Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-06-04
JURY REACHES
VERDICT IN THE
AUTO INQUEST
No One Blamed for the
Death of Miss Dougherty
On Saturday Night
WITNESSES EXAM INED
Some Good Advice Civ n
in a Statement by the
Six Jutymen.
WITNESSES EXAM INED
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

On Wednesday afternoon in the court
of Justice Adolph andre, an inquest
was begun to determine the cause of
the death of Miss Kate Dougherty
and to fix the blame if any
one was responsible for her death
during JOY ride Saturday night.
During the afternoon six witnesses
were examined and the case was then
continued until Thursday.
The persons examined during the
first afternoon were Earl Lyon, w. G.
Pence, Clay Perkins, Miss Blanche Per-
kins, Miss LYDIA Woodwork, Ward
Shepard, D. Kelley and Roland John
ston. Earl Lyon was on the first seat
of the Ford car with Miss Dougherty
and the driver, Ernest Edwards, when
the car went over about six miles north
of Baraboo on the Delton road. Messrs
Pence and Perkins and the other two
Young ladies were on the rear seat of
the machine 1t came out that those
in the car except the driver and the
one killed had been drinking, but there
was nothing to show that either of the
two had been indulging.
Ward Shepard returned with num-
Der of passengers that night from Kill
bourn and after bringing them to Bar
abOo returned for those in the wreck.
Roland Johnston was also at Kilbourn
and had some trouble with his machine
on the way home He was at the scene
of the accident soon after it occurred.
There was nothing to show. from the
above witnesses just what killed Miss
Dougherty. One witness thought it
was from fright or heart failure. 1t
also came out that the car rested on her
breast until help was summoned from
the homes of Mrs. A. Rodewald and
George Powell before she could be
released. 1t was thought that that
would be enough to cause her death.
There were three bruises on her body,
but none of these were serious enough
to have caused her demise.
Ernest Edwards, the driver of the
car, is still confined to his bed and not
able to attend the inquest.
The inquest was conducted by Dis
trict Attorney James H. Hill.
The following compose the jury: H.
K. Dillenbeck, Charles Poison, E. S.
Johnston, Frank Link, George Holah,
and Walter Odell
(From Thursdays Daily.)
On Thursday evening the jury in the
inquest over the death of Miss Kate
Dougherty reached verdict.
The jury decided that the automobile
accident was an unavoidable one and
that no one in particular was to blame
for the death of the young lady.
During the afternoon the jury, justice,
attorney and others went to the home
of Ernest Edwards tosobtain his testi-
mony and to the scene of the accident to
view the situation.
Mr. Edwards testified that they left
Baraboo for KilboUrn about 7:30 and
that they were about one and one-hal1
hours in the Dells City. He said one of
the young men, Earl Lyon had bottle
of whiskey which he ernest Edwards)
broke while in Kilbourn. Places were
visited while there Mr.. Edwards saiC
that the two on the front seat, Lyon
and Miss Dougherty, kept crowdinl
and changing places. Two wheels OF
She car got into the sand and when he
attempted to turn it back it went over
He said that any one who knows 8
Ford car knows how easily they til
over. Nr. Edwards further said thai
he was just as capable 'of driving the
ear that night as any one and that ht
had only two "snits" of beer while il
Kilbourn.
All the witnesses who knew anything
about the affair were examined an,
District Attorney Hill and others in
terested in the case obtained all tn
testimony that was in sight.
The following were the witnesses
Earl Lyon, w. c. Pence, Cla