The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-08-22
Pleasant Prairie Man In
jured at Russell Tuesday
Dies Without Regaining
Consciousness.
SAY DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL
Sheriff Hermann Spent Friday at Rus
sell Making Examinations Men
There Claim Monahan Was Injured
by Fall from Saloon Steps.

N+ASA@@l AtAoAahuu1 VI years OAu anu
long prominent as herseman in South
ern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois,
died at st. Catherine IS Hospital on
Prairie avenue just after nine o clock
this morning as result OF injuries re,
eeived at Russell, H., last Tuesday. He
died without regaining consciousness
and the facts connected with his in
jury must be cleaned from other
sources. Sheriff Hermann who spent
much Of Friday in the Russell neigh
horhood making an investigation into
the injury of Monahan declares that
facts which he discovered indicated
that Monahan had been accidentally
injured at six o'clock Tuesday night
when he staggered and fell from the
steps Of the Siebert saloon in Pleasant
Prairie just over the Illinois line.
The body of Monahan was removed
to the Crossin morgue and Coroner
Minager at once started an investiga-
ton into the case. It is promised by
the Sheriff and the District Attorney
that the investigation viii be search
ing one and that every possible eff
fort will be made to lay bare all the
facts connected with the fatal injury.
Monahan was brought to the hos
pital in Kenosha on Thursday and his
wife had been at his bedside and was
with him this morning when the end
came. 1t was declared at the hospital
that Monahan had suffered from
fracture of the skull.
Sheriff Hermann had no knowl-
edge of the injury of Monahan until
Friday morning and the fact that he
was dying at the hospital was brought
to him from unofficial circles. He at
once started for the Russell neighbor-
hood and spent much Of the day max
ing Investigations.
IT found out that Monahan met
his injuries ABOUT six O'Clock Tuesday
nigh" said the Sheriff this morning,
Hand a number of. witnesses declared
that he fell from the steps at the Sic
bert saloon in Pleasant Prairie -
No arrests were made in connection
with the case and the Sheriff held that
the story told by men in the neighbor-
hood indicated that no arrests were
necessary. "These men told me that
Monahan had been about Russell all
day Tuesday and that he had been
drinking. He came into the saloon
short time before he fell and asked the
bar tender there to open bottle OF
beer for him. The bar tender seeing
that Monahan was already undor
the influence of liquor declined to open
the bottle for him and told him to go
home. Monahan, according to the
story told at the saloon became abusive
to people in the place. They declared
that he broke the bottle on the floor
and started to leave the place. AS he
was walking down the steps he slipped
and fell to the ground below. .Men
from the saloon picked him up and took
him to shed in the rear of the place
and later IN the evening he appeared
to be conscious and declared that he
wanted to go home. The men then
noticed that Monahan was in need of
the services of doctor and one was
called. He remained at the place un-
til Wednesday when he was taken to
his home on the Balm farm. The men
about the saloon were positive in their
statement that Monahan had not been
assaulted in any way and that he met
his injuries in the fall"
District Attorney Peter Fisher when
informed of the death of Monahan this
morning declared that he would at once
join with the coroner in making an in
vestigatiop. No date had been set for
the coroner's inquest and no arrange
ments have been made for the funeral.
Monahan had been widely known in
this section of Wisconsin. He was an
expert trainer of horses and he had
happy disposition which made him
prime favorite with ala who knew him.