Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-13
Driver MiStoOk Water for Road, Declares Sole
 SurVlVOr MEN CRIED TO HER TO HOLD ON,' SHE SAYS Had She Known Husband Womb Have Been Lost, She Would | Have Let Co, She
 Declares

Mrs. Charles Madding. sole suiu vivor Of Sundays fatal auto aceiden at Fourchc bayou at Little Rock; yesterday told how her husband Miss Mamie Baldwin and David Dun. can, the other members of the party, met their deaths.
 Prostrated with grief and suffef| ing from the effects of shock and ex, posture but sustained by splenait courage, Mrs. Madding related hoJ Madding, mistaking in the darknesl the sheet of water that covered thk bridge approach for the roadwaJ unconsciously drove into it; how tit auto slipped, almost before membeI of the party realized it, into tlI freezing waters that covered thI road and rushed under the bridgA and how she, her husband and DW9 can made fight for life for thir1' fnterminable minutes, before hti, came too late for all except 9I; self, Mrs. Madding, describing. A z, moments that she passed in the M.ttt ter clinging to the limb of t,.,,, said that her husband, held tos ". top of the car and shouted words, ,na encouragement to her and that D: can, floundering in the water < impeded by heavy clothing kept q \, ing Hold on." Mrs. Madding 4bS tunately held until negroes, attradttS by her cries, came and saved her& |,
 of l had known" she said Hf night, "that Charles would not lY q been saved too, would have let IF
 Mrs. Madding's statements wsst not made to newspaper men, but her mother, Mrs. E. w. Bocage,
 friends.
 Thought Water Was Road
 She was brought back to Pine x, yesterday in an auto, acconpa " by her mother, and by 0o :, Greenfield and wife, cousins whd 2 in Little Rock, and other rSIh sI The car in which she went came to Pine Bluff via the UolfNs N, stopping at Mrs. Madding's rdS ' at the stop where the accf4e1
 cured. Mrs. Madding remained
 throughout the drive, relatiyd last night. A.
 Mrs. Madding's statementt AtI for the first time the mal,f
 which the accident occurred of to the bridge, he mistook in atLW' of the lights the vast expAiiud . water for the roadway and drov { the bank. The car gradually slM into the water and was almost ,va cred, she declared, before men rs of the party realized what hadS
 pened. Miss Baldwin, Mrs. Md i declares, she never saw after tl K had gone into the water, Sha4 4ot; self was washed out of the aud t;c under the water. Coming st0 .. \ surface, she stated, she seiz ,.,a limb of tree and chung t0 it. rar ing the ends of her cape<s11hiStfc fcr fastened around her neck ftaat and pulling them out. Ch6 s.,astad ding, relatives said that Mf saI Cs, declared, was clinging to hr. n,a the auto with his head b621.ss
 water. Duncan, she said Ent,v U deavoring to swim and Ra;s;nr assistance. Both mem ehar from time to time and ho her to Hold on.' After ' S,ers n. N, said, she heard Duncanss ad ,s,e, se, more. Her husband, sheJ ss the was still conscious and ke at Fiji head above water, though
 ness prevented her from
 clearly. ssss n. ~
 Mrs. Bocage last night TX, Sn' during this interval whil6 M ", ding and his wife were caI .nJ.' si,s help. the former cried 63 ssfs., c, Lord, I'm going like lny 2. w, 1w \, John went" referring t6 tk2 .v:,n .,.,' ing of brother several 5 airs x !. Maddinn xl nk se said, and it was thought that probably his excitenlrAIIS, this fact, together with heart, caused his deathy Ix 4. IA tives were convinced his q ent wa due to the water. l. Col
 Miss Baldwin,s Dea stern
 Mrs. Madding clunR toS is il until help came. negro omplai on the scene and succeAde claim ing, first her and then Ms
 of the water. Maddipe at
 was unconscious, Mir: s- EPIDE clared. She, however
 talk but was so affecteacl A.-One and excitement thatss Ange al three" instead Of sfo nce last asked how many wexe been ' Coats and blankets Ol accordin Ing houses were prod, ard oI and Mrs. Madding WsrsivG
 Little Rock in an AHs
 ding never regained rf
 Mrs. Nadine was eb ~
 after hosrital attaelies 0f1nl her that MsddinR was F sS.D. %;.. Mi. lefsS s.,aa;a es tAs .. h L0N later. Mrs. MHd{{TS5SNs
 that the auto slid TX a n Sava, verv "" srees.. ughters -vaw +kn at tsow 11ez m lay ado rrnn. IYs sa.d ng ag, Lis.,1' u,c Una from Le escaped. N ,,s';
 Mrs. Bocage atSA1a N aav Rt Mrs. Madding nrobsf 1 rhe S pr, m the funeral of hGr het] ;nscrir morning. She is that as serious condition oN q. ,ham eo, lininries. in skSultl Il Miss Raldwinx M sS her death wIiIa ln body was found ip