Evening star., 1942-03-23
Naval Officer,
Hit.Run Victim,
ies;;Man Held
Traffic Toll Now 81;
Mother, z Daughters
Hurt Bodily in Crosh

Washington's 1912 trafic fatality
toll stood at 81 today following the
death last night of 46-year-old
naval officer who was struck by q
hit-run vehicle near his home Sat-
urday night.
The officer. 1t. Comdr. Francis P.
Quigley, So Hamilton street NV,
died in Walter Reed Hospital of
head and internal injuries several
hours after police had arrested Cor
don M. Arion, A. of 233 Upshur
street NV. and charged him with
being the driver of the hit-and-run
car
Police credited the arrest of the
suspect to the alertness of three
auxiliary policemen who were
patroling a beat near Bunker Hill
road and Eastern avenue NE. early
yesterday when they observed a car
with a broken headlight. The ma
chine was being driven by Mr.. Arion.
Allowed to Proceed.
The officers said the driver told
them he had damaged the headlight
some time before. They allowed him
to proceed after taking down his
license number. A short while later,
they stopped a motor cycle police
man and gave him the number. The
motor cycle officer called head
quarters and police arrested Mr..
Arion.
The auxiliary policemen are
George s. Maykrantz. 81, of 1920
Chillum place NE; Ivan r. Perez,
%, of 1906 Thirteenth place NE,
and Virgil F. Taylor. IS, of 1923
Ninth street NE.
Comdr. Quigley was struck as he
crossed the street at North Capitol
and Hamilton on the way to a gro
cery store. Police said Arion told
them he had driven down the street
where the accident occurred and
that he had felt "a bump" against
the car somewhere in the vicinity.
Held in $1,000 Bond.
Arion was held under $4,000 bond
for action of the coroner No time
lAoS oSOii oCt All Oil
A native of Atlantic City, Comdr
Quigley had been resident of
Washington more than Is years He
was serving as an appraisal engineer
with the Federal Power Commission
when called to active duty in the
Navy recently. He served as a sea-
man in the last World War and was
a member of the Reserve Force.
Condr. Quigley is survived by his
widow. Mrs. Marie Quigley; two
children, Suzanne. II. and Laurette,
Is; a brother. Robert J. Quigley
and sister. Mrs. Howard Mis-
sion. jr.
A Washington mother and her two
daughters were injured seriously
last night in collision between two
automobiles on the Baltimore boule-
ward near Laurel, Md.
d. c. Mother, Daughters Hurt.
The victims, who were taken to
Casualty Hospital by the Branch
vile Rescue Squad. were listed as
Mrs. Vera Goertz, IS, of l720 Min
neSOda avenue Sc, ana ner OauRn-
ter Eleanor, II. both of whom may
have pelvis fractures. and another
daughter, Mary. 8, whose injuries
included a. compound fracture of
the right leg and conclusion.
Mrs. Goertz husband Philip was
listed as the driver of the car in
which they were riding.
A report on circumstances of the
accident and identification of the
other machine involved in the mis-
hap were not Immediately available
from Maryland State police.
James Hall, 36, of 40O4 North
Fifth street, Arlington, suffered only
slight bruises last night when, ac-
cording to Alexandra police. his car
ran of a road near Alexandria and
plunged into the waters of Wilson
Run. He was given emergency
treatment At Alexandria Hospital
and released.