Police officers are still seeking clues that will lead to the arrest of the man who drove a rum car on the tracks of the Southern railway company here Sunday night. The wrecked car, about 20 gallons of liquor and a coat were found by the officers but the driver of the auto so far has been able to evade arrest.
What was left of the car, a Studebaker roadster, was placed on a track and carried from the scene of the wreck Monday. There are no large pieces of the car left and no effort will be made to repair it.
The driver of the car for some reason left he highway at the southern passenger station and drove up the road that runs parallel with the tracks. Where the road ends near the Niblock Lumber Co. the drive drove upon the tracks and got as far as the Buffalo Mill before his car stuck in the tracks. While the owner was trying to get the car free, train No. 38, the Crescent Limited, came along and without effort did what the owner had been trying to do—free the tracks of the auto.
Police officers are still trying to decide why the rum runner decided to drive up the tracks. He may have taken the blind road thinking it led out to some other main highway, the officers point out, but no sober, sane man would have driven on the tracks when the end of the road was reached.
One report current here Monday was to the effect that passersby had to pull the man from the car to save him, while another report said he was out of the car and had asked several onlookers to aid him in getting it from the tracks.
From numbers on the car officers hope to learn the identify of its driver.
From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1925
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