The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-07-03

to the effect that as he approached
the bridge another automobile COM
ing from the west pushed him off the
road. He made desperate attempt
to turn the automobile back into the
road but it swerved so sharply that ut
ran against the projections Of the
approach to the bridge. They gave
way and the automobile plunged over
the embankment and went into the
river some twenty feet from the
approaches Of the bridge. At this
point the water was about eleven feet
deep and this morning the automobile
with it's weight Of victims had COM
pletely disappeared under the waters
of the river and at eleven o'clock a
diver was making an effort to get a
line on the submerged car in order
that it might be pulled to the sur
face.
The bodies of the two women vic
Tins Of the accident are supposed to
be in the toneau of the automobile.
Bell was crazed by their frantic cries
for help as they went to death like
rats caught in a trap.
Swan Out of the River.
| OOSSpn 4OeIl6 Wen sknOWu w H6dL-.
land farmer living only short dist
ance from the scene of the accident
was the first to offer aid. Toelle had
been up late on account of the fact
that a dancing party had been held in
the neighborhood and he was await
ing the return of members of his fam
lily. 1t was just after 2:15 this morn
ing that he heard frightful crash.
He went out into the road and then
he heard both men and women scream
| ing for aid. He rushed in the direc-
tion of the cries and just before he
reached the bridge he met Bell run
ming along the road. Blood was flow
| ing from several bad wounds in his
head and the man was hysterical. He
made an effort to tell Toelle what
had happened but he was apparently
crazed as result of the accident.
Toelle hurried to the river and was
liable to see the coupe automobile rap
| idly being submerged under the wa
ters of the river. A few minutes lat
err Clarence Spiegeloff and Herbert
Kerkhoff, both well known Wheatland
men reached the scene of the accident
and they aided Toelle, in seeking to
get into touch with someone to aid
in the recovery of the bodies of the
women and in getting Bell to hos
pital.
Tried to Leap Int River.
Bell rushed about the scene of the
accident, hysterical and sobbing out
his grief. At one time he made an
effort to leap into the river declaring
that there must still be a chance to
save the women in the toneau of the
car. He was seized by the men and
held until doctor could be summoned
and early in the morning he was re-
moved to the Memorial hospital at
Burlington. There eight stitches
were taken in one of the wounds in
his head and eighteen in the other.
He was terribly bruised, his cloth
ing was soaked with water and he
was in highly nervous condition.
He could not talk coherently but the
story as we'll as it could be brought
out from him as he was being taken
to the hospital indicated that the
members of the party were on their
way to Lake Geneva. Bell sobbed and
cried all the way to the hospital and
he seemed to be little concerned over
his own injuries. "Let me go back and
\ try and get them" he cried out sew
eral times and it was with difficulty
that he was restrained from trying
to leap from the automobile as it
made it way to the hospital.
No Chance to Get Bodies.
Toelle and, the other men who were
/ the first to reach the scene of the
accident gave the alarm and the peo-
/ pie gathered from the countryside and
/ vain efforts were made in the early
morning to get some way to reach
1 the automobile. For a time the
lights of the automobile were visible
above the water and they continued
to shine out as a signal of the tragedy
but before daybreak the light on the
car went out and it sank slowly into
the surging waters of the river which
had been swelled by the heavy rains
of the last few days. Shortly after
the car went into the river another
automobile passed the scene OF the
/ accident 1t was from Kenosha but
the occupants of the car were un-
known. Finding that they could give
no aid to Bell and the other victims
of the accident the people came on to
/ Kenosha.
Parker and Pabst On Job.
/ Corner Truman T. Parker and
/ Sheriff Pabst got report of the
! tragedy with the coming of dawn and
/ they hurried to the scene at once.
| Meantime dericks to be used in hoist
/ ing the submerged automobile and
ambulances had ben summoned to the
scene of the accident. They reached
the river just after ten o'clock this
morning Tom Jester deputy sher-
iff volunteered to dive into the waters
of the river and seek to attach ca
fble to the automobile. He was work
/ ing at eleven o'clock and had not as
yet made the cable fast so that the
car could be lifted. Two automobile
trucks fitted out with hosting ma
chimes, were held in readiness to aid
in pulling the car with its human
freight out of the water.
In the early morning scores of peo-
1 N1o bod osa4barad of tho Scana of the