Evening star., 1942-01-01
Traffic Killers

Motorcycles -- o 2
Circus wagon on------ o /
Army caisson- o /
Hit-and-run, type Of vehicle
unknown Observation-Disclosures l !
crashed into q truck which was
stopped at the time. Died July 29
Weather clear. Truck driver, COL
ored, %, with four years driving ex-
perience. No inquest was held and
coroner issued certificate Of acci-
dental death.
August
48. Frank F.. Hill. 80, colored, 625
Florida avenue NV. about S 80 b m
August 6, fatally injured when he
collided with side Of moving south
bound streetcar on Fourteenth
street NV, q few feet south OF south
crosswalk of I street. Weather clear.
Motorman, IS, with two weeks ex-
perience, exonerated by coroner's
jury.
-. Thoms P. FogArty, a. Of 32S
Franklin street Me-, park police
man, about 12:45 am. August l.,
fatally injured when his motorcycle
collided with an automobile on
Beach drive, east Of Military road,
in Rock Greek Park. Died August 6.
Weather cloudy. Driver Of automo-
bile. 80, with % years driving ex-
perience, exonerated by coroners
jury.
so. DR.. Benjamin z. Talbot, 81,
Of 3512 Massachusetts, avenue NV,
about 1915 pm. August 7. fatally
injured when struck by automobile
while crossing Massachusetts avenue
NV. at Edmunds street. Weather
clear. Driver, 48, with Is years
driving experience. held by coronsr's
Jury for Police Court action under
Negligent Homicide Act. case still
pending.
81. Francis Buddy Armitage. I,
Of 905 Fifth street NV, about $50
pm. August ~. fatally injured when
struck by eastbound automobile
while crossing from south to north
curb in front Of 455 I street NV.
Weather cloudy. Driver, ~, with
five years driving experience. held
for Police Court action under Negh-
gent Homicide Act. Found guilty by
jury. Driver also charged with hit
and-run. This case still pending.
81. James Edward johnson. SO,
colored, 1923 South Capitol street,
about los pm. August l9, fatally
injured when he walked into side of
eastbound automobile on D street
NV, II feet east OF Third street
Died August %. Weather clear.
Driver, ~. with eight years driving
experience. exonerated BY ooroner's
Jury.
September
So. Mrs. Myrtle Jordan, So, o(
Huntington. w. Va. about II an.
August 20. fatally injured when taxi
cab in which she = was riding was
struck by another cab at Fourth
street and Washington drive NV.
Died September !. Weather clear
The drivers: That Of striking We
hicle. Is, with 10 years driving ex-
perience: the other, 80, with IL
years experience. Driver of striking
vehicle held for Police Court action
under Negligent Homicide Act. Case
pending.
81. Walter w. Hook, ~. Anacostta,
Nd, at ais am. September 4,
fatally injured when struck by auto
mobile going west on Bsnning road
1T Minnesota avenue NE. Weather
cloudy and misty. Driver, II, with
four years driving experience, ex-
onerated BY coroner's Jury.
IS. John Butler, II, colored. 20
Pierce street NV, about 1890 pm.
September 1, while roller skating at
First and Pierce streets NV, fatally
injured when struck by small ice
cream truck Weather clear. Driver,
18. with four months driving ex-
perience. released by coroners jury.
Sc. John j. Ragan. IS. of 1903
Fifth street NV. about 11:55 am.
September 4, struck by westbound
automobile while crossing Constitu-
ton avenue NV. between Twenty
first and Twenty-second streets.
Died September S. Weather raining.
Driver, policeman, II, with IS years
driving experience, exonerated by
coroner's Jury.
81. Edwin A. Walker, 81, OF s06
Nineteenth street NV. about los
pm. September z, fatally injured
when struck by eastbound taxicab
as he stepped OH streetcar loading
platform at Fourteenth and r streets
NV. Died September 5. Weather
clear. Driver. "a. with eight years
driving experience, exonerated by
coroner's jury.
So. Frad Vassaw. 72. Of 625 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, about 1l:20
am, September 8, fatally injured
when he apparently walked into side
OF streetcar as he crossed Connecti-
cut avenue NV, in the north cross
walk OF L street. Died September
13. Weather clear. Motorman, %,
with three months experience, exon
Grated by coroner's jury.
SO. Thomas J. Coleman, 79, of $40
Fifth street NV, about 1923 am,
September 13, struck by eastbound
streetcar while crossing from one
loading platform to another In 400
block of Indiana avenue NV.
Weather clear. Motorman, "A, with
more than four months operating
experience, exonerated by coroner's
jury.
60. QuartermastAr Sergt Harry
Gender, 66, OF 804 Seventeenth street
NV, about 7:30 pm, September 16,
while standing in streetcar loading
zone in front of Mount Alto Hospital
in the $500 block of Wisconsin ave-
nue. NV, fatally injured when
struck by automobile which plunged
through zone. Driver, colored, "a,
with five years driving experience,
held for grand jury action. Grand
jury ignored manslaughter charge,
h,1t hold Iriyor for frio1 ~, ,,orI;ran<