Evening star., 1938-02-12
MISSING D. c, MAN
IS KILLED ON ROAD;
TWO DIE IN CRASH
Victim, Believed Capital Res.
ident, Discovered Lying
on Marlboro Pike.
COLLISION IN VIRGINIA
ALSO INJURIES THREE
Crack-up Occurs on Lee Boulevard
Near Falls Church-Acci-
dents Numerous.

The body of a man tentatively
identified as John Page, IS, of 1915
M street NV, who had been reported
missing from his home last night, was
found on the Marlboro pike at Mel
wood, Md, early today, apparently the
victim of hit-run motorist.
Two other persons, one a Washing
ton plumbing contractor, were killed
late yesterday in a collision of two
automobiles on snow-covered Lee
boulevard at the Fairfax-Arlington
county line. Three others were in
lured in this accident, two perhaps
fatally.
The man believed to be Mr.. Page
was found lying dead in the middle
OF the road shortly after 6 am, when
a woman's piercing scream awakened
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hardesty. who
live nearby. There was no other clue
to the automobile believed to have
struck him.
Tentative identification was made
through heavy Masonic ring and
SCARED knuckles on the right hand,
after Maryland authorities reported
discovery of the body to police here.
Relatives of Mr. Page left shortly be-
fore noon for Upper Marlboro. where
the body was taken, to verify the
identification. He had been reported
missing since 9 am yesterday.
The dead in the Lee boulevard
tragedy were Frederick NJ Amberger,
A. plumbing contractor, of 4879 Po-
tomac avenue NV, and Mrs. Blanche
Green, As. of Idylweod. Va, who were
passengers in the wrecked cars.
Charles E. Stearn. q, of Alexan-
dria, said to have been driving the
automobile in which Mr.. Amberger
was riding, and Rosalee Harper, IA
year-old adopted daughter of Mrs.
Green, received skull fractures and
were reported in critical condition.
The dead Woman's husband, Garner
Green, As, of 1dylwood, Va. driver of
the other car, was cut and bruised
severely
Falls Church Police Sergt. Alton P.
Shumate said the collision was the
most destructive he had investigated
during seven years he has been sta
toned in that town. The cars crashed
in Fairfax County with such force
that the wreckage skidded across the
line into Arlington County, he said.
Cause of the collision had not been
determined this morning Sergt. Shu-
mate was attempting to verify a report
that one of the automobiles sped out
of little-used side road and struck
the other. The drivers vision may
have been partially obstructed by sleet,
which followed yesterdays snowstorm,
he said.
The dead and injured were brought
to hospitals here in the Clarendon
Rescue Squad ambulance and police
and private cars. Mrs. Green and Mr..
Amberger were pronounced dead on
arrival at Georgetown Hospital. Mr..
Stearn still was unconscious at
Georgetown this morning, and the
Harper girl was reported in similar
condition at Emergency Hospital.
Numerous accidents occurred in the
District as cars skidded on streets
made slippery by the snow and ice, but
only one person was reported injured
critically.
Mrs. Letitia Neal, 64. of Rockville,
Md, received a fractured skull and
fractured leg when struck by an auto
mobile as she was walking across Mas
sachusettS avenue at Eleventh street
NV. early last night. She was reported
in fair condition today at Emergency
Hospital. George w. Howlin, Is, of
the 300 block of E street NE, said
to have been driving the car that
struck her, was charged with reckless
driving at the second precinct.
Mrs. Lena Anderson, ~, of 1925
Fifteenth street NV, was cut and
bruised when a taxicab in which she
was riding collided with another car
and overturned at Fourth and Bryant
streets NV. She was treated at
Emergency.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sykes, 48, of 387
Thirteenth street NV, suffered shock
and possible internal injuries when
struck by a street car at Pennsylvania
avenue and Seventh street Sc. She
was taken to Providence Hospital.
Mrs. Myrtle Hurst, 81, of Vienna,
Va. was treated at Georgetown for
face cuts and broken arm received
in an accident in Arlington County.
Cecilia Weiner and Inez Toirier
both of 22o1 Massachusetts, avenue
NV. were cut painfully when their
automobile slid off the road and over
turned on the Lee highway cutoff
near Fairfax, Va, Fairfax police re-
ported.
Three colored men were cut and
bruised in the collision of truck and.
automobile near Vienna, Va, on the
Chain Bridge road. They are William
Hacker of Alexandria, said to have
been driving the truck, and Harry
Williams, 81, and James Lane, 80,
both of Vienna.
A three-way collision at the south
end of the highway overpass in
Gaithersburg, Md, late last night in
volved Montgomery County police
car In which the county treasurer, j.
Forest Walker, was riding. His knees
were bruised. William Plummer, II, Of
Gaithersburg suffered broken nose.
An automobile driven by Thomas E.
Plummer, father of the injured boy,
crashed into the rear Of a car oper-
ated by Milton T. Loef11er, 1888 Penn
sylvania avenue Sc, who had stopped
to clean his windshield. The police
car. driven by Officer Marion B. Day.
hon. then hit the Plummer machine,
CRASH INJURY FATAL.