The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-03-05
OgIe Hinkel is Crushed to
Death by Car Driven by
Claud Juden.
PLAYING WHEN AUTO
SNUFFS OUT LIFE
Mother, Widow, is Frustrated
by Tragedy-Juden is
EXOnerated.

w dSHlHStOH SCHOOlJ SuOTIly dlleT 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon, Ogle
Hinkel, the six-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Ida Hinkel, who lives on the
Bend Road, just north of the city
limits, was struck and almost instant
ly killed by an automobile driven by
Claud Juden, son of w. A. Juden.
Juden, who is a student at the
Business College, was on his way from
school. He had just crossed the bridge
over Soan's creek, when he struck the
child.
The little girl, who was accompanied
by an elder sister, was playing with
several schoolmates, and according to
spectators, ran in front of the car
Before she could be rescued by her
sister, the machine knocked her
and two wheels passed over her, frac-
turing her skull and crushing her
chest.
Several little girls, who were with
the two Hinkel children, ran to Ogle's
assistance, and became almost fran
tic with grief when they realized that
their little companion was seriously
injured. Ogle was unconscious, and
was gasping frantically for breath.
The screams of the children aroused
the family of John Brooks, in front of
whose home the accident occurred.
Mrs. Brooks rushed to the child's aid,
and assisted by passing autoist, the
child was carried into the house. The
gravity of the accident overwhelmed
Mrs. Brooks, but the autOist summon
ed physician.
When a doctor reached the Brooks
home, life was extinct. The physician
stated after an examination that
death was almost instantaneous. Her
skull had been fractured, if not crush
ed, and she received internal injuries
which would have caused her death,
even though she had not been other
wise hurt.
Coroner Schoen was notified and
he held an inquest at o'clock last
evening, the jury's verdict being that
death was due to an unavoidable ac-
cident.
1t is said that Juden was running
his car at a moderate rate of speed
and that he did not know that he
had struck the child. He passed on
for quite a distance before realizing
that he had driven over the girl. He
then returned to the scene of accident,
and was almost overcome when he re-
allied that the little girl had been ia
tally hurt.
Ogle came nearly being struck by a
buggy a short time before the fatal
accident. She was playing with the
other children and they were darting
from one side Of the road to the other
She started to cross in front of the
machine, a witness said, but her sis
ter seized her and drew her from the
path of the auto.
Juden checked his car, and when he
believed the danger had passed, re-
leased the brakes and passed on. The
little girl, excited by her narrow es-
ape, was somewhat bewildered, and
as she attempted to step out of harms
way, she stumbled and fell, plunging
beneath the wheels. Juden says he
did not see the tot fall and conse-
Quently did not realize that he had
run her down.
Two young ladies who were in the
Juden car, stated that the machine
was running at slow rate of speed.
Mrs. Ida Hinkel, who lives with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Estes, on the
Bend Road, only short distance from
the scene of the tragedy, was over
come with grief when informed that
her daughter had been killed. She COL
lapsed when the news reached her and
for several hours she was in a nerv-
Gus state bordering on prostration.
The father of the child died almost
a year ago and since that time Mrs.
Hinkel and her two daughters have
lived at the Estes home. The grand
parents, who took charge of the body,
were incensed when told that the au-
tomobile did not stop after striking the
child, but when furnished later in
formation, they exonerated young Ju-
den.
The young women who were in the
car, intended to spend the night with
Juien's sister, but the tragedy so I'M
nervcd them that they returned to the
city.
Juden testified at the coroner's in
quest He stated that he was driving
carefully and that the accident was
unavoidable.