Evening star., 1939-10-09
Injuries Are Fatal
To Two Victims Of
Nearby Traffic
Vireinion, 81, Killed;
Several Are Hurt
In Accidents

Two week end traffic deaths were
recorded today and a number of
accident victims were under treat
ment in Washington hospitals, two
with serious injuries.
Milton Caldwell, "a, of Roanoke,
Va, was run down and fatally in
jured in front of his daughters
home on Washington street in Falls
Church last night. He had been out
for an afternoon drive with friends
and when he ahghted from the
car he stepped into the path of an
other machine.
Mr. Caldwell died in Homeopathic
Hospital three hours after the acci-
dent He had been visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Raymond Lee, for
several days.
Driver Not Held.
The driver of the car, Raymond c.
Fowler of Arlington, Va, was not
held.
James Washington, 54, colored. of
the HOO block of Sixth street NV,
died at Casualty Hospital yesterday
as result of injuries received Sep
tember IA in an automobile crash
near Muirkirk, Md. The victim suf-
fered compound fractures of both
legs and internal injuries.
Two youths narrowly missed seri-
Gus injury this morning when an
automobile attached to Boiling Field
and driven by Corpl Joseph P.
Drummer, 81. and motor cycle
operated by Paul A. Bender, 81, of
42l Second street NE collided at
First and E streets Sc.
Thrown from his motor cycle,
Bender was treated at Providence
Hospital for skull injuries and later
went home. The impact turned the
Army car over, but Corpl. Drummer
escaped with only bruised arm.
Mrs. Emma Smith, 81, of 214
Twentieth street NV. was in,
serious condition in Alexandria
(Va) Hospital with injuries received
in crash on route l near Alexan-
dria late yesterday. Doctors said
she received multiple fractures of
her ribs and legs and severe head
injuries.
The car in which she was riding
with her husband, Raymond F.
Smith, A, and a friend collided
with another occupied by four
Washington colored persons. The
driver of the latter machine fled
following the crash and Arlington
County police were looking for him
today.
Three Are etained.
His three companions were being
held for investigation. Others in
the Smith car escaped injury.
A hit-run driver ran down and Sc
riously injured Richard Forest Mur-
ply, IS, of Landover, Nd, while he
was walking on River Road near
Bladensburg. Mr.. Murphy was un-
der treatment at Casualty for
broken leg and severe head injuries.
Knocked down by a small truck as
she ran to catch a Washington-
bound bus on Route / at Twentieth
street south, Arlington, Va, this
morning, Mrs. Lucy McMullen of
601 Nineteenth street south suffered
a fractured right leg. She was taken
to Emergency Hospital where her
condition was undetermined.
Mamie Dabney, IS, colored, 1888
Eighth street NV, was admitted to
Freedmen's Hospital today for
treatment of injuries received when
she was struck by a motorcycle as
she crossed Seventh street NV, in
the 1900 block.
John E. Norfolk, 8, of Upper Marl-
boro, Md, also was in q serious con-
dition with injuries received when
he was struck by an automobile near
his home yesterday. The boy was
treated at Providence Hospital for
a compound leg fracture and head
injuries. Doctors feared he suf-
fered q fractured skull.
More than q score of other acci-
dents were recorded by local and
nearby police, but victims were not
injured seriouslv.