Evening star., 1938-11-07
Auto Accidents
Cause Deaths
Of Two Men
Upper Marlboro Man
Is Victim of
Hit-Run Driver

Two persons died in District hos
pltals today as the result of traffic
accidents over the week end.
Joesph Frank De Vaughn, jr., 80,
Upper Marlboro, Md, died in Casu-
atty Hospital of a fractured skull
and other injuries received Satur-
day night when he was apparently
struck by a hit-and-run driver on
the Brown Station road yesterday.
The second victim was John P.
Smith, 72, of 2616 P street NV,
who died in Georgetown Hospital
shortly before noon today of injuries
received Saturday afternoon when
he was struck by an automobile
while walking across the street near
his home. His death raised the
District traffic toll for the year to
IA. At the same time last year IS
persons had been killed.
Driver Under Bond.
The driver of the car which struck
Mr.. Smith, according to police. was
Hilliard A. Jones, %. colored, of the
100 block of S street NV. Arrested
after the accident, Jones was charged
with reckless driving and released
under $500 bond to appear at an
inquest.
Apparently only slightly injured
when brought to Georgetown Hos
pital, Mr.. Smith was found later to
have suffered a conclusion of the
brain.
Police reported no trace of the
automobile believed to have hit Mr..
De Vaughn. Found unconscious be-
side the road near Marlboro, he was
taken to the hospital by the Marl-
boro rescue squad about 9 am.
yesterday.
Two Women Hurt.
A 3-year-old colored girl and two
other persons were injured seriously
in other traffic accidents in and near
the District yesterday and last night.
The child victim was Margaret
Gorham who, police said ran into
the side Of an automobile as she
dashed across the street near her
home at SAB Callan street NE. She
was treated for skull injuries at
rIeeQfnen hospital.
May Bryant, SO, of 1411 N street
NV, suffered fractures of the right
leg, left knee and left shoulder
when struck by car said to have
been driven by Donald G Hess, A, of
the 100 block of Sixteenth street
NV, on the Lee highway in Airing
ton County, Va, yesterday. She was
taken to Georgetown Hospital.
Francis Mason, 26 colored. 423
Delaware avenue SW.. was treated
at Gallinger Hospital for skull and
other injuries after, police said, he
walked into the fender of an auto
mobile at First and E streets S.W.
Four Are Recovering.
Two naval officers and their wives
were reported recovering today from
injuries received last Saturday night
in an accident at Military road and
! Connecticut avenue. when an auto
crashed into the rear of their car.
Most seriously hurt was Mrs.
Thelma Coates Owen, wife of
Comdr. J. P. Owen. United States
Navy Medical Corps. chief of the
X-ray service at the Naval Hospital.
She suffered fractured pelvis.
According to police. a car oper-
ated by George Ryland, 25, colored,
of 1869 Thirty-first street NV,
struck the rear of the car in which
the Navy party was riding as it
approached the intersection. Ry-
land was charged with reckless
driving and released under $500
bond.
Also injured were Comdr. Owen,
1t. Thomas w. Carter, attached to
the Bureau of Medicine and Sur
gerry, Navy Department, and his
wife, Mrs. Vivian Maxwell Carter.
All were treated at Emergency Hos
pital for lacerations. cuts and shock.
later being transferred to the Naval
Hospital.