The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-08-21
Leland Harris, Age 26,
Killed While Riding Mo-
torcycle Monday.
SKULL IS FRACTURED
Find No Witnesses of Accident
Which Happened on the
Milwaukee Road.

Mystery surrounds the death on
Monday evening of Leland Harris,
aged 26, we'll known Kenoshan, who
was killed while riding . motorcycle
on the Milwaukee road near the in
tersection of the Geneva road shortly
after eight o'clock. The body of the
man was picked up by officer Chester
Bostetter, of the motorcycle squad,
and Stanley Rauen, who were near
the scene of the accident at the time,
and rushed to the Kenosha hospital
where he died without regaining con-
seriousness at 1:25 o'clock this morn
ing.
According to Bostetter he had been
patrolling the Geneva road during the
evening and had met Rauen and stop
ped for short conversation at the
intersection of the Milwaukee and
Geneva roads. A moment later Leland
Harris and Roy Johnson, also of Ke-
nosha, drove up on their motorcycles
and joined the chat. Harris wanted
to run on ahead, and while waiting
for his companion he said he would
take a short drive south on the Mil
waukee road and return in few min
utes. About ten minutes later, ac-
cording to Bostetter, the party noticed
horse running north on the Mil
waukee road. The animal appeared to
be limpirg and it was noticed that
his front legs were bruised.
In another moment man whose
name was not learned, came running
up the road calling to the motorcycle
officers that "a man was lying in the
middle of the road"
About half mile away from the
intersection of the two roads Bos-
letter, Rauen and Johnson found Har-
ris' unconscious form in a pool of his
own blood. in the center of the road
with the motorcycle lying few feet
away. An automobile driven by Will
liam Perry, Jr., of Kenosha drove up
and with the aid of another motorist
hailed by the motorcycle officer, Har
ris was rushed to the Kenosha hos
pital. DR.. o. w. McClusky was called
and it was found that Harris had suf-
fered a fractured skull. He also suf-
fered greatly from loss of blood, and
IL WAS 1O11OWluS dD OpGTdtlOh WHICH
had attempted to remove several of
the broken bones which were pressing
the brain that he died. 1t was said at
the hospital that the accident was of
such serious nature that he would
have been unable to live no matter
what surgical assistance was rendered.
Hit Curb or Iron Post.
- -, "a,
der which Harris met his death, ac-
cording to officials of the sheriff's of
flee, shows that in an effort to escape
the horse, which he may not have
seen in the darkness he veeredoff to
the side of the road and in so doing
he may have been thrown from his
motorcycle and either struck head first
into the curb of the highway or an
iron post nearby. The impact was a
swift one, according to DR.. McClusky,
the frontal bones over the left eye be-
ing completely crushed in.
Leland Harris celebrated his 26th
birthday last Thursday He was form
erly with the 32nd division as a de-.
spatch rider, serving his full term ov-
erseas. After the war he enlisted with
Troop E, 105th cavalry, where he ad-
vanced from private to staff sergeant
Among his cavalry mates he was
familiarly known as Colonel Cootie"
and was active in all of the work of
his troop. AT the state encampment
at Camp Douglas recently Sergeant
Harris was instrumental in helping the
Kenosha troop to win first honors at
camp. In Kenosha the deceased was
an expert bugler, and it was he who
at every military funeral which was
held under the auspices of the Keno
Iisha post of the American Legion, who
blew taps as the last earthly tribute to
fallen comrade.
The deceased was employed at the
Salem avenue fire station as fireman
for the past year and half, where
he was one of the most popular mem
/ bers of the force. City Manager Os-
born this morning ordered the flags
! Of the city lowered to halfmast in
| honor of the memory of the deceased.
Ehe deceased is survived by Wild
ow, Mrs Edith Rhode Harris, his par
cnts, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis j. Girard,
with Whom they lived at ass Charles
| street, three brothers, Edward and
Vermont Harris and Kenneth Girard,
all Of Kenosha.
| FunAal arrangements have not vet
been completed but it is expected that
the American Legion and Troop E will
have charge andN full military honors
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