Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-01-05
Aufon,obiIeKiIIs
beItsvi||e Man
Crossing Road
Three Persons Hurt
In Hit-Run Crashes;
Death Investigated Z,
D. C. Truffic Toll
Killed In 1912
Killed In same period Of l94l- 0
Toll for all of l94l--95

One man was killed In q tramc
accident In nearby Beltsville, Md,
over the week end, while three
persons were injured here in hit
run cases. District Coroner A.
Magruder Macdonald also was in
vestigating to determine whether a
Washington woman's death was due
to a traffic accident.
James Ayton, SIS. of Beltsville. an
airplane factory worker. was killed
when struck by an automobile as
he walked across the Baltimore
boulevard. Police listed c. B. Evely,
of IS Sixth street NV, as driver OF
the car and charged him with man.
slaughter.
Crash Death Investigated.
DR.. Macdonald was investigating
the case of Mrs. Ruth L. Robinson.
80, colored, of 557 Twenty-third
place NV, who died at st. Eliza
beth's Hospital yesterday after her
automobile went out OF control
when she became faint at the wheel.
According to police. she was driv-
ing on Nichols avenue Sc. about 10
am, when she had an attack OF
faintness and her vehicle crashed
over the curb and into gate lead
inig into st. Elizabeth's. Taken to
the hospital. she was revived and
thought not to be in serious con-
dition. but she died three hours later.
DR.. Macdonald planned to conduct
an autopsy today.
Auto Plunges Into Creek.
On the Little River pike about two
miles west of Fairfax, Va, today an
automobile carrying seven persons
crashed through guard rail and
dropped 20 feet. landing on its top
In Difficult Run, but only one per-
son required hospital treatment.
Water at that point in the creek IS
about feet deep.
Mrs. Edna Bicksler of Herndon,
Va, acting county purchasing agent,
was taken to Alexandria Hospital
with q neck injury. Hospital at
taches said she was not believed
TO be In a serious condition but an
X-ray would be taken today.
Other passengers, all of whom
live e Herndon and were en- route
to Fairfax, where they work. were
Jame4s Myers. the driver. bruises
on thu head: Miss Elizabeth Woody,
cut near the right eye. and shaken
up, Miss June and Leila Yeakle.
sisters; Mrs. Virginia FISHERMAN and
Miss Gladys Fox. All are employed
either In the county courthouse or
In private law offices.
They were extricated from the
automobile by State highway en-
ployes who happened by. The auto
mobile went out of control. it was
said, when the car skidded on q
thin sheeting Of ice caused by a
small spring which flows across the
road. A number Of serious accidents
have occurred along the stretch Of
road near the run.
Most seriously hurt of the three
hit-run victims was Robert Bowers,
20, OF 70 New York avenue NV, who
was struck by an automobile as he
crossed at North Capitol and K
streets. He was in Casualty Hospital
with internal injuries and possible
fracture of the left leg. Police found
the left front headlight of the strik-
ing vehicle at the scene and were
attempting to find the car through
tNf clue.
Another hit-run victim was a po-
licerNan, William j. Matthews, AZ,
of 1eF Fort Davis drive Sc. He
street In the 1900 block of Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Sc. He was taken
to Casualty Hospital with bruises on
the shoulders and hips and a pos
sible head injury.
The. third person injured in an
accident in which a vehicle failed
to stop was Mary Thornton, 10, Of
1708 Twenty eighth street Sc, .
passenger in an automobile that COL
lided with the hit-run car at
Twenty second and e streets NV.
She was taken to Emergency Hos
pital with a possible fracture of q
bone in the hip.
Motorcycle Officer Hurt.
Another policeman. Motorcycle
Officer E. E. Skinner. 81, was injured
today when his motorcycle and an
automobile colided at Wisconsin
avenue and Upton street NV. He
was taken to Emergency Hospital
with cut on the head He was not
In a serious condition, it was said.
Mrs. Margaret MCGOWAN, 30, of
4456 Faraday place NV, was taken
to Emergency Hospital today with q
head injury after being struck by
bus at Seventeenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Diana Jones, IS, Of 81 Rhode
Island avenue NE, suffered a prob
able fracture of the right thigh and
right ankle when hit by an auto
mobile at Lincoln road and Rhode
Island avenue NE. yesterday
Another pedestrian injured yes
terday was Haskell Henderson. 81.
colored, of PSI Warren street NV,
who was hit at Third and H streets
NE. He was taken to Casualty Hos
pital with a possible fracture of
both legs and possible internal in
juries.
TWO receiving minor injuries yes
terday when the car In which they
were riding collided with another
at Fifth and II streets NV. were
Wilson Scott, 20, colored, Of AS
Third street NV, who received q
cut lip and cuts on the chest, and
Lewis Simms, q, colored, Of 427h
Ridge street NV, who received
bruises on the body. Both were
treated at Freedmen's Hospital.