The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 13, 1951, Image 3
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Thursday, December 13, 1951
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Page Three
Murder Charged
In Auto Death
Ot Joanna Child
Greenwood, Dec. 7. — Rudolph
Richard Stone, 37-year-old South
Greenwood man, was charged with
murder Friday in the death of a
three-months-old Joanna child who
was a passenger in a car which was
in collision with an automobile ac
cident.”
The car driven by Stone almost
completely crossed the center line
of the highway and hit the car
driven by Allie B. Puckett, accord
ing to testimony by Cpl. J. W. Led
better of the State Highway Patrol.
Corporal Ledbeter testified that
when he saw Stone at the hospital
shortly after the accident, Stone
was, in his opinion, “in a very in
toxicated condition.” He was lying
on an ambulance stretcher in the
lobby of the emergency room, Led
better said, being held on the cot to
keep him from getting up. He was
using profanity profusely he said,
and “the odor of alcohol was pre
dominant on his breath.”
Stone was admitted to the hospi
tal, where he remained until Mon
day, when he was taken into cus
tody and placed in the county jail.
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He has been in jail since then.
The accident occurred at about
11:40 on the night of Nov. 24 near
Sistare’s store about two-tenths of
a mile outside the Greenwood city
limits on the Laurens highway.
Stone was traveling in the direc
tion of Greenwood, the car driven
by Puckett going toward Laurens.
The right rear wheel of the Stone
car was just about on the middle
line, Ledbetter said, the remainder
of the car being on the left side of
the center line from the direction
he was traveling.
The accident occurred completely
across the center line on Puckett’s
side of the road, he said.
A third accident occurred imme
diately after the first collision
when a car driven by William Rob
ert Julian crashed into the Stone
car. Ledbetter said that he was told
by Julian that the right rear wheel
of the Ston|f >a^ was^spicmi
the pavemem, creating friction and
sending up a cloud of smoke which
looked like fog. He drove into the
smoke thinking it was a light fog
and hit the Stone car. The right
rear tire of the Stone car was worn
down to the fabric, Ledbetter tes
tified.
In answer to Coroner Wise, he
stated that the weather was good
on the night of the accident, and
visibility and highway conditions
were good
No ofher witness testified at the
inquest held this morning in the
court house, but Coroner Wise read
a statement from the coroner’s phy
sician attributing cause of death of
the child to “intra cranial hemor
rhage sustained in an automobile
accident.”
The warrant charges that Ru
dolph Richard Stone did, while un
der the influence of intoxicating li
quor, operate a motor vehicle in
such reckless and careless disregard
of the rights of others he caused his
automobile to collide with an au
tomobile driven by Allie B. Puck
ett and as a result of said collision
an infant child, Judy Elizabeth
Smith, a passenger in the Puckett
automobile, was killed.”
Both Jesse J. Smith, father of the
child who was killed in the acci
dent, and W. E. Puckett, driver of
the car, were at the inquest this
morning, but neither took the
stand. Both still bear marks from
injuries received in the accident,
Smith having an arm bound and
Puckett facial scars. They are
from Joanna.
Mrs. Puckett and a daughter,
Betty Jean Puckett, both were in
jured in the accident. Betty Jean
is still in the hospital, reported in
good condition, and Mrs. Puckett
was dischraged several days ago.
Ammie Elliott, who lives opposite
the site of the wreck, was injured
in the crash of the third car, and
received first aid. Driver of the
third car was not injured.
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