Evening star., 1939-10-15
Milk Truck Driver
Held in Accident
Injured Boy
Child Suffers Fracture
Of Leg; MotorcyeIist
Hurt in Crash

After an accident in which g.
year-old boy suffered a fractured
leg, police placed charges last night
against Harold D. Gates, 30, Of 28l9
Twelfth street NV. of driving with
out a District permit and of operat-
ing a dairy truck with a defective
hand brake.
Police said that Mr.. Gates was
driving the truck south on First
street NV, in the 1900 block, when
the boy. Francis Stello. of 2022
First street NV. ran from behind
a parked car. The lad apparently
ran into the side of the truck and
was thrown to the pavement, they
reported. A rnotorist took him to
Sibley Hospital, where his condi-
ton was declared not serious.
Policemen A. w. Taylor and j. l..
Rinker Of the I'd precinct placed
the charges against Mr.. Gates,
who was released on $500 bond to
appear at the Office of the assistant
corporation counsel.
Three-Car Crash.
Five hundred dollars bond also was
required of John N. Stinchcomb.
AZ, of 1901 Calvert street NV, on a
charge of driving while drunk, after
three-car collision on Sixteenth
street NV, near Whittier street.
Police reported that Mr.. Stinch-
comb was driving north when his
car collided with a southbound auto
mobile driven by David Butter
worth, %, of Spencerville, Md. which
was thrown back into another
southbound car operated by Robert
C. Tetro, %, of 1850 Wyoming ave-
nue. NV.
Mr.. Butterworth's mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Butterworth, 63 was treat
ed at Emergency Hospital for
possible fractured ankle, and his
wife Olga for bruises.
Police said that two passengers
in the Stinchcomb car also received
slight injuries. They are Grace
Lord, Al, who suffered bruises, and
Cliff Wather, 40, who had several
teeth knocked out. police reported.
Both live at 1749 Columbia road NV.
Motorcycle in Crash.
A motorcyclist, John R. Clifford.
25, of 506 Longfellow street NV,
was painfully injured last night in
collision with an automobile
driven by George F. Eppley, 60, of
"A Madison street NE Police said
the two were approaching each
other on Riggs road NE, when
Mr.. Eppley attempted to make a
left turn to 60 north on First street.
Mr.. Clifford was treated at the
Office of DR.. Millard C. Ottman,
$500 Fourth street NV, for shock,
contusions of the left ankle, lacera-
tions to the left side and shoulder,
and abrasions of his head and face.
Later he was taken home.
Seven-year-old Earl Swain, COL
ored, of 331 Fifteenth street Sc,
received a fractured left leg when
he ran into a car driven by j.
Brodie Curtiss. 80, 1884 Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc, while playing in
the street in front of his home.
police reported. Mr.. Curtiss took
the boy to Gallinger Hospital.
Youth Is Injured.
While riding his bicycle on Min
nesota avenue at Twenty-seventh
street Sc, Ellsworth White, is, of
1907 Ely place Sc, collided with an
automobile operated by Joseph
Stueckler, 81, 322 Anacostia road
Sc. He was able to return home
after treatment at Casualty Hos
pital for abrasions to elbows and
knees.
Mrs. Janey McCausland, SIS, of
1910 North Vernon street. Arlington,
was treated at Georgetown Univer-
sity Hospital for shock and abrasions
suffered when she is said to have
walked into the side of an automo-
bile at Washington boulevard and
jackson street.
Police said that James v. Collins
of 3402 Wilson boulevard, Arlington,
was the driver of the car. Mr.. Col
Inns removed the woman to the
hospital.
Head injuries were received by
Mrs. Alice Baird, 56, of 1882 Tenth
street NV. in q collision between
two cars on Arlington Ridge road
near Memorial Bridge. Mrs. Baird
also was carried to Georgetown Hos
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