Evening star., 1936-12-27
VIRGINIA COUNTS
DEATH TOLL OF e
Three of 18 Killed in Traffic
Die at Same Spot in
Two Crashes.

Virginia counted three-day Christ
mas toll of Is deaths last night, in
cluding 10 in trafic accidents.
Firearms claimed three victims, fires
two, q child died in the collapse of q
self-made cave, and one was killed by
Q train.
Three died within the space Of
few minutes early yesterday morn
ing in two successive accidents at
the same spot on highway near
Winchester.
Police said q car driven by Thomas
G. Scully, young Winchester attor-
ney. smashed into crowd gathered
about the body of Dewey Newlin of
Winchester, who had been struck by
an automobile and fatally injured a
few minutes earlier, and instantly
killed Frederick Affleck, fire engine
driver, and Homer Hook, a truck
operator.
State Patrolman Hurt.
The second crash also injured State
Patrolman r. E. Bayliss, who. with
other members of the group, was
putting Newlins body in an ambu-
lance.
Scully was released under $1,000
bond on q charge of "feloniously kill
ing and staying" No charge had been
placed late today against I. N. Grubbs
of Frederick County. said by police
to have been driving the car which
struck Newlin.
While the list Of traffic fatalities
grew with reports from all sections OF
the State, John Garrett. So. colored.
became the second victim by crema-
ton Of fires in Virginia village lock.
ups.
Was Lone Occupant.
Garrett was imprisoned in the
Dillwyn jail, q wooden, two-room
structure, without any formal charge
against him when flames RACED the
building Christmas morning. He was
the lone occupant.
A similar fire at Colonial Beach only
q few weeks before snuffed out the
life Of another lone prisoner.
Seven Of those killed in traffic mis-
haps were pedestrians. Besides New
lin the list included Eddie Parker, COL
ored, struck by an automobile about
two and a half miles from Hampton
yesterday afternoon; William w.
Whitehurst, IS, struck by Norfolk
street car; Joseph Russell Brown, COL
ored, whose body was found on Route
IS near Buckingham Courthouse, ap-
parently q hit-and-run victim; Henry
Day, colored, of Loudoun County, be-
heved to have been another hit-and-
run victim on the Winchester Wash
ington highway; Orin Cobbler of
Figgsboro, killed near the Henry
Franklin County line, and c. H. Bal
lard Robinson, colored hotel man.
struck by bus at Norfolk.
T. A. Fletcher, AZ, died at a Dan
vile hospital last night of a fractured
skull suffered when struck by an
automobile police said was operated
by D. A. Brooks, who was held under
bond for hearing.
Crushed Under Car.
Troy j. Hubbard, %. of Ta0ewell
County, hurrying home to his bride
of two weeks, lost control Of his car
on curve, was thrown out and
crushed beneath 1t.
Robert Watson, TO- of Nine Mile
road, Richmond, was killed while
walking near his home. Two COM
panions we're struck down and hurt.
voluntary manslaughter because Of
the accident involving his car.
Miss Mary Crockett and Garnett
Luttrell of Washington were killed
yesterday morning when their car
left the road six miles north of Fred
ericksburg and overturned in ravine.
Joseph I. Clements, also OF Washing
ton. was seriously injured.
Thomas Gilpin, jr.. colored, Of
Richmond, who was injured in an ac-
cident near Fredericksburg Christmas
morning. died In a hospital the same
day.
Frank Fudola, %, of Richmond. died
In Richmond hospital of injuries
received in highway accident near
New Kent Court House Christmas
eve.
Woman Killed by Rife.
The three victims of firearms were
Miss Edns Lovelace, 80, of near Ak
ton, who was struck by bullet from
q .22-caliber rifle as she was churn-
ing, and Hermand Lindsay, v. M. I.
colored waiter, whose death police
charged to another colored man, and
Corbett Cockeram, 25, colored, killed
In Christmas day gunfight at Pulaski.
Authorities at Axton said Bruce A.
Turner, jr., Is, told them he held the
gun, which was accidentally dis
charged in the kitchen of his fathers
home and killed Miss Lovelace.
Other accidental deaths since
Christmas eve took the lives of Oscar
T. Dewitt, Lynchburg court reporter,
who was burned to death in his apart
ment; Walter Easton, 10, Of Newport
News was trapped in a cave dug
into the bank Of the James River;
Walter Mayo, colored, of Lanexa, who
was fatally injured in a fall from a
truck, and Dorsey Thoroughbred, COL
ored, killed by train at Norfolk.
Shelton G.. Mitchell, IS, was severe
ly injured when his car was struck on
q railway crossing at Charlottesville,
and many others were injured in
other parts of the State, including
three members Of the family OF Thom-
as W. Walsh. jr., secretary to Repre-
sentative Andrew j. Montague Of
Richmond.