Carrie Morris
Kentucky Post, Monday, 17 January 1944, page 1
HIT BY AUTO-This victim of a hit skip autoist Sunday when en route to St Stephen Church, Mrs. Carrie Morris, 72, of 920 Orchard street, Newport, was in serious condition Monday in Speers Hospital. Struck by the auto as she attempted to cross the intersection of Ninth and Saratoga streets, Mrs. Morris sustained franctures of both legs and cuts and bruises about the head and body.
Sergt. Kenneth Collins said it was evident the car was speeding as it skidded for some 25 feet before striking the victim. Fragments of glass broken from one of the auto's lights were found at the scene. Police are seeking witnesses of the accident in an effort to find some trace of the hit and run driver.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 27 January 1944, page 1
RITES SET-Requiem High Mass will be sung at 9 am Saturday at St Stephen Church, Newport, following prayers at 8:30 am at the Vonderhaar and Stetter funeral home, Newport, for Mrs. Carrie Tritesler Morris, 72 of 920 Orchard street, Newport, who died Wednesday night at Speers Hospital of injuries she suffered when struck by a hit skip driver Jan 16. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. She had fractures of both legs and a brain concussion, Dr. Leo Sauter, Campbell County coroner said.
Marks in the street at Ninth and Saratoga streets, Newport, where she was struck, indicted the driver of the car that struck her, skidded 20 feet before striking Mrs. Morris. According to police, Mrs. Morris was on her way to attend a 6 pm mass at St Stephen Church when she was hit. Fragments of the headlight lenses were found at the scene have been sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington for possible identification of the make of car that struck Mrs. Morris.
Mrs. Morris leaves a daughter, Mrs. Marie Frey, 1100 Second avenue, Dayton, and two grandchildren, David and Ruth Frey.
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 28 January 1944, page 1
FBI AIDS-Assisted by the FBI criminal laboratories, Chief Leo Livingston said Friday police are checking every possible clue in an effort to ascertain the identify of the hit skip driver, whose auto struck and fatally injured Mrs. Carrie Morris, 72, of 920 Orchard street, Newport. Mrs. Morris, run down by the hit and run driver when en route to Mass at St Stephen Church last Sunday, died Thursday at Speers Hospital.
Chief Livingston said police have located several persons who are believed to witnessed the fatal accident or might have some information which will lead to the arrest of the hit skipper. "I feel certain that with the information we are to receive the police will learn the identity of the autoist." Chief Livingston said. "In my mind this autoist is as much a criminal as the man who would walk from a dark hallway and fire a shot into the back of some total stranger."
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 12 January 1945, page 1
ONE YEAR AGO-It will be a year ago Tuesday that early moring church goers cam upon the prostrate form of an aged woman at Ninth and Saratoga streets, Newport, the victim of a ruthless hit and skip autoist. The clothing of the victim had been torn and her body mangles as the result of being struck and dragged by a speeding auto. Her grey hair was matted with blood from a head injury. In her hand, she still clasped her prayer book. She was en route to St Stephen Church when she fell victim of the wanton killer.
The victim, Mrs. Carrie Morris, 76, or Orchard street, Newport, was a beloved and tender old lady. Her unselfish and charitable life made her one of the best loved and respected among her neighbors and her church folk. Her thoughts were of others and her prayers were offered daily in St Stephen Church for the welfare of her community and its citizens. She prayed with those mothers and sweethearts, sisters and brothers as they knelt in prayer for their loved ones in the armed forces and facing death on the far flung battlefields in the global war. She offered prayers for a rapid conclusion of the war and an everlasting peace.
Mrs. Morris died a short time later in Speers Hospital. As there were no witnesses to the crime, the killer made his escape and all efforts to apprehend the driver have been futile. While the killer has escaped prosecution in the courts of the land, his conscience has given him little rest. No doubt this killer still has the vision of the mortally wounded victim lying in the street as he continued on his reckless death dealing journey. To the killer of Mrs. Morris, her many friends hope he shall not escape punishment. And he shall not as his brutal killing of the aged woman, who prayed daily for the welfare of her community and citizens, will give him no rest or peace of mind. He cowardly act will always live with him.