Thrown from the running board of a Ford roadster when the machine, said to have been driven by Willie Rue, swung south into Mangum street from Morgan early last night and crashed into the side of a southbound Mangum Street trolley car, Clyde Taylor, youthful employee of the Durham Flour and Feed Company, Morgan Street and Rigsbee Avenue, was gathered up by passers-by and carried to Watts Hospital where he was reported to still be in a semi-conscious condition at 1 o’clock this morning. The matter was reported at police headquarters by Officers Pendergraph and Allison, who investigated.
According to their report, filed with Chief Walter F. Doby, the Ford was being driven east on Morgan Street by Willie Rue at the time of the crash. Taylor and Connie Stephens, also said to be employed by the same company with whom Taylor is connected, were riding the running boards of the machine while Early Umstead occupied a seat in the machine with the driver.
Rue, it was reported, endeavored to turn south into Mangum Street at the point intersected by Morgan, but did not have clearance because of the presence of the street car, also southbound. The motorman is alleged to have jammed on his brakes bringing his car to a stop. The left front wheel of the Ford struck the trolley car, swinging the tail of it around and throwing the two young men from the running boards. Stephens was not injured although Taylor’s head is said to have struck the asphalt with sufficient force to produce concussion of the brain.
Rue, the police report of the matter said, did not take up but continued on. He had not been located at an early hour this morning. The machine is said to be the property of Maynard Mangum.
According to the best information obtainable by the police, the four had been or were enroute to a point to pull a truck belonging to the company employing Stephens and Taylor out of a hole.
From page 2 of The Durham Sunday Herald, Nov. 23, 1924
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