Risking his limbs, his neck and in fact his life, Dare Devil Charlie Vee, who came to Goldsboro two weeks ago and gained fame by attempting, completing a 100-hours drive in a Chevrolet automobile yesterday afternoon thrilled some 2,000 men, women and children in a daring jump from the rear of another Chevrolet car, the machine traveling over the pavement of Ashe Street at a rate of speed registered at 52 miles by the speedometer.
Vee, wearing a heavily padded suit, made the jump without injury to himself, however landing on the pavement squarely on his back and skidding for a distance of probably 35 feet before he rolled over several times into a nearby gutter, where he was picked up by spectators and within a few moments was able to walk across the street to the new home of the Handley Motor Company.
Not content with his leap for life, Vee harnessed himself between two automobiles and defied either or both to pull apart. “Full steam ahead” was put on both machines by their drivers, but Vee “held them down” on three occasions.
The show was free for the 2,000 or more who had gathered for the spectacle were amply repaid for the time they had spent in witnessing the affair. Vee, who hails from Chicago, seems intent on Goldsboro some real thrills, and it is predicted that his next stunt will be driving an automobile off the roof of a two or three-story building to the street.
From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, April 4, 1926
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