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Two Former
ingalls, Men
Navy Men Held
In Joil Charged
With Munsloughter

Two sailors on Christmas fur
are being held in the Jack
son County jail charged with
manslaughter in the death of two
former ingalls, employees near
Ocean Springs Wednesday night.
County Patrolman T. c. Hudston
reported w. B. Mincnew, GA, of
McGehee, Ark, instantly killed,
and that his son-in-law, j. w.
Lee, as, died enroute to a hospital
from injuries suffered when they
were struck by an automobile al
legedly driven by K. CT. Ross, Jr.,
rs, U. S. Navy, of 704 18th street,
Pascasoula.
With Ross at the time of the
accident was Marvin A Kennedy,
%, of Magnolia, also a sailor,
who is held with Ross. County
Attorney L. X. Mcintosh said the
men will either be turned over to
naval authorities for trial or will
appear for a preliminary hearing
in Justice of the Peace Court in
Ocean Spring.
According to Patrolman Hud-
son, Minchew and Lee were en-
route to McGehee from Pasca-
goula where they had been en-
ployed at the ingalls, ShipbuildinS
Corporation during the war. They
and their families were travelling
in a house-trailer and had had
tire trouble just previous TO the
accident. 1t was while they were
putting the tire tools in the trunk
of their car that they were struck
by the Ross automobile and
crushed to death against the
body Of their scsrs according to
Patrolman Hudson.
Families Not Injured
Travelling with Minchew and
Lee were their wives, Lees four
children, Mamie Bell, 10; Margie,
Is; William Gay, II months,
j a m es Ray, five months;
and three relatives and wards
Of the Lees, Imogene Proctor, IL;
Proctor. 8; and Jean Proc
tor, Z. All escaped injury.
Ross said in jail Thursday
that he and Kennedy were enroute
to Biloxi where they intended to
cat dinner, He said that he was
blinded at the time of the acct
don't by an oncoming automobile
with glaring headlights and that
the trailer was sitting at an angle
in the highway and had no rear
light visible. He said he he was
passing the trailer when Minchew
and Lee walked from between
their automobile and ahe trailer
and directly into his path.
Pacific Veterans
Ross said that he stopped the
car and he and Kennedy ran back
to the injured men and attempted
10 put them in their car but that
Mrs. Minchew and Mrs. Lee were
hysterical and refused to let them
touch their husbands. He then
told the women that he would get
to a telephone and notify an am
bulance and the police, he said.
The sailors went on to Biloxi af-
ter phoning and attempted to
in at the police station there
but were told to return to Ocean
Springs in Jackson County by the
desk sergeant, they said. They
came back to a cafe in Ocean
Springs and phoned the police,
them where they were
because they didn't know the To-
cation of the police station, they
Ross and Kennedy had recently
returned from the Pacific where
they said they served for 80 and
% months respectively and are
now stationed in New Orleans.
Ross was returning to New Or
leans tomorrow to receive his dis
charge, he said, and Kennedy had
expected to leave yesterday
morning for Miami to visit a sis
Ter in the WAVES.
Sheriff D. o. Newman, Deputy
John McNeal, and Constable r.
:. Miller of Beat 4, Ocean Springs.
Investigated the case with Patrol
man Hudson.