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- 28 October 1940 Evening News of the Tonawandas
Funeral Tomorrow of Youth Instantly Killed by Hit-Run Driver on Niagara Falls Boulevard
LeRoy W. Werth Walking Along Side of Highway Near St. Johnsburg When Struck; Death Car Outdistances Pursuers; Troopers Find Headlight, Other Clues
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon for LeRoy Wallace Werth, 19, of the Niagara Falls boulevard, St. Johnsburg, who was struck and instantly killed by a hit-run motorist shortly after 7 o'clock Saturday night as the youth was walking from his home 200 yards east of the Ward road, along the boulevard to visit friends in the central part of the village.
The rites will be conducted at 2 o'clock at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Werth, with whom he lived, and at 2:30 o'clock in St. John's church, Niagara Falls boulevard and Ward road. Rev. Walter Thiemecke will conduct the services and interment will be in St. John's cemetery.
When young Werth left his grandparent's home Saturday night he told them he was going to spend the evening with friends in the village. He was walking along the edge of the pavement when he was struck. Harry Sweet, residing on the Ward road, a short distance north of the boulevard, witnessed the accident and pursued the driver of the death car but was soon outdistanced on the boulevard.
Going Toward Buffalo
The automobile that struck Werth was going towards Buffalo and was traveling at a high rate of speed on the same side of the highway where the youth was walking. Werth was lifeless when persons reached him a few minutes after he was struck.
Coroner J. E. Helwig of North Tonawanda was summoned and state troopers were notified. Dr. Helwig found that death was due to fracture of the skull and possible internal injuries.
The body was removed to Hamp's mortuary on Adam street in Tonawanda.
State Troopers R. R. Reagan and F. T. Bock, working on the case, found a head light that had been knocked from the automobile when it struck Werth. Through this and other clues, not disclosed, it is understood that they expect to make an arrest shortly in connection with the tragedy.
Police of the Niagara Frontier are lending their assistance to the troopers in a search for the driver of the car that hit the man.
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1921 - 1940 (19 years)