The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-20
Well Dressed and ComeIy
Young Woman Throws
Self In Front of Auto On
Tuesday Night.
COMPANION WAS SOLDIER
County Clerk Holderness by Quick Ac.
ton Saves Life of Young Woman and
She Runs Away with Companion
Without Disclosing Identity.

Deep mystery surrounds the identity
of a well dressed and beautiful young
woman who threw herself in front of an
automobile driven by County Clerk
Charles L. Holderness at the corner
of Ridge and Pearl streets just after
eleven o'eloels las sAt IN an effort
to commit suicide.
Hoiderness saw the PROSTATE form
of the woman in the street and with
a great effort he managed to set the
brakes On his automobile and throw it
TO the curb. The automobile just miss.
ed the feet of the woman.
She lay in the road sobbing hysteri.
cally when Clerk Holderness and the
men who had been with him in the ma
chine reached her and she repeatedly
declared that she t'wanted to die and
that 'Flife was not worth living
With her was a man in the uniform
Of the United States army whe Il was
declared, was stranger IN city
ts atsempteF TO caifQrt
woman and finally put his arm about
her and led her from the scene of the
deliberate attempt to commit suicide
He declined to give the name of the
young woman or his own name and to
Clerk Holderness and his friends he as
serted that the young woman was de-
mented and that she had been acting
queerly for some time. Efforts on the
part of the men in the automobile to
discover the identity of the young
woman were futile. Ther declared,
however, that they believed that she
lived in Kenosha and several OF the
men in the automobile declared that
they had seen her on the streets of the
city on former occasions.
County Clerk Holderness and his
friends had taken part in a bowling
match and they had started for home
just before eleven O'Clock. AS they
approached the corner Of Ridge and
Pearl street the automobile was run
ming at a good rate of speed Holder
ness was driving the car within few
yards of the young woman and the
soldier when without any warning the
woman leaped from the curb md threw
herself on her face in the direct path
Of the automobile The soldier shout
ed to the men in the automobile and
Mr.. Holderness was able to turn his
car in time to save the woman from
being crushed under the wheels.
It was learned that the yong woman
and the soldier had been standing near
the curb at the corner in earnest con-
versation for some time before her dra-
matte effort o commit suicide. It was
said that the woman had been crying
and she appeared to be in great trouble.
After the accident the young woman
appeared 70 have suffered severe bruises
from her striking the pavement of the
street, but che declined the aid OF the
men in the automobile when hey said
that they would take her to hospital
for treatment.
"Just go away and leave US and [
will take her home and have her prop
erly cared for" the man in uniform
told the County Clerk and his friends.
The soldier appeared to resent the de-
sire of the other men to aid thu young
woman. She has been little wrong
in the head for some time,'' the
soldier told them and she will be all
right in little while. f"
The men in the automobile left the
young woman end the soldier az the
corner.