Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1931, Page 10

THaE EVENING STAR, WASH INGTON. D.. C.. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER BOY, 10, ISFATALLY | GRUSHED BY TRUCK Thomas H. Benfield, This City, Run Down on Rock- ville Pike. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESRA, Md, September 8.— Knocked about 18 feet and then crushed beneath the wheels of a Boy Scout truck on the Rockville pike near Qarrett Park yesterday, Thomas Hard- ing Benfield, 10 years old, son of Burett H. Benfield, an inspector of the Dis- trict Street Department, was fatally injured The truck was driven by Willlam C. Westlake, 25, of 426 Taylor street, Chevy Chase, Md. scoutmaster of Troop No. 8 of All Souls' Episcopal Church, Washington. The truck was owned by the Scout troop. Accom- panying him were five Boy Scouts, who were returning to Washington from a élz‘;t‘in}' vacation trip through New York . Released on Bond. ‘Westlake was charged with man- slaughter by Officer James S. McAuliffe of Montgomery County police, who brought him to the local substation following the crash. He was later re- leased on $500 bond for appearance in Police Court at Rockville Septem- ber_21. The scoutmaster told police that he “went to pieces” when the truck hit the lad and was unable to bring it to a stop. The truck, according to police, was stopped by one of the Scouts who was seated on the front seat after it had traveled about 100 feet from where the boy was struck. Near Garrett Park, Westlake told police, he turned out to pass a cement mixer and the truck was thus on the wrong side of the road. The lad was walking along the road and darted into the path of the vehicle, Westlake said. Young Benfield. who lives at 212 East Capitol street, Washington, had gone with his father and mother to visit H. R. Benfield, the lad's uncle, who is connected with the work of widening of the Rockville pike. The lad is said to have gone off down the road alone when the accident occurred. Pronounced Dead at Hospital. Stanley Harris of Rockville, & passing | motorist, took the lad to Emergency Hospital in Washington, where he was pronounced dead by Dr. Thomas Brad- ley. The body was later removed to the undertaking establishment of Warner E. Pumphrey of Rockville { The five Boy Scouts remained at the local police station for several hours while their scoutmaster was arranging bond. The Scouts in the party were: Yam Leith, 14, 3101 Macomb street Burt Nye, 18, 3002 Thirty-second street: | Allen Robinson, 17, of 1760 Euclid street: W. Yule Fisher, 19, 4421 Seven- teepth street, and Benjamin J. Stone, 3023 Macomb street, all of Washington. FIVE SLIGHTLY HURT. Four Autos Are in Collision on Lee Highway in Virginia. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. LEE HEIGHTS, Va., Septembor 8.— ns escaped with minor cuts and bruises in a four-cornered automo- bile collision on the Lee Highway near here early last night. Two others were unhurt. Oscar M. Kible of Elkton, Md., driver of one of the cars, was taken to George- town University Hospital in Washington and treated for slight lacerations of the face after his car overturned and threw him to the roadway. His wife and baby were uninjured. George W. Laycock of Purcellville, Va., end his wife were carried to the same institution by members of the Cherry- dale Fire Department and treated for minor body bruises. Peter G. Stelle of ‘Washini and M. C. Baker of Win- chester, Va., operat-rs of the other two sutomobiles, were given first aid treat- ment at the scene for minor cuts. TWO HURT NEAR FAIRFAX. Potomac Man Injured When Car Over- turns on Washington Road. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star ALEXANDRIA, Va. September 8--— Despite the unusually heavy traffic through here over the week end, which was estimated by a representative of the State Highway Department as a record, with 20,000 cars being counted as passing over Hunting Creek Bridge in a 12-hour period Sunday, only two accidents were reported. A collisfon of two cars near Fairfax last night resulted in injuries to Miss Ruth London and her brother, Max London, of 338 East Windsor avenue here. The girl was treated at the Alex- andria Hospital for bad cuts about the head and body and a possible fractured lez. Max Tondon reeeived cuts about the face. Four colored men in the other machine escaped injury and are beiug held by Fairfax authorities for investi- gation of the accident. Claude M. Mayo, 21, of Potomac, suf- fered bedily injuries when a car he was driving turned over several times on the Alexandria-Washington road yes- terday morning. He was treated at the Alexandria Hospital. Traffic became so heavy last night that it was necessary for police to dis- continue the signal light at Franklin and Patrick streets and direct traffic by | hand. Cars were lined up for a mile | on the Richmond Highway before the | light was shut off. DO-X SALE REPORTED Dornier Quoted as Saying Alr Glnnt‘\ Being Sold. NEW YORK, September 8 (#)—The Evening Post today quotes Maurice Dornier, brother of the inventor of the glant flying boat DO-X, as saying negotiations are under way for sale of the plane in this country. Spokesmen for most of the large air transport companies who _could reached said they were not considering purchase of the ship. The Post did not say with what company the report- ed negotiations were being carried on. Church Council to Meet. BALLSTON, Va., September 8 (Spe- cial).—The Church Council of the Ballston Christian Church will meet at the church tomorrow evening. 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