Evening star., 1955-07-23
Four Traffic
Deaths Listed,
One Cripple
Crush on Route !
Kills Murine and
Ex-Servicemun

Three men were killed in auto
Imishaps early today in Wash
Iington and Virginia and another
man died last night from in
juries received in a collision
Thursday in st. Mary's County,
Md.
A crippled man, James Mabruy,
so, of no fixed address, was
struck and killed by an auto
in the 700 block Of Maine ave-
nue. S.W. Police released the
driver of the auto for an appear
Iance later at a coroner's inquest.
The driver was listed as Mark
H. Burroughs, 80, of the 21O0
block of O street NV, an auto
salesman.
Police said Mr.. Mabruy walked
into the path of the auto as
he crossed Maine avenue. He
died in Casualty Hospital at 5:06
am.
Crash on Route l
A Marine sergeant and a
former Marine were killed in
the Virginia crash on Route /,
Ione mile south of Triangle in
Prince William County. The
dead are:
T/Sergt. James B. Campbell,
"a, stationed at Quantico Marine
Base, and Kermit Stapleton, %,
Iof Cranks, KY, former Marine
who was visiting with Sergt.
Campbell.
Mr.. Stapleton was killed in
Istantly, State police said. Sergt.
Campbell suffered q fractured
skull and died at the Naval
Hospital at Quantico about nine
hours after the accident.
The deaths increased Vir-
lginia's traffic toll for 1855 to
421. On the same date last year,
there were 395 fatalities.
Collides with Truck
Police said Sergt. Campbell's
car ran into the rear of a tractor
trailer truck driven by William
E. Jordan, IS, colored, of Tyner,
N. c. The car skidded into the
inside lane, police said, and was
struck by a car driven by Leon
c. Brown, "a, Quantico Marine.
Carmine Conigliaro. 81, of
Route 2, Pasadena, Anne Arun-
del County, Md. died about mid
might at George Washington
Hospital from injuries suffered
in a tWo-car crash in st. Marys
County Thursday morning.
State police said the car driven
by Mr. Conigliaro attempted to
pass another and collided head
on with a car driven by Francis
E. Cough, Jr., 81, Of Chaptico,
Md.
Gotn Dedtn Oh 1edr
Mr.. Marbruy was the Districts
28th traffic fatality of the year.
At the same time in 1854 the
total was 35 killed.
In other accidents yesterday
two children were seriously in
|jured.
Paulette Levine, 5, of 43 Under
wood place NV, is in Children's
Hospital with head injuries. She
was a passenger in an auto
driven by her mother, Mrs. Eva
B. Levine, 80, police said.
The Levine auto collideG with
a car driven by Charles L. Hall,
20, a telephone repairman of
8405 Woodcliff court. Silver
Spring, police reported.
Boy Z, Injured
Andrew Curtis, 7, colored, of
1906 D street Sc, was admitted
to District General Hospital with
head injuries, suffered when he
dashed into the path of an auto
near his home.
Police said the youngster was
playing with other chilren in the
neighborhood who were sprin-
king each other with a garden
hose when he suddenly ran into
the street.
The driver, police said, was
Warren P. Hawkins, 10, colored.
of the 1900 block of D street
Sc. He was released without
being charged.
In another Virginia accident,
Marine Sergt. William Hewitt of
Quantico was critically injured
by a car as he walked across
Route !, four miles north of
Stafford Courthouse. The Guam
tico Public Information Office
said Sergt. Hewitt suffered a
fractured skull. He was trans
ferred to Bethesda Naval Hos
lpital.