The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-09-10
OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE DEATH
Light Is Claimed to Have Been in Per-
feet Order and Tt Is Thought That It
Had Been Charged as Result of the
Big Storm on Saturday Evening.

Angelo Tenuta, an italian twenty
years of age, was electrocuted on Vic
toria street just off of Middle street
just before eight o'clock Sunday night
when his right hand came in contact
with the chain attached to one of the
street lamps Of the Wisconsin Gas s.
Electric company. 1000 volts of cleo
tricity passed through the body of the
man and he was instantly killed A
minute before the fatal accident he
had been playing with number of
children in the neighborhood. His
killing caused great excitement in the
neighborhood and in the confusion
which followed no notice of the acct
dent was sent to the police department
until Tenuta had been dead for nearly
half an hour. The patrol hurried to
the scene of the accident with the pull
motor and for half an hour the mem
bers of the police department and ply
sicians worked over the man in an eff
tank of oxygen was used but there was
no sign of the return of the vital spark
and the officials directed that the body
be removed to the Mischler morgue,
where Coroner Millager is holding an
inquest this afternoon.
Tenuta is a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Philip Tenuta who reside in Chicago.
He lived in Kenosha for some time and
had been making his home at board
ing house at 191 North Fremont ave-
nue.. He had left the boarding house
only short time before the accident.
At the corner he had found number
of little children playing under the
electric light and he joined in their
play for few minutes. He stopped
and rolled a cigarette and sought to
strike match on the post which held
the electric light. The post was wet
and he reasSed up to strike the match
on the chain. He fell back to the
ground and the confused children ran
to their homes and declared that a
man had been shot. This was the first
report to reach the police department.
When the officers reached the scene and
made an examination they found the
black mark of the electricity on the
right thumb of the man and at once
started to work to restore him if pos
sible. Men employed by the electric
company made an investigation Of the
lamp at once and they declared that
they could find no defect in the lamp
which would be responsible for the
chain being charged with the heavy
current of electricity. On orders of
the police the lamp was not changed
until Monday morning WREN Police Of
ficer Bradley, electrician of the depart
ment, went out and made an investiga-
ton. 1t is thought possible that some
of the insulation of the lamp had been
turned away in the storm on Saturday
night, but if this was the case no de-
feet could be located.
Officials of the company declared
that there were few lamp chains in the
city where such an accident could have
occurred and the Italian seems to have
been unfortunate in picking out one
of these few lamps. Two men were
killed in a similar accident nearly at
the same spot two years ago.
The funeral of Tenuta will be held
from the Holy Rosary church at half
past eight 'clock Wednesday morning
and interment will be at st. George
cemetery.