LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, June 16, 1939 WOMAN JUMPED FROM MOVING AUTO AND KILLED Injuries sustained from a fall from a moving automobile caused the death of Mrs. Clarence Crawford Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford, who live on highway 8, had been to Desloge and were on their home about 6:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon when Mrs. Crawford wanted to go to Flat River and a quarrel with her husband ensued. At the inquest held at the Boyer Funeral Home Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock, conducted by Coroner Diemer and Prosecuting Attorney McIlrath, Mr. Crawford testified that Mrs. Crawford told him if he didn't turn around and go back to Flat River she would jump out of the car. As she jumped to the highway, she fell on her back and when she was picked up and taken to the doctor it was found that she had a fractured skull and possibly internal injuries. She was removed to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Avon Horton at Desloge, where she died about 10:30 that same night. Occupants of the car driving just behind the Crawford car stated at the inquest that she opened the door suddenly and jumped out. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Desloge Free Will Baptist Church, conducted by Miss Tommie Franklin. Interment was made in Big River cemetery. Boyer Service. Alberta Evelyn Horton, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Avon Horton, was born at Leadwood, Missouri, on Feb. 19, 1922, and at the time of her death was 17 years 3 months 21 days of age. She was married to Clarence Crawford on Feb. 14, 1938, and to this union one child, a daughter, Eleanor, who with the husband and father survive her. She leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Avon Horton of Desloge, five sisters, Mabel, June, Doris, Carmen and Rosemary, and two brothers, Ernest and Harold, two aged grandmothers, a grandfather and other relatives.