Evening star., 1941-03-08
Icy Highways
Cost One Life;;
Many Injured
New Yorker Is Killed
And Wife Hurt
Near Accotink

One man was killed and several
others injured in series of traffic
accidents in Washington and vicin-
ity as streets and highways became
glazed with ice and snow. Most of
the accidents were caused by skid
ding.
Ernest Evictoreen, TO- of Cold
Springs Harbor, Long Island, N. Y,
lost his life in a collision of an auto
mobile and truck on U. S. Highway
No. l near Accotink yesterday after
noon. Fairfax County police said
the truck, driven by Joseph Taylor
of Richmond, went out of control on
an icy hill.
Mr.. Evictoreen's wife, Mrs. Ann
Evictoreen, so, is in Alexandria Hos
pital with leg and head injuries.
Hospital attaches said her condition
is fair"
Mr.. Taylor, who was not injured,
was held under $500 bond by Fair
fax County police on a charge OF
I6CkleSS uIIN1lS.
A Washington police radio dis
patcher. Charles E. Riley, 81, of
Arlington, Va, suffered abdominal
injuries when his car skidded and
crashed with another at Fifth and
D streets Sc He was taken to
Casualty Hospital The driver of
the other automobile, reported by
police to be Edward Crosthwait, so,
of 1445 East Capitol street, was
charged with failing to yield the
right of way.
Hit Light Pole.
Nathan r. Wolfsheimer, 81, of
Baltimore was treated at Walter
Reed Hospital for lacerations of the
head and face after his car skidded
and struck a light pole in the 5000
block of Georgia avenue NV. Wal
ter Stowe, 20, colored, of 1888 STAN
ton road Sc, a passenger in the
car, was treated for lacerations on
his forehead.
In a similar accident on the New
Jersey Avenue Bridge at E street
Sc, Henry G. West. 80, of 308 e
street SW.. was injured about the
chest and was treated at Providence
Hospital.
A collision of a streetcar and auto
mobile at Ninth and c streets NE.
resulted in minor injuries to Ever
ard H. Hughes, 1S, colored, of 81 r
street NV, and a companion, John
De Vine, 20, colored, of 1921 Morris
road Sc. They were treated at
Casualty Hospital.
John H. Mill, 46, of AL East Capt.
tol street, received hip and rib in
juries when his car skidded through
a stop sign at Third and z streets
NV, and collided with a truck. He
also was treated at Casualty Hos
pital.
Lewis Brown, 30, colored, of 453
Delaware avenue S.W., was struck
by an automobile while crossing the
street at New Jersey avenue and
street Sc. He was treated for
minor injuries at Providence Hos
pital and released.
Truck Driver Hurt.
Fields Hash of Beltsville, Md, was
treated for shoulder injuries and
shock by a private physician and
later removed to Casualty Hospital
after he had been hurt in a colli-
sion between two trucks on the
Washington Baltimore boulevard
near University Park yesterday aft
ernoon.
Police said the accident appar-
emily was unavoidable, due to the
slippery highway, but a charge of
reckless driving was placed against
the driver of the other truck, John
Franklin Davis Of Charlotte, N. c.,
pending the outcome of Mr.. Hash's
injuries.
Alexandria, Va, had an excellent
traffic record despite the snow
storm. Police said that not even
minor collision had been reported
there since midnight
In Arlington, Va, yesterday Judge
B. M. Hedrick eXonerated William F.
Young, 81. of 1907 North Seventeenth
street in the traffic death of Henry
C. Burgess, so, Of 1926 North Vance
street on March 2. The court ruled
there was not sufficient evidence for
issuance of a warrant.
RICHMOND, Va, March 8 CP).-
State police headquarters reported
here that William Neal Auton, 80, of
Silver Spring, Md. Route 2, was
killed yesterday afternoon on the
Petersburg -Hopewell road in a head
on collision of car and truck. He
was employed at Camp Lee.