Evening star., 1938-01-27
DIES,
THREE STUDENTS
HURT IN CRASHES
Western Union Boy Rides
Bicycle Into Side of an
Automobile.
WILSON HIGH PUPILS
HIT POLE AFTER DANCE
Dorothy La Roe, 16, Daughter Of
D. c. Parole Board Head,
in Critical Condition.

Abraham Rubin, 25-year- West
ern Union messenger, was injured
fatally today when, police said, he
rode his bicycle into the right side
Of an automobile at First and Pierce
street NV. about 9 am.
The accident occurred several hours
after two Wilson High School students
and visitor from Delaware were in
jured seriously when the automobile
in which they were driving from a
school dance crashed into telephone
pole on Tilden street NV. near Reno
road.
The Western Union messenger, who
lives at 56 Charming street NE, died
at Sibley Hospital shortly before noon,
the ninth traffic fatality of the year.
Police held Thomas M. Purdry, 81, Of
Bladensburg, Md, said to have been
driving the car involved in the acci-
dent, at the second precinct pending
action Of the coroner.
Miss Dorothy LaRoe. 16-year-old
daughter OF Wilbur LaRoe, jr.. District
Parole Board chairman, of $500 Lin
mean avenue NV, was the most seri-
ously hurt of the high school students.
She was reported in critical condition
from head injuries at Emergency Hos
pital. where physicians planned X-ray
examination today to determine If her
skull was fractured.
The other victims we're John Linder,
20, Of 1912 T street NV, listed by po-
lice as driver of the car, and David
Crocker, 20, of Frankfort, Del, a stu
dent at the University of Delaware.
Both were in serious condition at
Emergency. Mr.. Linder suffered Sc
we're head lacerations and underwent
an operation for an eye injury this
morning. Mr.. Crocker received frac-
tured thigh and was cut about the
face and foot.
Friends recalled that Linder had
lost his right leg below the knee as
the result of motor cycle accident
about three years ago. He wore an
artificial leg, which was scarcely no.
ticeable. his friends said. r.
Mr.. La Roe, whose automobile
young Mr.. Linder was driving, said
he was told there had been some
trouble with the acceleratpr sticking
before the crash. He said he had
noticed tendency of the accelerator
to stick previously and had had it
repaired.
Pole Broken In Three Places.
Sylvia Gilbert, 1904 Klingle road
NV, third Woodrow Wilson High
School student in the automobile, es-
capped unhurt.
Police said the wooden pole was
broken into three pieces and the au-
tomobile virtually demolished by the
crash.
The injured boys were taken to
the hospital in police patrol wagons
from the seventh and eighth precincts,
but police kept Miss La Roe lying
in the street until an ambulance ar
rived. fearing that to remove her
might imperil her life. She was cov-
cred by blankets from nearby homes.
Several other persons were injured,
but none seriously, in more than a
dozen traffic accidents reported to
police yesterday and last night.
Blanche Roberts. Ga, of SIT L street
NV, was treated for chest, ankle and
head injuries at Emergency after be-
ing struck by an automobile at Eighth
and streets NV, and later returned
home.
Others Injured.
Mary Helen Campbell, SO, Of 423
Sixteenth street Sc, was treated at
Providence Hospital for heart at
tack after an automobile in which she
was riding collided with another at
Fourteenth and E streets Sc
Struck by an automobile while cross
ing Pennsylvania avenue at Fourteenth
street NV, Sarah Abbott, SO, of 514
Nineteenth street NV, was treated at
Emergency for bruises to the right
leg and possible fracture Of the left
leg.
Fred Hofer, 81, colored, 1912 T street
NV, was struck by hit-run motorist
as he was removing coal from the
street in front of 1926 Brentwood road
NV. He was bruised severely and
reported in undetermined condition at
Casualty Hospital.