The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-05
RECKLESS DRIVER RUNS Away
Car Driven by Miss Mendenhall Thrown
Into an Eight-Foot Ditch-Men Re-
sponsible for Accident Show Heart
less Effort to Save Themselves.

Miss Martha Mendellhall, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Mendenhall, 166
Deming street, and Frank Wolfe, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Il. Wolfe, 723
/ Prairie avenue, had narrow escape
from death just after nine O'Clock
Friday evening when the enclosed auto
mobile in which they were riding was
pushed from the road by road hog =
on the Birch Road two miles east of
the Lake Shore Road. The automobile
in which they were riding turned turtle
and plunged down an embankment
into a ditch eight feet deep. Miss
Mendenhall was thrown through the
top of the automobile and in some
miraculous way escaped without seri-
GUS injury. Mr.. Wolfe was thrown
through one of the windows of the
coupe and he was terribly cut and
bruised, surgeons finding it necessary
to take many stitches to close. up cuts
in his head and face.
The accident was one Of the most
inhumale ever reported on the roads of
Kenosha county. The men in charge
of the automobile which struck the
Mendenhall car and hurled it into the
ditch never for second slackened
their speed and although the occu-
pants must have known that people in
the automobile they had struck were
facing death and injury they never
went back to ascertain the extent of
the injuries or damages to the auto
mobile. The police department. of the
city and the sheriff of the county are
working on every possible clew to Sc
cure the arrest and punishment of the
men responsible for the accident.
Miss Mendenhall, who. is an expert
driver, was at the wheel Of the Men
denhall car when the accident occurred
She was driving east along the Birch
Road at very moderate rate of speed
when she heard the car coming behind
her at high rate of speed. With a
view OF allowing the automobile to
pass she pulled over to the right side
of the road, leaving the concrete. The
automobile coming up from behind
never hesitated for a minute. It was
coming directly into the Mendenhall
car and Miss Mendenhall seeing that
the driver of it was paying no atten-
ton to the rules of the road sought to
get out of the way. She had nearly
cleared the road when the automobile
dashed by, catching her car and throw
ing it into the ditch The automobile
turned completely over as it went into
the ditch. Both Miss Mendenhall and
Mr.. Wolfe were stunned. Wolfe final
~ managed to reach the horn of the
ruined automobile and sounded it
loudly. A few minutes later Charles
schulze came along and aided Miss
Mendenhall and Mr. Wolfe to get out
from under the debris of the automo-
bile and brought them to their homes
in Kenosha where physicians were
summoned to attend them.
The automobile was still at the bot
tom Of the ditch this morning and it is
damaged to such an extent that it is
feared that it will be impossible to
repair it. Neither Miss Mendenhall
nor Mr.. Wolfe were able to give any
information in regard to or descrip-
ton of the men driving the car respon-
sible for the accident The automobile
which struck their car was running
at such high rate of speed that
they could not even see how many pas
sengers were in the car.