Friday morning Robert Creech, of this city, was placed in jail here charged with stealing a gold watch from an automobile wreck which occurred Thursday between here and Four Oaks.
It appears that a fellow Wixen of Fayetteville was en route to Rocky Mount and was in considerable hurry to reach his destination. He is said to have passed through Four Oaks at a rapid rate of speed, and as he was passing Adams Filling station this side of Four Oaks, he struck a car parked in front of the Filling station, damaging it to the extent of about $20 and slightly injuring some of the occupants of the car. Wixen who was alone in a Dodge touring car, sped on toward Smithfield. A telephone message to Chief Cable here warned him to be on the look out for the man whose car number had been taken. Chief Cable hurried to the edge of town in order to apprehend him but was prevented by further developments of the Dodge car. When Wixen reached the railroad crossing beyond Holt Lake instead of taking the curve at that point, he went over the embankment, and it was from this wreck that young Robert Creech, who is a cripple about 25 years of age, took the gold watch. He sold it later, which led to his arrest.
A passing car brought the injured man to the Smithfield Memorial hospital where he was given medical attention. Relatives arrived in the city later in the day and accompanied him to Fayetteville hospital. His injuries reknot considered serious. A drink or two was said to have had a part in the untimely joy ride.
From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, April 28, 1925
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