The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1942-12-25
Man Held
IN Death
OF Woman
Totally Injured
When Struck by
Car EorlY Sunday.

Manxsaaehser charges in con-
uectian with the death 81 Mrs
Eva Jane penfon when kse was
struck Is an automohsie early
Sunday morning were filed
against / p Han 1s-vear-old
sh5pyard employee and q resident
Of Coden Ala BY County High
way Psrolrnan Fenimore Hudson
pending the inquest scheduled for
ste Wednesday faternoon
Mx Penion - years old. was
killed about SIS a. m Sunday.
whea she vas sAegedly struck BY
an xutoEnohile driven by IL ".
Webb 81 Kosciusko. sheet metal
worker AZ ingalls, Shipbuilding
Cooperation Death resulted from
> bios ever the right ear which
cut the scalp and crushed the
skull She was taken 70 Jack
son County hospital by pazserx-
~ but she was pronounced dead
a arrival
The arrest q Hail followed an
investigation b. Officer Hudson
during TIRE course of which Hsll
was linked with the dead woman
~ several witnesses After he Was
taken into custody he made q
sworn statement TO Hudson n
which he admitted having been
u ne company Of Mrs Penton
Saturday night on . round Of sew
eral night clah4 He asserted thai
1he woman had had several
drinks and that while they were
walking uEro1gh the woods nhe
haa @nasxhe1 hes arm ffom MS
han1 and rxzked ont0 the black
top road near the Intersection Of
ire road leading 20 Machpeiah
eeneaery.
Ne chanca fer wornsn
There wasn't 3 chance for mse
70 step her. and there wasn't .
chance for hirn webb 70 stop
fw sbe was right cut n front Of
the car. be said i don't know
hnw fast he was going But that
scared me 30 bad ! ran. I came
baEk e Airport Inn
Hal Was taken b Hudson
early Sunday morning IN an ef-
fort 70 identity the body Of the
dead woman bat according %
hs statement he was frightened
- bad ! couldn't He a frs
denied knowing the woman. bat
LATER he was identified as the wo-
mans companion By an aviator
Nho had run into Halls car
~hiie i wSx parked on tire high
uaz ueaF me state line with q 0
Lights earlier In the evening
Off1eer Hudson who sfili rad
Hal = TIE car frcrn TIE trip %
tns hospital II an eff9rf to identity
The woman, stopped 70 question
TIE sviator whose car was dis
sbled The msan SAID he had run
INTO 3 car parked In ire highway
Nathoat lights and when Hudson
asked hnm Who was the driver
e ire CIR TIE aviator pointed =
Hail He sid that at the time
there hsa been another man later
neuufiea Is z c WiIkernon -
Eayoa Ia Bsue, Ala. and ; 40
Faan II TIE CIR with Hail
Under Questioning b. Hudson
the aviator described TIE waananss
clothing and appearances, bosh faI-
sag viii the dead waznans9.
Wllkerznn had left Han and n
Penaon - g. into the hospital for
Treatment e . dlSloczfea foof re
saltnx from the accident between
u< re ears and Hal and hss
companion had gene % Airpor4
I'M i Nas shortly after tbs nat
ne fatal accident occurred
Sc rs taken 70 tee jackson
County hospital By Joe Brown
NsAauan - the Southern Kraft
Paper IL who was en- route
aeaae from WoTk and Mr Webb
sesd thesn Her dsnatT
Nas ng discovered until sunday
aErno1n when her husband.
Arb Fe1ian body anc tender
nan e TIE Sterling Meter Gem
panxs visited the morEa4 upon
he@Iz ksf Al uli1enfE4iea
woman I'D been hlled b a
aaAozaaaEie
Leff for Town
According 20 Mr. Pentou he
- - N1e Nere sitting s uses4
s - 80 Norfh Psaaasala
street Saturday nighf whn IL
EezH1 discovered that ane -
ng = egnpleie her Christ
s H91pnE She changed he4
pegaxlzz tW q pstr ~ aaeu -
80 enc left the house for as4n
NhFn aer lz-yesr-ud 81
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