Losing control of his car and crashing into the front of McKay’s pharmacy on West Chapel Hill street, Leonard Hobbs of Cincinnati damaged the front of the establishment approximately $1,000 Saturday evening about 7 o’clock.
In lieu of bond, Hobbs was placed in jail under three charges: driving an automobile while under the influence of whiskey, and two charges of injury to property.
Only a few persons saw the accident, so quickly did it occur. When the driver of the automobile go some 80 feet from the drugs store front, it seemed to witnesses that the machine sped directly towards it. Only Hobbs occupied it.
The large plate glass window was crashed in and the force of the vehicle took it into the establishment and crashed into the soda fountain and tables. Hobbs escaped without a scratch. Fortunately there was no one in the front of the store at the time.
Witnesses declare that at the moment of the accident a 12-ounce bottle, partly filled with whiskey, was dropped out of the car. Officer J.L. Knight took Hobbs into custody. A large crowd gathered around the drug store shortly after the accident.
From page 9 of the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, April 20, 1924
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