Evening star., 1938-02-21
DEATH Of WOMAN
!. STRUCK BY AUTO
PUTS TOLL AT Il
Police Seek 2 Hit.Run Driv-
ers in Killing of D. C. Man,
Injury to Two Others.
ID OTHERS ARE VICTIMS
IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
District Resident and Virginian
Aiding Another Motorist
When They Were Hit.

The death today of an elderly woman
struck by an automobile last week
raised the Districts 1888 traffic ia
tality to II as Washington and Vir-
ginia police sought two hit-and-run
drivers blamed for the death of one
man and severe injury to two others
in week end accidents.
Mrs. James E. Johnston. 70, of 1897
H street NV. mother of Prof. Francis
Johnston of George Washington Uni
versity, died in Emergency Hospital
of injuries received when struck by
an automobile as she was crossing
Pennsylvania avenue at Eighteenth
street NV. last Tuesday night.
Police said DR.. Ernest Morgan. 50, of
1909 Pennsylvania avenue NV. who
was held under 81 900 bond on reckless
driving charges in connection with
the accident, would be held for action
of a coroners jury. Twenty-Five traffic
deaths had been reported here at this
time last year.
John N. Kidwell, 49, Of 2435 Third
street N NE., a railway express employe.
was killed, and Dowell Thompson. 35,
of Herndon, Va, was injured when
they were struck by an old sedan that
failed to stop on the Alexandria Lees
burg pike, near Colvin Run, in Fairfax
County, Va, early yesterday.
The two men were attempting to
aid another motorist whose car had
run off the road when the hit-and-
run machine struck them and sped on
toward Leesburg. Both were taken
to Georgetown Hospital where Mr..
Kidwell was pronounced dead. Mr..
Thompson was reported recovering to-
day from severe head injuries.
Another Hit-Run Victim.
The other hit-and-run victim was
Russell Downs, 81, Burlington Hotel.
who was struck and knocked down by
sedan bearing Virginia license tags
on Fourteenth street near Thomas
Circle. He was treated at Emergency
Hospital for brain conclusion. His
skull may be fractured.
Nathanial B. Page, 25, Of IA East
Bradley lane, Chevy Chase, Md, re-
ceived fractured leg. and three fellow
students at George Washington Uni
versity were cut and bruised when the
automobile in which they were riding
crashed into a telephone pole in the
$500 block of Wisconsin avenue NV.
The other students hurt, all treated
at Georgetown. were Harold H. Slick,
25, of 4230 Chesapeake street NV,
listed by police as driver of the car:
Oliver Gray. %. of 1719 Rhode Island
avenue NV. and William J. Hunter,
"a. of the same address.
Mrs Addie Allen, wife Of Repre-
sentative Allen of Delaware, and their
son, w. Franklin Allen, 80, were re-
ported recovering today at their home
in Seaford, Del. from injuries received
when their automobile skidded and
crashed into a telephone pole near
Grasonville, Md, yesterday.
Representative Allen was at home
for the week end. and his wife and
son were en- route to Washington to
meet their daughter, Doris. a student
at the Holton Arms School, when the
accident occurred.
Others Injured.
Jack Fitzpatrick. q, Of IT'S Third
street NE, received a possible frac-
ture of the hand when a mail truck
he was driving collided with an auto
mobile operated by George w. Murphy
of Alexandria and overturned at North
Capitol and H streets today. Mr..
Murphy was not hurt.
Those reported injured slightly in
other traffic accidents included Naomi
Chase, 81. Of 1401 Columbia road
NV; Richard K. Roger. jr. of 1911
Columbia road NV: Ralph Zerkel,
Al, of 1920 Fourteenth street Sc;
Mrs. Lillian Reed, 81, Of l748 Kill
bourne place NV; Ralph Smith, 54,
of the Mayflower Hotel Washington
correspondent of the Atlanta Journal;
Catherine Dorsey, l8. colored. of 1905
Fifth street NV: Mary Robbins. AZ,
Of 4600 Bowen road Sc: Mary Crarc,
20, Of the same address, and Ray
mond schaefer. "a, of 45l5 Eo'k
Creek Church road NV.