The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-12-14

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Of Larsen was not in the drivers, but
in the passengers seat, and they de-
clared that they believed it would have
been impossible for the body to have
been changed. They also asserted that
| it was their belief that Hansche had
been driving the car only short time
before the accident. Hansche was
badly shocked by the accident and was
suffering from more or less of nervous
prostration.
Had Been to Twin Lakes.
eve had been out to Johns cottage
at Twin Lakes" said Hansche, land
when we started home I was driving
the car. drove as far as the Fox
River bridge, and then my hands got
cold and l turned the wheel over to
Larsen, and he drove from the bridge
into Kenosha. l don't know how the
accident happened. | only know that /
felt it when we collided with the post"
Charles Ferguson was driving an au-
tomobile which came into the city Just
behind the wrecked car. "We saw this
car out near the Cooper road" said
Ferguson, "and when it passed us it
appeared to be going at aanate of forty
miles an hour. The car went into the
! ditch when it passed up but the driver
righted it, and it went on When we
reached the car after the accident the
body of Larsen was on the right side
of the automobile, and it is difficult for
me to see how he could have been driv-
ing the car"
Turned Out to Pass Automobile
Other witnesses declared that the car
in which Larsen was riding when he
was killed had been coming from the
west at a fast speed. Some of them
said it might not have been an excess
sive rate of speed Just before the
turn at the corner was reached the Lar
sen automobile had turned out in order
to pass another automobile. 1t was
just a second later that it left the road,
and the witnesses were Of the opinion
that the driver of the car had lost con-
troll as he turned into Salem avenue.
Hansche was held for questioning by
Coroner 7. T. Parker, but he was re-
leased at eight o'clock Saturday even
ing. At that time Coroner Parker de-
! clared that he did not believe the con
ditions surrounding the accident made
it necessary to hold an inquest He
found Hansche very nervous from the
shock and his, injuries, but Hansche in
sisted to the coroner that Larsen had
been at the wheel when the accident
took place.
Victim Was Widely Known
John Larsen was widely known to the
people of Kenosha, and the report of
his tragic death brought a profound
sensation. Mr.. Larsen had his business
offices at 10 North Lyman avenue and
for more than a quarter of a century
he had been actively connected with
the building interests of the city, and
he had part in the erection of many
of the largest buildings in Kenosha
The deceased contractor was native
of Denmark, and he was born on Nyko-
bling Salster island in Denmark Novem
Der 18th, 1869. His father had been
prominent as contractor in Denmark.
and he learned the trade of brick
mason as boy. He came to Kenosha
twenty-eight years ago, and in the more
than a quarter Of a century tf work
here he had been associated with many
of the leading builders of the city He
was recognized as one of the best me-
chanics ever working at the trade in
Kenosha.
Built Many Large Buildings
Some of the larger buildings for
which he was the contractor include
the Public Service building, the Mona
CHAN building on Market Square, the
German Lutheran church and school,
the First Baptist church, the Klinkert
building at Grand and Fremont ave-
nues, the addition to the First National
Bank, Willowbrook Sanitarium, the
Park Hotel, Hotel Kenosha, Hotel Kri-
ar, the Dale building, the Danish Lu-
theran church, the Joseph A. Pitts
building and hundreds of other smaller
buildings in the city. In recent years
Mr.. Larsen had many contracts out in
the neighborhood of Twin Lakes, and
it was on this account that he had built
the cottage, at which he made frequent
weekend visits.
Was Never Married.
Mr.. Larsen was never married, but
he is survived by two brothers and two
sisters, who are living in Denmark, and
cables were sent on Saturday evening
telling them of his tragic death.
He was very popular among the Dan
ish-born people of the city and leaders
f from them paid tribute to him today.
The remains will remain at the Han
: sen morgue until Tuesday afternoon
when funeral services will be held and
the remains laid at rest at Green Ridge
Cemetery.
The pallbearers named for the
funeral will be j. R. O'Connell, Emil
v Jensen, Otto Windorf, Al Parr, w. J.
: Kiltz and K P. Knudsen. All of these
S men had been actively associated with
e Mr.. Larsen in building work in Keno.
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