The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04
Governor Of Illinois in Automobile
Accident Sunday and VIII be
Laid up for Several
Days.
WILL SPOIL CAMPAIGN
Cannot Make Active Canvas for Re-
nomination az he Must Stay
In Bed for Six
Weeks.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, Sept. Awhile
trying to, turn aside team of horses
into which his automobile was backing
Governor Deneen yesterday afternoon
stepped or was thrown from the rum
ming board OF his machine, breaking
both bones OF the left leg III inches
above the ankle.
The accident occurred one and one
half miles east of Divernon in the
presence OF Mrs. Deneen, Miss Fran
ces Deneen, Bina Deneen, the baby,
Otto Swanson, chauffeur for the gov
ernor, and the baby's nurse. A farm
er telephoned DR.. L. G. Taylor OF
Springfield to meet the governors
automobile upon arrival at the execu-
tive mansion and hurried run home
was made.
1t was found that the tibia and flbu-
la were broken. A temporary dressing
was made and in two or three days an
x-ray examination Of the fracture will
be made. 1t will be Ave or six weeks,
in the opinion of DR.. Taylor. before
the governor will be able to leave
his bed.
The accident is particularly unfor-
tunate because Governor Deneen is
carrying the burden of important po-
litical problems in addition to his of
fetal duties. He was expected to an
nounce in the next week or two wheth,
er he will become candidate for
the third term as governor or for
United States senator, and as soon as
his decision and announcement were
made 1t was expected he would enter
upon an active campaign.
The governor ~as aeoked to make
the principal Central Labor day ad
dress in Beardstown today. Soon af
ter he came from the influence of the
anaesthetic he remembered this en-
gagement and requested that Judge
L. Sherman; president OF the state
board of administration, speak In his
place.
Early in the evening GOV. Deneer
had recovered sufficiently to discuss
the accident with the few friends ad
mitted to his bed chamber. The
fractured limb was swollen and caus
ed him pain.
Shortly before o'clock he and Mrs
Deneen and two children started with
the baby's nurse and the chauffeur
toward the south. They had gone as
far as the village of Pawnee, nineteen
miles south of Springfield, and on the
hnnta yrn I'd frty ha tho 1qnnf
Lard farm and were climbing steer
hill when the chauffeur lost contro
of the auto, which started to bach
downhili
Gov. Deneen, who was seated
alongside the chauffeur, looked dowr
the hill and saw surrey filled with
people just starting to ascend. He
called to the driver to avoid coils
ion, but apparently the man did not
comprehend the situation, for the
next moment the governors auto wal
upon the rig.
Seeing crash was about to occur
Governor Deneen stepped upon tht
running board, hoping to reach thu
horses heads and turn them out of thu
way, He is not certain whether ht
stepped or was thrown to the ground
but In another instant he was prone
nnon the ground, suffering excruciat
ingly. with automobile. horses ant
surrey in a general mix-up about him
Mrs. Deneen Ieaped to the grount
after the governor fell, carrying thu
naby with her. The auto had smashed
the rear Of the surrey SO that it hat
collapsed, throwing the occupants t
the ground.