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BOY KILLED BY AUTO
Washington Post, March 8, 1916
Originally black and white photograph coloured by me. www.shorpy.com/node/18354
Washington Post, March 8, 1916
Seven-year-old David Purches, of 1718 Corcoran street northwest, son of the superintendent of the Senate office building, was killed yesterday morning by an automobile near Seventeenth and Church streets northwest. Charles Booker, colored, of 1615 Corcoran street northwest, who operated the automobile, is being detained at No. 3 precinct pending an inquest by Coroner Nevitt. Purches left his home to go to a shoe repairing shop. He was crossing the street when, Booker says, he appeared from behind a dirt cart and got in front of the moving auto. Booker picked the boy up and took him to Emergency Hospital.
Originally black and white photograph coloured by me. www.shorpy.com/node/18354
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Oh, this is such a sad story! That poor boy, but I also feel sorry for the man whose car hit him (sounds like the kid was jaywalking). Even if it wasn't his fault it must have haunted him. 