Evening star., 1950-10-25
George A. I

WOTkeu yeSGeT-
HiIliard johnson. day.
Mrs Jean Sanderson, 90, Well
ington, Va. fatally injured yester-
day when she was thrown from q
car in which she was a passenger
on the Mount Vernon boulevard.
Scar Crash.
Mr. Doggett was passenger in
a car driven by fellow corpsman
which was involved in a three
vehicle crash in Bethesda. Mont
gomery County police listed the
driver as William D. OLeary, "a.
He was admitted to the Naval Hos
pital with minor injuries. Police
said he was charged with man
slaughter and reckless driving.
Police reported they were told
the OLeary car was on the wrong
side of the road. Occupants of the
other two cars either escaped
completely or suffered slight in
juries. The accident occurred
about 8 o'clock.
Mr.. Harris met his death when
a speeding car crashed through
two barricades and struck him
as he worked in an excavation on
North Capitol at H street NE.
Two fellow workmen were injured.
Charged With Manslaughter.
Police said the car was driven
by Hilliard johnson, 80, colored,
of the 1000 block of Fourth street
NV. He was charged with man
slaughter and held in $1,000 bond
pending a Municipal Court hear
ing today. Police reported john
son has record of 40 criminal
arrests and 10 traffic violations
since 1929. n s.
Angry witnesses to yesterdays
accident roughed up johnson and
police reported they had to rescue
him. They said he had been
struck at least once with a pick
handle. Three other occupants
OF his car jumped out and ran.
police said.
Witnesses told police the auto
mobile was travelling fast when it
crashed through a wooden barri-
cade about block away from the
accident scene, then smashed an
other barricade Immediately in
'front.' of. the place where Mr.
Harris and .others were working
Witnesses Tell Story.
F. L. Street, a Capital Transit
foreman who was at the scene, |
said the car was travelling about |
SO miles an hour when it hit the
second barricade.
George Harris, a brother of the
dead man, was working about 30f
feet away but did not see the
accident, he said. The victim, a |
skilled laborer, had been with the
water department for 26 years.
He was married and had two STEP
children.
The injured workmen were Will
lie Williams, SO, colored. of 1249
Wiley street NE. and James Buck
ner, "A, colored, of 1921 Twenty
sixth street NV. Both were ad-
mitted to Casualty Hospital, Mr..
Williams with left leg injuries and
Mr.. Buckner with head and back
injuries. Their conditions were
reported as good today.
Suffers Heart Attack.
Mrs. Sanderson was a passenger
In a car driven by her daughter
in-laW, Mrs. Amy E. Sanderson,
81, who suffered a slight heart
attack as they rode on the boule-
ward just south of Alexandria,
park police reported.
The car went off the road.
bounced back on again, then went
off a second time and struck a
tree, police said. The older wom-
an was thrown out of the car.
She died in Alexandria Hospital
four hours after the accident.
The driver was released after
treatment for shock and bruises.
A 19-year-old Herndon (VaD
woman was admitted to Arling-
ton Hospital last night with back
injuries suffered in an auto
mobile accident near Chantilly.
The hospital said that Mrs. Lucille