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Show HIGHWAY "KILLER" ESCAPES IN FIRST HiT-RUN CASE OF '41 Sumi.-v. lii-re In Idaho or in one of tin.- neighboring slates there is Hie driver of a neiui-1 railer truck Willi a red cab who even though he may he a calloused "yellow" driver, driv-er, is 1 1 1 1 I o 1 1 1 I !ly suffering the tor. Iiin-s of I lie inferno region, for he murdered a man and ran away to leiii,orurily escape the law. He got away" with the killing, as far as being brought to the court of Justice fur the time being, but lie will never get away with tins murder mur-der as far as his conscience is concerned. con-cerned. Ivor Higgs, CO years of age, of liuise, was fatally injured early Tuesday morning as he was waiting for a bus to take him to his work. His slayer had used the red truck instead of a gun and the weapon of death had carried the murderer rapidly from the scene or killing. The unknown driver was one of I hose typical "yellow" drivers. He showed himself to be "yellow" or cowardly in running away Instead ol' slopping lo render aid or to report re-port the accident, as the Idaho law provides. He was driving on the wrong side of the yellow center line, according to the report. Truman Tru-man Henderson, who was delivering deliver-ing newspapers near the accident scene, said the truck passed him 'V.wfiilly fast" when about a block away from where Mr. Higgs was walling for the bus. Henderson said the truck swerved a little and a few minutes later he found I lie unconscious man lying in the barrow bar-row pit. I pon advising the sheriff, Mr. Higgs was rushed, to a hospital where he died an hour later. |