Evening star., 1952-02-15
Car Found Abandoned
After Hit-Run Driver
Injuries Woman, S.

Injuries Woman, S.
Montgomery County police to-
day sought the driver of hit-run
car which struck q Wheaton
woman and left her unconscious
by the roadside.
Mrs. Erne H. Holzbeierlein, Sc,
Of 2807 Byron street, Wheaton,
was found lying in q ditch near
the intersection Of Grandview and
Dawson avenues in Wheaton last
night.
Two other women were injured
severely when their car and al
truck collided in Silver Spring.
yesterday. They were Mrs. Patri-
cia L. Liedtke. 10. of 9222 Oldl
Bladensburg road. and Mrs. joyce
Ann Meme. 20. Of 1924 Old Bla-
densburg road.
Car Found Abandoned.
Montgomery County police said
q car which they believed struck
Mrs. Holzbeierlein was found
abandoned about three blocks
from the accident.
Mrs. Holzbeierlein, who was
found by a passing motorist was
taken to Suburban Hospital with
a broken left leg, cuts. and pos
sibly other injuries. The hos
pital said her condition was fairly
good.
In the Silver Spring accident,
q car driven by Mrs. Liedtke col
lided with a truck driven by Her
man L, Jones. 40. of 1912 ELM
street. Bethesda. The collision
occurred on Old Bladensburg
road near Kemp Mill road. Mrs.
Meme was thrown from the au-
tomobile. police said.
Mrs. Meme was taken to Wash
ington Sanitarium with crushed
chest and head injuries. Her
condition was listed as critical.
Mrs. Eedtke was taken to Be-
thesda Naval Hospital with pos
sible fractured pelvis and three
fractured yertehrae. Her condi-
ton today was reported as salts
factory.
Man and Child Struck.
In the District, a man and a.
child were struck as they crossed
from a loading platform at Geor-
gia avenue and Fairmont street
NV. yesterday by a car driven
by DIR. Philip H. Warner, 81, of
1902 Connecticut avenue, Chevy
Chase, Nd, police reported.
William Kosh, So, colored, Of
635 Fairmont street NV. still was
under observation today at Freed
mems Hospital. The child, Mosely
Gaines, 4. of 318 New York avenue
NV. was treated and released.
No charge was placed against DR..
Warner.
A 85-year-old woman was in
fair condition at Casualty Hos
pital after being struck at North
Capitol street and New York ave-
nue. ,lasts night. according to an-i
other police report. /
The cars driver was listed as
Rosenwald Gallot, 10, colored, of
the 400 block of I street NV, /
an attendant at st. Elizabeths
Hospital. who was charged with
failing to yield the right of way.
Visitors Injured. /
The injured woman is Mrs.
Anna L. Ernest of 1910 Thirtyst
fifth street, Mount Rainier tMd.3
police said. |:
Also In fair eondition at cas-l
ualty was Samuel Hoffer, %, of
Indianapolis, Ind, who, police
said, drove into the, rear of aI
parked car in the 100 block of
Potomac avenue. Sc. last night.
Harold Peck. "a. of st. Paul.
Ind, who was riding with Mr..
Hoffer, was treated at the hos !
pital. No charge was placed
against Mr.. Hoffer.. whom police
quoted as saying he was forced
over to the side$of the street bya
another car. The parked car be- ,
longs, to Grandson Mathews of !,
1121 Potomac avenue Sc, accord |,
ing. to the report. j |,
Armored Car and Truck Collide.
Four persons were injured late {
yesterday when a Drinks armored 1
car. collided with a Ward Baking ,
Co. truck at Seventeenth and P
streets NV. .
The injured were removed to
Emergency Hospital and admitted.
Their condition was reported to be ,
satisfactory. |,
They were Philip Lawson, 20, of
2403 Sheraton street. Wheaton,
Md. driver Of the Drinks truck,
conclusion and dislocated left hip; Il
Sida Goforth. IS. Of 206 Douglas
street NE. head cuts, and Layton
jackson, 80, of 202 Douglas street
NE, conclusion, both of Drinks,
and William j. McGinn. q, of
11605 Joseph Mill road, Silver
Spring, Md, driver of the Ward
truck, head cuts. l.
Natal c,lrhe Faced