Evening star., 1949-10-31
.|nquests Today
Set in Deaths Of
Pedestrians
Four Virginia Crashes
FutuI to z Women:
Nine Suffer Injuries

at the District Morgue IN the traf-
fic. deaths of two pedestrians
killed in Washington over the
week end, deaths which sent the
city's traffic toll to so for the year.
The week end also saw two
women killed in a two-car COL
lision yesterday on Route SIS in
Fauquier County near Marshall,
Va, ~ miles west of Washington,
and nine other persons injured in
three separate accidents on Route
/, 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 a
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.
The inquests at the District
Morgue were to fix responsibility
for the deaths of Anton Schuler,
SO, of 1928 A street S. E., an up
holsterer at the Raleigh Hotel for
the last 80 years, and Wesley A.
Mount. 20, colored, 414 U street
NV. sophomore at Howard
University and member of the
track team.
Two Drivers Charged.
Mr.. Schuler was struck Satur-
day at Seventeenth and A streets
Sc. and died at Gallinger Hos
pital shortly afterward at 7:30
pm. Police said the driver Of
tthe car was Henry A. Scoggins
122, Of 1881 Penn street NE. He
was charged with negligent homi-
eide and colliding.
Mr.. Mount was walking with q
fellow student, Jimmy Towns,
when both were struck by an au-
tomobile at Tenth street and Con-
stltution avenue NV. Saturday,
Mr.. Mount died at Freedmen's
Il Hospital, but Mr.. Towns received
alanly 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 / near Dunn.
fries, Va.
Five of them were hurt in q
tWo-car collision about / am. All
were treated at the Naval Hospital
at Quantico and then released.
They were DR.. Charles E. Neal.
IL, Of Richmond; his wife, Mar
garet. Al. and their daughter.
Margaret Virginia, IL; Betty Ann
Hltchens. II, also of Richmond.
and John w, Zavash, %. of GUAM
tlco. All suffered minor cuts and
bruises about the head and face.
Four Hurt in One Crash.
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
7 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 ann:
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, ~, head
, bruises.
, The accident occurred when
Weigand's car attempted to
avoid a parked vehicle and
crashed head on into one
r 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, II, Injured.
In an accident yesterday near
River road and Seven Locks road.
west Of Bethesda, Paul r. Mccall.
36. OF Wilmington, Del, suffered
a 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.