The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-03-24

thrown under the Wheels or rap
idly moving interurban car, when she
stumbled on one Of the rails of the
track just before she reached safety,
Miss Emma Marie Sorensen, sixteen
year old daughter Of Mrs. Nels Peter
Larsen, 700 Grover street, was ground
to death just before ten o'clock Sun
day night at the Birch Road crossing
of the Chicago, North Shore and
Milwaukee Electric railroad The
girls body, mutilated almost be-
yond recognition, was carried more
than five hundred meet, after the in
terurban car had struck the automo-
bile from which the young woman had
jumped only a second before.
Math Willems, 400 Bronson street,
the young man who was an escort Of
Miss Sorensen, risked his life to save
her from death and was struck by the
car but not seriously injured. Arthur
Martzfeld, 1902 Prairie avenue and
Miss Josephine Anderson, 1875 Division
street, the other occupants of the death
car, escaped injury.
Automobile Stops on Tracks.
The four young people had been
visiting in Somers and were returning
to Kenosha, with MORTIFIED driving the
Ford automobile, which was the prop
erty of Willems.. AS they approached
the crossing, they saw the interurban
approaching and Mortified turned off
the gasoline, intending to stop the
car in plenty of time. When he start
cd to step on the brake, the car plung-
ed forward and it is believed that he
must have stepped on the accelerator
instead, The automobile stopped on
the car tracks directly in the path of
the approaching Unbound electric
car.
Mortified frantically attempted to
start the car but was unable to do it,
He called to Miss Sorensen and Will
lens, who were in the back seat of
the car and told them to Jump for their
lives. He and Miss Anderson jumped
out of the front seat of the car and
ran for safety.
Stumbling Causes Death.
Willems quickly slkicked a hole
through the curtains in the back of
the car and after crawling out helped
his companion, Miss Sorensen out of
the automobile. They were on the side
of the car nearest the approaching in
terurban car,
Taking the girl by the arm Willems
hurried with her off the tracks AS
they reached the rail, the crossing of
which meant safety, Miss Sorensen
stumbled and fell on the tracks.
Willems, in last effort to save his
companion, lifted her from the ground
and almost pulled her to safety. The
two were struck by the car, Willems
being thrown out of it's path while the
girl was caught beneath the wheels and
killed instantly The interurban car
crashed into the automobile throwing
it off the tracks. The girls body was
carried several hundred feet before
the car was stopped.
MOtOran Tells of Accident.
Motorman Edir who was in charge
of the interurban, told Raymond Ten
nessen, a motorist, who reached the
scene of the accident shortly after it
occurred, that he did not attempt to
stop his car because in his opinion it
was better to hit an automobile at a
fast speed and knock it off the track
rather than to drag it several feet AS
soon as he had struck the automobile
he stopped his car as quickly as pos
sible.
The young girls body was taken to
Racine on the interurban car while the
other three occupants of the car were
brought to Kenosha to recover from
the shock of the accident The train
crew offered to proceed with all of
them to Racine but the three who es-
capped injury preferred to return to
Kenosha. AT Racine the body was
taken to the Beffel morgue but later at
the direction of Coroner Parker it was
brought to the Hansen mortuary in
Kenosha.
Left Home in the Afternoon.
Miss Sorensen and Miss Anderson
had left the formers home early in the
afternoon. The young men were friends
Of Miss Anderson but both of them
had met Miss Sorensen several times
before. The four had gone for motor
ride in the northern part of the county
and were returning to Kenosha when
the accident occurred. 1t is said that