The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-10-14
NEVER STOPPED TO EXAMINE
Harry Marshall and John Hoye Meet
Severe Bruises In Accident on the
Geneva Road Just Before Midnight
Friday Night.

Harry Marshall and John Hoye, both
well known in Kenosha met with sew
ere bruises just after eleven o'clock
Friday night when the buggy in which
they were riding along the Geneva road
at the West limits of the city was
struck by speeding automobile The
buggy was thrown into the ditch along
the side of the road and both Of the
men were thrown under it.
Marshall owned the horse and We
hicle and late Friday evening he and
Hoye had started out for little drive
out into the country to give the horse
some exercise. They had driven some
five miles out on the Geneva road and
were returning to the city when the
automobile came up from behind. The
story told to the police indicated that
they had pulled over to the extreme
right side of the road but evidently
the driver of the automobile failed to
see the buggy or made no effort to
avoid striking it. Running at high
rate Of speed the automobile struck
the buggy. The story told to the po-
lice declare that the driver of the
automobile paid no attention to the
accident and drove on east just as
if nothing had happened. Hoye was
the less seriously injured and after he
had clambored out from under the dam
aged buggy he went to the nearest
house and called an ambulance to bring
Marshall to Kenosha. At the time Mar
shall appeared to be very seriously in
iured. Before the ambulance arrived
an automobile came along and Marshall
was placed in it and brought to his
home on Willow street. After con
siderable trouble Hoye managed to
catch the horse and rode it a part Of
the way into the city when the horse
became frightened and Hoye was again
thrown into the ditch. A police officer
later in the evening found the horse
and brought it to the city and placed
it in barn.
While both Hoye and Marshall were
very badly bruised it was declared to-
day that their injuries were not Of a
dangerous nature. The police are MAX
ing an effort to find the man who was
driving the automobile.
"This accident just emphasizes the
necessity Of having lights on horse
drawn vehic1es,'' said prominent
member of the Automobile club this
morning.
"There can be no excuse for a driver
of an automobile running away after
he strikes a vehicle on the road, but
on some nights it is almost impossible
for driver to see buggies along the
roao until it is too late to avoid an
accident. If this vehicle of Marshall Is
had been properly equipped with lights
| feel certain that the accident would
have never happened"
1t is understood that at the coming
November meeting Of the county board
an effort will be made, to have some
plan made which will force the equip
ment of horse drawn vehicles with
proper lights and practically the same
as are now being demanded for auto
mobiles. In the past few weeks several
accidents of this nature have occurred.
In every case the automobile driver
when he was found was willing to pay
part of the cost of repairing the dam
age done, but it is declared that in
nearly all of the cases the accidents
were of an unavoidable nature.