Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-28
AUTO PARTY IS
THROWN IN DITCH
JOHN o. KING, SUPERINTENDENT
OF LEATHER TIRE COMPANY, IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.
SAD END OF FISHING TRIP.
Steering Gear Goes Wrong and Big Tour
ing Car Pitches Occupants Into
Wire Fence
MISHAP OCCURS NEAR RICHFIELD.

AILW AUkEE, Wis, Aug 81, 1908.
One man lies at the point of death
and six other persons were more or less
seriously injured when a powerful auto
mobile driven by John o. King, super
intendent of the King Auto Tire COM
pany, 500 East Water street, jumped a
ditch near RichfeId Wis, and ran into
a wire fence Sunday morning. King lies
at farm house near Freistadt, suffer
ing with internal injuries and otherwise
severely cut and bruised.
Deputy Game Warden Hurt.
John Buckley, deputy state game war
den, living at 500 Van Buren, street,
was also painfully injured, suffering Il
cut on his face extending under the left
eye from the nose to the ear, requiring
fifteen stitches to close. dis limbs and
head We're badly bruised, both shoulders
being cut and his right hand sprained.
Charles Sandberg, proprietor of the Al
bion hotel, 16l Michigan street. and his
son and daughter, Roy and Mildred
Sandberg, aged I and u years, respect
lively, were bruised and cut. Jacob I[au,
a saloon keeper at 1871 Michigan street,
and William McCann, bOarder of
Klaus, were bruised and scratched.
Wrecked Near Richfeld.
The party. with King on the front seat
driving, with Buckley beside him. and
the others in the body Of the powerful
5O-6O-horsepower Locomobile of Kings.
were travelling at a fast pace on d road
about two miles from Richfeld, when the
steering gear suddenly refused to work
and the automobile plunged into a 5-foot
ditch. Striking with great force on the
far side of the ditch it threw the occu-
pants, except Mildred Sandberg, out
against the wire fence. The steering
l. IL Id
he, too, was thrown to one side and
picked up unconscious. The others with
blood covered faces and torn garments,
from the ragged cuts of the wire fence,
assisted i'll carrying King, who was
thought to be dead, to nearby farm
house. where he was left III charge of
DE-. c. Bossard of Richfield, who was
called by telephone.
The rest Of the party walked to Rich
field and took q train to Milwaukee, ar
irving late Sunday evening.
Mr.. Buckley is at his home under the
care of a physician. The others We're
not 50 severely injured, and after a lit
tie treatment were able to be about
their work tins morning.
King a Manufacturer.
King came from Racine about a month
ago and started business under the firm
name of King Auto Tire company, manu-
IacluflhS Il ledlnef studded TIRE, winch
he had invented and patented. lie
roomed at 157 Michigan street and is
unmarried He is about 40 years old
and has relatives including his parents,
living in Spencer, Pa.
C. f. Deshazo, brother-in-law of
MI King. received the news of his
relatives mishap this morning and left
this afternoon for Richfeld to see about
bringing the injured man back to Mil
waukee. The automobile is said to be
badly wrecked.
\ curious incident was the fact that
little Mildred Sandberg was the only
one who was not thrown from the auto
mobile by the fearful impact against the
sides of the deep ditch. She remained in
the machine uninjured.
We left intending to spend several
days in the northern part of the state"
said Mr.. Buckley Sunday night. land
We're approaching Bichield going at
rapid rate of speed. Suddenly King
turned to me with a white face and
cried that the machine had gone wrong.
The next second we crashed to one side
into the ditch and pitched head foremost
over the front of the machine onto the
barbed wire fence"