Evening star., 1941-10-20
-Four Are Killed
In Accidents
Over Week End
Boy and Pedestrian,
so, Among Victims;
Several Injured

Two men. a woman and a 9-year-
old boy died yesterday and early
this morning as a result of traffic
accidents in the Washington area.
The victims:
Crist Tsepouros, 60, of 1904 Queen
street NE, whose death brought the
Districts fatality toll to 73 for the
year, compared with 55 at this time
in 1910.
Mrs. Mary Kirst, 48. 1916 Seven
teenth street NV.
Douglas Stack, 9, of Barnard
street. Alexandria, Va.
William Allison Snyder. SO.
soldier attached to Company F, 44th
Engineers, Fort Belvoir, Va.
All except Mr.. TSepouros were in
tured in Virginia. He and a COM
panion Makis N. Katsouros, 50, of
1876 Seventh street NV, were
struck by an automobile last night
as they were crossing the intersec-
ton at Seventh and I streets NV,
police said
At Casualty Hospital it was de-
termined that MI Tsepouros had
suffered a fractured skull. He died
at 10:40 pm. three hours after
the accident. His companion was
treated for compound fracture of
his left leg and a possible skull
fracture. Police said they were
holding the driver, listed as John
L. Sullivan, So of Alpena, Mich,
for coroner's inquiry.
CoIlided With Taxi.
Mrs. Kirst. who came here from
Little Rock, Ark, died this morning
in Emergency Hospital from a skull
fracture police said she suffered 10
days ago on the Mount Vernon
Memorial Highway
Police said the car in which she
rode was making a turn into the
parking space near the bird Sanctu-
airy when it was in collision with a
taxi driven by Cecil Sandal of IL
Third street Sc. The injured
woman was hurried to the hos
pital by the National Airport police
ambulance. Hurt in the same acci-
dent was her mother, Mrs. Mabel
Chase, of the Seventeenth street
address. it was reported
The Stack child, son of Alonzo
Stack, was injured Saturday while
crossing the Mount Vernon High
way at Slater lane. Alexandria, ac-
cording to police He died yesterday
morning in Alexandria Hospital
Police said the driver of the car
which hit the boy. listed as Russell
w. Eddy. %, of 2l8 South Fairfax
street Alexandria, was released un-
DER $3.50 bond with charge of reck-
less driving against him He was to
appear at a coroners inquest today
in the city police headquarters, it
was stated
Soldier Killed.
1t was miles north of Fort Bel
voir on Route No l that the ac-
cident involving the soldier took
place Saturday night, Army officials
said. They declared the striking
car was driven by a marine, whose
name they did not know. The
soldier, whose home was Arcade.
N. Y, died at PAS pm. Yesterday
IN his camp hospital, it was said.
Another serious accident yester-
day sent Joseph Mansfield, 38. of
Baltimore to Emergency HOSPITAL
with compound fractures of both
legs and his right arm. and a pos
sibly fractured skull. Police said he
was brought from an accident near
Middleburg, Va.
Three young people were hurt
Yesterday morning in a mishap at
Bladensburg. Md, on route No. l.
police said. Taken to Casualty Hos
pltal IN an undetermined condition
were Joseph Sickelman. II. a marine
attached to Langley Field. Va. who
was suffering shock and face iniu-
rles and had teeth knocked out: Mil
dred Holte, l8, Of Arlington. Va.
whose face was cut, and Bartholo-
NEW Spano, %. of Arlington, who
had leg injury.
A possible back fracture was suf-
fered by Judy Allen HOW'LL II, of
606 Fifth street NV. police said.
when an accident occurred on Cen
tral avenue in Capitol Heights, Md.
yesterday afternoon. She was
treated at Casualty.
Ruth Stratton, "a. of Long Island.
N. Y, was removed to Casualty
with possible internal injuries after
an accident last night on Bladens-
burg road at Eastern avenue NE.
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