Willis Bateman, 4, Dies When Struck by Car, Sept. 24, 1924

Child Killed by Auto

By the Associated Press

Leakesville, N.C., Sept. 24—Willis Bateman, 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Bateman of North Spray, was run over and killed by an automobile driven by Laudy Hutchins near the child’s home last night. Hutchins declares the accident was unavoidable.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1924

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