The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-09
DEATH STRIKES
SIDE CAR RIDER
George Hutchinson of Wau-
kegan Killed in Accident
on Sheridan Road.
MOTORCYCLE SPILL
Side Car Passenger Pinned
when Motorcycle Spills Fri
day Night at IL p. m.

Death sat astrid of the wind that
whistled past two motorcycles on
South Sheridan on Friday night at
eleven o'clock with the result that
George Hutchinson, aged do, of WaukfS
gan, who rode in the side-car of the
first motorcycle, lost his life in an
accident which occurred about three
miles south of the city near the Robin
son farm. The accident occurred when
the motorcycles going south ran into
the rear of wagon.
When the sheriff's men arrived at
the scene of the accident, the two
motorcycles, their side-cars and occu-
pans were all mixed up on the road
with a farm wagon, and when the
bruised and bleeding forms were dis
entangled from the debris, it was
found that Hutchinson was the worst
suffered. He was FASTENED to the Ke-
nosha hospital in Hansen's safety am
bulance, which had been summoned
by the sheriff, but the man died on
the way to the hospital.
The other thre men, Herman Mears
of Waukegan, who drove the motor
cycle in whose side,car Hutchinson had
been riding; Walter Hansen, driver of
the second motorcycle; and John Hol-
land, driver of the wagon, were all
taken to the county Jail where their
bruise ~swere tended and where they
are being held pending an investiga-
ton by the corner.
Claim Wagon Had No Light.
The survivors of the accident were
unable to give a very clear account
this morning of just how the disas-
ter occurred. The two motorcycles
were in the same party and were go
ing south. Mears, who lives at st.
James and Washington streets, Wau-
kegan, was in the lead, and with him
as side-car passenger, rode Hutchip-
son. Just behind rode Walter Hansen
in another motorcycle with a side-car
but without a passenger,
Going south on Sheridan road was a
wagon and team of horses driven by
John Holland, also vending his way
back to his home in Waukegan. The
motorcyclists stated this morning that
there was no tail light on Hollands
wagon, and that it was not visible
therefore to anyone coming behind.
In the vicinity of the Robinson farm,
Mears' motorcycle plunged into the
rear of the wagon. The second motor
cycle coming swiftly from the rear,
piled on top, and darkness and chaos
followed.
The speed at which the motorcyclists
were travelling as well as the fact of
whether or not Holland was properly
equipped with rear wagon-light were
matters which were being ascertained
by the busy coroner this morning.
The death Of Hutchison adds to the
startling toll of deaths on the high
way in the city and county Of Kenosha.
During the past two weeks there have
been three children killed in automo-
bile accidents Sand with the death Of
Hutchinson three adults killed on the
highway, making a total of six lives
taken by accidents in which motor
vehicles figured.
Hutchinson is survived by a son of
eighteen and by a sister who's lives in
Waukegan and who arrived at the
sheriff's office at four o'clock this
morning, after receiving news during
the early hours of her brothers death.
The remains of \the dead man are
held here pending the coroner's inquest.