The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-07-03
HURLED THROUGH
WINDSHIELD; DIES
Frank Kunke, 16, Riding
With His Brother, Earl,
Bleeds to Death.
FAULTY BRAKES, CAUSE
Accident Occurs Saturday on
Milwaukee Road when Car
Skids into Culvert Guard.

Frank Kunke, 16 years old, bled to
death Saturday afternoon after his
throat had been cut on the windshield
of the Ward Baking company truck
which his brother, Earl, % years old,
was driving. The younger boy was
thrown against the Windshield when
the brakes on the machine locked and
threw lit against cement culvert
guard on the Milwaukee road near the
Dexter Corners, Ave miles southwest
of Kenosha.
AS soon as he could lift his young
err brother from the windshield, Earl
ran half mile north to the Ahlenfeldt
farm to summon aid. Carl Ahlenfeldt
and R. Helding, who were at home at
the time, Immediately took their car
and drove back to the scene Of the ac-
cident.
The blood has ceased to flow from
the ugly wound in Franks throat and
he was unconscious. The men could
detect no signs of breathing. They
lifted him into the automobile and be-
gan a mad race to Kenosha. DR.. F. D..
Curtiss examined the boy and pro-
nounced him dead. The body was TAX
en- to the Hansen funeral home.
Died in Two Minutes.
DR.. Curtiss stated that from the
nature of the wound 1t was evident
that death came within two minutes.
He said that the boy was probably
dead before Earl left the scene Of the
accident to get help. Examination
showed that both the carotid artery
and the juguiar vein had been sew
cred. The cash extended nearly Ave
inches across the front Of the boys
throat.
The body was not taken. from the
car until it arrived at the Hansen par
iors. DR.. Curtiss went down to the
car-whieh stopped at the curb in front
Of his office, and Immediately saw that
the lad was beyond medical aid.
According to Emil Meissner, secre-
tary of police, who Investigated the
smash, defective brakes caused the ac-
cident. He stated that Earl told him
that earlier in the day the brakes had
locked near Zion, Illinois. At that
time Earl said he adjusted them and
thew seemed to be operating perfectly
until they locked out on the Milwaukee
road. The car, he said, was not trav-
cling fast at the time, but the locking
of the brakes skidded it across the
road and the rear wheel struck the
front of the culvert, smashing the
wheel, and jerking the car to stand
still.
Thrown Into Glass.
It was this jerk, he told the police
secretary, which lifted his brother
from the seat and plunged him head
first into the glass. The upper half
Of the windshield was open at the
time. The boys head went through
this aperture, but the lower half of
the glass gave way when the weight
of his body struck it. The recoil from
the shock threw his throat on the jag
eed edge Of the broken windshield.
The victim Of the accident for
three years had been student at the
Kenosha High school and was widely
known among the members of the
school. He was fayorite with the
students at the school and had taken
an active part in various school activi-
ties.
He was born in Kenosha July IS,
1907. the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Emil
Kunke. He is survived by his parents,
and bV two sisters, Karine and Elsie,
and two brothers, Earl and Edward,
all of Kenosha.
Short funeral services for members
of the family and close personal
fr;ords will be held this evening at
eight o'clock at the home. Church
services will be held Tuesday after
noon at two o'clock at the Grace
Lutheran church with interment fol
lowing in the family plot in the Green
Ridge cemetery The remains will be
taken to the church at one o'clock
Tuesday afternoon and may be viewed
there by friends until time for the
service.