Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-07-04
Three Killed, Seven Hurt In Wreck;
Negroes Arrested Pending Inquest


seven seriously injured in an
automobile accident which occur
red late Tuesday night on route 8
about three miles east of Loris.
The dead were identified as
Hettie l.. Cox, IA, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Cox
Roger Cox, Is months, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Burroughs Cox; ant
William Davis Cox, IL, son of Mr.
and Mrs. l.. }. Cox.
Patients in Rogers hospital, Lo-
us. are Mrs. Norma Cox, 20, who
suffered Il seriously lacerated
right leg; and her son, Larry, l
year, with pternal injuries.
At Conway hospital are Bur
roughS -. COX ana his wife Beau
ian, MelDa Cox, I, Grady Cox,
., and Weta Will Cox, i3.
The accident occurred when the
COX family, riding i stripped
down Ford with u built-in. wood
rear platform, was on their way
back 10 their home in the Glen
iaie section after cropping tobac-
80. With burroughs driving they
Iurned westward INTO the road to-
ward Lorls from Sideroad and
progressed 200 yards when they
were struck in the rear by l94l
Plymouth convertible driven by
William r.. Shipman. p. colored,
of Whitley lille.
With Shipman were Nathaniel
EppS, p, and Joe Troy, 20, both
colored, Of Whiteville. Witnesses
said Shipman was driving fast.
lie and his passengers were on
their way to Whiteville from the
beach.
After the impact, the Cox car
l45 yards down the road
and crashed irr the ditch. Snip
MATS car ricocheted OFT the road
into the woods, where it was stop
ped by L stump.
Rumors that Shipman attempt
ed to leave the scene OF the ac-
cldent were denied by State High
way Patrolman Robert Crawford
who investigated the accident.
Shipman was locked in the LorlS
clty Jail shortly after the accident
Crawford said, and sent to the
CONWAY Jail almost Immediately.
Crawford added that whlskey
was found at the scene OF the ac-
cident.
Shlpman is being held in Con
way pending the inquest when
will be held next Thursday night
at $50 o'clock in Loris with Cor
oner J. S. Dix presiding; -,
Witnesses 10 the accident Sald
bodies of the Cox family were
strewn along the ditch. The dead
body of the baby, Roger was not
found until the wreckage was
cleared. +,o
Rogers hospital for treatment.
Five members of the Cox famli!
and two colored passengers III
the Shipman car were trahSlerie S,i
to Conway. The coiofeu men ne,.
we're released late WedheSo"!
and placed under arrest: Cox
The exact condition OF the CoH
family could not be aScertalneu,
,ut the Conway hospital reported
that '.some of them are sun III
serious condition. .l,ao
Funeral services tor the tlis
.biIdren were held Thursday at
hraa o'clock from the Glendale
Rantist church. Interment lol-
lowed in the Cain Brancn ce nnn
terv The services were o o"r
ducted by the Rev. Otto r'uM I tha
tba Rev F.. c.. Gaskln ana Iile
Pev. j Davis Harrelson' .;,.od
hev M;i II Davis Cox is survived
by his parents, Mr., and Mi;,i MRS. p D.,
! Cox. four brothers, w lllla''rI ox
Ruddy. Gerald and wayne WA
all H Tl ife Cox is survived by ne her
,r nettie Mr., and Mrs. w; F. Cox q X
of Loris, seven sister, II;na W. M;ncy,
Strickland. Mrs. Geraldine MAJ mnr;!
Nh Iva Den Norris, Wiz No,na
Todd. all of LorlS, h!Ss ~ the
Go ou', and Miss Ovida Cox OF INV snv
GoN any Two brothers: L. j. COX
hos5'r rt,,,ronyhs Cox Of LorIS.
Roger Cox is sufVl'Gu ~
narents. Mr.. and Mrs. VIII, Gov and
PoT One brother, Grady Io Ok ' I,o.
o o"a sister, Melba Cox all Oh i''
ris, also survive