Mr. Lanham Revisited: Feb. 10, 1926

Hit-and-run driver kills a small boy

Mr. Lanham spent the first two-thirds of his diary page today writing about the weather and vegetation before sharing his sad duty that day as municipal police court judge.

“Little boy killed on north Broad Street last night by speeding truck driver,” he wrote. “Got a warrant from me and arrested Henry Davis, the driver, who now is charged with murder.” …