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Show INN'S QUICK WIT SWES HER Mrs. A. D. Stone Clings to I Truck When Struck Yester- j clay Afternoon Clinging to a motor truck which ranl j her down yesterday afternoon at 5i : o'clock, Mrs A. D. Stone probably i .'saved herself s rlous injury. Holding II 'to the truck she was dragged sixty;' feet before J Eddy. 14 years of age: COUld slop the machine, according to j members of the sheriff's department I who Investigated the accident. The i I accident occurred at Twentieth street J and Washington acnuc. , according to Information gathered l; by the sheriff's department, Mrs i j j Stone was crossing the street when ' I the auto truck swung around the cor-1 ' net at a speed, accorjng to witnesses of twenty-five miles an hour. When the car struck the woman, she grabbed 1 1 'it and kept from being run fiver .Mrs. Stone suffered a number of bruises j upon her arms and body, none of which are considered serious. i i Deputy sheriffs are today Investigate ' mg the accident and upon their flnd-il ings will depend whether or not ' charges of reckless driving will bo j j filed against Eddy. j J Ray Ward, commissioner of pub-;' lie safety said this morning that an' ordinance provides that motor chicles j cannOt be driven by persons under 16 M years of age and as a result of yester- : day's accident a check will be made to j ! i mm. whether the practice is be- I lng carried on there to any extent. i on I , |