Evening star., 1936-07-27

Grimsley, so, veteran employe at
Mount Vernon, was killed Saturday
night in a truck accident on the road
between Woodlawn and PotterS Hill
in Fairfax County, Va.
Miss Smith, Navy Department
employe, had been to morning serv-
ices at st. Johns Episcopal Church
and was returning to the Washington
Club, 1701 K street, where she lived,
when she was struck while crossing at
Sixteenth and I streets. She was
taken to Emergency Hospital, where
she died 20 minutes later.
The truck driver, Sidney Jefferson,
36, colored, 922 Barry place, was
held at the third precinct station
pending a coroner's inquest.
The victim was a daughter of the
late Maj. Orrin Randolph Smith, who
designed the famous Stars and Bars
emblem. She was descended from
old Virginia and North Carolina
stock Regarded by Confederate vet
Grams as sort of Betsy Ross of their
cause, Miss Smith throughout her
life was color bearer to the COM
mander in chief of the United Con-
federate Veterans and attended many
reunions in this capacity, including
the most recent one at Shreve-
port. La.
Miss Smith was a member of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion, Daughters of the Cincinnati, the
johnson Pettigrem Chapter Hender-
son, N. c. Daughters of the Con-
federacy and the North Carolina So
ciety, Colonial Danes of America.
Driver Arrested.
After the triple crash near Largo
in which the Conavi woman was fat
ally injured, Prince Georges County
police arrested James A. Young, 25,
colored, of Ritchie, Md, said to have
been driving one of the cars. He was
held without bond
The accident in which Grtmsley
was killed was said to have been
caused when truck driven by Wiley
Todd of Manassas, Va, with whom
a girl companion and the Mount Ver-
non employe were riding, got out Of
control while rounding curve and
ran into an en1ibankment Grimsley
was thrown from the truck.
Other automobile accidents yester-
day and last night caused injuries to
at least a dozen persons, here and in
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
Isaac Holland, coiored, IS, was seri-
ously injured by hit-and-run driver
while crossing a road in Glenmont,
Md. He was taken to Montgomery
County General Hospital, Sandy
Spring, Md.
Arm Amputated.
William Miles, 26, colored, 208 L
street southwest, had to have his left
arm amputated at Casualty Hospital
after an automobile in which he was
passenger crashed into a bridge
abutment at First and Atlantic
streets southeast. William Collins, 81,
colored, 1017 South Carolina avenue
southeast, was driving the car.
Among other weekend accident
victims were Helen and Agnes Ara
vents, 20 and SO, respectively, AL
Second street southeast, injured when
their car was in collision with a taxi
cab in the Union Station Plaza; John
and Emma Ammondale, 4018 Third
street, and Alfonso Chapman, 20, COL
ored, Glen Arden, Md, all injured
in an accident near Seabrook, Md;
Francis Smith, 7, colored, of Drury,
Md, struck by an automobile while
crossing a highway near his home.
Others Injured.
Lyle Cockerille, 26, of Vienna was
struck on the Leesburg pike while
walking to his home early yesterday
from Tysons Corner. He was taken
to Emergency for treatment of a
severe head injury and broken arm.
In a bus-automobile accident, which
occurred last night near Dranesville
on the Leesburg pike, Howard Lowe,
1888 o street; his wife, Mrs. Susie
Lowe; Charles L. Myers, 1898 p street;
his wife, Mrs. Agnes Myers; Mrs.
Myers baby and Miss Elizabeth Bolick,
1898 o street, all passengers in the
car, were slightly hurt, according to
Fairfax County Officer Louis Finks.
The bus driver, J. L. Craig, 1881
Quincy street, and his passengers
escaped injury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowe received treat
naent at Georgetown Hospital.