Evening star., 1938-11-21
Motorman Held
BIame|ess in
Fatality
Witnesses Testify Man
Staggered and Fell
In Front of Car

A coroner's jury today held acci-
dental the death of Benjamin P.
Finnigan, 81, of 1902 Meridian place
NV, who died Saturday in Gallinger
Hospital as the result of injuries
sustained when he stepped in front
of a street car near Twelfth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV. Octo-
Der 10.
The action absolved Dewey c.
Morris of 1909 Massachusetts avenue
NE, motorman of the street car.
Police testified Finnigan had acted
as though intoxicated and witnesses
on the street car told the jury that
the man had staggered on the plat
form before apparently falling in
the path of the car.
Another witness said he had
talked to Finnigan at Twelfth and
Pennsylvania avenue and had urged
him to take a taxi home. This, he
said, Finnigan refused to do.
An inquest was also being held
into the death of Robert j. Myers,
II, of % Ninth street NE, who died
Saturday in Casualty Hospital of
injuries sustained when he was
struck at Eighth and A streets NE.
by car police said was driven
by First Precinct Policeman Arnold
F.. Jackson, Is, of 1922 S street Sc.
Hit-and Run Crash.
Among those injured yesterday
and last night in other accidents
was, Charles Conner, 35, colored,
who suffered severe head injuries,
perhaps a skull fracture, when he
was struck near Beltsville, Md, in
what police believe was hit-run
crash. He was taken to Casualty
Hospital. Police do not know his
address.
A sudden stop to avoid another
machine resulted in head injuries
to Charles Lampiris, 33, of $50 New
York avenue NV, and Howry Cha
pouris, Al, of 1909 Fifth street NV,
occupants of a car that figured in
the mishap at North Capitol and
G streets. They were treated at
Sibley Hospital.
Joseph Green, 49, colored. II D
street SW., was cut on the knee
when police said he rode his scooter
into the side of an automobile at
D and Canal streets S.W.
John P. Quinn, so, of 202 Van
Buben street NV, was treated at
Casualty for a leg injury received
when he was knocked down by a
machine at Thirteenth and Frank
lin streets NE.
Youth, 16, Injured.
Philip Kenkel, 16 Mount Rainier,
was injured about the head when he
was struck by machine on Eastern
avenue near Perry street NE. He
was taken to Casualty.
Lena Rosenberg, %, Greenbelt,
received neck injury when the
car in which she was passenger
collided with truck in Georgetown.
She was taken to Georgetown Hos
pital where X-rays were made to
determine whether her vertebrae
is fractured.
George w. Elliott, 70, Alexandria,
Va, received shoulder injury and
cuts when, police we're informed,
he walked into the side of a moving
automobile at Alexandria.
Another Alexandria accident, q
collision between a truck and a
private vehicle, sent the truck
driver. John Treger, SO, Alexandria,
to the hospital with cuts and
bruises.
Six Sent to Hospital.
A collision on the Lee Highway
at Rosslyn, Va, early yesterday sent
six persons to Georgetown Hospital,
two of them with injuries that may
prove serious.
The victims included Mitzi Lincoln
40. of 6633 Barnaby street NV,
fractured hip, and Phillip Wall, 25,
Rosslyn, who may have fractured
skull.
The others we're Darr Green, Al,
1924 Allison street NV, lacerated
knee: Hazel Green, 43, same address,
multiple lacerations: Roger Lovett.
%, Arlington, Va, cut scalp, and
Iva Leichardt, 38, of 410 Cedar street
NV, broken finger.
Jumps From Truck Cab.
Al Contino of Newark, N. j. pos
sibly suffered a fractured skull when
he jumped from his burning truck
cab last night on Route at Four
Mile Run, Arlington County, police
reported. Ale was taken to George
town Hospital by the Jefferson dis
trict rescue squad.
Roger Lovett, 3l00 block of Ninth
roar, north. Arlington County, suf-
fered cuts on the head and may have
q fractured shoulder when car he
was driving collided with another
said by police to have been driven
by Joel H. Smith, 324 North Pied
mont street, Arlington. Smith was
not injured. The collision occurred
at North Irving street and Pershing
drive, Arlington.
Two D. G.. Women Hurt