The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-24
SOUGHT TO AVOID COLLISION
George Wilson Is Held by Police In
Connection With Accident But Sheriff
Declares He Is Not Guilty Man
May Sc Illinois Automobile.
(From Thursday IS Daily.)

~AhbCh APlCiChg CO yb0Ic VI aye ana
an employee of the Powder Mills at
the village Of Pleasant Prairie, was
terribly injured just after 7 o'clock
Wednesday night when the motorcycle
on which he was riding along the Gen
eva Road a half mile east Of the vii
lage Of Truesdell, was run down by an
automobile being driven at a terrific
"ate of speed.
Bredek bruised and bleeding, his
left leg crushed almost to pulp, was
left along the road while the driver
and four other men who were in the
automobile came on at break-neck
speed TO Kenosha
Later he was picked up by beet
weeders who had witnessed the acct
dent and an automobile brought him
to the city and he was taken to the
Kenosha Hospital.
Late Wednesday night physicians in
attendance found it necessary to am
putate his left leg just below the knee
in order to save his life. Bredek suf-
fered from terrible cuts and bruises
and while it was declared at the hos
pital this morning that his condition
was encouraging, physicians are fear
full that blood poisoning may follow
his terrible injury
Witnesses declared that Bredek was
in no way to blame for the accident in
which he was MANNED for life.
just after midnight that morning
Chief of Police o Hare and Sheriff
Jacob Hermann arrested George Will
son, residing at S04 Edwards street,
and while he declared that he had no
knowledge Of the serious accident, he
is being held pending a further inves
tigation which was started by the dis
trict attorney this morning.
Bredek makes his home with his
wife and four little children in the
village of Pleasant Prairie and after
his work for the day was over he had
ridden to Kenosha to get some provi-
sions for the family He was return
ing home and riding west at very
moderate rate of speed.
Beet weeders who promise to furnish
the principal evidence in the case, de-
clare that the automobile which came
from the west was running at very
high rate of speed and that it was
weaving from one side of the. road to
the other as if entirely out from under
the control Of the driver
Bredek saw the automobile coming
and pulled over to the extreme right
edge Of the road and slowed up his
motorcycle. He saw that the automo-
bile was not under control and tried in
every possible way to avoid the COLI
sion, but the automobile swept past
and over him, wrecking the motorcycle
and leaving him terribly injured in the
wreckage of his machine
Bredek raised his hand and shouted
to the men to stop and pick him up.
You have hurt me awful he called
out to them. One Of the men stood up
III the back portion of the car and
shook his fist at the injured man as the
automobile went out Of reach.
Bredek lay in the road for probably
uNt .uItiuiCS UGIOIG. dlA IGdCll6U ulIl.
The beet weeders gave him such aid as
they could and sought to stop the flow
Of blood from his bruised and cut leg.
They sent telephone message to Dir.
A. y. Lowe of Pleasant Prairie who
hurried to aid the injured man and
ordered him taken to the hospital.
Later Drs H. A. Robinson and j. IT.
Holm were called into consultation and
they decided that the amputation of
the leg was necessary to save the life
Of Bredek.
The sheriff and the police department
we're notified within few minutes af-
ter the accident and they started out
on search for the men guilty of rum
ming down Bredek 1t is known that
there were five passengers in the auto
mobile but thus far the names of none
Of the men have been secured.