The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-06-17
LITTLE BOY DIES
IN TRAGEDY
Curtis Gephart, Son Of DR..
and Mrs. C. H Gephart
Killed in Accident.
WASINSTANTLY KILLED

Curtis Gephart, aged four years, son
Of DR.. and Mrs. Curtis FL. Gephart, sos
Park avenue, was fatally injured just
before eight o'clock Sunday evening in
one Of the most distressing automobile
accidents in the history of the city.
The little boy was dead when he was
brought to the Kenosha Hospital. The
automobile which struck the little boy
was driven by Mrs. Samuel C. Newman,
528 Park avenue, but the statement Of
witnesses of the tragedy indicated that
it would have been all but impossible
to have saved the life of the little boy.
The accident occurred at the corner Of
Chicago and Deming streets and at the
time the little fellow was struck and
fatally injured the automobile was
being operated at a very moderate rate
of speed.
Confusion Causes Accident.
Mrs. Newman was driving north
along South Chicago street and the lit
tie boy was coming south through Lii
brary Park near the corner where the
accident occurred. Just as the auto
mobile was making the turn, the little
fellow darted out Of the park to cross
Deming street. Mrs. Newman and her
son, Samuel G. Newman, Jr., who was
with her in the car, saw the boy as he
darted into the street and Mrs. New
man swung the car about in an effort
to avoid hitting him. The little fellow
was evidently confused by the lights
of the automobile and the sense of his
own danger. He ran a short distance
into the street and then turned back
right into the course of the autono-
bile. Mrs. Newman is not an expert
enced automobile driver but she turned
the automobile and ran directly over
the curbing into The park in her effort
to avoid striking the child.
The little boy was struck by the
front portion of the autom obile and
thrown to the curb along the street.
A second later the car crashed into a
tree.
Boy Instantly Killed.
It is believed that the little boy was
instantly killed. His neck was broken
and his body terribly bruised
Wells Roberts was sitting on the
porch of the home of Mrs. F. ]. Gott-
fredsen, Immediately in front Of the
place where the accident occurred and
he went to the aid of the people in
the car. He did not at first see the
little boy lying along the curb and he
gave his attention to Mrs. Newman who
was in a highly hysterical condition.
Mrs. Newman indicated that som eone
had been injured and Mr.. Roberts
picked the little body up from the
street and carried it into the park.
He hailed. the first passing automo-
bile and had the limp form of the child
taken to the Kenosha Hospital. Mrs.
Newman who was slightly injured and
suffered terribly from the shock of the
accident was taken to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. Werve and physicians
were called to attend her.
Finds Dead Son at Hospital.
The identity Of the little victim Of
the accident was not discovered until
after the body had been taken to the
hospital and Or. Gephart who was at
his downtown Office at the time of the
accident was among the surgeons
called to attend the injured child. He
did not know that it was his little boy
who had met death until he reached
the hospital.
The body of the little boy was after
ward removed to the Hansen mortuary
and Coroner T. T Parker was called
to make an investigation into the ac-
cident.
Little Curtis had accompanied his
father and his three sisters on trip