The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-29
-FOUR CHICAG0ANs INJURED
Automobile Driven by T. g. Butz of
Highland Park Crashes Into the Lance
Car and Kenosha People Have Fortu-
nate Escape from Injury.

t(6hPNI a htopLUooA1lS CbuOCAiODi1O e~SNL
dent on the lake shore road just south
lof the Racine county line just after
eight CLOCK Thursday night in which
! Mr.. and Mrs. A. Fl. Lance, their
daughters, the Misses Janet and Geor-
giana Lance, Gilbert Lance their son,
I and the chauffeur, Rene Ruster, had
marrow escape from death or serious
( injury and in which four men residing
4 along the north shore and prominent
\ In the business and club life of Chica-
60 sustained very severe injuries. 1t
was the Chicago men who had the
| mania for speed and the car which was
driven by T. G. Butz Of Highland Park
and well known as real estate dealer
in Chicago, collided with the Lance
car The Lance car had been pulled
over to the extreme east side of the
road with a view of preventing col
lision with the flying car coming from
the north. With Butz were G. w. Lief
fngwell, a Chicago attorney, living at
Highland Park, Fred Corley an en-
ployee of the Marshall Field Co., and
/ @. III. Pattison of Lake Bluff head of
thet Sheldon Schools in Chicago.
Fortunately Mr.. and Mrs. Lance and
their children escaped without any in
Jury but the automobile in which they
lweres riding was badly wrecked. The
Butz automobile, a big seven passen-
Eger Haynes touring car, was literally
Ibroken5to pieces and parts of the ruin
ed car(were strewn all along the road
near the scene of the accident There
Twas no 9shadow of blame for the acct
dent on\the Kenosha party. In fact,
Mr.. Lance and his driver had done
Eeverything in their power to give the
flying automobile the greatest posi-
BILE part of the road and at the time
of the collision the Lance car was not
moving at speed to exceed seven
Emiles an hour
Mr.. and Mrs Lance and the mem
Tiers of their family after dining at
1.-THE Kenosha Country Club, had started
Ito make a rum to Racine in the early
Eevening. They were jogging along at
la comfortable rate of speed when Mr..
glance saw the automobile coming
from the north. 1t could be seen that
mt was coming at a high rate Of speed
land realizing the danger of an acct
Edent Mr.. Lance directed his chauffeur
ito pull the car over to the east side of
1.-THE road just as far as possible. The
Lance car was close to the rails of the
Eelectric railway track when the other
lear dashed past. The car from the
north struck the front wheel Of the
Lance car and literally plouged its
way through the windshield and the
running board and turned over. The
Lance car was pushed to the side of
sthe road but it did not turn over and
while the members of the party were
pretty well shaken up they came out
.of the accident without scratch.
When the car driven by Butz turn
ed over all of the members OF the
party were thrown out and they were
scattered along the road bruised and
bleeding.
There were many automobiles on
fthe road at the time and arrange
ments were made to take all of the
injured men to st .Mary's Hospital in
Racine. 2. G.. Simmons was driving
Ejust behind the Lance car and the
Misses Lance and Mrs. Lance were
drought back to Kenosha in the Sim
mons car Later another car was
sent out from Kenosha for the other
members of the party.
Butt did not seem to be nearly as
seriously injured as the other members
EOf the party and he admitted that he
twas entirely at fault District Attor
Dney A. L. Drury of this county, reach
led the scene of the accident before the
injured men had been removed and he
followed them to Racine and secured
"a statement from them at the hospital
would not say that we were run
ming at a reckless speed, but we were
going very fast was the statement
that Butz made to the district attor
Eney He stated further that there was
Ia car coming behind him and that the
lSlare q the llghts on the glass of his
windshield made it hard for him to
wee the carsin front of him. /
At the hospital this morning twas
fdeclared that Corley and Pattison
were very seriously injured and that
at might be weeks before theyswould
be able to leave the hospital. Both
suffered from conclusion Of the brain
and they had severe cuts and bruises
but no bones broken. Lefingwell was
Tbruised and cut but he was able to
walk away from the hospital this
morning and return to Chicago. Butz
also went to Chicago this morning, but
he was forced to walk with crutches
lie was very badly bruised
The four men are all members of