Evening star., 1945-08-28
Three Men Arrested
After IS MPH Chase
0fCar Reported Stolen

Three District colOred men were
in custody of Hyattsvi1le police today
after a 75-mile-an-hour automobile
chase which began in the District
early TODAY and ended in Cottage
City, Md
Meanwhile, District police were
searching for young sailor who
drove stolen car at high speed
through Washington last night and,
after fighting off policeman who
leaped ON the running board,
wrecked the car and escaped.
The car in which the three COL
ored men were riding was said by
police to be stolen. During the
pursuit it crashed into telephone
pole and the alleged driver was
captured after a half-hour chase
through the woods. The other two
men were reported captured in the
car after the crash.
District Motorcycle Policemen j.
G. league and A. A. Aderholt said
they first noticed the car speeding
at so miles an hour on Bladensburg
road near the National Training
School. At the time of the crash
it was going rs miles an hour, the
police said.
Join in Chase of Men.
The motorcycle policemen were
joined after the crash by Police
Wilmer B. Tippett and Albert Fire
stine of Bladensburg, who arrested
a man in nearby woods. They ac-
cused him of being the driver of the
car. Other officers from Hyatts-
vile took the other two men from
the car in dazed condition. None
OF the men required disqualification.
Those arrested were booked at
HyattSville as John Deans, 81, of
the HOO block of Eighth street NE,
charged with driving without per-
init, exceeding 10 miles an hour and
unauthorized use of an automobile:
Aphonso Thomas, 20, of the 1000
block OF Ninth street NE; aIAl
Sterling H. Nickens, 81, of the l3N.
block of Wiley court NE, both
charged with unauthorized use Ct
an automobile.
In the District case, Policeman
William w. Hill, SO, of the Traffic
Division, said he was directing traffic
at Twelfth street and PENNSYLVANIA
avenue NV, when he saw q car
leave parking lot at Thirteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue and
speed toward him without lights and
on the wrong side of the street.
Says He Flagged Car.
The officer reported he tagged
the automobile and as he started
to question him, the driver started
the car.
Policeman Hill said he jumped on
the running board and hung pre-
cariously to an open front window
as the sailor made sharp right
turn from Pennsylvania avenue into
Tenth street in an attempt to shake
him off. The sailor also tried to
push him off as the car made
another right turn into Constitution
avenue NV, the policeman re-
ported.
Policeman Hill said he was finally
thrown off when the sailor suddenly
swerved while lodging traffic on
Constitution avenue just west of
Twelfth street. The policeman was
unhurt.
Pursue Fleeing Sailor.
An unidentified Army officer Of
fered the use of his car and to-
.gether the two pursued the fleeing
sailor. They finally lost sight of
the car when they reached the Tidal
Basin cloverleaf.
In searching the area, however,
the pursuers found the automobile
smashed against the embankment
leading to Memorial Bridge. Blood
stains wre found on the front seat,
Policeman Hill said. The car, police
found, was owned by Corpl. Fred
Sechler OF $500 Rosewood drive, Be-
thesda, Md.
Naval dispensaries and hospitals
have been advised to look out for
the sailor, who may seek treatment
if he was injured, police said. A
search for him is being conducted
by police and the Shore Patrol.