Son of Daniel Wilson and Sarah Murphy

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MR. W. L. CARLTON HAPPENED TO ACCIDENT
DESOTO COUNTY NEWS
MARCH 23, 1916;

Mr. W. L. Carlton, one of Arcadia’s most prominent businessmen happened to a serious accident yesterday afternoon about 2:00.

He was driving alone in his Ford between Horse Creek and Pine Level, when his car became unmanageable, ran into a ditch and overturned, pinning him fast under it. The overturned car held every part of his body fast except the head, which made it utterly impossible for him to extricate himself. The door of the car rested immediately on his throat, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he could breathe. Mr. Carlton, who never lost consciousness for a single moment of the long period of one and one-half hours before help came, said he felt that his time had come, especially since there would probably be no one to pass the road until too late to render him assistance.

Imagine his joy at about the hour of four to hear the voices of two ladies who were driving by. The ladies immediately came to his rescue, and by raising the car slightly from his throat, enabled him to breathe more freely. Assistance was immediately summoned from a nearby farm house, where he was taken until medical assistance could be had. Dr. McSwain responded promptly to the call, and washed and dressed his wounds which while many and painful, are not regarded as serious.

A gash four inches long was cut on his head, and his nose is also badly lacerated, but he does not appear to have received any internal injuries.

This morning Mr. Carlton is feeling and doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances, and it is hoped that it will be but a short while before he is sound again.


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