Evening star., 1937-01-16
TRAFFIC M|SHAPS
LEAD TO5DEATHS
IN CAPITAL AREA
Par Returning From Dance
3.ilIsG as Their Car
tiiis TrLcn...
INJURIES ARE FATAL
TO EX.R4SE BALL STAR
Woman Dies in Hospital From
Injuries Received When Ma.
chine Struck Tree.

Traffic accidents in and near the
District resulted in five deaths last
night, one fatality In tile city limits
bringing that total for the year to
seven.
Two of the deaths occurred ct
Laurel, Md, where Carroll Harrison,
80, Washington Navy Yard mechanic.
and Brent Kaiser, %, truck driver,
both Of Laurel, were killed instantly
when an automobile in which they
were returning from a dance crashed
into the rear Of trailer truck.
The local victim was Miss GLADYS
Redman, 36, of 1929 New Hampshire
avenue, who died in Casualty Hos
pital Of a fractured skull received
Thursday when machine in which
she was riding crashed into a tree
on Florida avenue near Sixth street
northeast.
Eddie Foster, jor years t1ird
haseman on the Washington Base
Ball Club, was the fourth victim.
dying In Casualty Hospital Of injuries
received January Z. Police said they
believed he was struck by a hit.and.
run driver while walking along the
Observation-Disclosures Boulevard for
aid after his own car had skidded from
the road and crashed into o bill
board.
Fairfax Man Dies.
The fifth death was that of Albert
Grtffifh ~ {rf1
brought to Garfield Hospital after he
had been injured near his home De-
cember IA. Local officials did not
know any details Of the accident.
The Laurel accident occurred at 2:45
am. as the pair was going home after a
dance in the National Guard Armory
here. About 100 yards north Of tbs
Bowie road turnoff they struck the
rear Of the trailer-truck, which had
been stopped by its driver, B. I. Hod-
ges Of Richmond, Va, to repair a Tat
tire.
Police said they believed the pas.
senger car was driven by Harrison.
According to Chief Of Police e. J.
Huber, the automobile left skid marks
40 feet behind the trailer.
Hodges said that he was climbing
into the trucks cab when the crash
Jared the huge vehicle. According to
Hodges. he had left flares burning, q
statement corroborated by other wit
nesses. The passenger car, a small
sedan, was demolished by the impact.
Inquest Is Scheduled.
Harrison, according to friends, Il
survived by wife and two children.
Kaiser, an employe at the Greenbelt
project, was unmarried. The bodies
were taken to Lloyd Kaiser's funeral
establishment.
An inquest was to be held in the
local Police Court at pm. today.
Hodges was held without charge by
police for the inquest.
O'Neal McGinn, 12-year-old Pope
School student, remained unconscious
in Emergency Hospital from injuries
received Thursday when he skated, ac-
cording to police, into the rear Of an
automobile at Constitution avenue and
Third street. He Is the son Of Frank
McGinn, 418 Second street.
The driver Of the car in which Miss
Redman was riding, said by police TO
be Edward L. Bennett, 80. Of 322
Tenth street, Is confined to the hos
pital with a fractured ankle. He was
ordered held for a coroner's inquest.
Sybil Webber of Sanford, Me-, visit
ing st 1929 Montague street, received
e. fractured nose and face cuts las;
n.snt Tnen z Car in viich sne VA
rong suck o. pa-Gsd mscnine ss
AI.Leeutn and r streets. Gcr Coaoi-
ton was reported 'fsir" today. Police
(see TRUCK, Page A-l2.)