Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-28
MAN, IS, KILLED,
n OTHERS HURT
IN AREA TRAFFIC
Wet Streets and Mist Add to
Hazards-CoIored Man
Is Held for Inquest.
MOUNT RAINIER CHURCH
CARETAKER IS VICTIM
Carroll Street Resident Suffers
Broken Arm and Other In.
juries When Hit.

A 7S-year-old church caretaker was
killed and IA other persons were in
jured, one seriously, in highway
crashes in the Washington area dur
ing the past "a hours. Wet streets
and mist-obscured vision were con-
tributing factors in many of the
mishaps.
The victim in the fatal accident
was John w. Henley, IS, caretaker at
the Mount Rainier Methodist Church,
who was struck by an automobile as
he was crossing the street in front of
his home $500 Rhode Island avenue
NE, near the District line. He was
pronounced dead at the crash scene.
Daniel M. Nash. A. colored, Brent
wood Md, said by police to have been
the driver Of the machine. was ar
rested and ordered to appear at an
inquest Friday night. His bond. was
fixed at $1,000.
The seriously injured person was
Thomas J. Langford. IS, Of 24S Car
roll street NV. who received q
broken arm. shock and perhaps in
ternal injuries when knocked down
in front Of his home by q car which
police said was operated by Miss Ellen
P Hayde, %, Kensington, Nd Mr..
Langford was taken to the Washing
ton Sanitarium by the Takoma Park,
Nd, Volunteer Fire Department.
In two Of the other accidents, police
said the drivers failed to make their
identities known or report the mis-
haps. The victims were John
Palmer. So, colored, COS French street
NV. who received broken arm and
other injuries when struck at South
Capitol street and Virginia avenue
S.W., and Salley Fields. So, colored,
1903 Kenilworth avenue NE, whose
ankle was broken when he was
knocked down at Fourteenth and G
streets NV. Both were treated at
Emergency Hospital.
oOoCpAA W. A4ISAl, 90, AlCAAllUElA,
Va. was taken to the Alexandra Hos
pital with q broken leg and perhaps
internal injuries after being struck
BY an automobile in the Virginia city.
Less than half an hour later and
at almost the same spot, Hume avenue
and River road, four other persons
were hurt in head-on collision.
Melvin Carter. 80, of 235 Eighth street
NE, and Walter Inscoe, 80, of 34l8 N
street NV, two o. the victims, were
treated at the Alexandria Hospital for
cuts, bruises and shock. Inscoe also
broke 4 bone in his leg. The others
injured were Mary F. Ames, 10, Airing
ton, Va, and Louise Backous, II, also
of Arlington. They required only
first aid
Four Others Hurt in Crash.
In another head-on crash at Ber-
wyn, Md. DR.. and Mrs. William E.
Dodd, Beach Haven. N. j., returning
to their home with their two sons
after a holiday visit at Martinsburg,
w. Va, were injured. Mrs. Dodd was
brought to Emergency Hospital for
treatment of severe scalp decorations
and a knee injury, while DR.. Dodd,
who suffered q cut nose, remained at
the scene after administering to him
self. The boys, Robert and William
Earl, jr., escaped with slight cuts and
bruises.
John H. Quarles. colored. 1926
Eleventh street NV, driver of a truck
that collided with DR.. Dodds car, was
arrested by Maryland State police and
charged with reckless driving.
Two Gaithersburg (Md.) youths, Da-
vid Allnut. 10, and Melvin F. Dove,
20, were cut about the head when
their car skidded and plunged into a
ditch and against telephone pole
near Laytonsville. Md. They were
treated at the Montgomery County
General Hospital.