Dewey Garrard, West Durham man, is at his home on Broad street probably seriously injured as a result of being smashed over the head with a half gallon fruit jar filled with whiskey and wielded by Bruce Ellis, an Edgemont resident. Police are searching for Ellis and expect to land him in jail before daylight. Robert Ladd, an East Durham boy who was driving a car in which Ellis was riding at the time of the assault is being held in jail under $500 bond on a charge of transporting whiskey. Warrants have been issued charging Ellis with assault with a deadly weapon and with illegal possession of whiskey.
The assault, which was one of the most unexpected and most daring of its kind in the history of police circles, occurred Saturday night about 8 o’clock at the corner of Corcoran and Parrish streets. A large number of people witnessed the affair.
The police blotter records that Mr. Garrard was driving a Ford roadster and was entering Corcoran street from Parrish street. The car in which Ellis was riding collided with Mr. Garrard’s car. Mr. Garrard got out of his car to view the damage and to get the number of the other car. As he approached the car in which his assailant was riding, Ellis smashed him in the head with the fruit jar. Young Ladd immediately poured the gas to his machine, and speeded away. Mr. Garrard was left lying in the street in an unconscious condition. His head was badly lacerated and witnesses who rushed to aid him made a hurry call for doctors.
The police were notified of the assault and within a short time rounded up young Ladd. They had been unable to locate Ellis at a late hour Saturday night.
Police say that Ellis is a “bad customer.” They know very little concerning the West Durham man, but say they understand he recently moved to Durham and is a West Durham merchant.
From page 27 of the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, Dec. 7, 1924
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