The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-01-02
DEATH SADDENS XMAS WEEK
Little Girl Was Returning Home From
Christmas Entertainment When
She Was Struck by an Automobile
Driven by Malcolm Ryan.

Kenosha had a Christmas time TRACE
dy just after nine clock Friday even
ing when Esther Lillian Jensen, the
nine year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Christian. Jensen Of 1927 Newell
street met death under the wheels Of
an automobile while returning home
from a belated Christmas entertain
ment. The little girl was run down
by an automobile driven by Malcolm
Ryan, driver for the Russell Garage.
The car passed over the head of the
child fracturing her skull and she died
before physicians could reach her.
The Jensen child accompanied by
one of her girl friends, Emily Walker,
had attended the Christmas entertain
ment for the children of the city at
Guild Hall and after the entertain
ment was over she had taken the street
car home. The car stopped at the west
crossing of Newell street and the two
children left the car and walking
about the end of it started to go
south on Newell street. The automo-
bile driven by Ryan was coming from
the west and before he could stop the
automobile the Jensen child walked
directly in front of it. The other
child saw the approaching automobile
and had shouted warning to her
friend but the little girl either failed
to hear or thought that she could
cross the street in safety in front Of
tie automobile.
The bruised and bleeding form OF
the little girl was taken to a
house in the neighborhood and an am
bulance was called with view of
having her taken to the hospital. She
died before the ambulance arrived. An
examina, Jon showed that she had suf-
fered fracture of the skull and in
ternal injuries.
Ryan, who was driving the automo
bile. had volunteered his services for
the evening to aid the Associated
Charities in entertaining large COM
pany of children at Christmas tree
entertainment at Kemper Hail. He
had gone to the hall just after eight
O'Clock and had taken load Of child
rem to the station of the Chicago and
Milwaukee Electric road which had
been one of the ASSEMBLING stations.
He had left the station just after nine
o CLOCK and was driving east on the
south side of Elizabeth street at a
rate of about fifteen miles an hour.
just behind the street car Bernard
McGivern, who was driving a car be-
longing to the Jeffrey company loaded
with children, had stopped his car
when the street car stopped and he
was watching that the two little girls
who left the street car did not meet
with any larm. Ryan saw nothing of
the two children until he was pass
ing the end of the street car. He saw
the little Jensen girl just as she ran
III front of the automobile. He an-
piled the emergency brakes and stop
ped the automobile within three
lengths, but he was not quick enough
to prevent the little girl being caught
under the wheels. She was dragged
for ten feet by the automobile and
the candy which she had carried home
from the entertainment was strewn
over the road about the corner.
The body of the little girl was re.
moved to the Hansen morgue and an
inquest was held this morning.
Statements of half dozen wit.
nesses to the killing Of the little girl
indicate that the accident was one
that would have been hard to prevent
The little girl in her enthusiasm seems
to have failed to see her own danger
and in her eagerness to get home with
her gift of candy for other members
of the family she failed to heed the
warning of her girl friend.
Young Ryan, who drove the automo.
bile under which the little girl was
crushed, told the full story of the ae-