COD: Fractured skull at base. Verdict of jury — came to his death by accident.
MO d/c 21803
Believe Truck Killed Child At Shelbina
Shelbina, Mo., June 10.—Bobby Keller, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keller of Shelbina, was found crushed to death apparently by a milk truck Saturday morning at 10:45 in a driveway on the Bertha Darley farm, one mile west of here.
The truck driver is believed to have stopped to pick up milk, backed over the child unknowingly and continued on the route. The mother, picking strawberries at the time, did not see the accident. Later she found the child who died in her arms.
Bobby was born in Hannibal. Surviving besides the parents are a sister, Linda, 6, and the four grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Baker of northeast of Shelbina and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Keller of Palmyra. The mother is the former Wilma Baker.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Sunday, June 10, 1951; Section: Front page, Page: 1
Inquest Held in Young Boy's Death
Shelbina, Mo., June 12. — Funeral services for Bobby Keller, 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keller, will be held this afternoon at 2 in the Shelbina Baptist church. The boy was killed Saturday when a milk truck, driven by a friend of the lad, Herbert Ashwood of Hannibal, ran over the boy on the Bertha Darley farm where his parents live, one mile west of here.
The Rev. Glen Irons will conduct the services, and burial will be in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
An inquest into the death will be held Thursday morning. According to the stories of Ashwood and the child's mother, the boy was playing with some kittens in the barn when Ashwood came in on his route and did not see the boy, running over him without realizing it. Mrs. Keller, picking strawberries at the time, found the boy later and he died in her arms.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Tuesday, June 12, 1951; Page: 12
Keller Boy's Death Was Accidental Jury Determines
Shelbina, Mo., June 15.—A verdict of accidental death in the death of Bobby Keller, 3, was given Thursday morning.
Bobby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Keller of west of Shelbina, died Saturday morning of a fractured skull. He is believed to have been run over Saturday morning by a Hy Grade food products truck of Quincy, driven by Harold Usherwood of Hannibal.
Usherwood, who did not know the child had been killed, until Saturday afternoon when he received a long distance telephone call at the Hy Grade company, testified that the child could have gone around the right side of the truck while he got in the left door after loading milk. The boy was struck by the right front wheel, it was determined.
Dr. T. J. Hoerchler said there was evidence of the child's having bled from the nose and mouth. He had a fractured skull.
Bobby's mother and Sheriff Elmer Threlkeld also testified.
"Bobby always ran out to greet me when I reached the Keller farm. He was my little friend. He was in the barn playing with some kittens that were in a pen when I went to the barn to get the milk Saturday." Usherwood told company officials.
"Bobby held up the kittens for me to see. I loaded the milk and walked around the truck to get in the cab and then drove away, I heard nothing to indicate that the boy was hurt until I got the call in Quincy. In fact I do not know that my truck hit the boy."
Officers of the company looked over the truck after it reached Quincy and found nothing on it to show that it had hit anyone. Virgil Koenig of the Quincy police department also looked the truck over without finding any evidence that it had hit anyone.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Friday, June 15, 1951; Page: 6
MO d/c 21803
Believe Truck Killed Child At Shelbina
Shelbina, Mo., June 10.—Bobby Keller, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keller of Shelbina, was found crushed to death apparently by a milk truck Saturday morning at 10:45 in a driveway on the Bertha Darley farm, one mile west of here.
The truck driver is believed to have stopped to pick up milk, backed over the child unknowingly and continued on the route. The mother, picking strawberries at the time, did not see the accident. Later she found the child who died in her arms.
Bobby was born in Hannibal. Surviving besides the parents are a sister, Linda, 6, and the four grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Baker of northeast of Shelbina and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Keller of Palmyra. The mother is the former Wilma Baker.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Sunday, June 10, 1951; Section: Front page, Page: 1
Inquest Held in Young Boy's Death
Shelbina, Mo., June 12. — Funeral services for Bobby Keller, 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keller, will be held this afternoon at 2 in the Shelbina Baptist church. The boy was killed Saturday when a milk truck, driven by a friend of the lad, Herbert Ashwood of Hannibal, ran over the boy on the Bertha Darley farm where his parents live, one mile west of here.
The Rev. Glen Irons will conduct the services, and burial will be in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
An inquest into the death will be held Thursday morning. According to the stories of Ashwood and the child's mother, the boy was playing with some kittens in the barn when Ashwood came in on his route and did not see the boy, running over him without realizing it. Mrs. Keller, picking strawberries at the time, found the boy later and he died in her arms.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Tuesday, June 12, 1951; Page: 12
Keller Boy's Death Was Accidental Jury Determines
Shelbina, Mo., June 15.—A verdict of accidental death in the death of Bobby Keller, 3, was given Thursday morning.
Bobby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Keller of west of Shelbina, died Saturday morning of a fractured skull. He is believed to have been run over Saturday morning by a Hy Grade food products truck of Quincy, driven by Harold Usherwood of Hannibal.
Usherwood, who did not know the child had been killed, until Saturday afternoon when he received a long distance telephone call at the Hy Grade company, testified that the child could have gone around the right side of the truck while he got in the left door after loading milk. The boy was struck by the right front wheel, it was determined.
Dr. T. J. Hoerchler said there was evidence of the child's having bled from the nose and mouth. He had a fractured skull.
Bobby's mother and Sheriff Elmer Threlkeld also testified.
"Bobby always ran out to greet me when I reached the Keller farm. He was my little friend. He was in the barn playing with some kittens that were in a pen when I went to the barn to get the milk Saturday." Usherwood told company officials.
"Bobby held up the kittens for me to see. I loaded the milk and walked around the truck to get in the cab and then drove away, I heard nothing to indicate that the boy was hurt until I got the call in Quincy. In fact I do not know that my truck hit the boy."
Officers of the company looked over the truck after it reached Quincy and found nothing on it to show that it had hit anyone. Virgil Koenig of the Quincy police department also looked the truck over without finding any evidence that it had hit anyone.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Friday, June 15, 1951; Page: 6
COD: Fractured skull at base. Verdict of jury — came to his death by accident.
MO d/c 21803
Believe Truck Killed Child At Shelbina
Shelbina, Mo., June 10.—Bobby Keller, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keller of Shelbina, was found crushed to death apparently by a milk truck Saturday morning at 10:45 in a driveway on the Bertha Darley farm, one mile west of here.
The truck driver is believed to have stopped to pick up milk, backed over the child unknowingly and continued on the route. The mother, picking strawberries at the time, did not see the accident. Later she found the child who died in her arms.
Bobby was born in Hannibal. Surviving besides the parents are a sister, Linda, 6, and the four grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Baker of northeast of Shelbina and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Keller of Palmyra. The mother is the former Wilma Baker.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Sunday, June 10, 1951; Section: Front page, Page: 1
Inquest Held in Young Boy's Death
Shelbina, Mo., June 12. — Funeral services for Bobby Keller, 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keller, will be held this afternoon at 2 in the Shelbina Baptist church. The boy was killed Saturday when a milk truck, driven by a friend of the lad, Herbert Ashwood of Hannibal, ran over the boy on the Bertha Darley farm where his parents live, one mile west of here.
The Rev. Glen Irons will conduct the services, and burial will be in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
An inquest into the death will be held Thursday morning. According to the stories of Ashwood and the child's mother, the boy was playing with some kittens in the barn when Ashwood came in on his route and did not see the boy, running over him without realizing it. Mrs. Keller, picking strawberries at the time, found the boy later and he died in her arms.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Tuesday, June 12, 1951; Page: 12
Keller Boy's Death Was Accidental Jury Determines
Shelbina, Mo., June 15.—A verdict of accidental death in the death of Bobby Keller, 3, was given Thursday morning.
Bobby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Keller of west of Shelbina, died Saturday morning of a fractured skull. He is believed to have been run over Saturday morning by a Hy Grade food products truck of Quincy, driven by Harold Usherwood of Hannibal.
Usherwood, who did not know the child had been killed, until Saturday afternoon when he received a long distance telephone call at the Hy Grade company, testified that the child could have gone around the right side of the truck while he got in the left door after loading milk. The boy was struck by the right front wheel, it was determined.
Dr. T. J. Hoerchler said there was evidence of the child's having bled from the nose and mouth. He had a fractured skull.
Bobby's mother and Sheriff Elmer Threlkeld also testified.
"Bobby always ran out to greet me when I reached the Keller farm. He was my little friend. He was in the barn playing with some kittens that were in a pen when I went to the barn to get the milk Saturday." Usherwood told company officials.
"Bobby held up the kittens for me to see. I loaded the milk and walked around the truck to get in the cab and then drove away, I heard nothing to indicate that the boy was hurt until I got the call in Quincy. In fact I do not know that my truck hit the boy."
Officers of the company looked over the truck after it reached Quincy and found nothing on it to show that it had hit anyone. Virgil Koenig of the Quincy police department also looked the truck over without finding any evidence that it had hit anyone.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Friday, June 15, 1951; Page: 6
MO d/c 21803
Believe Truck Killed Child At Shelbina
Shelbina, Mo., June 10.—Bobby Keller, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keller of Shelbina, was found crushed to death apparently by a milk truck Saturday morning at 10:45 in a driveway on the Bertha Darley farm, one mile west of here.
The truck driver is believed to have stopped to pick up milk, backed over the child unknowingly and continued on the route. The mother, picking strawberries at the time, did not see the accident. Later she found the child who died in her arms.
Bobby was born in Hannibal. Surviving besides the parents are a sister, Linda, 6, and the four grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Baker of northeast of Shelbina and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Keller of Palmyra. The mother is the former Wilma Baker.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Sunday, June 10, 1951; Section: Front page, Page: 1
Inquest Held in Young Boy's Death
Shelbina, Mo., June 12. — Funeral services for Bobby Keller, 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keller, will be held this afternoon at 2 in the Shelbina Baptist church. The boy was killed Saturday when a milk truck, driven by a friend of the lad, Herbert Ashwood of Hannibal, ran over the boy on the Bertha Darley farm where his parents live, one mile west of here.
The Rev. Glen Irons will conduct the services, and burial will be in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
An inquest into the death will be held Thursday morning. According to the stories of Ashwood and the child's mother, the boy was playing with some kittens in the barn when Ashwood came in on his route and did not see the boy, running over him without realizing it. Mrs. Keller, picking strawberries at the time, found the boy later and he died in her arms.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Tuesday, June 12, 1951; Page: 12
Keller Boy's Death Was Accidental Jury Determines
Shelbina, Mo., June 15.—A verdict of accidental death in the death of Bobby Keller, 3, was given Thursday morning.
Bobby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Keller of west of Shelbina, died Saturday morning of a fractured skull. He is believed to have been run over Saturday morning by a Hy Grade food products truck of Quincy, driven by Harold Usherwood of Hannibal.
Usherwood, who did not know the child had been killed, until Saturday afternoon when he received a long distance telephone call at the Hy Grade company, testified that the child could have gone around the right side of the truck while he got in the left door after loading milk. The boy was struck by the right front wheel, it was determined.
Dr. T. J. Hoerchler said there was evidence of the child's having bled from the nose and mouth. He had a fractured skull.
Bobby's mother and Sheriff Elmer Threlkeld also testified.
"Bobby always ran out to greet me when I reached the Keller farm. He was my little friend. He was in the barn playing with some kittens that were in a pen when I went to the barn to get the milk Saturday." Usherwood told company officials.
"Bobby held up the kittens for me to see. I loaded the milk and walked around the truck to get in the cab and then drove away, I heard nothing to indicate that the boy was hurt until I got the call in Quincy. In fact I do not know that my truck hit the boy."
Officers of the company looked over the truck after it reached Quincy and found nothing on it to show that it had hit anyone. Virgil Koenig of the Quincy police department also looked the truck over without finding any evidence that it had hit anyone.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Friday, June 15, 1951; Page: 6
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