The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-06-06
Fred 7. Bundles, Engineer
at Light Plant Electro
cuted Monday.
DEATH SHROUDED IN MYSTERY
Employees Of Electric Company Find
Street Lamps Not Burning and In
vestigation Reveals Fact that En-
gineer Had Met Death.

fred 7. Bundles, aged so years, re-
siding at 424 Rowland avenue and for
the past nine months night engineer
at the power plant of the Kenosha
Electric Railway Company at the foot
of Market street, was found dead on
the floor of the station just before
eight O'Clock Monday evening. The
engineer had been killed by coming in
contact with some of the high power
machinery of the plant, but the de-
tails of his death will probably never
be known as he was alone in the sta
tion at the time.
Bundles was a particularly care
full engineer and had been valued
employee Of the company. He had
been in charge Of Che station since
last October and in that time had
found no trouble in caring for the
business of the company without an,
assistant. From this station a portion
of the street lights are operated and
just after seven clock Monday even
ing one of the men employed by the
Kenosha Gas and Electric Company
discovered that one of the systems of
lights was not operating. He made an
effort to call Bundles at the station,
but got no response and called the
central Offices of the company. Arthur
Walsh at once went to the station and
when he opened the door he found
Bundles dead on the floor. Physicians
were hurriedly summoned and efforts
were made to revive the engineer but
it was found that nothing could be
done.
Bundles had evidently died at his
post of duty as the machinery of the
station was in perfect order and it is
thought that he had gone to turn on
the current for the street lights when
in some manner he came in contact
with an electric wire and met his
death.
The mans hands were both burned.
The left hand was burned in the palm
while the right hand was burned on
the back. There was nothing about
the body of the man to indicate the
manner in which he had come in con
tact with the current. Every bit of
machinery in the station was in per
feet condition and few minutes af-
ter the body Of Bundles was found
the current was turned on for the
street lamps.
few minutes after the body of
Bundles had been found his son CLYDE
Bundles, 10 years of age, walked into
the plant. He had gone to take his
father some papers. The young man
was completely overcome by the shock
of his fathers death. The remains
were removed to the morgue of the
Rutledge Undertaking Company and
Coroner Stanton called a jury to view
them. The inquest will be held this
evening.
Bundles had been a resident Of Ra-
cine, Chicago, Quincy, Ill, and Han
nibal, Mo-, in recent years coming to
Kenosha from the last named city in
the summer of LAST year. For a time
he was employed at the plant of the
Thomas B. Jeffrey Company, but he
gave up this work to get into work
along the lines of engineering. He
was man well educated and refined.
He was member of the Masonic or
der, of the Illinois Consistory and the
Mystic Shrine. He had been mem
Der of the various Masonic bodies at
Quincy, ILL.,, and had not transferred
his membership to Kenosha.
He is survived by his widow and
two sons, Clyde and William. The
aged mother of Mr.. Bundles also
made her home with her son in Keno
sha
Funeral services over tie remains
will be held from the FAIRLY residence
at half past two Thursday afternoon
and interment will be at the Kenosha
City cemetery.
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