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FATAL ACCIDENT
ON HASKELL HILL
JAMIE STURKEY, AGED COLOR
ED WOMAN STRUCK BY AUTO
DRIVEN BY LAWRENCE CAL
LAEIAM AND INSTANTLY KILL
ED-DOLLY CALHOUN INJUR-
ED AT SAME TIME-CALLA.
HAM IN JAIL.

jamie Sturkey, an aged colored
woman, was practically instantly kill
ed on Greenville street at sundown
Saturday afternoon and her daugh-
ter, Dolly Calhoun, was injured when
they were struck by a Dors automo-
bile driven by Lawrence Callahan, a
colored farmer employet by W. F.
Radcliffe near the Buckstand.
The following facts regarding the
accident were brought out at the in
quest held by Coroner J. c. Cox Sum
day morning:
Mr.. L. T. UQdrick testified that he
was an eyewitness to the tragedy and
while driving in his buggy down Par
ker hill, better known in present
times as Haskell hill, he saw two ne
gro women approaching on the right
hand side of the road. Just as his
buggy was opposite them he heard
one of them cry out, "LooK what's
comingw As the woman exclaimed
he looked behind him ana saw an au-
tomobile coming at an exceedingly
fast rate of speed on the same side
of the road as were the women. He
jerked his mule over to the left of
the road and just >as he did so the
automobile struck the two women
and knocked them ten feet or more
and then passed over their bodies,
continuing several yards and then
suddenly careening across the road
into the ditch on the left hand side.
Mr.. Uldrick testifies that he saw no
one in the automobile except the
driver who later proved to be Law
renee Callahan. Callahan states that
there were two negro women IN the
car with him.
Mr., Uldrick stated that he turned
his buggy off the road and went to
where the two women lay, neither of
whom up till that. time had shown
any signs of moving. When he ape
preached them the younger one rails
ed herself to her knees but fell
back. The older one never moved af-
ter the accident and in probably fif
teen minutes she was pronounced
dead by DR.. Neuffer who naG been
brought to the scene by Mr.. Vance
Ashley.
The witness further testified that
eff l ever saw man drinking, Law
renee Callahan was wnen he got out
of the car. He couldn't walk straight"
Mr.. Uldrick said that Callahan re-
fused to go with him after medical
attention but walked away from the
scene of the accident in company
with a negro woman whom Mr.. Ul-
drick did not know.
DR.. G. A. Neuffer testified that
jamie Sturkey's death was caused
from confusion of the jaw, fractured
leg, broken arm and shock.
The coroner's jury was composed
of Vance Ashley, foreman, Bayard
Swetenburg, ]. R. Thornton, B. F.
Shaw, Jesse Campbell and R. L. Nc
Canty. After hearing witnesses and
asking Mr.. Uldrick the main witness,
a number of questions the jury rem
dered a verdict that Jane Sturkey
came to her death from being struck
by an automobile driven in reckless
manner by Lawrence Callahan, who
had lost control of the machine.
Immediately after the accident
Dolly Calhoun was removed to the
County hospital where it was found
that she was suffering from shock
and bruises but was able to go to
her home yesterday.
The body of the dead woman was
taken in charge by the undertaken,
Gus Richey, at whose morgue it was
viewed by the coroner's jury Sunday
morning.
An effort was made to apprehend
Callahan at his home on the farm of
w. F. Radcliffe Saturday night but
after waiting until midnight the