Evening star., 1940-03-11
Two Pedestrians
Killed, /, Several
Hurt in Traffic
Critical Injuries
Suffered by Two;
Policemen in Crash

TOIICemen III NIOSn
Two pedestrians were killed and
several motorists were injured, two
critically, in automobile accidents
in nearby Maryland and Virginia
over the week end Among the in
jured were two United States park
policemen involved in a collision
on the Mount Vernon Memorial
highway.
The two pedestrian victims were
Mrs. Belle Hamilton, 40, of the HOO
block of Seventeenth street NV. a
former Veterans Administration
employe, and James Corcoran, 80, OF
28l4 Thirty-ninth street NV, both
of whom were hit by an automo-
bile on the Baltimore pike near
Muirkirk, Md. Mrs. Hamilton was
killed instantly, and Mr.. Corcoran
died at 10:55 am. today at Casualty
Hospital, where he had been under
treatment for head and chest in
juries and broken right leg.
Patrick Shugrue, with whom Mr..
Corcoran lived at the Thirty-ninth
street address, said Mr.. Corcoran
and Mrs. Hamilton were on their
way to visit her daughter who lived
near Muirkirk. They got off a bus
and were walking along the side Of
the road when they were struck
by a car which Prince Georges
County police said was operated by
James Macklin of 5231a Third street
NE. He was held under bond
pending an inquest by DR.. James I.
Boyd, county medical examiner.
Had Been Newsboy.
Mr.. Corcoran, according to Mr..
Shugrue, was for many years a
newsboy and sold papers at Seven
teenth and Pennsylvania avenue
NV. He knew many prominent
men in civil life and had a wide
acquaintance among Army and
Navy officers, to whom he sold pa
pers at the corner. President Roose-
welt, when he was Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy in the Wilson adj
ministration, was one of Mr.. Corco-
rams customers.
Mrs. Hamilton was identified
early today by Mr.. Shugrue at the
Gasch funeral home in Hyattsville.
County police we're attempting to
locate her daughter.
Mrs. Mabel Parnell, a, of 1917
North Wayne street, Arlington, Va,
was in Georgetown Hospital today
with fractured skull and severe
cuts and bruises sustained when the
car in which she was riding with
her husband, Arthur Parnen, and
son. Arthur, jr, was struck by
another on Arlington Ridge road a
short distance south of the Arling-
ton National Cemetery gate.
The other car was going in the
opposite direction and sped on with
out stopping after the accident. The
Parnell machine careened into the
ditch. A passing motorist took Mrs.
Parnell to the hospital, where her
condition was described as critical.
Policemen Hurt.
Policemen Charles Apfelbeck and
Joseph E. Shawhan of the United
States Park Police escaped with
minor injuries when their patrol car
collided on the Memorial Highway
with one operated by Roland H.
Cooke, %, of 1922 N street NV.
yesterday. Mr.. Cooke slowed down
suddenly near the Wellington View
overpass south of Alexandria, Va.
to make a U turn, according to the
police report. and the police car
struck his machine from behind.
Mr.. Shawhan was given f1rst-aid
treatment at Alexandria Hospital.
A collision on Conduit road, near
Glen Echo, Md, sent Robert l..
Robertson, 38, of Wilson lane.
Bethesda, to Georgetown Hospital
with injuries to his head and chest.
His condition was undetermined
George Stevens, 40, of 7O5 G street
Sc. was in Casualty Hospital with
injuries received in an accident in
the 3400 block of Alabama avenue
yesterday. He was passenger in q
car which struck a lipht mole