Wadesboro, Dec. 6—This city and section were terribly shocked this morning by one of the saddest tragedies the county ever knew, when it was learned that W.I. Little, a prominent and popular citizen of White Store township, was killed last night by a car on the road near his residence. Mr. Little was returning from his son’s store when struck by the car going in the direction of the store.
His family became uneasy when he had not returned home at 11 o’clock and instituted a search for him. He was found by his daughter, Miss Netta, about a hundred yards from his home and had been dead for some time. His leg was broken in two places by the impact of the car wheel and investigation developed the fact that he had bled profusely and had crawled across the road in his effort to reach his home, his trail being plainly marked by blood stains. It is said that a handkerchief found about his person was knotted and saturated with blood as though it had been used by him in trying to staunch the flow of blood.
The circumstances of his death were peculiarly sad and pathetic, as from all indications he had made a desperate effort to reach his home.
A negro boy named Wade Little, aged 20 years, was arrested this afternoon and placed in jail here on a confession made by another negro that Wade Little was the driver of the car that killed Mr. Little. The negro who gave the information claims that the Little negro was driving very fast when he struck Mr. Little, who was walking by the roadside, and that the driver of the car refused to stop and render assistance, although he knew it was Mr. Little whom he had struck.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Dec. 7, 1925
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