Sunday, August 11, 2024

George Salem, 3, Dies When Struck by Car, Aug. 11, 1924

Small Child Meets Death in Charlotte. . . Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Salem Run Down in Street by Hall Reid, White Man

Charlotte, Aug. 9—George Salem, 3 ½-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Salem, was almost instantly killed in front of his parents’ home on Jackson avenue tonight when run over by an automobile driven by Hall Reid, young white man, who lives near the city.

Reid was held in $500 bond on a charge of manslaughter, although the police said they thought the accident was unavoidable.

The child was playing in the street when struck, it was said.

From the front page of the Concord Times, Monday, Aug. 11, 1924

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn91068271/1924-08-11/ed-1/seq-1/#words=AUGUST+11%2C+1924

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