The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-29

before the fatal Saturday.
Through the Lithuanian lodge receipt
found in the dead mans pocket, his
identity was finally established late
this morning. The secretary of the
lodge connected with others in the as
sociation and about IL o'clock today
Mrs. Kaminski called Sergeant Schnee--
berger on duty at the police office and
informed him that the dead man was
Kazimer Selteniskis. She had 'iden-
titled him at the morgue.
The man was killed by freight
train when, ignoring the warning of
the fagmaH, he crawled under the west
gates of the Northwestern on Middle
street at78:17 p. m. Saturday. Wheth-
or he did not see the train or whether
he contemplated suicide is a question
which has not yet been determined.
that the man, who was on foot at the
time, thought he could get over safe
" and ignored the efforts to wave him
back without expecting to be caught
in the path of the train.
Clothes Bought Here.
The fact that the victims clothes
were purchased in Kenosha suggested
that he had been living here. The gar
,ments were Of good quality and sug-
gested man who had regard for his
personal appearance. His eyes were a
light brown, face clean shaven, hair
black and his age appeared to be be-
tween 36 and 40.
Ignored Flagman's Signal.
Freight train No. 1852 was going
north on the west bound track at SIT
p. m. Saturday night when at the Mid
die street crossing the flagman, Ser
afino Ruffalo, noticed a man coming
from the west and about to crawl under
the gates which were down. The flag
man yelled to him to get back, but
the other came on, either refusing to
obey the command or inattentive to
it.
He was almost Immediately struck
by the train which carried, him 20
yards before he went under the
wheels. When the train stopped and
the victim was assembled, he was
found horribly mutilated. His right
hand had been gut off at the wrist, the
right leg near the hip, and the left
foot was cut off at the ankle.
Sergeant Kramer, Secretary Meiss-,
ner and~Offiicers Pecan and Tusler an
swered the call for the police ambu-
lance, but there was nothing for the
police to do but to take the mangled
form down to the Hansen undertaking
parlors.
Carried Elgin Watch.
Conductor w. E. Smith had charge
of the freight train of which G.. r.
Custer was engineer and Harden brake
man. c. A. Strange, 421 Prairie ave-
nue., driving car east was witness
of the accident. According to the in
formation he gave the police after the
accident, the gates were down and he
saw the man crawl under the gates
although waved back by the flagman.
The victims clothes were of good
quality. The labels showed that they
had been, purchased at the Bell Cloth
ing house in Kenosha. He wore tan
shoes, which were not more than a
few months old, judging from their
appearance. An Elgin watch, 17-jewel
movement, was found on his person,
showing Chicago daylight saving time.
There was small gold knife attached
to the watch and a gold cross.
But the article of most significance
which started the coroner upon his
hunt for clues in unravelling the my
stery attending the strangers identity
was lodge ticket found in the dead
mans pocket. This was q receipt is
sued to tx. Selteniskis" by the lodge
"Drangyste Sunu Lietuvos" of Pitts
Burgh under date of May 1922. The
lodge is a Lithuanian one, and Coroner
Parker connected with the secretary
of the allied lodge here, who most will
lingly offered his cooperation, and
made every effort to help establish the
identity of the man killed.