The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-21
ASHEYlLLEL.ZAD
Killed BY CAR
Inquest Set Today in.Death
Of 6-Year-Old School
..... Chill d a. 3..'3

NSHENlI Ii, Dec. Zl.-lL WAS
tbr last day Of school before the
Christn.as holidays ard 6-year-old
Max Buckner was hurryrng from
MIS- home at 81 Cherry street to
Randolph school on Montford ave
me, He was 2 few minutes late
and there was a Christmas party
for the first grades he dld not
want to miss. Opposite the school
Ie started to cross the street. The
middle of the thoroughfare was as
far. as he got. There he was
stuck and injured fatally by an
automobile he did not see.
Glenn Maxwell, 10. OF rs Mel
son street. jumped from the car he
5ad driven across the little boys
Lodv as he lay in the street after
bei9., knocked down and took him
into his arms. He Tagged Roger
Morrow Of 90 CORTLAND avenue,
who was passing in another car
and they took Max to Aston park
hospital. The child died iust after
being taken there. The main ar
terv in his crushed chest had been
Yesterday afternoon a coroner's
iulv ordered Maxwell held for the
grand jury and recommended that
slim Rivers q negro riding with
at the time OF the accl-
dent, be apprehendcd and held as
an accomplicc. Police last nigh;
said 10 bond for Maxwell had
been set. They were making a
search for the negro.
Patroiman J. W. Arthur had left
the school only a few minutes be
fore the accident occurred. Each
day he goes there to see that the
children crossing the street are
protected. The last bell had rung
and Officer Arthur told the cor
onel's jury. ''The last bell rang
at Q o'clock. I looked up the
street and saw three or -four chill
drcn coming down the street. |
waited and assisted them across
the street. | didn't see any more
was satisfied they were
all in 50 | walked up Nontiord
avenue to the corner Of Cherry
street"
When he had reached that point:
MIR. Arthur told the jury, "a taxi
cab driver drove up and said some
one had been knocked down at
Alontford school. | ran out in the
niddIa and tagged the first car
headed back toward Monttocrd
school. | saw a child's body lying
in the middle Of the street. A man
went over to it and picked IT up IN
his arms, tagged an oncomlng car;
They both got in an dproceeded
M the street. | met them about
half wav between Cherry street
and Montford school and tagged
the car. -.
There was a man on the back
seat hv the name of Maxwell with
the little boy in his arms. He SAID
The boy had been run over, | ask
ed him who was driving the car
that ran over the boy and he SAID
4 was We proceeded to the hos
nital. After reaching the hospita!
it was found the child was dead.
took the man to jail"
Police received conflicting state
ments about the accident. Max
well told them three or four chill
dren were on the sidewalk oppo1,
site the school as he approached
on his way toward the business
section. Young Buckner, he said,
darted out from the group and
was struck by the left fender OF
the car and knocked to the street l
He tried to miss the child, Max
we'll said, but he was unable to DO
so. A car parked on the street
next to the school prevented ms
swerving to the right far enough
to escape hitting the little boy, ne
told the officers.