News: George Laughman strikes Morris Moul with runabout, 1912, Adams County, PA

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NOT AWARE OF ACCIDENT

Geo. Laughman States That He Didn’t Know He Struck Morris Moul.

George Laughman, of Laughmantown, in the Pigeon Hills, who was in the vehicle 
which collided with the bicycle of Morris Moul, near Abbottstown, Monday night, 
causing the boy’s death, says he knew nothing of the accident until Tuesday 
morning when he heard a rumor of it and drove to Abbottstown to learn the 
particulars. 

The place on the road was so dark and the impact so slight that he did not even 
known he had struck the unfortunate lad’s wheel, but an inspection of Mr. 
Laughman’s runabout showed that the spokes of the bicycle had scratched his 
wagon.

Young Moul retained consciousness almost until the time of his death.  A large 
hole in the side of his abdomen is thought to have been caused by the handle bar 
penetrating that portion of his body and an internal hemorrhage is thought to 
have contributed to the cause of the boy’s death.

Funeral Thursday morning.  Interment in the Lutheran cemetery, Rev. F. C. 
Sternat officiating.

The Hanover Herald – Saturday, August 17, 1912