Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-24
Two Are Killed
And Nine Hurt
In Accidents
Mother of Six
Killed by Truck on
Baltimore Rood

Two persons were Killed ana nine
others were injured, one seriously,
In automobile accidents in and near
Washington yesterday and last
night, and a 30-year-old man died
in Alexandria City Hospital as the
result of an accident in Virginia
Thursday.
Mrs. Della Doyle, SO, proprietor
of a lunch room near Elkridge, Nd
on the Baltimore Boulevard, and
mother of six children, was killed
when struck by truck late yester-
day in front of her establishment.
Maryland State Trooper M. E.
jackson took Mrs. Doyle to st.
Agnes Hospital in Baltimore where
she was pronounced dead.
State police listed the driver of the
truck as Ralph Arthur Huestis, rs,
of Baltimore. He was ordered to
appear before Trial Magistrate j..
Edwin Hazlup at Savage, Nd, on
December 7.
George Bayliss, IS, of Branchville,
Nd. died in Casualty Hospital OF a
fractured skull received a few hours
earlier when hit by an automobile
on the Baltimore boulevard at
Berwyn.
James johnson, 81, colored, Of
Beltsville, Md, driver Of the car,
was charged with reckless driving,
police reported.
Dies After Collision.
Cecil Dye, 80 of the 1900 block OF
r street NE, died in the Alexandra
Hospital of a fractured skull re-
ceived when the automobile he was
driving collided in Alexandria
Thursday with q trailer truck. Po-
lice said the truck driver was Ferney
Payne, 46, colored, of Columbia, Va.
After the car he was driving
crashed into the rear end of bus
which had stopped for trafflc light
ut Thirteenth and I streets NV,
Jacob Hurwitz, 48, $500 block of Hi
nois avenue NV, was taken to
Emergency Hospital suffering with
a skull injury His condition was
said to be serious.
Harry L. Mattingly, so, of Pisgah,
Nd, was suffering a head injury
and was reported to be in an unde-
termined condition at Casualty
Hospital last night following an &C
eident on the Brandywine-La Plata
road in MARYLAND.
Maryland State police at Brandy
vine said Mr.. Mattingly was the
driver of an automobile which
crashed into stone abutment and
sent two 'colored passengers in the
automobile to the La Plata Hos
pital. The passengers were identi-
fed as Benton Garner, go, of Hill
top, Md, said to be suffering a
fractured skull and the most seri-
ously injured of the two, and Mar
eellus Huntington, So, Of Pisgah,
suffering decorations about the face.
Nine-year-old John Lyon, jr,,
eolored, of $50 Second street NE,
was struck by cab at Second and
d streets NE. while he was roller
skating. His condition at Casualty
Hospital, where he was being treated
for head injuries, was said to be fair
Two Injured at Fairfax.
Carl Ruder, "a, of 2123 F street
NV, and Claude Mclean, %, 1876
Twenty-second street NV, were in
jured after their car struck road
barricade at Fairfax, Va. Mr.. Ruder
was admitted to Emergency Hos
pital, suffering with a skull injury.
His companion suffered only minor
injuries.
Edward ]. Beck, A, of the 900
block of Tenth street NE, received
four broken ribs and cuts when the
car he was driving crashed into
parked automobile on Constitution
avenue near Tenth street. He was
removed to Emergency Hospital.
In Clifton Forge, Va, an accident
yesterday took the lives OF two
motorists. H. E. Coffman, of Win
chester, and Monoval T. Dame. OF
Clifton Forge, were instantly killed
when their two automobiles collided
head on.
Mrs. Coffman was taken to- the
c. and o. Hospital at Clifton Forge
In a serious condition The Con-
mans two children, Ronnie, 8, and
Betty, IL, we're cut and bruised.