Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1928, Page 3

STOP! = VER ANNIVER- SARY BUICK LooOK/ LISTEN/! wi many NEW FEATURES, You'll Agree It's the Finest Thing in Motordom THE EVENING STAR. FIVE PERSONS DIE ON2300VOLT WIRE Members of Arizona Family Caught Trying to Save Father After Storm. By the Assoc'ated Press. PHOENIX. - Ariz August 22 —Five persons wore el cutéd here last night when they stumbled across a | bare 2.300-volt high-power line blown {to the ground during a terrific wind- | | storm about midnigit | Three of the victims, Richard Miller, | his wife and a son * instantly killad. Two others, Miller's son Wes- |ley and a neighbor, Carl Meeks, died | attemptinz to rescus the three ! Millsr stepped on the wire on the way to wors. His sereams brought his | wife and a son to his aid. Both died { when they came in cdntact with the wire. Wesley, anoiher son, escaped [trom the wire once, and his shouting attracted Meeks. The two returned | and attempted to drag the bodies loose, | both being killed in the attempt. Will -Rogers Say, wasn't that some trip Goebel made? Good thing he didu’t fiv across Texas or he couldn't have made that time. | 1 tell you when you read about those fell)ws do- ing things like that, it kinder off- sets what politi- cians are promis- ing to do. I -see ‘where Smith has an- 'OVERCOME HIT- George W. Rees Catches Man and Forces Captive to Police Station. ! | { | | R Joseph Middleton, Colored, | Accused of Injuring 10- | Year-01d Chi'd. 1 By his quickness of action, a bold ront and the nerve to see the thing | hrough, George W. Rees, 23 years old. lof 1432 A street northeast. captured an alleged hit-and-run driver and | forced him to go to the ninth precinct | yesterday afternoon, despiie the fact | |that the motorist was much larger | | than himself. Francis O'Lone, 10 years | {old, of 144 Thirteenth strest southess', | {had just been knocked down and se- | | riously injured at East Capitol and | | Thirtaenth streets, Rees, returning from work, was. pacs- 'Ing in a street car when the accident locc\lrrcdv The driver, Joseph Middleton, colored, 23 years old, 249 Fourteenth | street, falled to stop after hitting the child, Rees told police. Without a thought of apprehending | Middleton, Rees hurriedly elighted from |the car to see if he could bz of any | | assistance to the injured boy. As he ! reached the street, he h a woman ery that “ihe driver is trying to a° away.” Rees Gocs in Pursuit. He immediately ran around the rear of the car and was just able to lo {on the running board of Middleion's machine. He gruffly shouted into th~| man's ear for him to turn around. | { Rees admitted this morning that he {was surprised when his commend was | obeyed after only slight hesitation by the driver. | Rees jumped from the car when they | | got back to the scene of the acciden | and Middleton attempted to drive away. | | Rees whistled at him and yelled for him | to pull up alongside the curb and get out. Again the colored man obeved. much to Rees’ astonishment. Finding that the child was being put into an- SWIFT ACTION AND BOLD FRONT), AND-RUN DRIVER rances O'Lone, hit-and-run tended to telophone for the police. The instrument was out of order and Rees escorted his prizener to a park police | WASHINGTON., D. C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 1928. 22, we drove to the station house. At Ninth and B streets northeast he stopped and asked if hs could speak to another col- ored man we were passing. I told him he conld if he kept both his hands on the wheel, and he kept them there while he told the man to arrange for some | one th come to the station to get his| car,” Rees continued. Middleton Fined and Jailed. Midd'aton was sentenced fo six | months in jail and fined $35 by Judge John P, McMahon in Trafiic Court th morning. When the colored man ar- rived at the court, it was found he was | wanted bv police for speeding and op- erating without a permit on Fifth street southwest June 5. On that date-h> was | arrested by Policeman A. E. Brown and notified to appear. in court the next day. | Middleton failed to obey the summons, | and Brown has since then had in his possession a warrant for his arrest. He was fined $10 on the speeding charge and sentenced to 30 days in jail for having no permit. As an outcome of the incident yes- t~rday, he was sentenced to 60 days in jail for leaving after colliding, %0 days for operating without a permit and $23 or 25 days for inadequate brakes. In addition to Rees, Miss Agnes Votel, 1371 B street southeast, and B. R. Digges, 1630 A street northeast. b ‘b passengers of the street car, testified . court today. At Casualty Hospital Francis O'Lone was found to be suffering from severe bruises to the head. He may have 8 fréctured skull and his condition is said to ha serious. et ey Closed all day Saturday during August Store hours: 8:15 to 6 I Here’s the = = = Rich’s Semi-annual Clearance Sale Closes Friday, August 24 Final Reduction 4, 90 sentry box in Tincoln Park, hoping to | find an officer there, SuCcess Gruff Talk Wins Victory, Then, Rees declated, he told Middle- | ton he was going to take him to the | ninth precinct station. 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