Evening star., 1946-09-14
Girl, 4, Seriously Huri
By Hit-Run BicycIist;
Police Seek Youth

Police were looking today for a
hit-and-run bicycle driver who
struck and seriously injured Veron-
lea Dean. 4, colored, of the 300 block
of Fiftieth street NE, as she was
playing on the sidewalk in front
Of her home yesterday.
The girl was taken to Gallinger
Hospital, where she was said to be
suffering possible skull fracture
and possible brain conclusion.
The bicycle was being operated
by colored boy about Is years old,
witnesses told police, and a canvass
Of the neighborhood is now under
way to find him.
Meanwhile, Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald said an inquest had not
been set as yet in the death of
Shirley Smith. 7, colored, 723 Elev-
enth street Sc, who was killed in
front of her home yesterday when
she broke away from her l1-year-
old sister and ran into the path of
an Army truck. The girl is the
daughter of the Rev. Isaac Smith,
past or Of the Mount Calvary Meth
odist Church. 400 block of First
street SW.
Bicyclist Struck by Auto.
The driver of the truck, Pvt. Will
liam James Moore, 10. stationed at
Andrews Field, was released to mill
tary authorities pending the inquest.
Another child, Garry Merri-
weather, 10, of the 300 block of
Fifteenth street Sc, suffered head
injuries yesterday when he was
knocked from his bicycle by an
automobile in the 1400 block of D
street Sc.
Taken to Gallinger Hospital, his
condition was described as good.
Police listed the driver as Wilbur
G. Smith, %, of the $500 block of
Livingston road Sc
Richard Lewis, Is, of 24-J Ridge
road, Greenbelt, was reported in
fair condition at Leland Memorial
Hospital, Riverdale, after being run
over by a truck on which he and
a group of young people were going
for hayride last night between
Greenbelt and Beltsville.
Doctors at the hospital said he
had probably sustained a fractured
pelvis. Companions said he slipped
when he tried to get from the cab
of the truck to the back part.
Mans Leg Fractured.
| John H. Carter, 80, colored, of the
400 block of L street NV, suffered
compound fracture of the leg when
he was struck by an automobile as
he was crossing the street at Ecking-
ton place and Florida avenue NE,
police reported. He was taken to
Casualty Hospital,
Driver of the car was William H
Woodward, 33, of the 4500 block of
Thirty-eighth place, Brentwood, Md.
according to police.
Martha Buckholder, "a, of the
140o block of Euclid street NV, was
admitted to Emergency Hospital suf-
fering head injuries received when
she was struck by an automobile
driven by James T. McMurray, 81
colored, of the 1400 block of r street
NV. police said. The. accident oc-
cured at Fifteenth and Euclid
streets NV.
Her condition was described as
fair. Police charged McMurray with
failing to give full time and atten-
ton to his driving.
Driver to Face Court.
Lurty Hamilton Mowbray, Is, OF
the 1900 block of South Thirteenth
street, Arlington, suffered cut or
the arm and was charged with reck-
less driving by Alexandria police
yesterday when he was identified as
the driver of an automobile which
| careened across two lawns in the
3100 block of Russell road, Alexan-
, dria.
He was summoned to appear in
, Alexandria Civil and Police Cour,
october A. Riding with him at the
time. police said, was Paul Jefferies
of 3206 Duke street, Alexandria. who
/ was treated for cut on finger.
Pvt. Frank r. Mason, Alexandris
policeman, said the car cut into the
, sod of lawns in the front of 3l0I
: and 3103 Russell road, after side
swiping light pole, uprooted q
: tree which it carried from 310i
: Russell road to 3l03 Russell road
} drove through fish pond and came