Evening star., 1938-01-31
TRAFFIC M|SHAPS
HERE EANDNEARBY
kill ONE, HURT 20
CoIored Man, So, Succumbs,
Bringing Death Toll for
Year to 10.
POLICEMAN INJURED
WHEN STRUCK BY CAR
Officer Vernon Ekridge Hit While
on Duty-Youth, 10, Held
for Investigation.

One man was killed and more than
q score other persons. including a
policeman seriously hurt when struck
by an automobile today. were injured
in weekend traffic accidents in the
Capital area.
Charles H. Humphries. SO, colored,
1916 Manchester lane NV. was the
Districts tenth traffic fatality Of the
year. The toll was IA at this time last
year. He was knocked down by an
automobile as he was crossing Six
tenth street, near his home, last
night and pronounced dead on ar
rival at Walter Reed Hospital.
Samuel NJ Worthington, 81, of
Baltimore, listed by police as driver
Of the car, was held for action of
coroner's inquest.
Policeman Hit by Car.
Policeman Vernon Eskridge, 81, OF
$40 Fourth street N E., attached to the
ninth precinct, was struck at Four
teenth and Maryland avenue NE.
while on duty today by an automobile
which police said was operated by
Phillip r. Long, 10, of 223 Fourteenth
street NE. Mr.. Eskridge was treated
at Casualty Hospital for a broken
right leg and possible skull fracture
and internal injuries. Police were
holding Mr. Long for investigation.
Eleven colored persons were cut and
bruised when two Capital Transit Co.
street cars collided early today at
Seventh street and Florida avenue NV.
Apparently turned the wrong way
by an open switch, a Calvert Street
Bridge car, operated by Maryland w.
Harrison, 10. of 1871 street Sc,
swung down Seventh street and smash
ed head-on into a Navy Yard car
operated by Norman King, 33, of South
Arlington, Va, police said.
Treated for Cuts and Bruises.
According to the police report, Her
man Bradshaw, 20, of COB M street
Sc; Dora Smith, AZ, of 923 Eighth
street NV, and Hattie Logan, 80, of
the same address, all colored, were
treated for cuts and bruises at Freed
mems Hospital and later went home.
Eight others, colored passengers in
the. Calvert Street Bridge car, were
listed by police as receiving first aid
treatment for bruises and shock by a
Casualty Hospital ambulance physician
at the scene. They were Rogers Cheel,
A., of 1912 @ street NV; Jessie E.
Harris, 40, of 1927 Lamont street NV;
Eugene Starr, %, of 113 H street NV:
Russell Crockett, %, of 1014 Columbia
road NV; Frank Wilson, 26 Of 1928
French street NV; Mary Turner, 33,
OF Chevy Chase, Md; Ted Green, 80,
Of 1881 Riggs street NV, and Robert
Howell, 20, of 1924 Twelfth street NV.
Most Seriously Injured.
William Summers, 26. of 920 Sixth
street S.W., apparently was the most
seriously injured of victims of numer-
Gus automobile accidents reported yes
terday. He was reported in fair"
condition this morning at Casualty |
Hospital, where he was treated for |
head cuts, possible fractured skull |
and fractured ribs after an automobile |
in which he was riding struck tele-
phone pole near Meadows, Md Ellen
Scott, 26, of Benning, D. c., received |
D broken collar bone in the same crash. |
Connie Christister, "a, of 51O8 Third
street NV, received broken leg in
an automobile collision at Eleventh |
street and Massachusetts avenue NE.
Gwendolyn Ferguson, %, of GAL L
street S.W., injured in an accident |
near Forestville, Md, was treated at
Providence Hospital for a fractured
pelvis and possible skull fracture.
-Four persons were cut and bruised in
. collision of two automobiles early
Sunday at the Fourteenth street S.W.
entrance to the tourist camp They
were Lucille Schwartz 81, of 1861
Fairmont street NV. Robert Evans,
20. Alexandria, Va; Mildred Barrett,
%, of 1915 Eastern avenue NE, and
Charles E. Galloway, 2l, Alexandria,
Va.