Evening star., 1938-02-16
CAR HITS WOMAN;
DOCTOR ACCUSED
Mother of G. W. Professor
Is Reported to Be Near
Death.

Mrs. James e. Johnston, II, mother
Of = George Washington University
mathematics professor, was reported
near death in Emergency Hospital to-
day from injuries received when she
was struck by an automobile while
walking across Pennsylvania avenue At
Eighteenth street NV. last night.
DR.. Ernest Morgan, 50. . physician
who lives at 1909 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. said by police to have been driv-
ing the car involved, pleaded not guilty
to q reckless driving charge and de-
manded a jury trial when arraigned
before Police Court Judge Hobart New
man today. His bond was set at 81 900.
An additional charge of failure to re-
port the accident was dropped.
DR.. Morgan was arrested at his home
after he had taken Mrs. Johnston to
Emergency Hospital, where she was
found to be suffering from a fractured
skull and a broken hip.
Son at Bedside.
Mrs. Johnston is the widow Of q
former Alexandria Customs House en-
ploye. Her son, DIR. Francis Johnston
with whom she lived at 1887 H street
NV. was at her bedside this morning
DR.. Morgan said Mrs. Johnston
stepped In front OF his automobile as
ne was driving across Eighteenth
street on green light. He said he
overlooked reporting the accident to
police In his anxiety to arrange treat
ment for her injuries. He rushed her
10 the hospital and telephoned for two
other physicians as the hospital staff
doctors began emergency treatment, he
said. He left his car parked in the
rear OF the hospital when he went
home.
A coroner's jury yesterday ordered
Martin L. Bray, 30-year -old Vienna,
Va. carpenter, who has been living
recently in the 23O0 block of Park
place Sc, held for the grand jury
IN the trafic death SATURDAY. nipht
OF George w. Sutton, "A, former Ten
nessee attorney general.
Victim Hurled 50 Feet.
The jury was told that an auto
mobile allegedly driven by Bray struck
Mr.. Sutton. who weighed more than
200 pounds, with such force that he
was hurled more than so feet from
the safety zone in which he was stand
Ing at Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth
street NV. A taxicab driver who
valnly chased the striking car told
the license number to police, who
later traced 1t to Bray. He surrendered
to police several hours after the acci-
dent and said he did not know what
had happened, it was testified.
Bray was said to have visited his
wife and a0-day-old son at Columbia
Hospital shortly before the accident.
Benjamin Sullivan. ~, colored, 2l8
Porter street NE, was injured last
night when caught between two auto
mobiles on runway at q garage at
"a H street NE, where he is en-
ployed. He was treated at Casualty
Hospital for conclusion and body
bruises.
Prince Georges Accident.
Charles William Claggett, 36, of
Camp Springs. Md, was treated at
Casualty for a possibly fractured skull
and bruises, said to have been received
In an accident in Prince Georges
County.
Other Prince Georges County traffic
victims included Robert Dixon. "a. of
1902 Forty-first street NV, who was
treated at Gallinger for scalp cuts
and bruises. and George Evans, 70, of
Chevy Chase. Nd, taken to Emergency
with possibly fractured pelvis They
were said to have been injured in a
collision near Accokeek, Md.