The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-03-27
GET THESE PEOPLE.

Every official agency in Kenosha city ana
county should bend every effort to arrest ana
try the men who ran down and killed Andrew
Reicherts on Milwaukee avenue, Saturday
night. The county should at once OTTER lDer-
al reward for the arrest of the driver OF that
death carr and, if necessary, the best detec-
tives possible should be obtained to aid IN the
search
People who are so thoughtless of the lives OF
fellow human beings must not be allowed to get
away with it in Kenosha county. These peo-
pie and other people should be taught that
Kenosha county is going to protect human
lives and that men who hit other people with
automobiles and run away are going to De
brought back and forced to face a court and
jury.
Reicherts' death may have been accidental
It may be that the man who was driving the
car which struck him could not have avoided
the accident under any considerations That
man NAV have a perfect defense for taking
human life, but he must be forced to appear
in court and satisfy the people of Kenosha
county of these facts
The world is not so large that this man cam
not be caught 1t is too small for him to hide
in if the right kind of an effort is made to
catch him. He may have been bameless in
the killing of Reicherts, but he was not blame
less in running away and refusing to accept
the responsibility for his acts. 1t matters
not how big car he was driving how much
money he may have had in his pocket; whether
he was drunk or sober; a millionaire or pau
per, he should be caught and brought to Keno
sha to answer for his acts
The fact that he is lacking in manhood, and
that he is unfit to take the wheel Of motor
car, was shown by the cowardly way in which
he ran away after striking this citizen of Keno
sha. Carrying wounded and dying man to a
curb never relieves the man who wounded him
Of responsibility 1t may be that searching
for this man may be in the nature of looking
for a needle in a hay stack but needles have
been found in hay stacks, and it is possible that
this man can be found and brought into court.
The season of heavy automobile traffic is
just opening for Kenosha county, and the
world at large must know that this is one Of the
counties in which an effort is made to safe
guard human life, and it must know that this
county will go the limit to arrest and prosecute
any driver of an automobile who runs away
after injuring and killing fellow being.
1t is crime to kill man by the careless
handling of an automobile, and it is greater
crime to kill man and then run away from
the responsibility of ones actions.
1t is to be hoped that prompt action will be
taken to offer the right kind of reward for
the capture of this driver It's the best pos.
sible way for Kenosha to write insurance on the
lives of its residents during the coming months.
If this man is allowed to get away, the city
and county will have failed to give to it's peo-
pie the protection that they deserve.
Any person in Kenosha county who has any
information in regard to this killing should
promptly give itlto the officials in order that
they may have every possible aid in seeing that
justice is done.