Evening star., 1925-12-26
HOLIDAY M|SHAPS
DEATH TOLL HEAVY
Nearly TWoScore Killed in
Yu|etide Merrymaking
Pursuits.

Christmas day. with its rush of
holiday activities. left in its wake
here and there heartaches instead of
joy. Nearly twoScore persons were
killed yesterday, according to Asso-
ciated Press dispatches received
from various sections of the coun-
try. Many were injured.
In the South and West. where most
of the deaths were reported. automo-
bile mishaps led the list of fatal
Christmas happenings.
Several automobile accidents. five
shootings, two suicides and train
wreck i'm six Southern States figured
in the ira gedies in that section of
The country.
Child Shoots Playmate.
In Atlanta little Lawrence Buchan-
an, years old, was shot by an H.
year-old playmate with gun the
latter did not know TO have been
loaded. The child died several hours
later in hospital. Robert Luther
Croft met his death in an automobile
accident in which two woman COM
panions were injured.
When an automobile crashed into a
Farley Howard was instantly killed
and Bill Pierce and Henry Williams
were seriously injured.
Charles l.. Grover, a business man
of Thomasville, Ga, took his own life
on Christmas day.
At Dublin. Ga. L. T.. Montford jr.,
was shot and killed by his brother.
irwin Montford. when the former and
their father endeavored to restrain
Irwin from whipping his wife
Glenn Darnell was instantly killed
and Dave Munday was wounded in Il
shooting affray near Columbus, Ga.
An unidentified assailant is being
sought.
Killed i'm Auto Crashes.
Ras p Brinson was killed in an
automobile accident near Jacksonville.
Fla, and his brother, Charles Aubrey
Brinson, was injured.
At Bradenton, Fla. Raynor j. Nc
Conkey is dead as the result of an
automobile accident. Ernest Pooser
and his sons. Ben and Hart. are in
Jail in connection with the occurrence.
Beverly Monroe was killed in an
automobile accident near Pensa-
cola. Fla.
Mrs. Mary Hambrus. wife of Rev.
Johnson Hambrus, died i'll an auto
mobile accident near Lakeland. Fla.
Joseph l.. Owens of Louisville was
shot and killed by George Kennedy
At Lietchfield. KY. Ernest Crank
was shot and killed by Earl Haycraft.
Isaac Sorkin, a merchant of Shreve-
port, La, grieved over business mat
ters, shot and killed himself.
The one victim of the only train
wreck reported for the day was H.
Ill
at Osceola. Ark, when his train
Motor Turns Over.
H. r. Spangler, secretary to Mayor
William A. Gunter, and his COM
panion, Miss Rose Abercrombie, met
death when their automobile turned
over in a small stream near Mont
gomery, Ala.
Hurrying to reach the homes of
relatives for Christmas dinner, Mrs.
Martha Brown and her daughter
Esther. both of Columbus. Ohio, were
killed east of the city when a trac-
ton car struck their automobile.
which had skidded across the tracks.
The machine caught fire. and the
occupants We're taken from it by
julius Deer, farmer who witnessed
the accident from his home An
other daughter. Eva Brown. is in a
local hospital with possibly fatal in
juries.
Fred Won Seggern. a farmer of near
Norfolk, Nebr., his wife and their two
daughters were killed in a railway
grade crossing accident.
In Chicago, the toll taken by trains
and automobiles during the day was
six. A late Christmas eve celebra.
tion was broken up when Connor
Flynn, a policeman, fell down a stair
way while going to tend the furnace,
and broke his neck.
Childless Woman Despondent.
Two were killed at Visali, Calf.
when the automobile in which they
were driving to a Christmas celebra-
ton leaped 15-foot ditch and crashed
into a tree.
Two tragedies of asting note
were brought forth.
Despondent over the fact that there
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