The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-08
G. 0. Field, Injured in Collision
Between Auto and Car, Died
at Hospital Last Night
JURY SAYSACCIDENrAl DEATH
Remains of Unfortunate Man Sent to
Manistee, Mich, This Afternoon
and Funeral Will Take
Place on Monday
(F'rom Saturday IS Daily


The coroner s jury investigating the
death Of George @. Field of Manistee,
Michigan, who died at the Kenosha
Hospital at five o. clock Friday night
as a result of injuries received in a
collision of an automobile in which he
was riding and car on the Chicago
and Milwaukee Electric Railway, this
afternoon returned a verdict Of acct
dental death Field died without re-
gaining consciousness, four hours af-
ter the accident took place, and an
investigation showed that the skull had
been fractured ant that he had re-
ceived other injuries of an internal
nature The remains of the dead man
escorted by number Of the members
of the Kenosha Lodge of Elks, were
placed aboard the 4:06 train this af-
t9rnoon. F. w. Field and Miss Field,
brother and sister Of the deceased,
came to Kenosha to look after the
removal of the remains The dead
man was 81 years of age and widow
er. His mother, two brothers and a
sister survive and all are residents Of
Manistee.
The evidence produced at the IN
quest this morning failed to throw
any new light on the accident as it
showed that the only persons who had
witnessed the tragic death Of the young
man were E. W. Kessler, motorman,
Frank Sheehan, conductor on the car,
and Phillip Lippert, a farmer living
near the scene of the. accident.
The members of the train crew told
practically the same story. They de-
clared that the electric car was moving
at rate Of forty miles an hour and
that the automobile was coming at
nearly the same speed They declared
that the regular crossing signal was
sounded and that signal Of danger
was sounded after the motorman saw
the automobile coming towards the
crossing. It is claimed that the auto
mobile was hundred feet from the
crossing when the signal was sounded,
but it seemed to the members Of the
train crew that Field did not hear the
signal. He saw the car just before he
reached the crossing and then made
an effort to stop the car or run it into
the ditch on the side of the road, but
failed and the automobile came on di-
rectly in front of the car and the ac-
cident followed. Lppert stated that
he was driving west and that Field in
the automobile had passed him about
two hundred feet from the tracks and
that he knew that a collision was i'm
minent. He said that he could not
state at what speed the automobile
was running, but that it was not run
ming in his opinion as fast as had been
stated by the officials of the railway
company. r. W. Field, the brother of
the dead man, was the only other wit
ness. He stated that his brother was
an expert automobile driver and had
| often handled the car He stated al
so that the dead man had passed over
the same road when the car was
brought to Kenosha a short time ago
and that he should have been familiar
with the location Of the railway tracks
along the road.
After hearing the evidence the jury
were taken out to view the scene of
the accident and on their return rem
dered a verdict of accidental death.