The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-19
GEORGE DAVIS, 12-YEAR-oLp SON
OF OSCAR DAVIS, KILLED ON
5OUIE STREET.
LAR OWNED And OPERATED
BY NEGRO, OLIVER RODGERS
injured Child Was Rushed to Hospital.
Where he Died Without Regaininq
Consciousness-Rogers Was Arrest
ed and Placed In County Jail.

M George Davis, the twelve-year-old
son Of Oscar R. Davis, superintendent
1. of ]. ]. Newman Lumber company's
Hattiesburg mill, was struck and fatal
ly injured, Friday afternoon about 3
O'Clock, by large five-passenger auto
mobile, owned and operated t the
time, by Oliver Rodgers, we'll known
negro, as he was coming into the city,
at point on Bouie street near ]. G..
Fairley's residence.
Rodgers was at the time accom-
panied by a negro chauffer named
sTossie House, who Immediately ran off
when he saw that the little boy was
badly hurt.
Mr.. Purser reached the scene
shortly after the occurrence and as
sisted Rodgers in getting the injured
child into the auto, when it was rushed
to town and the boy was taken to DR..
McKinnon's office, where it was dis
covered that his skull was badly
crushed and his young life was fast
ebbing away.
An ambulance was called and the
boy was removed to the Hattiesburg
Hospital, where he died at 5:25 D. m.
without having at any time regained
consciousness.
Immediately after the injured boy
was removed from the car it was
taken in charge by Constable Barney
Doherty and he and Constable F. c.
Cooper took Rodgers to the county
Jail, where he was found shortly there
after by a News representative to be
very much excited.
Dodgers Version of the Accident.
When asked if he wished to make
any statement his first question was,
How is the boy?" When told that
he would die, he expressed regret and
then proceeded in an excited manner
tOsgive his version of the occurrence.
Rodgers stated that he was coming
into the city on Bouie street and when |
he got on the level in front of Mr.. !
Fairley's residence he met three one
horse wagons, all driven by white |
people, two boys on bicycles and one
boy on foot running after one of the
Bicycles, and that this entire aggrega-
tion came together at the point indi-
Gated, when, as he states, he saw an
other boy step from behind one of the
wagons, and with head down and look
ing back he ran towards the car in
cronching position. He says he yelled
70 the boy, saying Lookout boy, you
win run into this car" while at the
same moment he brought the car to a
stop, just as the boy fell backward
with his feet toward the car and his
Aead In The opposite direction.
When asked if the car ran over the
lg he stated positively that it did not,
TIT when. picked up, the boys feet
Mke just in front of the car, and that
NO prt Of his body was beneath it.
The boys skull was crushed just
al3Ne te Base of the brain on the
righi 5sit 81 the skull, and besides
two snalhrnises on the face and one
about the He of silver quarter, near
the spine the center of the back
there appsaid to be no wounds or
bruises on thaody
Mr.. Davis reshed the Hospital just
after Ibis son seathed his last, and
was oyercome VI grief at the tragic
ending Of BIS lile boy's life. Under
his direction n boas was taken in
charge by Hulet Undertaking company
and reiuovea tosse family residence.
where the funeia services we're held
at O'Clock thia'fternoon, following
which the inteTlnst Was In the City
cemetery. u