Evening star., 1949-10-10
Nurse Killed,
Another|n
In AutoCrash
Car Fails to Make
Curve, Overturns
Near CIurksviIIe

A Providence Hospital aneS'
thetist was killed early today wher
an automobile she was driving
failed to make a curve on Route
20, half a mile south of Clarks-
vile, Md. and overturned. A
companion was injured.
Maryland State police said Miss
Elizabeth Mary Osborne, 26. Of
the 2400 block of S street Sc.
died instantly in the Howard
County crash. Her friend, Mrs
Evelyn N. Brightwell, SO. also an
anesthetist at Providence. was ad-
mitted to Montgomery County
General Hospital. Silver Spring
with undetermined injuries.
Miss Osborne was the fourth
area resident to die over the
week end as a result of accidents.
Shared Apartment Here.
Miss Osborne and Mrs. Bright
well shared an apartment at the
S street address for about three
months, according to an agent
for the development. Both were
employed at Providence since
June 8.
The apartment spokesman said
he understood that both women
had taken courses in anesthetics
at Johns Hopkins University in
Baltimore and had come to this
area from Texas and Arizona.
The hospital reported that Miss
Osborne's home was in Tucson,
Ariz. Mrs. Brightwell is from Kan
sas City, Mo. Both had served in
the Army as nurses before coming
to this area, the hospital said.
The others we're Henry Arnold,
Ct, a farmer of Fort Foote, Md;
Harry S. Hall, IS. of Fredericks-
burg, Va; who maintained law
Office in Washington, and Lish
Myers, 81, of LOG Fiftieth Street
NE, who died as the result of
injuries received June 18.
Mr. Arnold was fatally injured
early yesterday while standing
between two parked automobiles
on Livingston road, just outside
the District in Prince Georges
County
Prince Georges County police
said Mr.. Arnold and Emmett
HUNT. 47, of 562l Oxon Hill road,
. Oxon Hill, had just left an inn
and walked between the parked
automobiles toward Mr.. Arnold's
truck.
Police said that at that time a
car driven by George White. 80,
colored, Of Port Tobacco. Md,
plunged off the road into one of
the parked cars, ramming it
against the other and crushing
Mr.. Arnold. Mr.. Hunt was grazed.
Driver Faces Charges.
The Oxon Hill Rescue Squad
teok the injured men to Casualty
Hospital. Mr.. Arnold died a few
hours later. Mr.. HUNT was treated
but did not have to be admitted.
Charges of manslaugher and
reckless driving were placed
against White. He was released in
$700 bond pending a police court
hearing Friday in Upper Marlboro.
District autopsies were sched-
led in the deaths of Mr.. Hall and
Mr.. Myers.
Mr.. Hall who had practiced law
here for many years, died yester-
day from injuries he received when
he was struck by bus while cross
ing New York avenue at Thir-
teenth street N. w. Friday.
He shared a law Office in the
Munsey Building with his partner,
Attorney j. c. Trimble. He was a
native of Knoxville, Tenn. and a
graduate of the University OF
Tennessee. He came to Washing
ton as the secretary of the late
Senator John K Shields, Demo-
crat of Tennessee.
Inquest Set Tomorrow.
Police charged the driver of the
bus, Hugh N. Hanger. "a, of 237
Fourteenth street NE, with fail
ing to yield the right of way to a
pedestrian. He will appear at the
inquest, which probably will be
scheduled for tomorrow.
Mr.. Halls death was the SD
traffic fatality of the year for the
District. On the same date last
year SO persons had been killed In
traffic accidents. Traffic deaths
last year totaled 81.
Mr.. Myers died yesterday at
Mount Alto Hospital.
Physicians at the hospital sale
he died of a stroke. However, ut
had been hospitalized as result
of injuries received on June IL
when he was struck by an auto.
mobile.
Police said Mr.. Myers was strucl
as he stood on loading platform
in the 5000 block of Wisconsin
avenue NV. Driver of the Cal
was identified as Carl Edward
StuddS, %, of $500 Nimitz road
Kensington, Md. He was charged
with leaving after colliding, driv'
ing on the wrong side of thl
street. driving over a safety zont
and unreasonable speed.
Motorcylist Injured.
In an accident yesterday. the
driver Of a motorcycle was sem
to Casualty Hospital in undeter'
mined condition with severe heae
injuries. The injured man, Lloye
Vaughn, %, of 219 I street NE.
ran into the rear of a Potomac
Electric Power Co. truck on Elev'
enth street near Potomac avenu,
NV, police reported.
The driver of the truck wa
identified as Elmer r. johnson
80, Of -3507 Perry street. Noun
Rainier, Md.
Three men were hurt yester'
day when their automobile strucl
a telephone pole on the Old Ger
mantown Boyds road in uppel
Montgomery County.
The men, identified by tn,
Suburban Hospital where all Werl