FARMINGTON NEWS, Friday, September 2, 1927 - FLAT RIVER CHILD MET WITH DEATH ON HIGHWAY 32. --Was Run Down by Auto While Crossing the Pavement-- Helen Warwick, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Warwick, of Flat River, was killed on the highway between Flat River and Elvins late Saturday afternoon when run down by a Chevrolet coupe owned and driven by Vernon Whitson, of Rivermines. Whitson, who is 22 years of age and has a wife and one child, was accompanied by his father, O. N. Whitson. The Warwick home is located a few feet from the paved highway near the bridge over the M.R. & B.T. Railway tracks. At the point where the highway passes the Warwick home, there is a grade of several feet. It is said the Warwick children have been in the habit of running up the embankment from their home and playing on the pavement. At the time of the accident, which was about 5:30 o'clock, it is said Helen was throwing stones across the pavement and was running across for them. She jumped from the pathway of one car into the fender of the Whitson's car, which was approaching from the opposite direction and was thrown violently to the payment. She had a fractured skull and internal injuries and died about an hour and a half later without regaining consciousness. She would have been seven years old in October. Coroner J. R. Horne, of Elvins, held an inquest at the home Monday afternoon at one o'clock in which Whitson was absolved from blame, the coroner's jury having declared the accident unavoidable. The funeral service was held at the family residence Tuesday afternoon at 2:00, conducted by Rev. W. Keisker, pastor of the Flat River Lutheran church. The remains were interred in Bonne Terre Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Warwick have five other children, three older and two younger