Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Toddler Killed When She Breaks Free of Mother, Bolts into Traffic, June 23, 1926

Child Killed in Gastonia

Gastonia, June 23 (AP)—Jerking loose from its mother’s hand on the square here this morning, Freida Butler, year-old daughter of Mrs. Amy Butler, Cramerton widow, was struck and instantly killed by a car driven by Mrs. Clyde McLean, prominent young Gastonia matron. Eye witnesses stated the latter was driving at a low rate of speed.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, June 23, 1926

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