Evening star., 1940-07-01
3Are Killed,
Many Injured
In Auto Crashes
Woshingtonion Held
As ; Others Die;
Inferno Is Arrested

InteIHe IS ATTeSteO
Three persons were dead today
and several others injured as the
result of traffic accidents in and
near Washington.
From Martinsburg, w. Va, the
Associated Press reported that
James Marshall Stout, 40, of WASH
ington was being held by police fol-
lowing an accident in which three
persons, who went to the aid of
other crash victims, were killed.
At Gretna, Va, five lost their
lives in a grade-crossing accident.
Dead in Nearby Area.
The traffic dead in the WASH
ington area are Winfield Swami,
SIS, of Hughesville, Md; Ruby
Moore, 20, colored, of Arlington, Va,
and her 3-month-old son Earl.
Mr.. Swami died at tbs o'clock
last night in Casualty Hospital. He
was brought to the hospital on Fri
day for treatment of injuries re-
ceived when struck by a car near
his home.
Maryland police were holding
Clarence Cooksey, 61 of Dentsville,
Md, as driver of the car.
Mrs. Moore and her son were
killed in collision near Savage,
Md.
Earl Moore, the husband and
driver OF the car, and his two BROTH
ers, George and Jesse, also of Ar.
llngton, sustained minor injuries.
State Patrolmen Murray Jackson
and Frank White said the machine
colllded with one driven by Samuel
Carter, n, OF Howard County.
Inferno Free Under Bond.
A Providence Hospital interne was
free under $500 bond after being
charged with driving while under
the influence of liquor, following an
accident in Rock Creek Park yes
terday. He is DR.. Edward R. Stone,
jr., 26, of 2514 @ street NV.
The accident in which DR.. Stone
was allegedly involved occurred
near M street NV. on the Rock
Creek and Potomac parkway. The
lnterne's automobile allegedly COL
llded with car driven by Police.
man William c. Truesdale, I'LL B
street NV, who was off duty at
the time.
A few seconds later the interne's
car struck another automobile, ac-
cordlng to police, driven by Charles
Watson, So, of 1916 F street NV.
This car was forced over an en-
banhment and passenger, Mrs.
Selma Powell, IS, of 1900 F street
NV, received scalp cuts.
Policeman Truesdale reported
that he set out in pursuit of DR..
Stones car, overtaking it near
Twenty-f1fth and @ streets NV.
Arraigned in Police Court today, the
inferno pleaded not guilty and de-
manded a jury trial.
Injured by Street Car.
George G.. Lewis, 7, colored, Of
4445 Deane avenue NE, was in seri-
Gus condition at Casualty Hospital
today with injuries received when
he was struck by street car yes
terday
According to police, the boy was
crossing Deane avenue near Forty
sixth street, running from one par
ent to another, when the street car
!; hit him.
Mae Ashe, 26, of 2232 Observatory
place NV, was treated at George
town Hospital last night for injuries
received when the car in which she
was passenger was in a collision at
Thirty fourth and Macomb streets
shortly after 10 pm.
Catherine Mills, 81, of Steubens-
vile, Ohio, was in serious condition
in Emergency Hospital today with
injuries received yesterday when the
car in which she was riding over
turned near Middleburg, va.
Four Hurt Near Beltsville.
: Four persons were brought to
Casualty Hospital early yesterday
following an accident near Belts
vile. Md. The injured were: Inez
Seagraves, "a, of 1872 Euclid street
NV: Dorothy Parrish, %, of 2911
Forty fifth street NV; Marie Nc
Cullough, %, of 31o North Caro-
lima avenue Sc, and Pvt. Edward
; Ricke, 81, of Boiling Field.
At Providence Hospital three
youths from Lanham, Md, were
treated for injuries received in an
; accident on the Defense highway,
near Ardmore, Md. Their car left
the road, according to police, and
struck phone pole.
They gave their names as George
Stephens, 10, who was transferred
to the Episcopal Ear, Eye, Nose and
Throat Hospital for treatment of
eye injuries; Essel Maxwell, 20, and
Albert Egerton. 10, who received
minor hurts. They were brought to
the hospital by the Bladensburg
Rescue Squad.
Washingtonian Held.
Mr.. Stout, 40, who lives in the
l4O0 block of Girard street NV, was
held under $4,000 bond last night in
Martlnsburg on manslaughter
charges as the driver of an automo-
bile which struck and killed three
men who had alighted from their
automobile to help four others in
Jured in a previous highway acci-
dent. An inquest was set for this
afternoon.
The dead, who had been struck by
Mr. Stout'S car, according to State
Trooper A. T. Hodges, were: Emery
Lee Painter, Al, of Martinsburg;
PETERS c. Peck. 72, and George Ray
mond Peck, 40, both of Charles
Town.
Garnett Seibert of Pikeside, near
Martinsburg. the most seriously
injured of those in the first wreck,
died last night of a fractured skull.
Others in the two automobiles in
volved in the first collision were not
seriously hurt.
Five in Auto Are Killed
At Virginia Grade Crossing