Evening star., 1942-07-14
Three Motorists Held
After Police Capture
Two Cars in Chases
Speeding Stolen Auto
Halted by Crosh Which
Domoees Four Vehicles
D. {. Traffic Toll
Killed in l942 ------------- So
Killed in same period OF l94l As
Toll for all of 194l IS

Three men were being held today
and innumerable motorists were
ruefully surveying damage to their
parked cars after two police chases
through streets of the northwest
area this morning.
After the speeding convertible
coupe he was driving crashed into
row of parked cars at Sixteenth
and Corcoran streets NV. about
$50 am, police at No. 6 Precinct
were holding man they listed as
William George Brooks, colored. of
the 1900 block of Vernon street
NV. They said the car was stolen.
Police had chased the car from
Sixteenth and Sheridan streets,
where Patrolmen Harry C. League
and H. A. Deaner, in scout car, had
first noticed 1t. They gave chase
and the driver of the coupe sped
down Sixteenth street at speeds
varying between 10 and 90 miles an
hour. Police said Motorcycle Officer
r. W. Holder joined the chase at
U street.
Driver Loses Control
At Corcoran street, the driver ap-
parently attempted turn. but lost
control because Of the high speed
and the coupe crashed into the
parked sedan of AL Stillman, 1910
Sixteenth street severely damaging
it and knocking it more than 20
feet to telescope three other parked
automobiles together.
The man identified as Brooks
leaped out. ran into an apartment
on Sixteenth street. was pursued to
the roof and from there fed to the
fire escape of another apartment on
@ street, where he was cornered by
Loris M. Robinson. outside Mr..
Robinson's apartment.
An hour after the police teletype
carried a description of the
wrecked stolen car, police at No 10
precinct broadcast lookout for a
car of the same description with
the same Pennsylvania tag number.
The driver was wanted by them for
rifling parked cars.
Two men were being held after
another police chase through down
town streets and alleys earlier this
morning in a car believed to be
stolen.
Four shots were fired at the fee-
ing automobile, which sideswiped at
least 10 parked cars, according to
Ofacers H. C. Young and J. T. Nc
Carthy, who gave chase when the
driver sped away after they COM
manded him to stop at Fourteenth
and I streets NV.
Passenger Leaps Out.
A passenger was captured when
he leaped out on Eleventh street
between H and I and the pursuit
continued, winding through streets
and alleys until the driver of the
fleeing car failed to negotiate turn
from Vermont avenue into an alley
between N and 0 streets and crashed
into a wall. The driver leaped out
and was captured by Oficer Young
| after q block and a half chase on
| foot.
William c. Luttrell. 18, 507 Massa
| SiluoCb1o nFCiIuC ~" WdS Sltly
injured yesterday afternoon when
the motorcycle he was operating was
struck by Freedmen's Hospital
ambulance at Ninth street anC
Rhode Island avenue NV. Police
said the ambulance was going north
on Ninth street on the wrong side
of the street and was passing rec
light when the accident occurred
The driver of the ambulance was
listed as Leonard M. Gray, 32 col.
ored, of 1119 G street NE. A hear.
ing Is to be held at the corporation
counsel's Office at Municipal Court.
A coroners jury yesterday after
noon acquitted the driver of the Cal
involved In the death Saturday ol
Geraldine McNeal, S. He is John H
Blake, colored, 47, of the 400 blocl
of A street N NE, whose car strucl
the girl as she ran into the stree
while chasing ball in front of hel
home at 1888 Linden street N E Hel
death was the 58th traffic fatalit,
of the wear.