Evening star., 1949-10-31
Burgman' 'sWife Driver Cleared
Testifies He Had In Pedestrian S
Mental Disorder Death Here
z Killed, 9 Injured
In Four Crashes in
Virginia Areas

Virginia Areas
A coroner's jury today exon
Grated Henry A. Scoggins. %, of
1851 Penn street NE, in the traf-
| flc death of a pedestrian Saturday
one of two traffic deaths that
day which raised the citys total
to so for the year.
The pedestrian was Anton
Schuler, SO. of 1928 A street Sc,
an upholsterer at the Raleigh
Hotel for the last 80 years. He
was struck at the intersection of
Seventeenth and A streets Sc.
and died at Gallinger Hospital
shortly afterward.
The week end also saw two
women killed in a two-car COL
lision yesterday on Route SIS in
Fauquier County near Marshall,
Va, At miles west of WASHINGTON,
and nine other persons injured in
three separate accidents on Route
l. near Dumfries. in Prince Will
liam County, Va.
Rainy weather created bad driv-
ing conditions which caused in
Vulnerable other minor accidents
both in the city and nearby coun-
ties. police said
Howard Student Killed.
Deputy Sheriff J. K. James of
Fauquier County, said the two-car
collision occurred when an auto
mobile pulled onto the highway in
the path of another car driven by
David Brown. 20. of Baltimore.
His step-mother, Mrs. Louise
Brown. IS. of 229 East Beacon
Hill road. Groveton, Va, was pro-
nounced dead after being removed
to Providence Hospital. Mr.. Brown
was treated for head injuries in
Warrenton Hospital.
Miss Gladys Penn, %, colored,
of Warrenton. an occupant of the
other car, was dead on arrival at
Freedmen's Hospital. Her niece,
Miss Mary Jane Mann, 16, suf-
fered severe head injuries and
still was unconscious this morn
ing at Freedmen's. Mr.. James
did not know who was driving
the car.
Another inquest ives scheduled
today at the District Morgue to
fix responsibility for the death of
Wesley A. Mount. 20. colored, 414
U street NV. a sophomore at
Howard University and member
of the track team.
Five Hurt in Two-Car Crash.
Mr.. Mount was walking with a
fellow student. Jimmy Towns,
when both were struck by an au-t
tomobile at Tenth street and Con-
stitution avenue NV. Saturday.
Mr.. Mount died at Freedmen's
Hospital. but Mr.. Towns received
only minor injuries. The driver
was Harry Hill. ~. colored, of
2240 Virginia avenue NV, who
was charged with failing to yield
the right of way to a pedestrian.
Nine persons. including three ,
children, were injured in separate
accidents on Route l near Dum-
fries. Va.
Five of them were hurt in a
two-car collision about / am. All
were treated at the Naval Hospital
at Quantico and then released.
They were DR.. Charles E. Neal,
Al, Of Richmond; his wife, Mar
garet, Al, and their daughter,
Margaret Virginia. IA; Betty Ann
Kitchens. II, also of Richmond,
and John w. Zavash, %. of Guam
tico. All suffered minor cuts and
bruises about the head and face.
Lost Control of Car.
Police said Zavash's car went
out of control and struck the
side of the car driven by DR.. Neal,
which was headed south in the
opposite direction. Zavash was
charged with reckless driving and
driving without a permit, police
said.
-Four were injured in the other
accident about two miles north of
Dumfries about $50 pm. They
also were taken to the hospital
at Quantico. Those hurt and
their injuries were William H.
Weigand, 40, of Hoadly, Va, nose
cuts and injury to his right arm:
Mrs. Ann G. Fredericks. "a, of
Camp Lee, Va, injured hip and
head cuts; and her two daugh-
tiers, Darra, 6, cut nose and chin
and shock, and Adria, IA, head
bruises.
The accident occurred when
Weigand's car attempted to
avoid a parked vehicle and
crashed head on into one
operated by Maj. Boris Fredericks,
35, an Army officer and hus-
band of Mrs. Fredericks, police re-
ported. Weigand was charged
with reckless driving, police
added
Girl, IL, Injured.
In an accident yesterday near
River road and Seven Locks road,
west of Bethesda, Paul r. Mccall,
36, of Wilmington, Del, suffered
fractured jaw and cuts and
bruises of the face and neck when
his car struck a culvert. He was
admitted to Suburban Hospital in
Bethesda.
Joan Hendricks, IL, of 5301
Decatur street, Roger Heights,
suffered undetermined injuries
when, according to police. she ran
into the side of a moving taxicab
on Rhode Island avenue, near
Thirty fourth street, Mount
Rainier, about 8 pm.
Mount Rainier police listed the
cab driver as Robert A. Ferris of
4104 Tennyson street, Hyattsville.
The girl was admitted to the
Prince Georges General Hospital,
Cheverly, but her condition was
said to be not serious.