Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-27
Remains Of Hon. W. A. Aaron Being
Held By New Orleans Masons
Pending Inquiry.
MUCH INTEREST AMONG
HATTIESBURG FRATERNITIES
Odd Fellows Hall Is in Mourning.
Committee From the Lodge viii Go
After Remains If Relatives Are Not
Located.

Up to the present time it has not
been decided just where the remains
of Hon. w. A. Aaron will be buried
as his mother has not peen located
, and pending a hearing from her the
remains are being held by John A.
Davillo, secretary of the Louisiana
Relief Lodge of Masons, in New Or
leans.
Through Mr.. H. Katz, of this city, it
. was learned that the mother of the de-
Aased, Mrs. F. c.. Williams, resided
OF had, resided in Soperton, Ca, and
that gentleman has been making an
effort all night to find If Mrs. Will
1iams still resides there, number of
kilograms being sent to her address
Z with instructions to deliver at any
( cost but up to the present time no
answer has been received.
Through Mr.. Katz, who is acting
for the local lodge Of Odd Fellows,
!. 1t is also learned that Mr.. Aaron was
native of Rightsvllle, Ca, and was
in his 37th year of age at the time of
the sad accident
In the event that his mother is not
located tonight committee from the
Odd Fellows will go downto New Or
leans and bring the body to this city
Tor interment.
The odd Fellows Hall in this city
has been draped in mourning, as he
was an honored member of the organ
ization and was one of the executive
committee of the orphans home from
this district.
The Times-Democrat of yesterday
gives the following account Of Mr.
I Aaron's DEATH
Dragged fifty feet under speeding
automobile almost up to the very
doorstep of his home at 1909 st
Charles avenue, William Aaron, an at
torney in the employ of the Birming
ham and Southwestern Railroad, was
so badly mangled last night that he
died half hour later at Touro Infirm
AIRY.
Mr.. Aaron was struck as he alightet
from st. Charles belt car at st
Charles avenue and Terpsichort
street, and his bodyMwas rolled ovei
and over under the huge car unit
it stopped in. front of the residence
of Mrs. Camille Riculf, where the un
fortunate attorney made his home.
Mervyn Friedman. nineteen year,
old Who Veg driving the machine a
he time Of the accident, was placet
nder arrest and locked Sp at thu
anirst Precinct police station. pSadint
IN investigation.
The tragedy occurred at $40 o'clocl
in the evening, and Attorney Aaron
was on his way to dinner when fellet
by the automobile.
1t is alleged that Friedman wal
driving at terrific speed, and that thu
nYyer had no chance to get out o
way. The front of the machine
tck the doomed man with terrific
be, but in such manner that in
d of being thrown to one side, h
drawn under the car, where h
he wedged between the gearing
The ground.
zen picked up he was lfncon
and almost unrecognizabke un
,oo+3,n 30 h1ond and dirt Al
lance was Immediately (sun
h, and the lawyer hurried to- tn
harry, where he died shortly be
o'clock, without ever halvin
lned consciousness.
denomination by the surgeons
ktitution revealed the fact tina
Aaron's neck had been broken, an
at, in addition to three fracture
bs. he had received great man
ly wounds.
The police allege that Young Friet
w was racing with another autom'
The time of the 96cident, an
Reckless speeding was tn
if the jattorney's dealt
en to they police station tn
hauffulr Appeared absolutel
erent as to his victims fate 6
his own. and replied insolently
,estions put to him.
ked whether he had run iver tn
r deliberately, the boy Is d