The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-31
CUT DOWN BY A TRUCK.
Little Joseph SChOldeT Meets His
Death Under Its Heavy Wheels.

Playing Near the Sidewalk When He
Was Struck by One of the Mules and
Thrown Under the Wheel-His suf-
fsring Was Intense Until He Died.
Caesar Beatty, the Negro Driver, Did
Not Stop to See What He Had Done,
but fastened to the Wagon Yard,
Where He Dropped His Lines and
Skipped Out.
Joseph Scholder, little s-year-old boy,
whose parents live at No. % Margaret
street, in the western part of the city,
was run over by a heavy cotton truck
Yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock and
received injuries which resulted in his
death about o'clock last night.
The little fellow was playing with some
of his friends on tho sidewalk on the
southside of Margaret street, and was at
the time near the edge Of the walk on the
wooden curbing. Two heavy cotton
trucks turned the corner of West Broad
street into Margaret and went down the
slight incline at that point at pretty
rapid speed.
THE DRIVERS RACING.
Friends of the boys parents who saw
the accident say the two drivers seemed
to be racing down the hill, and were
going at rapid rate almost abreast
When the truck on the left reached the
point where the children were playing
the mule nearest the sidewalk lurched in
close enough to strike the boy and
knock him under the wheel. The
front wheel of the heavy truck
driven by Caesar Beatty, passed over the
little fellow about the abdomen, MASKING
him faarf11lIu Ipaffv did n Sfnn
to what extent he had injured the boy,
but hurried on faster until he reached
the yard al Farm and Margaret streets,
into which he drove, dropped the team
and hurried off.
The little fellow was picked up and car
ried to his home, which was Just across
the street. He was in a terrible condi-
ton and was suffering intense agony.
Besides the MASKING to which he had
been subjected he had severe bruises
about his arms and legs.
HIS LIFE CRUSHED OUT
Medical aid was summoned and he was
given every care and attention, but could
not survive the severe injuries, and died
last night about 6 o'clock.
Both the trucks which were going down
the hill belonged TO Mr.. Frank NJ John
son, whose yard is at Farm and Margaret
streets. He said that Beatty drove
into the yard and informed him of
what had happened and left the place
ut once, as he supposed, for
his home. Beatty, he says, told
him that the affair was entirely
accidental and that the children started
out from the sidewalk toward the street
Just as he drove up. He said he was not
driving fast and did not have time to get
out of the way or stop, and that the child
was struck by the mule and knocked
under the front wheel which passed over
its body.
BEATTY IN HIDING.
The police made thorough search for
Beatty last night, but without any re-
suits. 1t was learned that he lived in the
southwestern part of the city, but a
search there developed the fact that
while his family was living in that quar-
ter he had left it and was living
out on the White Bluff road. A
search out there failed to find him.
Last night about z 80 o'clock, Policeman
King of the Central railroad force re-
ceived a message that Beatty was hiding
in the hay loft of the wagon yard on
Farm street. He went up to make
search but found that the negro had just
left, and was supposed to have started
out toward the White Bluff road
Policeman King took up the trail but
failed to locate him.