The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-04-15
BOY RUNS INTO
PATH OF DEATH
Alfred Person Killed Sat
urday When Struck by
Motor Car.
HIS NECK IS BROKEN

Alfred Sigfred Person, the 9-year-
old son of Ole Person, 425 Edward
street, ran into the path of death on
Saturday evening just before nine o.
clokc when he was struck by an auto.
mobile driven and owned by Harry
/ DeBoer, motor salesman of Milwad-
kee, while running across Charles
street near Pomeroy street, in order
to join some of his playmates. The
child was carried few feet by the
automobile but the driver stopped his
car Immediately and rushed back to
aid his victim.
With the help of E. J. Rasico, who
was an eye witness of the accident,
the child, already strangely quiet but
believed to be alive, was lifted into the
DeBoer car and hurried to the Keno
sha Hospital. When they reached the
hospital, the boy was dead. An exam
| ination showed that his neck had been
broken and that he had suffered other
internal injuries.
Away From His Playmates.
Those who saw the accident agreed
with DeBoer that he was not at all to
blame for it. The Person boy was
playing "hide-and-see with a num-
Der of his neighborhood companions
and few seconds before the accident,
all except him had run across from
the west to the east side of Charles
street to the home goal. He had lott
cred on the east side of the street and
/ then started to run across the street
I L. 80, n So
/ front of an automobile which was
parked on the west side of Charles
street and ran directly into the path
of the DeBoer car.
DeBoer, who was driving a large
Paige car, declares that he was not
! going faster than twelve miles an hour
and those who saw the accident up
hold him in this statement. He tried
/ to steer his car so as to avoid the &C
cident but was unable to keep from
hitting the child.
Driver Reports the Accident.
After taking the child to the hospi-
tai, DeBoer went to the police Office
and surrendered himself to the police
He was sorry about the tragedy and
willing to do everything in his power
to aid the family of his victim. He
told his story to the police and after
this was verified by the coroner and
by several witnesses of the accident,
he was released but his name and ad-
dress secured in order that he might
be called for the formal investigation
of the case.
The victim of the accident was
pupil at the Columbus school, being a
favorite there both with the pupils and
the teachers. His death is the third
to occur in the family since 1916. His
mother died in October of that year
after short illness, and three-year-
old brother, Raymond. died earlier that
/ fall. He is survived by his father and
several step-brothers and sisters
! Probably No Formal Inquest.
Coroner Truman Parker carried on
a thorough investigation of the acct
dent Sunday morning and he declared
that he was convinced that DeBoer
was not to blame for the accident in
asmuch as all the evidence showed
that he was clearly below the speed
limit and that he did everything with
| in his power to avoid striking the
child. The coroner declared that no
/ formal inquest would be held over the
remains of the child, which are now
at the Hansen Chapel.
Victor Kosecki, one of the boy com
panions of the child, told the coroner
that he was behind the automobile
which was standing still, when the
Person lad ran from in front of It.
He declared that he called to his com
panion to warn him of the approach
ing car but that the child could not
hear him and that when he looked
again, the child had been struck by
the car. He showed the corner where
the child was hit and where the car
was stopped and the two places were
not more than nine yards apart, show
| ing that the death car could not have
been travelling at a high rate Of
speed.
The funeral services will be held
probably on Tuesday afternoon at the
home on Edward street with interment
/ following in the family plot at the
Green Ridge cemetery.