Evening star., 1936-04-13
FOUR ARE KILLED
IN AUTO CRASHES
Maryland Virginia Accidents
Take Easter Toll.
Several Hurt.

SCVCt al IbuI ks
Four persons-a Miami couple on a
motor trip and two Virginians, one q
pedestrian-were killed and five others
we're injured in Maryland and Vir-
ginia traff1c accidents over Easter
week end
The injured, two of whom are in
critical condition in hospitals, in
cluded an Upper Marlboro high
school teacher, a Fredericksburg, Va.
State Teachers College student; a
SurrattsviIle, Md, high school stud
ent; an Aquasco, Md, woman, and a
Culpepper, Va. man.
The dead are:
William Clarke, 81, and his wife,
Mrs. Laura Clarke of Miami; Hugh
Mastin. IS, of Shaffertown, Shenan-
| doah County, Va. and a woman iden-
titled as Mrs Haywood Foster Of
Washington, Va.
In Critical Condition.
The teachers college student, Kath-
crime Miller, l9, Of Clinton, Nd. Is IN
Providence Hospital in a critical con-
/ dition. after blood TRANSMISSION. Her
throat was gashed when the car in
which she was passenger was in
collision with another machine early
| yesterday within sight of her home
The injured, in addition TO Miss
Miller, are:
Thomas Miller, II; her brother,
Thomas S. Gvynn, jr., %, of Clinton;
/ Mrs. Ruth Mcpherson, 80, Of Aquasco.
Md, and Charles Jenkins Of Wash
ingron, Va
| IS Dead in Nation.
Traflc fatalities throughout the
Nation mounted today to rs, according
to Associated Press reports, with Mich
igan heading the list with II deaths,
followed by New York. Indiana and
Illinois with seven each.
The Clark machine crashed into
stalled car shortly before dawn yes.
terday at Waterloo, Nd, killing Mrs.
Clark instantly. Her husband died
several hours later in st. Agnes Hos
pital, Baltimore
State police held for investigation
James Harris, colored, of Myrtle street
southeast, Washington, who they said
was the owner of the machine stalled
on the boulevard. He is to have
hearing tonight in Savage
Burned to Death.
Mrs. Foster was burned to death
when the car in which she was riding
with Charles jenkins of Washington,
Va, crashed into parked car on the
Sperryville pike, about S miles west
of Culpeper.
Jenkins was seriously injured and
was taken TO a Charlottesville hospi-
tai.
The parked car was owned. accord
ing to police, by Louis Bach, whose
address was not learned. Both cars
burst into flames.
Jenkins was rescued by a passing
motorist, but Mrs. Foster was cre-
mated before she could be reached.
Her body was taken to Culpeper.
Returning From Dance.
The Clinton crash occurred as the
young people we're returning from a
dance. Both machines burst into
flames from the impact. Miss Miller,
her brother, Gwynn and Gladys
Drum, l8, of South Carolina, were
taken to the Miller home by passing
motorist and then to Providence
Hospital. Miss Drum was treated and
discharged
The driver of the other car, accord
ing to State police. was William T.
Wilson, 90, of 1903 Twenty-second
street southeast, Washington. who was
ordered held pending the outcome of
Miss Miller's injuries.
Car Struck Tree.
Gwynn, who teaches geography and
history at the Marlboro School in
addition to being athletic director,
suffered possible internal injuries and
cuts and bruises. Thomas Miller re-
ceived a fractured left arm, accord.
ing to hospital attaches.
Mrs. Mcpherson, who was riding
with her husband. Charles H. Nc
Pherson, SO, when their car struck a
tree near Brandywine. is believed to
. have suffered several fractures, in
CluO1IS bIOhC4I Jaw 4Lc SAISIlI VI
her injuries is to be determined to-
day by X-ray, hospital attendants said.
Mcpherson was treated for body
bruises and minor cuts and dismissed.
Hugh, Mastin was killed as he
walked along the Lee-Jackson High
way near New Market last night.
. Deputy Sheriff Paul Boyden of Shen-
andoah County, who investigated, said
the car which struck the pedestrian
was driven by Miss Emily Moseley Of
Staunton, and that c. P. Moseley, her
brother, and Mrs Earl Taylor, also
of Staunton, we're riding in the car
with her.
Deaths reported by States; Califor-
mia, 8; Colorado. l; Connecticut 2;
Kansas, 4; Massachusetts,, 2; Mime
E sofa, /; Mississippi, 2; Missouri, 4;
1 Montana. /; Nebraska, /; New Jersey,
S; Ohio, Q; Oklahoma, /; PennSyl-
vania, 6; Tennessee, /; Texas, 2;
Utah. 2; Washington, /; Wisconsin, /;
North Carolina, /, and Kentucky, /.