The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-12-13
FL. A. Dryer Held Here AT
ter Attempt to Remove
Car from State.
SMASHES NELSON CAR
Iowa Car Skids, ColIiding with
Auto of Local Man, on
Geneva Road.

n. A. Duyer, of DesMoines, Iowa, is
being held at the county jail today
on a charge of reckless driving after
he had attempted to have his wrecked
automobile towed out of the state.
The was under attachment by the
sheriff following collision with the
automobile of Joseph Nelson.
Nelson, who was driving new
Essex coach west on the Geneva road
a short distance west of town, escaped
from the collision with severe shak-
ing. Duyer was coming east at high
rate of speed in Hupmobile road
ster. According to Nelson's story,
when the two cars were about two
hundred feet apart buyers machine
suddenly started to skid.
Realizing his danger, Nelson said
he drove the right wheels of his ma
chine about three feet off the con-
crete, to allow the other machine all
the room possible. buyers car, how
ever, skidded twice across the road
and then the rear part of the machine
slammed into the front of Nelson's
automobile, badly wrecking both cars.
Gives Fictitious Address.
The two men climbed out of the
machines for the usual exchange of
addresses and survey of the damage.
buyer, Nelson says, told him to mail
the bill to 759 Sheridan road, and that
he would take care of everything. By
way of extra precaution, Nelson
CHANGED to look at the license plates
and found that the car was under
Iowa registration. His suspicious
were Immediately aroused.
When he questioned buyer about
the singular circumstances, the man
stated that he had moved to Kenosha
about two months ago, and that he
was running on the Iowa license until
the first of the year when he would
take out his Wisconsin numbers.
Dryer got a towline on his car first
and STRAIGHTFORWARD town. Fred Tanck,
of the Oakland garage, who CHANGED
to be passing a few minutes later, put
a line on Nelson's machine, but by the
time they reached the city, buyers
car was nowhere to be seen. Con-
WINGED that the other man was at
tempting to make a getaway, Nelson
called the sheriff's office.
Sheriff Fred Pabst had noticed the
wrecked car being towed down Sheri-
dan road when he had been driving
past a few minutes before, and when
the phone call came in, knew just
where to look for it. He took Duyer
back to the sheriff's Office and made
him put up certified check for STAT
for his appearance this morning, and
placed an attachment on the machine
Henry Klingbell was then ordered
to tow the car to the South Sheridan
garage. When wheel came off he
was forced to leave the machine at
the side of the road and go for
a dollie.
Meanwhile buyer who had left the
sheriff's office, rushed around for an
other towing outfit to hook onto the
machine. According to the sheriff,
buyer contracted to pay dollar
mile to have the. machine towed out
of the state.
Klingbell returned few minutes
later to find the machine missing, and
Immediately notified the sheriff. The
sheriff then started out in search of
it, and located it together with Duyer,
hooked behind truck making off
down the Sheridan road a short dis
tance from town.
Hating the outfit, he ordered the
machine taken to the South Sheridan
garage and took Duyer back to the
county Jail where he would effectually
curb his wanderlust.
Action to recover damages was
started today by Nelson through his
attorney, Roy Stephenson, A warrant
charging Duyer with grand larceny
may be issued, it was stated. This
charge would grow out of his theft
of his own machine which was under
attachment.
Mrs. Nina Schroeder, who lives at
the Sheridan road address which buyer
gave Nelson, as the proper place "to
send the bill' stated today that no
one by that name had ever been
heard of there.