The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-02-28
Driver of Car Which Killed Helen KurieanoWicz
Age A Years, is Found Not RespOns-
ible for Accident
JUMPED FROM BEHIND STREET CAR
Eleven Year Old Lad, Who Watched Crash Tells of
Seeing Driver Stop for One Girl, Then
Start and Hit Helen.

called. He testified that while return
ing to Chicago from Milwaukee, he
nsd gotten lost and gone out Grand
avenue until he discovered his mis-
take.
He said that he had asked directions
and then turned his car about and
headed for Sheridan road. At the FIRE.
mont aveune crossing, he saw street
car standing and stopped his machine,
before passing he blew his horn and
started on. Suddenly a nine-year-
dashed out in front of the street car,
and he slammed his brakes.
Again he blew the horn and put his
car in first speed. He had gone few
feet, and was travelling about five
miles an hour when little Helen
jumped out from in front of the street
car, directly in the path of his auto
mobile, and was struck. He applied
both brakes and stopped the car be-
fore it had crossed the street.
Lads Testimony Feature.
A feature of the inquest was the
testimony of 11-year-old John Dzwi-
mel, of S54 Dayton street, who told a
concise and connected story of the
tragedy. When called to take the
stand, the lad showed no signs of
stage fright, and spoke in a clear
voice that could be heard all over the
court room. He said that he had seen
The automobile stop before passing the
street car, which was standing at the
crossing.
He corroborated the testimony of
the driver of the death car when he
told how the first girl by dashing in
front of the machine had made the
driver come to an emergency stop.
Then he described the fatal accident.
Ee said he was standing over on the
sidewalk and saw little Helen run in
front of the street car just as the
automobile started. Elder, he stated,
attempted to miss the child who was
struck by the right side of the bump
err, and tossed aside.
The automobile, he said, seemed to
swerve and the right rear wheel pass
Ell over her body. Then the motcrman
of the street car came out and lifted
The crushed form from the pavement.
The automobile came to stop and the
driver rushed back and took the child
from the street car man. For a moment
the two stood talking together and
then the automobile sped away with
the injured girl.
Recall Automobile Driver.
Eder was recalled by Lewis w.
Powell, assistant district attorney. He
testified that he had asked the motor
man the way to the nearest hospital,
and that he had taken the child there
and seen that physician was immed-
lately summoned. After that he had
given himself up to the police and had
spent the night in Jail, in company
with his three companions.
Francis O'Connell, motorman of the
street car, stated that he heard the
screech of the automobile brakes as
Elder ground to a stop after che ac-
cident. He said that he had looked out
and seen the child lying in the road,
and that he had picked her up. Eder
asked the, direction to the hospital
and started off with the little girl.
The motorman stated that just prior
to the accident he had been shaking
not hear the horn blown.
He stated that when he brought his
car to a stop at Fremont avenue, he
had seen an automobile that he
thought to be the same car that Elder
was driving. When the driver was
again recalled he admitted that he had
gone west while searching for the
Chicago trail, but that he did not re-
call a street car standing at the cross
ing.
Companions Tell Same Story.
w H. Elliott, of Chicago, who oc-
cupied the back seat with Miss Hide
gard Kirchenberg, told practically
the same story to which Elder had
testified. Gertrude Frank, companion
of Elder, also told of making the two
stops, but added that she saw third
little girl who was running with
Helen. This child, she said, managed
to leap aside and escaped being
struck.
The jurys' verdict read in part: at
is the opinion of this jury that the
accident was entirely unavoidable as
regards Mr.. Eder." The jury was
made up of John w. Girman, joseph
Cassidy, James G. Barr, Henry B.
Truax and John S. Scholey.