one seriously, in the same
mishap. They were Emily Parker, II,
of Philadelphia. both legs fractured.
and j. H. German. 20, of 720 Park
road: Cecil Norman. 81. of Penrone.
Va: Luella Harris. 16. of Philadelphia:
Celeste Harris, II, of Philadelphia.
and Robert Lancaster, 20, of 746 Park
road, all cut and bruised. They
were passengers in Harris car.
Robert Stewart, 40. colored. 1155 I
street. was stricken while driving on
Vermont avenue near U street. He
was going slowly and managed to
stop his car before he slumped over
the wheel. He was dead when he
was taken to Freedman's Hospital.
Daniel Clayton, IS. 600 Franklin
street, Alexandria, was near death in
Alexandria Hospital today from in
jurieS received when, police said, he
jumped from a moving automobile
near his home last night. He suf-
fered fractured skull.
Driver Is Arrested.
Police Sergt. Joseph Butler and
Oficer Benjamin Swami arrested
Joseph English. %, 700 block Of South
Lee street. as driver of the car from
which Clayton was said to have
jumped. He was held on an open
charge pending the outcome Of Clay
tons injuries.
Park Policeman A. L. Blackburn
was cut and bruised about the head
arms and legs yesterday when struck
by an automobile while directing
traffic from safety island" on the
approach to Arlington Memorial
Bridge. He was given first aid at
Emergency Hospital and sent home.
Ray A. Lucas of Pittsburgh was held
under $500 bond for a Police Court
hearing to be called when Blackburn
is well enough to testify.
Ernest Dodd, 29, of 616 H street,
was struck while crossing H street
near Sixth, suffering a fractured leg.
Miff1in Walker, "a, colored, 312 Elm
street, was hit on Military road near
Twenty-seventh street, by a truck op-
Grated by George Dorsey, AZ, Of 1918
Dennison street. His injuries were not
serious, but Dorsey was arrested by
police of charges of drunk and op-
Grating car on revoked permit.
Ella Muse. "a, colored, 321 L street
southeast, was taken to Providence
Hospital nj a serious condition after
a collision at Second street near
Virginia avenue southeast last night.
Her skull is believed to be fractured.
The driver of the other car did not
stop and is being sought by police.
A PEDESTRIAN, Vollinger Snyder,
Gum Spring. Va, sustained a possible
fractured leg when struck by an au-
tomobile on the Richmond Highway.
south of Alexandria, last night. He
was admitted to Alexandria Hospital.
Two other persons, both colored,
were injured in three-car collision
on the Leesburg pike, west of Tyson's
Corner, Va, late last night. Fairfax
County police listed them as George
Stith, Washington, and colored
girl named Hunter.