Notes:

Rochester NY Democrat Chronicle - 12/10/1930

Clifton Springs. Dec. 9 - Coroner
L. P. Conley of this village will con-
duct an inquest Thursday at 9
o'clock into the death of James
Cornell, 7 year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ross Cornell of the Phelps-
Clifton Springs Road. The boy
was struck late today by an auto-
mobile driven by C. Ballard of
Canandaigua, R. D. and died in
the Clifton Springs Sanitarium two
hours later.
Young Cornell was returning
home from schooll this afternoon
and was walking along the Clifton
Springs Phelps Road when Bal-
lard's car approached. According
to Ballard's report to the coroner,
the boy darted across the road into
the path of his car, moving at a
25-mile an hour speed. Ballard
took the boy to the sanitarium
here, where he died. an autopsy
performed by Dr. W. S. Thomas re-
vealed death due to fractured
skull. Ballard was not held, but
will appear at the inquest Thurs-
day.