Evening star., 1939-02-03
Hit.Run Car Kills
Son Of House
Member
MiIIord Caldwell, Sd,
Left Dying on Street;
Wide Hunt Begins

Twelve -year-old Millard Fillmore
Caldwell, Sd, son of Representative
Millard F. Caldwell and Mrs. Cald-
we'll of Florida, was run down and
fatally injured shortly before am.
today by hit-and-run driver who,
police say, left him dying in the
middle of the intersection of Con-
necticut avenue and Woodley road
NV.
Police Chief Ernest w. Brown
Immediately took charge of an in
tensive hunt for the driver. A gen.
eral lookout was broadcast to the
Washington area for officers to can
vaSS garages and be on the alert
for new model, streamlined black
coupe stained with blood which
might need repairs to the radiator
or front tenders.
The tragedy occurred in the half
light of rainy dawn shortly after
the boy left the home of his parents
at 2706 Woodley place NV, to catch
a bus on Connecticut avenue NV.
for the Capitol, where he was in the
eighth grade at the school for pages.
The boy had temporary appoint-
ment as a page.
Boy Seen on Knees.
Dorothy Perry. colored, operator
of a switchboard in an apartment
at 2701 Connecticut avenue, on the
northwest corner OF the intersection,
said he noticed the boy, a few min
uteS before Z o'clock, on his knees
near the middle of Connecticut ave-
nue.. He supposed the boy had
stopped to tie shoe lace.
Perry said he glanced out min
ute later and saw the boy had COL
lapsed in the street This was at
point opposite the bus stop and
the north curb line of Woodley road.
Buses at this stop pull in to the
curb for passengers just north Of
Woodley road.
Perry hurried to the street. and.
with the aid of taxicab driver who
happened by. moved the dying boy
to the southwest corner of the in
| tersection.
| An ambulance was summoned
from Emergency Hospital and the
boy was pronounced dead by the
physician in charge.
Black Coupe Suspected.
Police said that one witness, whose
identity they withheld. heard the
noise of an impact and looked out
at the intersection in time to see a
"black coupe with streamlined
body proceeding north on Con-
necticut avenue. The witness said
he could see no one in the coupe
because the windows were logged.
The car was a new one, he said.
The boy lived several blocks east
of Connecticut avenue and appar-
emily was crossing from the east to
the bus stop on the west curb when
the accident occurred Police could
find no skid marks or other clues
on the street
Young Caldwell was first identi-
fled through a notebook bearing his
name. The body was removed to
the Morgue, where Coroner A.
Magruder Macdonald will perform
an autopsy later today to determine
! just how the boy was struck.
A coroner's jury was sworn In
shortly before noon to consider the
case.
Meanwhile, two motorists whose
cars met the general description of
the death machine were picked up
for questioning. one each at the
third and eighth precincts Police,
however. said that neither was a
likely suspect.
Inspector Bernard w. Thompson,
chief of detectives, appealed to the
public to give police any informa-
tion bearing on the case.
Serving Temporarily as Page.
Millard, native of Milton, Fla,
where he attended public schools,
was temporarily appointed as
page by Representative Cox of
Georgia. His parents were at their
home a few blocks from the scene
When informed of the accident. The
body then was identified by Terry
Lee. the Representative secretary.
The Rev. OrriS G.. Robinson of the
Calvary M. E. Church, in his prayer
opening the session of the House to-
day, said, oh, God remember the
member whose son was taken from
him so suddenly this morning and
be with and comfort his family"
In addition to his parents, the boy
is survived by two sisters. Sally
Perkins, II, and Susan Beverly
Caldwell, 9. He was in the eighth
grade at the Page School, and his
principal, E. L. Kendall, considered
him one of the schools most prom
Using pupils. He was especially pop
ular with his classmates, it was said.
In discussing police investigation
of the accident, Maj Brown said:
"The department is doing every
thing humanity possible to appre-
hend the driver of the automobile.
I have asked that special attention
be given to all details of the case
and every officer on duty is in on
the investigation. Congressman
Caldwell is personal friend of