Evening star., 1938-11-05
Capital Man Killed
As Car Crashes Into
Telephone Pole
Abrohom Ellis, s., k73d.
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Abraham Ellis, s., of 39l5 South
Capitol street, operator Of a bar
becue stand on, Nicholson street Sc,
was killed shortly before ; o'clock
this morning when an automobile
In which he was a passenger hit a
telephone pole on Naylor road Sc,
about 200 feet inside the District
line.
Mr.. Ellis WAS pronounced dead at
the scene by = physician who re-
sponded with an ambulance from
Casualty Hospital. Police arrested
Russell D. Riley. 80, a sailor attached
to the Naval Research Laboratory
at Bellevue, D. c. as the driver
Of the car, and ordered him held
for an inquest Monday.
Other occupants Of the car slightly
injured were May T. Smith, IS, of
1l14 Atlantic street Sc, cut on
the face. and Helen Stevens, rs, of
the same address, also cut on the
face. They were treated at Calm
ger Hospital. The Smith girl then
was sent to the Receiving Home as
4 witness.
The death OF Mr.. Ellis was the
73d traffic fatality so far in 1898, as
compared with SO at this time last
year.
BaltimOrean Injured.
Joseph Roach, "a. of Reistertown
road, Baltimore. was seriously in
jured early today when his sedan,
which was being pursued by police
scout car, crashed into A heavy milk
delivery truck parked in the HOO
block Of H street NE.
Pvts. T. E. Nancy and J. F. Ryan
reported they were chasing the car
on suspicion it was stolen when the
accident occurred. The ofiioers took
Roach to Casualty Hospital. where
he was treated for conclusion of the
brain. and he may have A skull
fracture.
Police said they expected to charge
Roach with reckless driving. The
mans condition was described as un-
determined.
John Burgess, 40, of Upper Marl-
boro. Md, died at Casualty Hospital
early today of fractured skull and
other injuries suffered Thursday
night when hit by an automobile as
he was crossing the highway near
Drury, Md.
The driver of the car, Washington
police reported, was Carlton w. Cor
bin Of 1915 Twelfth street NV. who
brought the injured man to the hos
pital here.
Policeman Injured
United States Park Policeman
Orville Spears, AZ. suffered a broken
left arm early today and a cut over
the eve when the motor cycle he
was riding was in a collision with
bus at Fourteenth street and COL
orado avenue NV. He was ad-
mitted to Walter Reed Hospital for
treatment. Four stitches were re-
quired to close the wound over the
eve.
Two Washington men, severely cut
and bruised when their car ran oil
the Georgia avenue pike at Aspen
Hill, Nd. and crashed into a tele-
phone pole, were brought to the
Montgomery County General Hos
pital today by the Silver Spring
fire department rescue squad. Their
condition was not regarded as seri-
Gus.
They were Francis Hahn, %, of
l346 Girard street NV, and Louis
DeAtley, As. of 1116 Virginia avenue
S.W. Their car was going north
when 1t went out Of control round
ing a curve.
Mother and Son Hurt.
Five-year-old Robert Young Of
Anacostia, D. c.. and his mother. Mrs.
Connie Young, 80, we're slightly cut
and bruised last night when a car
IN which they were riding was in a
collision AT Fourteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV. with a
street car. They were treated at
Emergency Hospital.
The street car was operated by
Motorman Willard C. Caldwell, SIS,
OF $500 Thirteenth street NV. The
automobile was driven by Otis T.
Young, 80, husband of Mrs. Young.
Knocked from his bicycle when he
ran into ladder which projected
from the rear of a truck in the 100
block of Columbia road NV. yes
terday afternoon, 13-year-old Robert
Cutting of 3149 Seventeenth street
NV. suffered fracture of the left
arm. The driver of the truck. Hal E.
Brown Of 1929 Madison street NV,
took the injured youth to Garfield
Hospital.
Gene O'Connell, 16. of 3738 Thirty
fifth street NV, Mount Rainier,
Md, and Joseph Rocci. 81, of Balti-
more. Md, were treated a Casualty
Hospital early today for cuts and
bruises received in an automobile ac-
dent in nearby Maryland. The two
were brought to Washington by the
Bladensburg Rescue Squad.
The same squad yesterday after
noon brought 12-year-old Fred
Koepper Of Hyattsville. Md, to Cas-
ualty after he was injured by an
automobile in East Hyattsville. He
was treated for cuts on the chin and
cheek and may have conclusion
Of the brain.
Nine-year -old Doris Ford, colored,
OF 923 Twelfth street Sc, was treat
ed at Casualty Hospital yesterday
afternoon for cuts about the face,
head and knees received when struck
by an automobile near her home.
She was not seriously hurt, doctors
said