Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-06-20
WORCESTER CO.
MEN HELD UP ON
PUBLIC HIGHWAY
Ounce Ashburn And H. e. Corddry
Have Unpleasant Experience Con-
nected With Auto Accident
MACHINE OVERTURNED;
OCCUPANTS INJURED

Ounce Ashburn, of this city, and
Harris c. Corddry, of Snow Hill, me:
with an experience last Monday night
between eleven and twelve o'clock
which might be classified as hold
up and assault.
On their way from Crisfeld, they
came upon car standing in the mid
die of the highway, between the West
over railroad crossing and the POGO
moke Princess Anne junction. A man
at one side of the machine was sig
mailing for them to halt, which they
did.
They found he wanted to be carried
back to Crisfield, as he claimed to
have met with an accident to his car.
But as the hour was late and Mr..
Corddry had quite jaunt ahead of
him to Snow Hill, the two men OBJ
jected.
They were told they had nothing on
the hold-up-man as he had to go to
Virginia, and he attempted to enforce
his demands at the point of revol-
yer. While this conversation was go
ing on car came rapidly around the
curve at the point where the conf1ab
was in progress. The two men, think
ing it best to draw away somewhat,
pulled alongside the road. The on
coming car, blinded by the Corddry
car, failed to see the other, as it car
ried no lights, and crashed into it at
a 80 mile gait, catapulating into the
field, throwing five Of it's occupants
out, and pinning the driver under the
body.
Hearing the crash, Messrs. Ashburn
and Corddry ran back to render what
aid they could, and were met by their
hold-up friend, who forbade them at
the point of his gun to render any aid
to the occupants of the overturned
car.
But they braved his wrath and did
what they could to get the pinned man
from his perilous position In this
they were unsuccessful until another
car came into view containing no one
but the driver-name unknown. With
this mans help the car was righted,
the injured man and the rest of his
party carried to the unknown's car,
and conveyed to the Crisfield hospital.
Messrs Corddry and Ashburn then
slipped away, came to Pocomoke, in
record time and put officers Katz and
Bull on the case. They started for
the scene and found the highwayman
at Westover. They soon had him un-
der arrest, carried him to Crisfeld
where he was lodged in Jail.
He gave his name as R. C. Dough-
ty, of Craddockville, Va, and with
him was a man by the name of Sher-
wood, who was either very drowsy or
very drunk-possibly both-and who
had not been disturbed in his slum-
bers by anything that had happened.
Doughty was evidently drunk, and
what had been his source of supply
was found in the road, but since it
was not in his possession it could not
be charged up to him.
The man pinned under the car was
Randall Holland, who is reported to
have received fractured spine and is
now critically ill. Those with him.
who were all more or less injured
were Mrs. Lois Moore and daughter
Naomi Milbourn, arm broken, Ger.
trude Lawson, and Richard Jones-all
of Crisfield.
On Tuesday morning Doughty was
arraigned before a Crisfield Justice
and was fined 5000 for driving an au-
tomobile under the influence of liquor
80 for having no lights on his car
hid $50 for flourishing weapons on
the State highway. He paid his fines
but will face the charge of manslaugh.
ter should Holland succumb to his in.
juries.
Doughty admitted that he had beer
heavily drinking and disclaimed re
sponsibility for his actions on the
highway. He said he was a married
man with children and asked The
court not to impose Jail sentence
The Jail sentence of 80 days was re-
mitted and Doughty was fined $27t
and costs for his escapade.