The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-12-16
Robert Simpson, Only Son
of Muskegon Jurist, Has
Leg Cut Off.
Is YELLED in MYSTERY
Injured Man Suffers So from
Shock He Is Unable to Tell
Just What Happened.

RoOeGC SIMPSON, aBeu 4 years, sa4O
to be the only son of the Hon. William
Henry Simpson, judge of the circuit
court at Muskegon, Mich, was terribly
injured in Kenosha just after eleven
o'clock Thursday evening when he
walked into a rapidly moving train of
the Northwestern road at the Garden
street crossing. He was thrown under
the train and his left leg was cut off
below the knee, his right leg was ter
ribly cut and bruised at the knee, and
he sustained an injury to the left lung.
He is now at the Kenosha hospital,
lowering between life and death, and
it was declared that the shock of the
accident had so affected the young
man that it would be several days be-
fore surgeons attending him can pre-
dict the outcome.
Efforts are being made to get into
connection with both the father and
the wife Of the injured man and it is
expected that they will be in Kenosha
sometime this evening.
Accident Is Mystery.
The exact details in regard to the
injury Of Simpson are unknown. He
resides with his wife and two children
at 4116 West 21st Place, Chicago, but
efforts to get his wife on the telephone
had not been successful. 1t is believed
that Simpson had been doing some
kind of work in Milwaukee, as letters
found in his pockets indicated that he
had lived at 373 Broadway in that city
and that he had expected to receive
some money at the Milwaukee address
this morning. The letter indicating
that he was to receive the money bore
the heading Of the Milwaukee School
Of Engineering.
Was Passenger on Train.
Four police officers, Detectives Rock
and Dupris and Patrolmen Long and
Radatz were at the Northwestern sta
ton when the accident occurred and
they called the police ambulance and
took the injured man to the Kenosha
hospital, where he was attended by
DR.. H. A. Robinson, the surgeon for
the company in Kenosha. While
Simpson was conscious, he appeared
to be dazed and efforts to secure any
story of the details of the accident
were futile. 1t is believed that the
young man had been a passenger on
the train from the south, which should
have reached Kenosha at 9:15 D. m.
The train was nearly two hours late
and it is thought that Simpson left
the train at Kenosha. He is believed
to have started to cross over to the
station. He walked out from behind
the last car of the train going north
and ran directly into the side Of one
of the coaches of the south-bound
train due at Kenosha at 11:11. He
was thrown under the trucks. The
left leg was cut off by the trucks and
was picked up along the track
Skin Grating Necessary.
DR.. H. A. Robinson declared this
morning that the injury to the right
leg of the young man was Of very
serious nature and that it was prob
able that skin grating would be nee
essary to save the leg. "The man has
suffered so from the shock Of the ac-
| cident that we did not attempt an
operation today said DR.. Robinson
Later on it Will be necessary to save
the leg"
Nothing could be learned in regard
to the business Of Simpson or as to
his reasons for coming to Kenosha
It is thought possible that he may
have been doing and that he thought
the train had reached Milwaukee when
1t stopped for Kenosha.