Here is an exclusive picture showing how Julian Newbern’s Stephen roadster looked after it was pulled out of the ditch and righted in the road at the scene of the accident Wednesday morning. When the car hit the tree, which demolished its body, it was traveling with two wheels on the side of the road and two wheels in the ditch, tilting at such an angle that the wheels and chassis barely escaped hitting the tree, whereas the upper part of the car, swinging far over to the right, got the full force of the impact. Photos by Victor Meekins of The Independent staff.
And The Headlights Were Saved
Here is one of those freaks that make folks marvel. Tho the Stephens roadster in Tuesday night’s accident was reduced to a mass of junk, the headlights were not damaged. You see them in the picture of the car taken just after the car was righted and pulled out into the road by mechanics Wednesday morning.
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To Indict Newbern on Manslaughter Charge. . . The Penalty for Which May be Four Months or 20 Years in Prison
Julian Newbern, owner and driver of the car in which three men were killed Tuesday night will be indicted for manslaughter as soon as he is out of the hospital, says County Prosecutor P.G. Sawyer who will not wait for a grand jury action.
The penalty provided for the conviction in a case of manslaughter is imprisonment for not less than four months nor more than 20 years, in either the county jail or state prison, within the discretion of the court.
Julian Newbern who is resting quietly at the Pasquotank Municipal Hospital to-day refuses to make any statement for publication. He says he has been advised not to talk. But he has talked. He has told his physician Dr. Howard J. Combs that he was driving at a speed of not more than 30 miles an hour and that his steering gear refused to work when the accident occurred. It is believed that this is the story he will stick to. Wallace Miller, who occupies the same hospital room with Newbern insists that he doesn’t know how the accident happened at all.
Dr. Combs, who was called to the wreck Tuesday night and administered first aid to the victims, will testify that Julian Newbern showed no signs of intoxication at the time. Other witnesses will testify that they saw no evidence of young Newbern being under the influence of liquor Tuesday night. But there will be other witnesses. Night Officer Frank T. Winslow says that Newbern and his party were to all appearances under the influence of liquor about 10 o’clock Tuesday night and that he told Newbern he had better put his car up for the night. Officer Winslow says Newbern was not what could be called drunk.
Dr. Combs, who is attending both Newbern and Miller, thinks they will be ready to leave the hospital in a few days if no complications set in. Young Newbern shows no signs of internal injuries or broken bones except a possible fracture of one rib.
From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Aug. 17, 1923
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