The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-04
9-YEAR OLD
GIRL KILLED
in ACCIDENT
Herbert Rehnberg, 10
Year-Old Driver Held; !,
Cars Hid View.

Hazel Peterson. 9-year old daugh-
ter of C. S. Peterson. $40 Nine
teenth street, Moline. was killed by
an automobile Sunday afternoon mi
front of her home. The car wasl
driven by Herbert Rehnberg, 1S47
Twenty-third avenue, 16-year-oldi
son of Carl Rehnberg.
The girl was taken to the hospi-i
tai by Rehnberg, and died within a
few minutes. While still at the
hospital Rehnberg was arrested on.
a charge of manslaughter, but wasi
later released under bonds.
The Peterson girl was crossing
Nineteenth street in front of her
home when she was hit by the car.
An automobile parked in front Of
the home prevented her from see-|
ing Rehnberg and obstruCted his
view.
The order for the arrest OF the
young driver was issued after two
men, who said they were witnesses
Of the accident, had told the poticet
that the car was exceeding the
speed limit. Vernon Anderson 240ti
Fifteenth street, and Richard Dae-
belliehn, 1912 Twenty-third street +
A. were the witnesses.
Young Rehnberg and Lester So
derquist, 2311 Eighteenth street.
who was riding in the front seat,
with him, however. declare that the
car was not speeding. Frankie
Sinnett, Moline pugilist. who saw
the car hit the girl, is also of the
| opinion that the youth was not
exceeding the speed limit
Hazel was playing in her yard
with a cousin just before the acci-'
waukee stood in front OF the house
waukee stood in front ofthe house
and there was another auto parked
on the opposite side of the street.
Suddenly the girl dashed around
her uncle's car into the street.
Rehnberg and Soderquist were
coming down the hill and because
| of the parked cars Rehnberg was
in the middle of the street. Not /
seeing the car the Peterson girl ran
into it before the youth could stop. I
One of the front wheels or a.
front fender struck her on thei
head. She was hurled to the pave
ment and dragged some distance.
When the car was stopped thet
girl was unconscious and Rehn-.
berg started for the hospital with {
her. The police were notified and /
Dr. A T Leopold was called
He arrived just as the girl wasi
being carried into the operating /
room. Fracture OF the skull wasj
the cause of the girls death accord /
ing to DR.. Leopold Her jaw was
also fractured and her body bruised /
in several places.
Rehnberg stated that he did not /
see the girl until his car hit her
He is of the impression that the
girl did not fall under the wheels
of the car but that the front fender
struck her.
I'VE had been driving about 15l
or 20 miles an hour" he said But
we slowed up when we came to the
place where cars were parked on
both sides of the street.
I'VE were going so slow that Les-i
ter jumped from the car without
falling as soon as the girl was hit
l think the car stopped within a
few feet"
Mrs. Peterson, the mother Of the
dead girl, is said to have run OUT
into the street Immediately after the
accident and to have put her arms
around the youth and said: Don't
worry. 1t wasn't your fault 1t
might have happened to any one"
Don Williams, a friend of Rehn-'
berg's, was driving his car about
a block ahead OF his friend. He
says: II heard the crash, and turn
ed around. l was going so slowly
that / stopped within six feet"
Il was walking north with NY
bow" said Sinnett, another witness
of the tragedy. 81 wasn't paying
any especial attention TO the street.
But something made me turn just
as the car and girl came together
/ turned and sent my boy home be-
cause l didn't want him to see the
blood. couldn't say for sure how
far the car went before it was stop
ped"
Funeral Tomorrow.
Funeral services will be held In
the Danielson & Furgie chapel at
2 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon Bur
ial will be in Riverside cemetery,
Moline
Hazel Peterson was born in Mo-
line Dec. IS, 1911 She attended
Washington school. Surviving her
are her mother. Mrs. Anna Pater-s
son, three brothers, Leroy and Merle
of Moline. and Frank of Milwaukee.
and a sister, Dorothy.
Herbert Rehnberg is student at
Moline high school He is known as
a quiet, considerate youth and news
that he had been arrested on a
charge OF manslaughter caused
surprise among his