The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-08-07
BOY HURT AS HE
PLAYS in ROAD
j. Ritacca Sustains Broken
Leg When Automobile
Runs Over Him.
ALL MINOR ACCIDENTS
There Are No Serious Acct
dents in the City Over
the Week End.

A six year old boy, John Ritacca,
572 Park street, sustained a broken
leg in an accident which occurred Sat
urday evening at $50 p. m. John was
playing in the street at the intersec-
ton of Park and Third with larger
boy when a Chevrolet touring car
driven by George Daisy, Sic South
street, along Third street, approached
them Daisy sounded his horn, ard
the larger boy, according to the police
report, showed little John directly in
front of Mr.. Daisy's car. The boy was
taken to ST. GATHERINGS hospital in
the police ambulance by Captain Clau-
sen and Officer Tusler where DR..
Lamacchia attended him, One leg was
broken.
Mrs. Fredericks Hurt.
Mrs. Charles Fredericks, 377 Durkee
avenue, was struck Saturday by a
Ford touring car driven south on Main
street by John Vitkus of North Chi
cago street. She was struck by the
left fender of the Ford and thrown
to the pavement, Mrs. Fredericks was
taken home and attended by DR..
Swartz.
Cars came together Saturday eve
ming ut 9:15 p. RI. at the int4rsec-
tion of South and Main streets. W..
G. Lathrop, Simmons baseball pitcher,
who had had his Studebaker coupe
parked in front of Regner's building
on Main street, was attempting to
turn out, and according to his story
held out his hand, and one car stopped
to allow him to leave the curb. Art
Murdick of Chicago, swung around his
car and the radiator of his car was
caught by the fender of Lathrop's
car. Murdick's version is that Lath-
rop started up his car and turned in
front of his, Murdick's car, without
making any signal.
Other Small Collisions.
Patrick Henry, 761 Grand avenue,
driving Ford touring car Saturday
at p. m. North on Sheridan road,
was about to turn to go west on Eli
zabeth street, when boy, John Kava-
lauskas, 719 Racine avenue, riding a
bicycle south on Sheridan road ran
into the side of the Ford, cracking the
windshield and denting the side of
the car. The front rim Of the bicycle
was broken.
Sam Allie, was driving a Paige
touring car east on Salem avenue at
4:45 p. m. Saturday when at the in
tersection of Salem avenue and Newell
street, someone unknown driving a
Ford cut the corner at the intersec-
ton. To avoid hitting this Ford he
turned his car to the curbing thereby
striking the car of Mrs. Mathew Smith,
454 South Congress street, which was
standing at the curbing. The left rear
fender and running board on the
Smith car was damaged, and the right
front fender and axle of the Paige.
Sunday evening at $3.50 p. m. there
was collision between two automo-
biles,. one driven by Daniel J. Glib
hardt, 2815 Ezekiel avenue, Zion and
one by Richard Pucci, 1914 Market
street, Kenosha. Gibhart was driving
a Maxwell touring car south on Mil
waukee avenue; he stopped to allow
a street car to take on a passenger
at Middle street, when Pucci driving
Nash touring car south on Mil
waukee avenue, ran into the rear of
his car, according to the police re-
port. Beth cars were damaged.
George P. Wendell Chicago and Paul
Sneider, 1923 South Edward street, Ke-
nosha, came together in an accident
Saturday at 9:45 p. m. Wendell was
driving Nash touring car east on
South street and Sneider Ford coupe
south on Chicago street when they
came together at the intersection. 1n.-
cars were damaged.