The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-03-16
HURLED TODEATH
BY SPEEDING CAR
Charles TOOtelian, Aged 30.
is the Victim of Reck-
less MOtOrist.
DRIVER SPEEDS AWAY
Driver of Death Car Does Not
Even Halt to Aid His Victim
but Speeds from Scene.

Reckless motor driving took another
death toll in Kenosha this morning.
when Charles Tootelian, aged 80, an
employee Of the Willowbrook sanatori-
UNI, died at the St. GATHERINGS hospi-
tai just before 5 o'clock from injuries
received Wednesday evening when he
was hurled to the curbing by a speed
ing coupe car at the corner of Pearl
and Main streets. The driver of the
death car speeded on without attempt
ing to aid his victim.
Police have followed all possible
clews in an effort to establish the
identity of the driver of the car, but
have been unable to find any further
trace of him. Friends of the injured
man, in hurrying to his aid, lost the
trail of the death car and only meagre
descriptions of it could be secured.
Hurled Several Feet.
Tootelian with three companions had
started to cross Main street, east to
west, at the corner of Pearl and Main
streets. The speeding automobile
whisked over the ridge of the bridge
and swerving to the wrong side of the
street gave the man no chance to es-
cape it. Tootelian attempted to dodge
the car but was not quick enough,
being caught by the fender and hurled
with great force to the paving.
He was unconscious when Mike.and
James O'Hare, two of his companions,
reached his side. Later examination
showed that the force of the blow had
been so great that he had suffered. q
fractured skull, fractured left leg, a
fractured hip and internal injuries.
The police ambulance was called and
the victim was hurried to the st. Cath
crimes hospital, where death ended his
suffering early this morning.
One Tries to Follower.
Henry Steinbach, another man who.
was with Tootelian at the time cfsthe
accident, attempted to follow the
speeding car while Ids companions
went to the aid of the dying man.
Steinbach darted into a store and told
someone to call the police. Then he
hurried out'just inatime tOssee the car
which had struck TOotelian, turning
west on Market street.
Scores Of people gathered around the
dying man and feeling ran high against.
the reckless driver who had sped on
without attempting to aid his victim.
Various descriptions of the car were
given the police, ,oneenamingtone make
and another another. All were agreed,
however, that it was a coupe and that
the driver was going at an enormousi
rate of speed. Reports from North
Milwaukee avenue declared that the
car had speeded all of the length Of
the avenue and that other accidents
had been narrowly avoided.
Number Clew Proves False.
A license number, said t0fbe that of
the car, was handed to thesrOlice, but
Investigation of this failed to bring
any clew to the identify Of the car
since it called forsan entirely different
make Of car than any Of those de-
scribed by the men who saw the acci-,
dent. This number was can Illinois Ii
cense number and the owner is said to
be able to give a strict account of his
whereabouts at the time of the acct
dent. This license number as handed
to the police was 501822-1921-Il Illinois.
Investigation revealed that this num-
Der was taken out by William F.. LEX
roy, Fairfield, Ill. The police are in
vestigating the clew to the full but
because of the discrepancies in the de-
scription of the car do not believe that
the number is the correct fone.
Coroner Truman T. ParkerabeganJ
investigation into the tragedy this
morning. A jury has been Summoned
to view the body at'the Hansen funeral
home, where it was taken ito be pre-
pared for burial. Definite announce
ment regarding the inquest viii be
made later. 44.nsf asa
Had Escaped the Turks.
Charles Tootelian, the victim Of the
accident, was native of Armenia but
had lived in this country for the past
ten years. He came to America to es-
cape the prosecution of the Turks,
whose ruthless warfare caused the
death of his parents several years ago.
For the past four years he had been
employed at the Willowbrook sana-
torium and had held the esteem of his
employers. He is survived by one
brother, Jerry Tootefian of Evanston,
who was called to Kenosha immediate
ly and who was at his brothers bed
side when the final summons came.
Charles Tootelian went to the Will
lowbrook sanatorium several years ago
as patient. After being discharged
as cured in several months, he was re-
tanned in a position as. assistant jani-
tor of the institution which he has
held since that time. He was well
known in Kenosha among the Arme-
mans of the city.
The funeral services will be held on
Friday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at this
Hansen funeral home with interment
following in the Green Ridge cemetery.
The coroner's inquest into the death
started at one o'clock this afternoon
when the jury met at the Hansen NOR
tuary and reviewed the remains. The
formal inquest was scheduled to start
at four o'clock this afternoon at the
municipal court.