The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-09-02
Enik Prske of Racine County
Fatally Stabbed on Inter
urban Car Oh Sunday
RECALL C0uNTYs HISTORY AssA|LANT IS NOW IN JAIL
Man Had demonstrated With Drunken
Lithuanian for Using Bad Language
When He Plunged a Knife Into His
Abdomen Severing the Bowels.

Enik Prske, a Polander So years of
age, residing ON the Doolittle farm Just
south of Evergreen Park, was stabbed
and it is thought fatally wounded on
a car of the Milwaukee, Racine and
Kenosha Electric Railway just south
of Central Park just after six clock
Sunday evening and he is now at the
st. Mary's Hospital in Racine suffering
from what the physicians in attendance
claim to be an incurable wound.
Charles Rose, a Racine Lithuanian, is
in the county Jail here charged with
having stabbed Prske and the officials
of Racine and Kenosha counties are
searching the two counties for a com
panion of Rose who was mixed up in
the. affray and who is alleged to have
Eleaped from the car window after the
assault. It is feared that he has es-
capped. Rose was brought to the Keno
sha county jail just before noon today
by Sheriff Gunter and Chief of Police
O'Hare. The stabbing in the car was
one Of the most spectacular murderous
assaults ever taking place in this coun-
! ty and it was witnessed by more than
forty passengers who were thrown in
a panic.
Prske, who is also known as Enik
Cline among the people in Racine, came
to Kenosha on Sunday afternoon with
a little daughter who had been sick
for some time and after consulting a
Kenosha physician he started for his
home on the car which left the limits
of the city just before six O'Clock.
The car was crowded and Prske and
his daughter were riding in the smok-
ing compartment. Rose and his com
and as soon as the car started they be-
gan to use obscene and improper
language and Prske at once remonstrat-
ed with Rose declaring that he should
know better than to use this sort of
language with women in the car. Rose
took offense at the reprimand and at
once assaulted Prske. The companions
Of Rose Joined in the assault and Prske
did the best he could to defend himself,
but he was finally beaten to the floor
of the car and Rose pulled knife
from his pocket and plunged it into
the abdomen of Prske. By this time
the conductor, e c. Nelson, and the
motorman had come to the aid Of Prske
and a bitter struggle followed. Rose
was overpowered and held on the floor
of the car, but the other man who had
been connected with the assault leaped
from the car window and fed. The
passengers were panic stricken, but sew
eral of the more level headed ones went
to the aid Of the motorman and the
conductor and assisted them in holding
Rose. One of the passengers, sa-
loon keeper in Racine, was badly cut
by Rose during the fight.
AS soon as Rose had been secured the
motorman speeded the car to Racine as
rapidly as possible and turned Rose
over to the police of Racine. They at
once notified the Kenosha police officers
and Sheriff Gunter and Chief O'Hare
went to Racine after Rose the first
thing this morning.
AS soon as Rose had been safely
slowed at the jail Prske was taken to
st. Mary's hospital and two physicians
called to attend him. It was found
that he had wound four inches long
in the abdomen and the knife had
severed seven of the smaller intestines.
This morning he was sufficiently CON
scious to give statement Of the case
to the police and this statement was
practically the same as had been told
by other witness of the stabbing. The
physicians attending Prske declared
that there is little or no chance of his
recovery and they fear that he will
die before the day is over. Prske has
a wife and four children and he has
always borne good reputation.
Rose swathed in a dozen bandages
was seen at the Kenosha county iail
Monday and in an interview he
gave his story Of the stabbing. He
claims that he works for the railway
ompany as section hand and had come
to Kenosha to visit some of his friends
and was on his way to Racine in the
car when man came in and threw q
hat belonging to one of his friends out
of the window. He took part in the
scufle which followed and he declare:
that twelve men set upon him and ther
he pulled out the knife and sscut.s
He declares that he struck in self de
Tense. He was deeply penitent an6
declared that he never knew Prske anG
had no intention of killing him.
Judge SlOsson of the County Cour1