Evening star., 1938-03-05
TRAFFIC FATALITY
IN FAIRFAX IS LAID.
T0PENNSYLvAN|AN
6. H. Kuhn to Face County
Grand Jury on Charge
Of MansIaughter.
EIGHT PERSONS INJURED
IN D. c. AREA CRASHES
Unidentified Man Gravely Hurt
When Struck by Car Near
Fort Myer.

George H. Kuhn, 70, OF Harrisburg,
Pa, was being held for the Fairfax
County grand jury under $4,000 bond
today on charges Of manslaughter and
hit-and-run in connection with the
accident that killed John NJ Kidwell,
40, of the 2400 block Of Third street
N. E., on February 20.
The Pennsylvania motorist allegedly
left the scene of the accident on the
Alexandria -Leesburg pike without
making his identity known. Several
hours later Kuhn's car overturned at
Purcellville, Va, and he was arrested
on a reckless driving charge.
State Policeman E. P. Landers
found the overturned car fitted the
description Of the one involved in the
fatal accident, he said. Kuhn was
held for the March term of the grand
jury yesterday by Judge A. c. Ritchie
in Fairfax Trial Justice Court.
Mrs. KidWell was killed and DoWell
Thompson. IS. OF Herndon, Va, was
seriously injured while attempting to
aid a motorist whose car was stalled
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Eight Hurt in Accidents.
Eight persons were injured, two
seriously, in traffic accidents in Wash.
ington and nearby Maryland and
Virginia late yesterday and last night.
Perhaps the most seriously hurt was
an unidentified colored man, about Is
years old, who was struck last night
while walking on Lee boulevard just
west Of Fort Myer. Va. He was under
treatment at Georgetown Hospital for
a severe skull fracture.
Washington police were told the car
which hit the man was operated by
John Taylor of Falls Church, Va.
Ethel Goldstein, go, Of 723 Princeton
place NV, suffered foot injuries and
shock last night when knocked down
by hit-and-run motorist while cross
ing the street near her home.
David Lanehart, 40, attached to the
Receiving Station at the Navy Yard,
was injured yesterday afternoon in
an automobile collision at Sixth and
M streets Sc.
Edward M. Hudson. 48. of 1909 o
street NV, suffered fractured right
leg. cuts and bruises yesterday after
noon when hit by an automobile at
Massachusetts, avenue and Twelfth
street NV. He was taken to Cas-
ualty Hospital. The driver Of the
car, police said, was Raymond T.
Walden, 10. of 107 Fourth street NE.
Eght-year-old John A. Smith. COL
ored, Of l22l12 Fourth street NV,
was treated for cuts and bruises at
Freedmens' Hospital yesterday after
noon after he was struck by an auto
mobile at Fourth and N streets NV.
To avoid possible accidents, police
early today closed Bladensburg road
between New York avenue NE. and
Eastern avenue while girders were
being swung into the foundations of
railroad overpass being built across
the thoroughfare. Bladensburg road
will be closed again tomorrow from
/ am. to Gas am, traf1c officials an
nounced.
Car Crashes Into Pole.
Claybourn Harriss. 20. was taken to
the Montgomery County General Hos
pital at Sandy Spring early today in
serious condition after his car
skidded off the Seventh street pike and
crashed into a power line pole just
south Of Olney, Md.
His skull was fractured and his
right leg broken, but physicians at
the hospital said he was expected to
recover. He was to be operated on
today.
It was the third automobile accident
in the last 80 days and the fourth in
four months for Harriss.
Two persons were injured on the
Mount Vernon boulevard at West
Grove about two miles south Of here
last night when the automobile in
which they were riding collided with
center pole in dividing island, {"
according to police.
The injured were Roland c. LAM
beth, ~, Of 808 Prince street, Alexan-
dria, said to be the driver, who was
taken to Alexandria Hospital by Park
Policeman K. E. Williams and treated
for bruises. and lacerations over the
left eye. Mrs. Elsie Sprouse, 10, Of
lila Wilkes street, also an occupant
Of the car, police said, was taken to
the hospital by Louis Frazier Of Ia
koma Park, Md. Mrs. Sprouse re-
fused treatment.