JACKSON, Stephen Arnold Douglas (Steve)

The Prescott Courier, Prescott, Arizona Tuesday, September 27, 1938 S. A. D. Jackson, Two Women, Die Head-on Collision Sends 2 Young Men to Hospital In Worst Wreck Here in Year Three persons, one man and two women, were killed and two men injured late yesterday afternoon as the result of a head-on crash 19 miles south of Prescott near Wilhoit. The dead are: Mrs. Lillian Inez Moore, 74, of Cheyenne, Okla. Mrs. Earnest Smith, 45, 2013 Stockwall Street, Compton, Calif. Steve A. D. Jackson, Walnut Grove. Mrs. Moore and Jackson died instantly. Mrs. Smith was brought to Mercy hospital here last night, dying at 9:15 o’clock. The injured are: Ray England, 20, 1914 El Segundo boulevard, Willowbrook, Calif. William H. Mouser, Jr., 2013 Stockwall, Compton. According to local officers who investigated the accident, the two cars met in a head-on crash. Jackson, in a model A. Ford touring sedan, was proceeding south on the highway, and apparently veered to the wrong side of the road. Mouser, the driver of the other car involved in the wreck, attempted to swerve from Jackson’s car just as Jackson himself tried to bring his car to the right side of the road. Jackson’s car was totally demolished and was taken to Kirkland Junction. Mouser’s car, a Chevrolet sedan, was badly smashed, the engine almost demolished. Mrs. Moore, a native of Oklahoma, had been visiting the Smiths in Compton. Her husband in Cheyenne, Okla., has been notified of her death and is awaiting his course of action until he contacts California relatives. W. H. Mouser, Sr., father of Mouser and Mrs. Smith’s first husband, is on his way here now. At the time of the accident, the Mouser auto was bound for Oklahoma to return Mrs. Moore to her home. Mouser, the driver, was forced against the steering wheel with such force that it was broken in several places and bent almost double. Justice of the Peace Gordon S. Clark investigated the accident after being informed of the wreck late yesterday afternoon by highway patrolmen. Mrs. Moore was the mother of Mrs. Smith, who was Mouser’s mother. Earnest Smith of Compton, Mrs. Smith’s second husband, and William H. Mouser, Sr., also of Compton, her first husband, have been informed by telegram of the accident. Smith is expected here late tonight. There are no other known relative of the dead women. England, a nurse, is the son of Mrs. S. B. England, 1914 El Segundo boulevard, Willowbrook. Mouser is employed by the Milton Manufacturing company of Manhattan Beach, Calif. Highway patrolmen were the first to be informed of the accident. They in turn notified county officials who proceeded to the site of the accident and arranged for the removal of the wreck. Mouser and England were brought here and are in Mercy hospital. England suffered a broken thigh and numerous cuts and bruises. Mouser has a sprained back and was also cut. Jackson’s car was reported a total wreck. The front and right side were completely smashed in, the engine having been torn completely out of its mountings. The Mouser car suffered its greatest damage on the right side, the left part of the body being almost unscratched. Windshield and window glass were completely out and a long section of wood from the top of Jackson’s car pierced the roof. The force of the impact was so strong that a triangular section of the front right hand door was cut away without a jab. Jackson was born in Ohio in 1860, the son of George J. and Elizabeth Jackson. He came to Arizona in 1864 and had lived in Prescott, Kirkland and Walnut Grove since that time. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. S. A. D. Jackson of Prescott; a son, Ivan Newton Jackson, Prescott; a sister, Mrs. Abby Barber, Phoenix; and a half-sister, Mrs. Mary Jane Allen, Glendale, Ariz. Arrangements for his funeral are being made through the Lester Ruffner Funeral Home. Mrs. Moore’s son-in-law, Bruce Natta, Culver City, Calif., has been notified of her death. Judge Gordon S. Clark has called an inquest in the accident for Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock.