Evening star., 1937-05-24
LIVE WIRE KILLS
MAN AFTER CRASH
Driver of Car That Hit Pole
EIectrocuted-2 Others
Die in Nearby Traffic.

Three persons were killed and more
than . score were injured in automo-
bile accidents in nearby Maryland
and Virginia yesterday and early to-
day, while crashes in the District
sent three to local hospitals.
A freak accident took the life Of
John c. White, 20. OF Boyd, Nd, elec-
trocuted early today when he con-
tacted a high-power line broken by
the impact of his car with 4 pole be-
tween Jacksonville and Jamestown,
Md.
Ralph Funk, "a, Of Waynesboro, Pa,
q motor cyclist, was instantly killed
near Ringgold. Md. last night when
. hit-run automobile forced his ma
chine from the highway. State police
are seeking the driver.
IL Hurt In Scar Crash.
According to the Associated Press,
Frank Berry was fatally hurt when
his automobile was struck by . train
after 1t had stalled on q grade cross
ing at Chase City, Va.
Eleven persons were injured, four
seriously, in three-car crash on the
Washington Baltimore Boulevard near
Elkridge, Md. Three OF the victims
we're colored Washingtonians.
Whites car ran into a ditch and
snapped OIL the pole, part Of which
fell across the machine. Apparently
not seriously injured. he stepped from
the vehicle, his body contacted the
broken wire and he was instantly
killed according to police. His brother.
Michael S. White, ~, and Leslie Luhn,
II, Of Dawsonville, escaped with cuts
and bruises.
Blames Crash on Lights.
Another Montgomery County. Nd,
accident sent two victims to the Mont
gomery County General Hospital. It
occurred when . car driven by Tay-
lor Cantwell, . member Of the Sandy
Spring Fire Department, ran OF the
road at Aspen Hill and struck q tele-
phone pole. Cantwell received only
cuts and bruises, but his companion,
Oscar Burriss Of Lay Hill, suffered q
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quoted by police as saying he was
blinded by the lights Of an approach
ing automobile.
Among the seriously injured in the
Elkridge crash were Howard G. Nc
Clendon. 81, colored, OF 1l27 Girard
street, driver Of one Of the cars, who
suffered fractures Of both legs. His
wife also received 4 broken leg and
his sister-in-lav. Ethel Boswell, Is,
was treated for cuts and bruises. All
were sent to Providence Hospital In
Baltimore.
McClendon's machine skidded into .
vehicle operated by Primo j. Ventura,
Wilmington, Del, according to police,
and few seconds later the two cars
were struck by third, operated by
Winston r. Irwin, Dundalk, Md.
Seven Wilmingtonians in ventura's
car were treated at st. Agnes Hos
pital, in Baltimore.
Hurt At Traffic Light.
Mrs. Rosie NJ Chaplin OF 1901
Clifton street, was sent to Garfield
Hospital with q fractured arm after
the car in which she was riding COL
uded with another machine on the
Grain Highway, near Cheltenham, Md,
yesterday. According to police, the
machines were driven by Eugene
Leger, accompanied by his wife and
Mrs. Chaplin. and Robert Groves Of
Charlotte Hall, Md
Three residents Of Minquadale, Del,
were treated at Casualty Hospital for
injuries suffered when their car
skidded into = telephone pole on the
Washington Baltimore Boulevard near
Branchville. They are Dorothy Hop
kins, 1S. with cuts on the face and
body; Frank Hopkins, %, possible
fractured hip, and Elijah Parker. II,
named as the driver, who received
broken collarbone
Mrs. Naomi Kephart of Berwyn
suffered a strained neck when the car
she was occupying was struck by an
other machine while waiting for a
trafac light to change on the Wash
ington- Baltimore Boulevard In COL
lege Park. She was treated at the
Washington Sanitarium in Takoma
Park, Nd, and sent home. State
Policeman Vernon spicer arrested .
colored man who gave his name As
William Norman, l29 K street, and
charged him with reckless driving and
driving under the influence of liquor.
Five persons were reported injured
in trafnc accidents in the District
during the last "a hours
Raymond Mise, ., of AIS D street
northeast, was treated at Casualty
Hospital for conclusion and cuts about
the face received, according to police.
when he ran into the side of an auto
mobile while skating near his home.
Dorothy Russell. 80, of 1893 Twenty
fourth street, suffered rib injuries
when the taxicab in which she was
passenger, was in collision with an
other machine at Twelfth and I streets.
She was taken to Emergency Hospital.
Ray Knofer, ~, Of 94l Randolph
street. also was injured about the chest
when she was knocked down by .
car in the 1400 block Of Euclid street,
She was treated at Garfield Hospital.
Joan Bingle, 4, Of 92l Eleventh
street northeast, received . severe
head injury and internal hurts when
struck by an automobile ut Eleventh
and K streets northeast.
According to police the driver was
Sellman s. Taylor, 1347 L street south
east.
Miss Julia Biskin. SO, of 1924 K
street. was treated at Emergency Hos
pital for possible rib fractures re-
cetved In an accident at Fourteenth
street and Park road.
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