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Local Youth Jumps In River, Is JailedA 2 1-year-old Hackney avenue youth, listed on the city police blotter as France Phillips, and said to be a “trapper” by trade,' m fcWMMafiL alterutlll| .jm the water* ofthe Pamlico river at the rear of C W. Hpwarit wholesale houseon Water street about 9:80 o'clock last night and charged wrlBi drunken and reckless dviv-Youug Phillips, officers said, apparently fell into the river when he fled upon the approachof police who had watched him “back” his automobile at a speed of “about 25 miles an hourfrom a spot near the PamlicoDrug Company on Main streetto Market, south on that streetto Water and west on the latterstreet to its end at the tear nr u,« K«n Hotel There, officers gasoline in the machinehad been exhaused and Phillips had acquired assistance inattempting to push the machine f when police arrived.The youth told officers, “I had had a couple of drinks and didn’twant to get caught/’ adding tJiathe had fallen into the river wihen he lost his footing in an attempted crossing from a waterfront walkway to a gas boat tied at thepier.A second youngster, listed asCharlie Beecham, 17, and said to have been an occupant of the Beeeham vehicle during its backing expedition, was booked oncharges of public drunkenness and “aiding and abetting in reckless driving. Young Beacham was held in *150 bail. Both are expected to receive hearings in Recorder’s Court here Friday morning. % \
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Washington Daily News
Washington, North Carolina, US
Wed, Feb 15, 1939
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