The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-08-16
Joseph Hellriegel, Aged Nine, In
stantIy Killed by Street Rail-
way Car on Monday
SAD FATE OF LITTLE MUTE
Boy Was Attempting o Cross the Track
and did not Hear the Car Approach
ing From the North and Was
Pulled Under the Wheels


the Kenosha Electric Railway Co.,
had its first fatal accident Monday
when Joseph Hellriega1,
9 year old BOY, had his life crushed
out under the wheels of car on Mil
waukee avenue. The accident oc-
Cured just before 10 O'Clock and the
boy was insanity killed. Coroner
Robinson was called to the scene and
sunlmoned jury to view the remains
The accident was a most deporable
one but the people who witnessed it
declared that the motorman in charge
of the car was free from.all blame for
the killing of the boy.
The victim is the son Of John He'll
riegel, who resides at 261 Ounce
street and who is employed at the
Klinkert brewery in Racine. The
little boy was both deaf andsdumb and
had been student in the school for
deaf mutes at ST. Francis until last
Wednesday when he came to his home
in KenosnS TO spend a short vacation.
He was very bright boy and his
mother had left him.in charge of the
other children at the house this morn
ing. JUST before 103o'clock the boy
had gone with his little brother to the
Sullivan store to purchase toy for
the younger brother and they were
on their way back to the house when
the accident occurred. The car was
in charge of Motorman Jacob Schlenk-
err, one of the most careful men on
the road and B. f.. DeDeimar was
the conductor. Near the.scene Of the
accident number of telephone line
men were at work and young He'll
riegel and his brother hadsstopped To-
watch the men at work. They we're
standing about feet from the track.
TIE car came down from the north
and the telephone men noticing that
the tive children we're in danger, at.
tempted to attract the attention Of
the older boy, but in vain. The
moto1nan reversed the brakes Of the
car and shut off the power and the
car came toward the spot at low
rate of speed. Schlenker shouted at
the boy and at the same time the
telephone men shouted but the boy
leaped directly in front Of the car.
The fender failed to throw him out of
the way and his little body was pulled
under the front wheels and crushed
The boy was still alive when re-
moved from under the car, but he
died a minute after he had been
moved. The remains were removed
to the Hansen morgue pending the
inquest.
In the car were several women and
one man and the accident caused
panic among the passengers and they
fled from the car as soon as it could
be stopped. The remains of the little
victim Of the accident were carried To
the side Of the road to await the com
ing of the coroner. In the meantime
DR.. George Pugh had been summoned
to the scene Of the accident, but he
saw at once that the boy was dead.
The mother of the boy was crazed
with gsLef as result of the accident.
When seen short time after the
death Of the boy she stated that when
she heard the Changing Of the bell she
feared that one of the children had
been run over and answering the pre-
sentiment she rushed into the street
only to meet man who had come to
bring the sad news.
Motorman Schlenker when seen
made the following statement ia re-
gard to the accident: IT was turning
south at good rate of speed and had
made the last stop at the Broad street
crossing. The boy and some men
were on the east side Of the track
standing some eight feet from the
track just south of the corner Of
Ounce street. When the car was
sixty feet from the boy I rang the
bell and threw off the power and re-
versed the brakes and at the same
time the men working on the tele-
phone lines threw up their hands and
shouted to the boy. shouted as loud
as I could, butsthe. boy jumped direct
~ in front Of the car. I turned nv
head away, not wishing to see the
little fellow struck and second later
I knew that had hit him. q
The story is entirely borne out by
the conductor Of the car and by The
eye witnesses Of the accident.
Mrs. $. =. Christianson aud sister.
Miss Margaret Rooney and q II.