Evening star., 1937-10-28
TWO WOMEN DIE,
SEVERAL OTHERS
HURT IN CRASHES.
Accidents Pile Up in Capital
Area as Rains Make
Roads Slippery.
D. C. MATRON VICTIM
OF SKULL FRACTURE
Silver Spring Woman, rs, Suffers
Fatal Shock When Truck
Hits Car.

Two women were killed and several
other persons were injured in auto
mobile accidents on roads in the Capt.
tai area made slippery by heavy rains
yesterday and last night.
Mrs. Marion King Johnston, Sc, OF
2233 Mount View place Sc, died of
a fractured skull in a hospital at
Frederick, Md, two hours after a
truck skidded around curve near
Braddock Heights and crashed into
the car in. which she was riding.
Mrs. Emma G. Stacy. 78, Silver
Spring, Md, died of shock suffered
when the automobile in which she
was riding was in collision with
truck near Front Royal, Va.
William Lester Coon, Dallas, Tex,
listed by police as the driver of the
truck which struck the Johnston car,
was held in Jail at Middletown, Md,
in default of bond pending coroners
inquest Friday.
Retired Officer Injured.
Samuel Joseph Johnston, So, retired
Washington police sergeant, suffered
a fractured leg in the wreck that
cost his wifes life. He was driving
the car into which Coon's truck
crashed out of control on the noun
tain road curve. Mrs. George w.
Meechem, 56, of IL Adams street NV,
a passenger in the Johnston auto
mobile. received a fractured rib and
head injuries.
Mr.. Johnston and Mrs. Meechem
were treated at the Frederick City
Hospital. The party was returning
to Washington from Berkeley Springs,
w. Va, when the accident occurred.
Mrs. Stacy was pronounced dead at
q Winchester (Va) hospital, where she
was taken after truck which police
said was driven by Dallas Simpson,
colored, collided with an automobile
in which she was riding with her
son, Earle C. Stacy. and his wife.
Mr.. Stacy was treated for cuts and
bruises and his wife for three frac-
tured ribs. Simpson was released
under $500 bond.
Widow of the late Cephas N. Stacy,
Mrs. Stacy was en- route to Goochland
County, Va, to make final arrange
ments for settling her husbands es-
tate when the accident occurred. She
is survived by four sons, Arthur A.
and Earle OF Washington, w. B. Of
Amelia, Va, and c. Neale of Spring.
field, Mass, and daughter, Miss Ada
Stocy of Washington.
Suffers Brain Conclusion.
Maryland State police today were
investigating an automobile accident
near Laurel this morning in which
Edward F. Avery, 27, of the Broad
moor Apartments on Connecticut ave-
nue. suffered conclusion of the brain.
Avery was brought to Casualty Hos
pital by the Bladensburg Rescue
SQUAD. His condition was described
as not serious.
Police here were seeking to COM
municate with Avery's family. His
wife, they we're told, is travelling in
Europe and his mother is visiting at
Miami, Fla.
Police said Avery was injured when
the automobile in which he was
riding ran off the highway.
Others Hurt in Traffic.
Others injured in traffic accidents
In and near Washington yesterday and
last night included Dorothy Watson.
II, of IA Carroll avenue, Hyattsvills;
Roy D. Smith, 4a1 Fourth street NV,
and Berthe Foster, 40, of 421 Fourth
street Sc
Miss watson received severe head in
1uries when struck on the Washing
ton Baltimore boulevard at Riverdale,
Md, last night by an automobile which
police said was operated by Carolyn T.
Hardy, 10, University of Maryland
coed. A second car, driven by E. @.
Corkhill, Berwyn Heights, Nd, stop
ped a few feet from the injured girl
as she lay unconscious in the road.
She was taken to Casualty Hospital.
Smith was in critical condition at
Georgetown Hospital where he was
taken yesterday afternoon after a
grocery truck he was driving was in
collision with a lumber truck, driven
by James Morris, Louisa, Va, near
Falls Church, Va. He suffered skull
fracture and internal injuries.
Miss Foster was cut and bruised
when struck at Thirteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV. last night
by a street car which police said was
operated by w. K Weaver, 35, Of 1922
Buchanan street NV.