The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-12

Minnie Extra, the little seven-yearN
old daughter of Rudolph Extra, who
met terrible injuries at the Salem ave-
nue. crossing of the Chicago and Mil
waukee Electric road a little over year
ago, which resulted in her left foot
being cut off, will not be forced to
fight for compensation for her terrible
injuries in the supreme court of the
state as it is announced that w. o.
johnson, receiver of the Chicago and
Milwaukee road, will In the next few
! days send to James E. Tully, attor-
/ ney and guardian for the little cripple.
a check for $4,000 which is to be ac-
cepted in full settlement of the claims
of the little girl and her father against
the company. The settlement which
has been agreed upon provides that
$4,000 OF this amount shall go to the
little girl to compensate her for her
injuries and the other $1,000 will go
to the father to compensate him for the
loss of the services of the little girl as
a member of his household Negotia-
tons leading to a settlement of the
case have been under way for MANY
months. When the case was tried be-
fore jury in the circuit court some
time ago the jury after short deliber-
alton awarded the crippled child dam
aces tn tho oo,,n+ Of ola mn M -
torneys for the company at once gave
notice of an appeal of the case to the
supreme court and pending the fling
OF the appeal a second suit against the
receiver of the company was filed in be-
half of the father of the injured child.
In this action the father demanded
damages to the amount of $4,000. The
attorneys for the company before MAX
ing an appeal to the higher courts had
made motion in the circuit court
here asking that the verdict of the jury
be set aside as excessive but Judge
Belden in an opinion in which he dwelt
at length on the terrible injuries of the
child declined to alter the verdict of
the jury or order new tfial of the
case. Offers of cash settlement of
both of the suits were made later BY
the officials and attorneys for the rail-
way company. Attorney Tully, who
was named as guardian for the little
girl in the circuit court some time ago
decided that it would be best for his
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seemed certain that long litigation
would be forced upon her by the COM
pany and she was not financially able
to provide for such litigation.
The money which the little girl will
receive will be invested under the di-
rection of her guardian and it is under
stood that it will earn for her a life
competency. The little girl will not
be eight years old until next January
and her injury has been one Of the
most pathetic stories in the history Of
Kenosha. The accident to the little girl
has been repeatedly called the "most
unnecessary accident Of the kind in the
history Of Kenosha." 1t was held by
the jury that the injury of the child
was directly attributed to the negli-
gence of the men in charge of the car
of the defendant company.
Little Minnie Extra will carry
through life her terrible injury but the
accident to the child has brought many
reforms in Kenosha. AS result Of
this accident demands have been made
for safer crossings and there is now
pending before the common council an
ordinance which will make necessary
more careful operation of the electric
cars through the city. In addition to
this the city has appealed to the state
railroad commission to secure the In
stallation of proper projections for the
crossings within the limits of the city
with a view Of making the occurrence
of such an accident impossible in the
future 1t is understood that the set
Element of the big claim of the child
and her father will be made just as
soon as the county judge has given his
consent to the settlement agreed to by
the attorneys for the child and the
railway company. This formal consent
win be given within few days