Has anyone heard about this story? It's really horrible—Josiah is supposedly a wreck about it, completely traumatized. I sent him some flowers this morning.
Here is the obituary from today's Clarion-Evangelist:
Poor boy. Though I'd probably be depressed too if I looked like I'd just crawled out of a vat of molasses!
Here is the obituary from today's Clarion-Evangelist:
Leroy Jackson, 17
Notorious Negro troublemaker Leroy Jackson committed suicide Thursday on Revelation Road. He was 17 years old. At about 8:15 am, Jackson accosted Freehold citizen Josiah Lee Buckhide, 46, when Buckhide was tuning the engine of his pickup truck. According to witnesses, he subdued Buckhide and knocked him unconscious with kung fu, then placed him in the front seat of the truck. Jackson then tied a rope around his own neck and attached it to the truck's trailor hitch. Finally, he placed the foot of the unconscious Buckhide on the truck's gas pedal, causing it to lurch forward and drag Jackson about 300 yards down the road, at which point Jackson was decapitated. The exact motive for the suicide remains unknown, but authorities believe that Jackson became depressed when he was turned down after making a pass at Buckhide's wife several days ago. He will be buried in a patch of land just outside county limits, due to the 1824 ordinance forbidding the interment of Negroes in Freehold County soil.
Notorious Negro troublemaker Leroy Jackson committed suicide Thursday on Revelation Road. He was 17 years old. At about 8:15 am, Jackson accosted Freehold citizen Josiah Lee Buckhide, 46, when Buckhide was tuning the engine of his pickup truck. According to witnesses, he subdued Buckhide and knocked him unconscious with kung fu, then placed him in the front seat of the truck. Jackson then tied a rope around his own neck and attached it to the truck's trailor hitch. Finally, he placed the foot of the unconscious Buckhide on the truck's gas pedal, causing it to lurch forward and drag Jackson about 300 yards down the road, at which point Jackson was decapitated. The exact motive for the suicide remains unknown, but authorities believe that Jackson became depressed when he was turned down after making a pass at Buckhide's wife several days ago. He will be buried in a patch of land just outside county limits, due to the 1824 ordinance forbidding the interment of Negroes in Freehold County soil.

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