Evening star., 1939-11-03
Man Is Killed,
Several Injured in
Traffic Accidents
l7-Yeor-oId Girl,
In Crash Month
Ago, Dies

Trafnc accidents In the Washing
ton area overnight left a Richmond
man dead near Waldorf, Nd. and
sent several pedestrians to hospi-
tails. one in q critical condition.
while a 17-year-old girl died at
Casualty Hospital Of injuries re-
ceived in a crash q month ago.
The Richmond victim, Randolph
Arnold. about 43, died instantly from
fractured skull as he stepped into
the side OF, . truck he was attempt
ing to hail, State police reported.
He had been riding toward WASH
ington on the Leonardtown pike in
the truck Of friend, Joseph D.
Wilson. sos Sixth street S.W., when
about midnight their gasoline gave
out. Mr.. Arnold saw a second truck
approaching from the opposite di-
rection and walked across the road
to flag 1t down and ask for help.
The driver, Marcus Weitz, 27, of
Leonardtown, told officers he never
saw the man." but stopped when he
felt an impact at the side of his
vehicle. No charge was placed
against him.
Joseph Koestler, II, of 4138
Twenty-second street NE, run down
by an automobile while boarding
street car at Rhode Island avenue
and Twentieth street NE. last night.
was in Sibley Hospital with critical
head injuries.
The driver of the striking car,
Frank E. Conkling, 76, of Patchoque,
N. Y, was released by twelfth pre-
cinct police after posting $500 bond
on a reckless driving charge,
Autopsy to Be Performed.
The death was that of Hazel Sol
lers, colored, of the first block of
Quincy street NV, who was injured
october In an accident at COL
lington, Md. Maryland authorities
said an autopsy would be performed
today to determine the exact cause
of death.
Run down by a car at w street
and Florida avenue NV, William
Fletcher, 60, colored, 637 w street
NV, was in a serious condition
today at Freedman's Hospital with
skull injuries and body bruises.
Police said the driver of the auto
mobile fled, leaving the car at the
scene of the accident.
Marian Randall, Z, Of 1869 Bilt-
more street NV, was slightly hurt
when she ran into the side of an
automobile which stopped suddenly
on Sixteenth street NV. near Euclid
street to avoid striking a small boy
who ran across the street between
cars slowing down for q trafic light.
Marian was allowed to return home
after treatment at Garfield Hospital.
Police said the car was driven by
James D. Conover, 30-year-old en-
ploye Of the Commerce Department.
North Carolinian Hurt.
Head and internal injuries were
received by Pascal Barber, 80, of
Fayetteville, N. c., when he was
struck by an automobile at Sixth
and G streets NV. He was ad-
mitted to Casualty.
Helen Stubbs, 23, colored, 73 L
street NV, was treated at Casualty
for contusions to her right side and
head injuries received when she was
struck by an automobile on Mich
igan avenue NE. near Quincy street
Policeman Herbert C.. Wright OF
the trafIlc division was injured
slightly when his motorcycle col
lided with an automobile at Fourth
and Bryant streets NV. while he
was pursuing q speeding car. The
driver of the car involved In the
collision, John H. Thrasher, a, o1
1923 Fourteenth street NV, was
charged at the thirteenth precinct
station with failure to give right o1
way. The onicer did not require
hospital treatment.