Milford chronicle., 1922-04-28
DRIVER KILLED; THREE
OTHERS BADLY HURT
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT LAST SUNDAY
MORNING ON The DU POINT ROAD
WITH FATAL RESULTS.
SPEEDING The SOLE CAUSE
CAR In WHICH INJURED PERSONS WERE
RIDING SAID TO HAVE BEEN RUN
MING AT RAPID SPEED.


occupants of the car are seriously in
Jured as result of speeding on the
du POnt road last Sunday. Eugene
Hayes, colored, aged 40 years, chauff-
eur, was killed and three persons rid
ing with him were seriously injured
when the large Cadillac touring car
struck a Ford touring car. The acci-
dent occurred about half a mile south
of the Sussex County Almhouse on
the du POnt road at about $3.50 o'clock
Sunday morning. James Wood, a
drug clerk of Georgetown, who was
driving the Ford, was uninjured.
The occupants of the larger car, all
of whom were injured are:
Robert Jackson, aged so years, own
er of a garage in Wilmington, severe
cut and injuries to the head and side.
Mrs. Louise Balance, aged 72 years,
of Wilmington, right arm broken and
cuts about the head and face.
Miss Carrie L. Bell, aged % years,
of Wilmington, granddaughter of Mrs.
Balance, cuts and bruises.
The members of the Wilmington
party were on their way to visit Will
liam Bell, brother of Miss Bell, who
lives in Piney Neck on the Indian
river. Miss Bell is daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Bell, of Wilmington.
Mr.. Jackson is in the garage business
with his brother, w. w. Jackson, also
of Wilmington.
The larger car was proceeding
south on the boulevard, travelling at a
high rate of speed, it is said. Woods
machine had just turned off a side
road a short distance ahead of the
other car, and was also going south
at a slower speed. The Cadillac
crashed into the rear of the Ford,
turning it over three times and hurl-
ing it into a creek thirty feet distant.
Young Wood, by some miracle, was
uninjured, and although the smaller
car was completely demolished, crawl
ed from under the overturned car. He
did not receive a scratch.
At the impact, the larger car, con-
tanning Hayes, Mr.. Jackson, Miss Bell
and her grandmother turned around
to an arupt standstill, throwing its
occupants to the grOund.T he chauf-
fuer's skull was crushed but the rest
of his body was unmarried. The others
in the car were cut and bruised, while
the older woman had her right arm
broken. The injured were treated by
DR.. Frank Jones of Georgetown.
The car in which they were riding
was damaged; but not to such an ex-
tent that it could not be moved. The
smaller machine, however, was COM
plete wreck, and was not even taken
to a garage.
Hayes, il is said, has been in the
employ of the JacksOns for a number
,e oil
garded as an extremely careful driv-
er. He is married and has several
children.
Mrs. Balance and Miss Bell were
taken to the home of the latter's
brother, William Bell, in Piney Neck
Sunday afternoon. Mr.. Jackson was
taken to the home of John T. Carey
in Georgetown.
At a cOrOner's inquest on Monday
into the death of Eugene Hayes, ne
gro chauffeur, who was killed, YER
dict was returned by the jury, of
which State Senator Asa Bennett was
foreman. In the main the verdict was
that Hayes came to his death while
exceeding the lawful speed limit and
cOlliding with another automobile in
an attempt to pass it on the road.
Sheridan Warrington and Harry
Prettyman, witnesses of the accident
testified that the car which was dfiv-
en- by James Wood had just turned
onto the boulevard from a by-road
md that the collision occurred when
Hayes tried to pass him without slow
ng down.
Robert Jackson, owner of the
wrecked touring car, who declared
hat he was just slightly cut and
is reported to be in a seri-
JUS condition resulting from inter-
lal injuries he suffered in the acci-
lent.
It is said that two of the jurymen
we're in favor of holding young Woods
n connection with the case, but the
objection of the majority of the jury
nent was so strong that the point
allied to carry.