Evening star., 1954-12-10
Three Die in District
Traffic Accidents,
Raising 81 Toll 10 S.

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Three persons, one Of them
the victim of a hit-and-run
driver. died within the last "a
hours as the result of District
traffic accidents.
Their deaths raised to SIS the
total fatalities for the District
this year, as compared to 81 at
this time in 1853. Total deaths
in 1853 were 10.
The dead were:
Lucian B. Jordon, so, of 1860
Runnymede place NV, an In
terstate Commerce Commission
hearing examiner.
Mrs. Katherine M. Driggers,
33, colored, of 1109 Twenty first
place NE, a kitchen worker at
the Blue Plains Home for the
Aged.
Herman Daiker, rs, 624 Park
road NV, a retired restaurateur.
A native of Germany, Mr..
Daiker was proprietor Of the Old
Heidelberg Buffet, first at 1415
! street NV. and later at its
present location at SIS Eleventh
street NV.
He sold his business in 1889
an dretired, planning to take a
trip to his homeland. World
War II intervened, however.
Later he opened a restaurant
called the Daikerhaus at Four
teenth and I streets NV.
Thrown Onto Hood.
Mr.. Jordon, a pedestrian, died
In Emergency Hospital at $50
pm. yesterday, 80 minutes after
he was struck as he crossed the
street in the middle of the $500
block of Connecticut avenue NV.
He suffered fractures of both
legs and skull injuries. d
Police said Harry H. Brodie.
IS, plumber, of the 1700 block
of New Hampshire avenue NV,
was the driver of the vehicle chat
hit Mr.. Jordan. He was held on
a technical charge for action of
q coroner's jury today.
Mr.. Blodie told accident in
vestigation unit officers~he was
driving north when the auto
Immediately in front of him
sWerved sharply to the right. |
He said he slammed on his
brakes and at the same instant
saw a pedestrian in front of
him and felt an impact.
Mr.. Jordon was hurled onto
the hood and was carried about
6 feet before he slid off into
the street.
A former attorney in the
1CC Bureau of Valuation, Mr..
Jordon was native of West
Virginia. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Beatrice Jordon,
and a daughter.
Thrown From Auto.
Victim of the ehit-and-run
autoist was Mrs. Driggers.
Police said she was killed in
stantly when she was hurled out
of a car in which she was a
passenger when 1t was in colli-
sion with another car at Eighth |
and K streets NE. She was pro-
nounced dead on the scene at |
5:45 am. today.
Driver of the auto in which |
the kitchen worker was riding,
police said, was William X. Eat
man, A. colored, of 46O4 B street
NE. a chef at Blue Plains.
The chef told police another
vehicle rammed into the right |
side of his auto which was GO
ing east on K street. He said |
the other driver, a colored man,
got out of his wrecked auto and
fed on foot.
Accident Investigation Unit |
detectives said a check with the
owner of the auto disclosed he
had loaned it last night to a
friend who in turn loaned it to
the suspect.
Mr.. Daiker died in Emergency
Hospital at TIT am. today of a
fractured right hip, fractured
right arm and internal injuries.
He was struck on November 20,
as he stepped from between
parked cars in front of his home,
police said. ..-..
Listed as driver of the auto
was Wayne C. Hill, 20, of the
unit block of Woodland drive,
Falls Church, Va, a Soldiers
Home employe, A coroner's in
quest in the case was scheduled
for today.
Jury Holds Traffic Death