Evening star., 1939-04-03
Traffic Deaths
Increase 10 26,
|5Past 1888
Woman, IT.; Man, 50.
Struck by Autos,
Die Of Injuries

Washington's 1899 traffic toll to
day stood at 26 dead, five more tina
In the corresponding period last yea
as result Of four deaths here owe
the week end.
Three of the four victims wer
pedestrians, bringing the pedestria.
deaths of the year to %.
Two of the four victims died yes
terday from injuries received Sc,
eral days ago. They were:
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Leonard, II,
1855 Euclid street NV, who VIZ
injured March "a when knocke
down by an automobile on H stree
between Fourteenth and Fifteent
streets NV.
Oscar H. Schmidt, SO, of 206 Ea
Capitol street, who was struck +
an automobile on March Is at Thir
and East Capitol streets.
Two others were killed in weel
end traffic accidents. In one acc
dent, Howard c. Reed, So, of Tuxed
Md, was fatally injured Saturda
night when his automobile struck :
parked car and ran into the req
Of a truck.
In another accident, Willial
Armstrong, 40, colored, of 252Oh
street NV, was killed when struc
by an automobile while crossing
street near Thirteenth street NV.
One other person was killed
the Washington area, outside Il
District, and several injured, one 81
riously, as the Cherry Blossom
brought the heaviest traffic of tt
year to this section.
1nquests will be held at 1880 ar
tomorrow into the deaths of MI
Leonard and Mr.. Schmidt. Lucas
Michos, %. of 430 Eighth street 81
driver Of the car, police said, whic
struck Mrs. Leonard, and Mabel '
Maddox, q. of 1409 South Carolin
avenue S. E., driver of the automc
bile which hit Mr.. Schmidt, hay
been ordered to appear.
Meanwhile, Coroner A. Magrude
Macdonald issued a certificate G
accidental death in the accider
Saturday which cost the life of M.
Reed. The crash in which he wa
killed occurred at Twenty-fourt.
street and Benning road NE.
In an accident Saturday nigh
at Travilah, Md, Charles Hamilton
"a. of -Four Corners, Md. was kille,
instantly when his automobile col
llded head-on with a truck in
heavy rain. Mr.. Hamilton, a brick
mason, was thrown against tn
windshield and died of head in
Juries. His father in law, Harr
King, received a broken jaw an
two brothers-in-law, Albert B. Kin,
30, and George H. Skinner, 30, a
OF -Four Corners, were cut an
bruised. Occupants of the true
were not injured.
In Washington accidents, Arnol,
c. Phillips, IS, of SIG Tenth stree
Sc. was injured seriously when hi
automobile collided at Pennsylvani;
avenue and Carpenter street Sc
with a car operated, police said, b,
Harry Westenhaver, 30, of the Nava
Air Station. Mr.. Phillips suffere,
skull and other injuries and his con
dition was reported today by Casualt
Hospital attendants as not fully de
termined. Mr.. Westenhaver re
ceived minor cuts and bruises.
Miss Anna Bowman, 10, of 423
Wisconsin avenue NV, was treate
by a private physician for brusI
burns and cuts after she was knock
ed down in a safety zone in tn
1900 block of Wisconsin avenue.
Robert E. Case, 4S. a transient
was injured today while crossin
Pennsylvania avenue between Sixtl
and Seventh streets NV, whel
struck by street car operated
police said, by Harley Glass. 30, O
1408 Crittenden street NV. H
was removed to Casualty and treat
ed for decorations of left side an
arm injuries.