The Washington times., 1938-01-31
Policeman Struck;
Pedestrian Killed; l3
Hurt AS Trolleys Hit
Many Are Injured in
Series of Weekend
Accidents

A Ninth precinct policeman was
run down by an automobile and
seriously injured today, 13 per.
sons were injured in a crash be.
tween two Capital Transit street
cars earlier this morning, and the
years tenth traffic fatality was
recorded as weekend traffic reg
istered more than score of i'll.
3ured in highway mishapS.
Private Vernon Eskridge, 81. of
Ninth precinct, who lives at $40
Fourth st. N. E., was hit by car
driven by Philip T. Long, 10, 223
Fourteenth st. N. E., while on
duty at Fourteenth Street and
Maryland Avenue Northeast.
Rushed to Casualty Hospital,
Eskridge was said to have sus.
tanned a broken right leg, a posi-
bic skull fracture and internal
injuries. Long was taken to the
Ninth precinct for questioning.
TROLLEYs COLLIDE
A westbound Capital Transit
Company street car was struck
broadSide by an eastbound car
when a switch mechanism failed
to work. At the control of the
weStbound car was Maynard W.
Harrison, who said the signals
were clear and the switch appar-
emily set. Motorman of the other
car was Norman King, 33, of South
Arlington, Va. Both were slightly
injured.
A dozen passengers were shaken
up in addition to the 13 treated
for various injuries. There was a
stunned silence Immediately after
the collision, passerbys standing
aghaSt as the heavy vehicles met
with a deafening roar.
Screams and cries Of pain added
to the confusion. Police cars and
ambulances hurried to the scene.
Traffic was snarled for half an
hour.
LIST OF INJURED
Of the 13 treated for injuries in
the trolley crash, three were taken
to Freedmen'S Hospital and later
went home; five were taken to
Casualty and returned to their
homes, and five treated at the
scene.
At Freedmen's, those treated in
Cluded: Herman Bradshaw, col
ored, 20, 6o8 M st. S. E., lacera-
tions to scalp and injured knee;
Dora Smith, colored, AZ, of 923
Eighth st. N. E., fractured nose
and injured right leg; Hattie Lo-
gan, colored, 80, 928 Eighth st.
N. E., possibly fractured nose and
leg injury.
Treated at Casualty were: Rus
sell Crockett. %, 1914 Columbia
Rd. N. W., cuts; Mary Turner, 80,
6507 Maple Ave-, Chevy Chase,
Md, cuts; Roger Cheel,. A, 1343
@ st. N. W., injuries to right
hand; Frank Wilson, 26, 923
French st. N. W.; Eugene Starr,
%, 739 Park Rd. N. w., injuries
TO face and ribs.
BOTH MOTORMEN HURT
Motorman Harrison received a
cut hand, and Motorman King a
cut on his chin. Both were
treated at the scene as were three
other passengers, Jesse E.
Harris, .colored, 40, cuts and
bruises: Ted Green, colored, 33,
1911 Riggs Pl. N. W., cuts and
bruises, and Robert Howell, col
ored, 20, 1924 Twelfth st. N. W.,
cuts.
C. H. Humphries, so, colored, Of
166 block of Manchester Lane
N. W., was fatally injured when
hit by an automobile while cross
ing Sixteenth Street near Madi-
son Street Northwest. Police said
the machine was operated by Sam
M. Worthington. 81, Of Baltimore,
Md, who Is to appear at a
coroner'S inquest.
Humphries was taken to Walter
Reed Hospital and pronounced
dead on arrival there.
AUTO HITS POLE
william Summers, 26, of 920
Sixth st. S. w., was in Casualty
Hospital with serious injuries suf-
fered when a car he was driving
ran off the road near Meadows,
Md, striking a telephone pole, po-
lice reported. A passenger, Ellen