Evening star., 1942-09-14

Links Man 10
.Hit-Run Death
Police Say Driver
Admits Cor Struck
Mother of Three
D. G. Traffic Toll
Killed in 1912 2----------7 70
Killed in same period 1941-- SO
Toll for all of 1941------ 95

Police today were holding 81
year-old labor foreman who, they
say, has admitted being the driver
of an automobile which killed Mrs.
Freda Alpert, 38-year-old mother of
three children, early Saturday. The
man, arrested yesterday after bro
ken radiator ornament, handful
of dirt and telephone tip led police
to him, was to appear at coroner's
inquest today.
In Fairfax County the traffic toll
was increased early today with the
fatal injury of Aubrey Curtis, So, of
Wharton, N. j., in an accident on
the Lee boulevard.
Mrs. Alpert, who lived at 1927 B
street NE, was struck by car at
Seventeenth and c streets NE. and
her body was hurled 76 feet through
the air, police said. She died be-
fore aid could reach her.
Started on Search.
The broken radiator ornament
and the handful of dirt found at
the scene started 1t. william j.
Liverman and members of the ac-
cident investigation unit on a 27-
hour search for the driver of the
death car. Police said the orna-
ment, metal ram, was a type used
only on one model automobile. The
dirt, which had high clay con-
tent, exactly matched that found
on the grounds of the new Pentagon
Building, where, it later was
learned, the suspect was employed.
The climax to the hunt came
early yesterday, after Henry v.
Morris of 521 Longfellow street NV,
appraiser at the Stuart Motor Co..
advised police that an automobile
with the radiator cap missing and
the front damaged was in the shop
for repairs.
The ornament fragment found at
the accident scene fit perfectly, 1t.
Liverman said. The suspect was
arrested short time later at his
home, in Jefferson Heights, Md,
and held at the 18th precinct sta
ton.
The man at first denied knowl-
edge Of the accident and told police
he had not even been in Washing
ton Friday night or Saturday morn
ing, they said. Later according to
members Of the accident investiga-
ton unit. he admitted he had been
driving the automobile.
Body Was Unidentified.
Mrs. Alperts body was unidenti-
fled for several hours Saturday.
Her husband, David Alpert, a tailor,
finally made the Identification. He
said his wife had left their home
short time before the accident
to return to the home of a friend,
where she had left her purse.
Mr.. Curtis was injured fatally
when an automobile driven by his
wife, Mildred, left the road and
struck culvert on Lee boulevard,
near Annandale road. He was taken
to Georgetown Hospital, where he
was pronounced dead on arrival.
Mrs. Curtis told police she must
have been nodding" at the wheel
when the accident occurred. She
was treated for shock, and four
children, riding in the car, were
treated for slight injuries.
Winfield Hopkins, 81, of the Car
may Trailer Camp at Hyattsville,
Nd, was admitted to Casualty Hos
pital yesterday for treatment of
lacerations to the face and chest
injuries received in an automobile
accident at Cherry Hill road and
the Baltimore pike. George Ris-
biek, SO, of Berwyn, Md, injured
in the same accident, was treated
for lacerations and refused lospi-
talization.