Evening star., 1939-10-10

Three persons, including an g.
year-old school boy, met death ir
traffic accidents in the Washington
area yesterday. One of the victims
was struck by a speeding train.
Luther M. Bready, 80, of 426 Mon
roe street, Hyattsville, was fatally
injured when hit by train on the
Baltimore & Ohio tracks near his
home yesterday afternoon. Chill
dren playing nearby discovered him
He was rushed to Casualty Hospital
where he died several hours later OF
q fractured skull.
Mr.. Bready, a retired auctioneer
was taking his daily walk from the
home of his daughter, Mrs. T. A
Hamel, to the Riverdale station. En-
route he had to cross the tracks and
was believed by members of the fam
lily to have been struck by the train
before he heard it. He was hard OF
hearing.
A native of Adamstown, Md, Mr.
Bready was for several years well
known as an auctioneer in Mont
gomery and Frederick Counties
After his retirement several years
ago, Mr.. Bready made his home with
his daughter in Riverdale He was
the last survivor of 13 children. Be-
sides his daughter, he is survived by
five grandchildren.
Running to catch a Washington
bound bus. Mrs. Lucie Mcmillan, so,
of COL Nineteenth street south,
Arlington, was knocked. down and
fatally injured at Twenty-ninth
street and jefferson Davis Highway
by light delivery truck driven. po-
lice said, by William Boyle of Callao,
Va. She was taken to Emergency
Hospital and treated for fractured
leg, internal injuries and contussions
to the head. Mrs. Boyle died at 4
pm. yesterday.
The driver of the truck was or
dered to appear before a hearing
next Tuesday in Arlington.
Fairfax Boy Killed. ~~~
Roy Clay Good, 8, Of Fairfax, was
instantly killed in front Of his home
when an automobile struck him as
he crossed Lee highway after alight-
ing from a school bus. The child's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Good
left their home on hearing the inn
pact to find his body on the high
way. The driver of the car, a Fair
fax resident, was not held, police
there said.
A coroner's jury yesterday helc
Clarence Thomas, 80, of GOT M street
NV. for Police Court action under
the Negligent Homicide Act in con-
nection with the traffic death Satur-
day of Mrs. Carrie Howard, 80, OF
the same address.
Witnesses testified that Mr.
Thomas car. in which Mrs. Howard
was passenger, sideswiped an auto
mobile at Seventeenth street and
Massachusetts, avenue Sc. last
Thursday and then overturned after
striking second car. Mrs. Howard
died at Casualty Hospital. The
driver Of the death car was unin-
jured.
Three Are Injured.
Three persons suffered injuries in
q two-car collision early this morn
ing on Lee highway south of ~Fair-
fax. They were brought to- Provi-
dence Hospital. Virginia Homer,
26, of 103 Carroll street Sc, was
treated for a possible fractured
skull and multiple abrasions. Fol-
lowing treatment, she was sent
home. John Homer, AZ, of 102
Carroll street Sc, and Burgess
Simpkins, 20, of Huntington, w.
Va, were treated for abrasions.
Five-year- Jean Schutt of
Alexandria had two teeth knocked
out while riding in an automobile
which, police said, collided with a
second car at Thirteenth and O
streets NV. last night. The child
was treated at Emergency Hospital
Police arrested and charged John
r. Lancaster, 26, colored, of 1860
Forty-eighth street NE, driver of
'the second car, with driving on the
wrong side of the street.