The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-02-09

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the right hip is hurt, ribs sore
over the heart on the left side,
and there is large cut on the
forehead right side. There is no
evidence of spinal trouble and
nothing yet to indicate internal
injuries. With the large wounds,
our greatest prncaution at this
time is towards the preventing of
infection. A trained nurse is in
charge at Silverlake. We expect
MIR. Stahl to recover.
Andrew f. Stahl, who spent the night
at the Frank Martin hotel following
an automobile accident Monday after
noon in which he was injured anG
Joseph Sweeney, aged 43, was killed,
is still resting comfortably according
to the latest reports and every hope
is held out by physicians of his event.
ual recovery.
Death rode at the front of south
bound 500 Line flyer at 4:2O o'clock
yesterday afternoon at the Wheatland
crossing, and with one sweep of tthe
scythe moved down the life of Joseph
H. Sweeney, TIP Park avenue, realtor
associated with the firm of A. F..
Stahl and company, and missing, by a
narrow shave that of his companion,
Mr.. Stahl, former sheriff and hea6 of
the Stahl company, when the large
Buick car in which the two men were
riding was struck.
Mr.. Sweeney was instantly killed,
his body being thrown from the car
and striking more than twenty feet
away from the scene of the accident.
His skull was fractured and his neck
broken.
Stahl was thrown from the car and
impaneled on the cowcatcher of he
engine and riding thus dizzily and I'M
conscious he was carried about two
hundred yards before the train could
be stopped.
Men Out on Real Estate Deal.
The two men, as fellow realtors in
terested in the same firm, had just
closed deal in the town of Burling-
ton, and were riding south from there
to Salem, where they had another bust
ness engagement The car in which
they were driving was Buick car with
closed curtains.
When Stahl and Sweeney reached
the Wheatland crossing of the 500
Line, on the Wheatland road beyond
Burlington, they were halted at the
crossing by slow freight.
When the freight had passed, the
throbbing Buick car prepared to leap
forward, following the enforced wait.
Sweeney was at the wheel driving,
and Stahl sat at his side.
''It's all right, Joe," Stahl exclaim-
ed, watching for danger through the
curtains on his side, Nothing coming"
Stahl declared afterward to his wife
and friends that this was the last thing
that happened so far as he knew, and
in the next instant as it seemed to
him, he felt the impact of the COLI
sion, and darkness followed.
at wasn't Joe's fault" murmured
Stahl again and again, as, following
the accident, he lay on his sick bed
in one of the rooms on the first floor
Of the Martin hostelry. "He couldn't
help it. He didn't hear any whistles,
and didn't see anything coming"
Picked Up by Engine Crew.
The train was stopped and the sec
tion hand, who was the first to reach
the bodies, was joined by the engineer
and fireman, The two bodies, that of
Joseph Sweeney, dead, and Andrew
Stahl, living but with how vital spark
it was not known, were taken aboard
the train and taken into Silverlake on
stretchers.
AL,
train, was not expected to stop at the
town and was travelling at high rate
Of speed when the accident occurred
The Buick in which the two men were
riding was splintered by the force OF
the impact with the train, and was
thrown several yards from the side
of the track, a mass of junk.
Stahl managed to murmur to the
crew that helped him on the train, as
he opened his eyes on his helpers
that they should send word to his
wife that he had not been badly hurt
At Silverlake DR.. B. A. Becker was
moned, and it was found thai
Stahls right leg had been broken, his
right shoulder injured, and that he haC
sustained other bruises on the heaC
and chest.
Mr.. Stahl's first words, after h,
had directed the sending of message
of comfort to his family, were will
reference to his companion, Sweeney
"Is Joe hurt?" he asked. 81 hope
nothing happens to him He has tw,
boys and it would be hard on the fam
lily. Where is he? Why isn't he her,
too? ~
He persisted in his questions un
satisfied with the replies. No on,
dared to tell him that his companion
had been killed. Only the words O