Evening star., 1950-07-10
5Die in Crashes
Over Week End
In DistrictArea
Pedestrian Is Killed
In D. c.; z Lose Lives
Near Upper Marlboro

Neor upper Marlboro
weekend traffic accidents in the
Washington area cost the lives
OF five persons, including an aged
man fatally injured here and a
District youth killed in Virginia,
The dead were:
William H. Stewart, rs, colored.
OF 722 Half street S.W., struck bv
a car while walking at South
Capitol and F streets Sc.
Walter Carlton Kessee, 49, Of
lOf Wisconsin avenue NV, killed
IN two-car collision on Route
I'll at Gainesville. Va.
James Edward Bumbray, q.
coiored, of Warrenton, Va, fatally
injured on Route 211, near War
renton.
Leo Adolph Decker, At, of Balti-
more, killed in an accident on
Route 301. 8 miles south of Upper
Marlboro, Md.
Mrs. Margaret Vann Buck, 60.
OF Baltimore, Mr.. Decker's moth
er-in-law, killed in the same acci-
dent.
Toll Now 431.
The heavy death toll from near
by accidents reflected an unusually
large Virginia casualty list. in
which 10 were killed and three
others critically injured. The
States 1850 traffic fatality rolls
thus were boosted to 431.
Mr.. Stewards death, occurring
at 2:15 am. four hours after he
was struck, was the 36th in the
District this year. compared with
81 at this time last year.
Police said he was crossing
South Capitol street when he was
struck by a car driven by Helen
S. Orth. 81, of 313 Livingston ter
race Sc, a registered nurse. She
was ordered held for the coroner
on a technical charge.
Five Hurt in Crash.
In the accident in which Mr..
keesee was killed, five persons
were injured. including two
brothers of the dead man.
The injured were Paul I. Keesee,
81, soldier stationed at Aberdeen
Proving Ground, Md; John w.
Keesee, 21, of the Wisconsin ave-
nue. address; Charles F. Hall, IS.
and his wife, Margaret, %, of 2739
Knox terrace Sc. and Mr.. Halls
mother. Mrs. Sarah S. Hall, 64, of
Gainesville.
The soldier was treated at the
Fort Belvoir hospital and then
released. His brother was at Mt.
Alto Hospital with undetermined
injuries. Mr.. and Mrs. Hall were
released after treatment at Doc
tors Hospital. Warrenton. Mr..
Halls mother, who suffered a
broken leg, was admitted to the
Warrenton hospital.
Head-On Collision.
Virginia State Trooper P. P.
Herndon said the two cars were
going in opposite directions and
that the collision was almost
head-on.
Mr.. Bumbray died yesterday in
Arlington Hospital as result of
injuries suffered early Saturday
when his car went out of control
and overturned about half-mile
east of Warrenton.
Mr.. Decker was crushed behina.-s
the steering wheel of his car after
it struck the rear of a tractor
trailer. according to Maryland
State Police. He was pronounced
dead at the scene by DR.. James I.
Boyd, deputy medical examiner
:or Prince Georges County.
Mrs. Vann Buck died in Cas-
lalty Hospital about three hours
after she was admitted for head
and other injuries.
Admitted to the same hospital
were Mr.. 'Decker's wife, Ruth, 40.
said to be in serious condition
with head and undetermined in
luries, and a son, Leo Henry, II,
who suffered arm and possible
head injuries. A daughter, Lucille.
7, escaped injury.
Police listed the truck driver as
Carl P. Boland, 33, of Jacksonville
Beach, Fla. He was unhurt.