The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-02
Much Damage But No Seri-
Gus Personal Injuries
Over Weekend.
ALMOST HITS OFFICER

on Fremont avenue on Sunday morn
ing about ten o'clock had an encoun-
ter with Alexander Hendricksen rid
ing a motorcycle west on Pomeroy
street. The cyclist was carried along
about fifteen feet in Fremont avenue
before the cab came to a halt 1t
was stopped just in front of Ford
driven by Frank Dufin. Hendricksen
was taken to the Kenosha hospital
when it appeared as though he might
have been seriously injured. DR.. w.
J. Hanley was called to treat the in
jured man, and it was discovered that
his leg was bruised. Hendricksen,
whose address is at 100 Sheridan road
left the hospital today.
Mrs. Ida L. Rydeen, TIC Fremont
avenue, stopped her auto on Elizabeth
street near Sheridan road at two
o'clock Sunday afternoon, in order to
allow the street carfto make the turn.
Officer Harold Rock was directly be-
hind her on his motorcycle and he
also stopped M. r. Robbins, 918 Sec
ond avenue, driving behind the mo-
torcycle, tried to stop but his brakes
refused to work. He swung towards
the curb to avoid striking, the police
officer and ran into the rear of Mrs.
Rydeens car. smashing the bumper.
The tenders on Robbins car were also
damaged. Robbins agreed to pay for
the damages to the Rydeen car.
Runs Into a House.
At two-thirty o'clock Sunday after
noon, w. Joetluck, 514 Market street,
was driving a Ford south on Lyman
4 L.
avenue, was driving Buick east on
Pomeroy street. when the two met at
the intersection of the two streets.
Both cars were driven upon the curbs,
Leibreich striking the cement block
foundation of house no the south
east corner. Besides the damage to
the house, the whole front end of
Leibreich's car was wrecked, and
Zoetluck's Ford damaged considerably.
Walter H. Cooper, IL Jackson street,
was driving a car north on Sheridan
road and was about to turn west on
Elizabeth street when he was struck
on the right rear side by Peter Licata,
245 West oath street, Chicago, driving
a Kissel. The Kissel bumper and
steering device were broken, and the
= right rear wheel and running board
of the Cooper car were damaged.
Oklahomans in Accident.
Sunday evening shortly after seven
o'clock, a car driven by Miss Rosalind
Hughes, 1343 E. Nineteenth street,
Tulsa, Oklahoma, and owned by Mrs.
V. H. McNutt with whom she was
driving, was travelling north on Sher-
idan road near Park Row, when car
driven by A. r. Van Wickland, 6722
Halsted street, Chicago, going west on
Park Row, was struck by the first car.
Both wheels on the right sdie of the
Van Wcliiand car were broken, and
the frame y as bent. The tenders on
the right of the McNutt car were
damaged ana the steering wheel put
out of commission
On Saturday shortly after noon,
Mike Maxim, 60 South Fremont avenue,
was driving a truck east on Market
Square and Stone, 652 Superior street,
was riding in Ford runabout out of
the parking space on the Square. The
two cars met. The Ford was damag-
ed considerably.
Others Injured in Accidents.
August Arena, Milwaukee avenue,
was injured in the neck when lever
on some machine at which he was
working on Saturday morning, flew
back mad struck him. He was taken
to the Kenosha hospital where his in
juries were treated and he was able
to return to his home short time
later.
James Lucas, while working at the
Nash plant on Saturday, fell and was
bruised somewhat. His fellow en-
ployes feared that his injuries might
be serious and they had him sent to
the Kenosha hospital. Outside of
several minor injuries Lucas is in the
best of health, and is back at his work
again today
Auto Strikes Baby Buggy.
Two small boys, one aged and the
other g. brothers, narrowly escaped
injury on Sunday when they ran be-
tween two strings of cars travelling in
opposite directions near Waucanda,
They ran directly into the path of a
Nash sedan driven by Leon Fritsch,
10 Sheridan road and owned by Guy
Simmons. Fortunately for the two
boys they ducked and the car passed
over them without giving them so
to give their names and insisted that
they be alone so they could ego
swimmin."
While doing her shopping on Main
street this noon, Mrs. M Ii. Flna, Dol
Garden street, wheeling a baby buggy
with her child in it, stopped to look
into the windows of the Gottlieb store
near Park street A car driven bv
Charles E. Wilson, 70 Washington
street, Chicago, driving north on Main
street, was forced to swerve to the left
in order to avoid colliding with car
that had suddenly turned out of Park
street. In his swerve, Wilson ran up
on the sidewalk, striking the baby
buggy and overturning it. Mrs. s. st.
Louis, go Congress street, friend of
Mrs. Fina, grabbed the child from the
buggy before it could strike the side
walk, and in such way as to keep
the child uninjured. No one was hurt
as a result of the accident; Mrs. Fina
tainted from the shock and was driven
home in the car of Joseph Cardinal.
The driver was not held.
One old-time New York financier ha-