The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-05-25

fatal injuries just a1Cer HVe CloCh
Friday afternoon when he was struck
by a north bound Elizabeth street car
on the switch on Sheridan road midway
between Prairie avenue and Dayton
street. He was rushed to the Keno
sha hospital in an ambulance but he
never regained consciousness and he
died Just after six o'clock. Surgeons
who attended him and who were pre-
pairing for an operation, said that
death had resulted from a fracture at
the base Of the skull which caused
conclusion of the brain. The injured
man also suffered several bad contu-
sions about the head and face.
Wife is Witness of Accident.
Mr.. Tarbell was hurled to death
with his wife witnessing the accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Tarbell had been at the
Office of Mr.. Tarbell during the after
noon and they had taken the street car
to go to their home at GIG South
Sheridan road. Mr.. Tarbell had been
chatting with his wife and with other
friends on the car when he recalled
the fact that he had planned to get
some Strawberries for supper. The
Sheridan road car had pulled onto the
switch and had stopped and the west
bound Elizabeth street car was stand
ing just south of it on the switch.
Mr.. Tarbell left the Sheridan road
car, telling the motorman, A. T. Brill
hart, that he intended to board "the
Elizabeth street car" The motorman
believing that he meant the south
bound car Just in front of him and
not the Milwaukee avenue car, opened
the door for him to leave. He walked
in front of the car from which he had
alighted and started across the switch
track to the east side of the street, in
the path of north bound moving car,
Realized His Danger.
Those in the car who saw the acct
dent declare that he must have realiz-
ed the danger when it was too late.
They saw him raise his arm in an
effort to ward off the blow; he. struck
the window of the moving car smash
ing it with his hand He was almost
in the center of the track when the
Milwaukee avenue car, coming at a
fast rate of speed, struck him. He was
hurled under the trucks of the Sheri-
dan road car which he had left only
few seconds before.
.a Passengers of the car hurried to his
assistance and aided the men in charge
of the street cars in removing him
from under the car. He was uncon-
scious and blood was flowing from a
wound in the right temple.
Never Regained Consciousness.
An ambulance was hurriedly called
and the injured man was hurried to
the Kenosha hospital. Plans were be-
ing made to have him removed to the
operating room when he died without
regaining consciousness, The remains
were removed to the Hansen mortuary
and later Coroner I. T. Parker started
an investigation into the accident.
There were a dozen people on the car
and several of them when questioned
declared that they believed that Mr..
Tarbell had not seen the car coming
from the south. The passengers
said that the car was being operated
at the usual speed.
Frank Skala, the motorman of the
car which struck Mr.. Tarbell, declared
that he had slowed his car to make the
switch and after that had turned on
speed enough to pull him past the
cars waiting to use the switch. He
declared he had gone but three
lengths of the car when he saw Mr..
Tarbell dart from between the cars
and start across the street. He APP
piled his brakes Immediately, but was
unable to halt the car soon enough
to avoid an accident.
Later in the evening the motormen
of the two cars were brought to the
police office where they told their YER
sion Of the accident to District At
torney Symmonds and Chief of Po-
lice Thad w. Logan.
Mrs. Tarbell went with her injured
husband to the hospital and she and
other members of the family were
with him wen the end came.
Mr.. Tarbell was so widely known in
the city and he had been so active in
the affairs of the city that his tragic
death caused profound sensation.
Mrs. Tarbell was Frustrated as a re-
suit of the death of her husband and
the fatality came with crushing blow
to the Misses Sarah and Ada Tarbell
sisters of Mr.. Tarbell who for years
had made their home with him.
Coroner Holds Inquest.
The coroner's inquest into the acct
dent was held this morning in the
municipal court room. The jurors
viewed the remains at the Hansen
chapel finding that the fracture of the
skull was the specific cause of death.
At the court room more than dozen
persons who saw the accident as pas
sengers on the two cars, We're called
to testify and give their account OF
the tragedy. Frank Skala, the motor
man Oh the car which struck Mr.. Tar.
bell, told the jury that he had applied
his brakes as quickly as possible and
mad done everything in his power ia
avoid the accident. Testimony was
still being taken at twelve-thirty with
a possibility that the inquest would
end within an hour.
Few residents of Kenosha were more