Evening star., 1947-03-03
a Killed, Another Hurt
Over Week End inD DC.
Area, Traffic Accidents

Four men were killed and another
person was injured seriously ove1
the week end as a result of train.
accidents In the Washington area
police reported today.
The dead are:
George r. Cooke. so. address un.
known.
Severyn J. Barley. jr., rs, Of 3ot
East Nelson avenue, Alexandra, Va
James Durham, "a, colored, of 40,
N street NV.
Arthur Bennett. 40, of 664.
Macarthur boulevard, Glen Echs
Heights. Md.
Seriously injured was Edward w
Bointer, 40, colored, of 1896 Fourth
street NV.
The Districts 18th and 18th fata
traffic accidents were registered
with the deaths of Mr.. Durham anc
Cooke, both pedestrians. The former
died at Freedmen's Hospital Satur.
day of injuries received February a
when he was struck by street ca,
at Seventh and L streets NV, police
said. The street car operator was
listed as Herbert w. Rakes, 81, o1
6903 Woodland avenue. Takoma
Park, Md.
Struck by Bus.
Police said Cooke, said to have
been recently released from the
Richmond (Va.) Penitentiary. was
injured fatally when struck by a
Greyhound bus in the center OF
Highway Bridge Saturday night
Identified as a former Alaskan
trading post operator and a veteran
OF World War I, he was given q
conditional pardon December IL
1916, after serving four years of q
30-year robbery and assault convic-
ton sentence.
Ramon Pom, IS. of Winchester
Va, was listed as the bus driver.
Mr.. Barley died in Arlington Hos
pital at $50 o'clock last night. Ac.
cording to police, he had been in
jured early Thursday when his auto
mobile crashed into the rear of q
truck on U. S. Route l near South
Fifteenth street.
The Barley car was being paced
by an Arlington County police cruis-
er at approximately 55 miles an hour
In a 35-mile zone at the time of the
accident, police said. Driver of the
truck was listed as James Wallen,
80, of Edgewood, Md. Mr.. Wallen
told police his truck was out of
gas and was coasting when the Bar
ley car rammed it.
Man Lying on Tracks.
Mi. Bennett was lying on the
Cabin John streetcar line tracks at
Glen Echo Heights, Md, Mont
gomery County police declared,
when a streetcar ran over his pros
trate form Saturday night. The
streetcar operator, Neal Hacken-
burg, "a, of 1887 B street Sc, said
he saw the man on the tracks but
was unable to stop in time. County
Coroner Dr.. F.. j. Broschart issued
a certificate of accidental death.
Police said Mr.. Bointer was struck
by a streetcar late Saturday insthe
1900 block of U street NV. He is
under treatment at F'reedmen,s Hos
pital for fractured skull. Police
said the streetcar operator was John
T. Gallihugh, %, of 537 Ninth street
Sc.
In another District crash, Clar-
ence Goodbar, 20, of 416 B street
NE, suffered a back injury and
cuts and bruises when struck by an
automobile In the 400 block of II
street NE. He was admitted at
Casualty Hospital. Police said the
motorist was William A. MacLean,
A. of l405 Staples street NE. M
DIR. Ruth Benedict, 80, of 2122
Tunlaw road NV, Group Health
Association physician who was in
jured seriously Saturday on Lee
highway near Merrif1eld, Va, to-
day remained under treatment at
Arlington Hospital for leg. and wrist
fractures. She was injured when
her automobile collided- with a bus.
police repOrted