Evening star., 1939-08-05
Two Men Killed
In Fairfax Auto
Accidents
Inquests Set Today;
Two Washington
Children Hurt

Two men were killed and two
children injured in traffic accidents
in Washington and nearby Virginia
yesterday and last night.
1nquests were slated today oy the
Fairfax County coroner in the two
Virginia fatalities, while the District
coroner to set Monday for an inquest
into the death of 8-year-old George
Tarant, who was fatally injured by
delivery truck Thursday night
near his home in the 1900 block of
Twelfth street NE.
Victim OF the Fairfax fatalities
were Noah Lyons, 56, 1430 Belmont
street NV, and William H. Car
penter, the latter cclored, OF Falls
Church, Va.
Mr.. Lyons died III Alexandria CVa.)
Hospital today after the collision of
his car with another on the WASH
lngton-Richmond highway yester-
day. Carpenter, 73, was killed by
another auto while walking across
the Lee Highway.
Arm Is Amputated.
Mr.. Lyons right arm was badly
mangled in the crash, and later was
amputated in an effort to save his
life. His car collided with another
said by police to have been driven
by Robert H. Hunt of Alexandria.
State police charged Mr.. Hunt with
driving while intoxicated and he
was held overnight in the Fairfax
County Jail
Carpenter was knocked into
ditch by an automobile driven by
Randolph I. Butler, 81, of Merri-
field, Va, police said. Mr.. Butler
was being held in the Fairfax County
Jail on a charge of driving after his
permit had been revoked. Police
said his license was revoked after
a hit-and-run accident in which a
man was injured about three years
ago.
The two deaths brought to II the
number of traffic fatalities in Fair
fax County this year, more than
for the same period year ago when
the county set record with a total
of 80 auto deaths for the year-the
highest of any county in the State.
Woman Dies From Shock.
Mrs. Florence Beans, 70, of 211
South street Sc. Washington, died
in Emergency Hospital yesterday
from shock as result of an accident
on the Leesburg pike near Browns
Chapel last Saturday.
Gronupr Sutton ir If
street NV, suffered skull injuries
and cuts on the face, legs and body
yesterday when knocked from his
bicycle by an automobile in the 2100
block of Thirty street NV.
His condition was reported as fair
today at Georgetown Hospital.
Granger's younger brother Ray
mond, 5, was thrown from the
handle bars of the bicycle. He was
treated for cuts on the arms and
face and sent home The car, police
reported, was operated by James w.
Ross, 20, colored, of the 1900 block
of Thirty street NV.
The Tarant child was run down
while his family looked on from
their front porch. He died several
hours later. The driver of the
truck Mike Leon, As, of the 100 block
of Riggs place S. E., has been
ordered TO appear at the inquest.
Child Struck BY Auto.
The other child seriously hurt yes
terday afternoon was Norman
Mensh, 6, of 722 Fourth street SW.,
who was struck by an automobile as
he ran between two parked cars,
police said. in the 600 block of Fourth
street SW. He was treated at
Providence Hospital for possible in
ternal injuries and multiple cuts
about the face, head and body. His
condition was described as fair" to-
day. The automobile, police re-
ported, was operated by Wayne B.
Bronson, e. of the 140O block of
Girard street NV.
Mrs. Mary Fonda, 35, of 1881 Ver-
mont avenue NV, was treated at
Casualty Hospital last night for a
compound fracture of the right arm
received in an automobile accident
on Largo road in Prince Georges
County, Md. She was taken to the
hospital by fire rescue squad. The
car in which Mrs. Fonda was riding,
police said, overturned on bank.