The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-20
little GIRL RUN
DOWN AND KILLED
BY AUTOMOBILE
While Coasting on Fifth Ave-
nue. Group of Children Rune
: Into by AutomobiIe-0ne
Killed Another Injured

One more death was added to the
weekly toll Of lives due to automo-
bile accidents when Juanita Black,
age 7, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
M. Black, SIP Twenty-fourth street,
was run down and killed by an auto
mobile near the corner of Twenty
fourth street and Fifth avenue last
night about $3.50 o'clock. Randolph
Goodwin, 14-year-old boy, was pain
fully injured.
Witnesses of the tragedy stated
last night that the little girl, to-
gether with her brother Coy. age 10,
and Randolph Goodwin who lives
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ.
Goodwin, 1904 Fifth avenue, were
coasting on Fifth avenue near the
corner of Fifth and Twenty fourth
street when a right-hand drive au-
tomobile bore down on them coming
from the direction of the Termina,
station.
The children were in two wagons
going east on Fifth avenue on the
north side of the street, the little
girl pulling the first wagon, which
was being pushed by her brother.
Randolph Goodwin was drawing the
second wagon. One of the witnesses
declared that it was evident that the
driver of the motor car did not see
the children until it was too late, for
he did not sound his horn until he
was on top of the children, accord
ing to the statement of the witness.
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The driver. it is said, attempted to
avoid striking the little girl, who.
in turn, lodged in front of the car
and was run over, her brother being
knocked clear of the car into the
car tracks. The automobile next
collided with the second wagon be-
fore it came to stop a few feet
beyond where it had struck Juanita
Black.
It was said that the driver leaped
from the car and, together with
number of other men who FASTENED
to the scene of the tragedy, lifted
Randolph Goodwin. the second VIC,
tim, out from under the left front
fender. He was taken Immediately
to the home of his parents on the
nearby corner.
The auto ran over the little Black
girl, who was carried to her home
just around the corner from the ac-
cident at 512 Twenty-fourth street.
being taken there in Lige Logs am
pulance. which had been summoned
by witnesses. The little girl was
thought TO have been killed almost
instantly.
A doctor was summoned to the
Goodwin residence, and he stated
later that he was unable TO deter
mine the extent of the injuries of
randolph Goodwin. but thought that
they were not serious.
Coy Black, the brother of the vic
tim OF the tragedy, sustained a Sc
we're shaking up, but otherwise was
uninjured, according to statements
last night.
The wagons were completely demol-
ished and were the only evidence OF
the tragedy that had taken place
after the crowd that gathered had
been dispersed.
Driver Arrested
A. S. Alderman. 1918 Eleventh ave-
nue., south, was arrested at 1920
o'clock last night at Twenty second
street and Second avenue, north. by
Deputy Sheriffs Woodie and Virgil
Sandifer and j. F. Dowis, charged
with being the driver of the car that
caused the death of little Juanita
Black. Alderman is travelling
salesman for the Spool Cotton COM
pany of New York. with headquar-
tiers in Birmingham.
With the license number of the
car, the deputies began searching for
the driver Immediately after the ac-
cident, the trail leading to Acker-
man. The car was a Stutz 1920 model
touring car, with the license number
Gibbs, the same number as that of
the car which struck the children.
He stated to the sheriff and ar
resting officers that he was riding
along Twenty fourth street at
very reasonable speed and did not
see any children and did not know
that he had run over them until he
hit the wagons. He stated that he
then picked up the boy and carried
him home with the help >of bystand-
ers. He did not know that he had
nit the little girl, according to his
statement.
- Alderman was placed in the county
Jail charged with murder. He
seemed anxious to clear up the tragic
happening as much as possible.
Upon examining the car officers
found several dents in the front
fender and that the bumper had been
knocked off. The bumper was found
on the back seat.
The first wagon was struck about
in front of 2416 Fifth avenue and was
carried about 80 feet down Fifth ave-
nue. before the car was brought to
stop, according to witnesses.
A. NJ. Black. father of the slain
child. is manager of the Hill Grocery,
No. 81, at the corner of Nineteenth
street and Fourth avenue.
Coroner ]. D. Russum was told by
witness of the accident that the
wagon was against the curb when 1t
was struck by the car. Coroner Rus
sum will investigate the accident
further today.