Evening star., 1940-03-09
Five Men Hurt
As Car Crashes
Pole in Chase
Three Of Passengers
Seriously Injured;
Driver Is Held

Driver Is Held
Five men were injured early today,
three Of them seriously, when their
automobile crashed into q telephone
pole on Telegraph rnad, about two
miles west of Alexandria, Va, as
they were being chased by police
car.
Admitted to the Alexandria Hos
pital were Robert l.. Craft, 80. 2427
Ridge road drive, Alexandria; Leslie
Finchman, 1925 Prince street, Alex
andria, and Eddie Amos, $40 Stuart
street, Charlottesville, Va. Hospital
attaches said Mr.. Crafts condition
today was fair. He was treated for
severe laceration of the throat
and a fractured jaw. X-rays were
to be taken today to determine pos
sible other injuries.
Mr.. Finchman was treated for q
fractured skull. Mr.. Amos was
treated for fractured right collar
bone and a possible fractured skull.
George Via, 2l8 South Henry street.
Alexandria, was treated for shock.
Driver Is Held.
Charles Cook, Is, 10 North Pitt
street, Alexandria, who police said
was the driver of the car, was
treated for scalp cut. He was
held in default of $1,000 bond on
charges of reckless driving, col
liding and injury to persons, police
said.
Sergt. L. E. Padgett and Corpls.
George s. Gilmore and r. j. Mullen
were chasing the men in scout
car when the accident occurred
about 4:30 am. The pursuit led
from Prince and Columbus streets
in Alexandria to the scene Of the
accident. The injured men were
taken to the hospital by the Alex
andria rescue squad ambulance. The
car was badly damaged, police said.
Two Hurt In Washington.
In Washington, two persons we're
recovering from injuries received
in accidents yesterday.
Billy Pemberton, IL, Of 132 c
street NE. was returned to his home
after being treated at Casualty Hos
pital for injuries received when
struck by a taxi in the 100 block
of c street NE.
Dorothy Coles. 80, colored, of 126
w street NV, was in Emergency
Hospital with several fractured ribs
and possible injuries to the spine
and pelvis. received when she was
struck by an automobile at Eigh-
teenth and P streets NV.
Two Students Injured.
Two University of Maryland stu
dents are In Garfield Hospital suf-
fering injuries received early this
morning when the car In which they
were passengers side-swiped steam
shovel.
The two, according to Prince
Georges County Md) Policeman
Henry c. Briscoe, are Ellen Lutzer
and Blaine Wix. Miss Lutzer lives
in Floral Park, N. Y, and Mr.. Wix
In New York City, university oficials
said. Miss Lutzer was reported in an
undetermined condition, while Mr..
Wix was said to have suffered q
chest injury.
According to Of1cer Briscoe the
accident occurred on New Hamp-
shire avenue between University
lane and the East-West highway in
Prince Georges County. when the
car struck the steam shovel stand
ing on the side of the road.
Drivers Are Exonerated.
The Capitals 11th and 18th
traffic deaths of the year, both those
of pedestrians, were ascribed to the
victims carelessneSs by q coroner's
jury yesterday.
The jury exonorated Henry S.
Washington, 20, colored, of 467 N
street NV, of responsibility for the
death of Haywood Hazard, 56,
colored, of 1911 Sixth street NV,
and william T. Murphy, "a, of 1112
Raum street NE, of blame for the
death of Col. Frederic L. Huide-
koper, 65, of 1868 Columbia road
NV.
Mr.. Hazard was pronounced dead
on arrival at Providence Hospital
Tuesday night after having been
struck at Sixth and o streets NV.
by an automobile operated by Mr..
Washington. Col. Huidekoper died
Thursday in Emergency Hospital
of Injuries received Sunday when
street car struck him at Connec-
ticut avenue and S street NV.
Testimony at the inquests indi-
Gated Mr.. Hazard had stepped into
the path of the automobile while
attempting to cross o street OUT
side of a crosswalk and that Col.
Huidekoper suddenly stepped off
loading platform on the street car
frork