The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-06-18
MAN KILLED AT
SAFE CROSSING
Sheridan Road and Prairie
Ave. Intersection Scene
of Tragedy.
ONE DRIVER IS HELD
Harry Werner Is Charged with
MansIaughter Pending
an Investigation.

The intersection of Prairie avenue
and Sheridan road, guarded by four
"silent policemen" of the new signal
system, was the scene Of the latest
automobile tragedy at 8:45 p. m, Mon
day night, when an unknown pedestri-
an wss struck by an automobile driv-
en- by Harry Werner, FOB Milwaukee
avenue, and later died at the Keno
sha hospital.
Werner was brought into the mu-
nicipal court this morning on the
charge Of manslaughter, pleaded not
guilty and the case was continued un-
til Friday morning. Werner stopped
the car, took the victim to the hos
pital and remained there until taken
in custody by Coroner Friend, and the
police admitted today a full investiga-
ton would doubtless clear Werner of
responsibility.
Can't Establish Identity.
Who is the dead man? Nobody yet
knows His appearance suggests a
wanderer The police captain and
others from the police Office went to
the undertaking establishment to view
the body to see if the man could ever
have been one of their customers"
but they also were unable to identify
him.
He carried no papers other than a
newspaper clipping with the name Of
q man at Racine written across it.
This morning Coroner Friend and
Sergeant Of Police Detectives Meiss-
ner went to Racine to check up this
slender clue. They returned at noon
with the identity still mystery. The
Racine man proved to be a soft drink
parlor proprietor at Corliss; he could
not remember ever seeing man of
the description given, at his place.
Did Not See Pedestrian.
Harry Werner was driving a Chand-
Ter Royal Dispatch west on Prairie
avenue when the accident happened.
With him in the car was Andrew
Schmitz of Elizabeth, N. j. Werner
said that when he reached Sheridan
road, the traffic sign read Stop and
he stopped. There were three cars
ahead of him.
"Then the sign said Go, and the
three cars ahead picked up and turn
ed south. went on vest" Werner
said. II had just shifted gears when
Schmitz hollered out something. [
stopped the car right away. There
was man lying between the front
and rear wheels"
The victim had been crossing the
street on foot, and indications were
that he was coming from the south,
it was said, but Werner declared that
he did not see the man crossing at any
point, and that he lust popped cut
from nowhere"
Took Him to the Hospital.
Schmitz and another man pulled the
injured man from below the car and,
Kenosha hospital. There about half
hour later, he died. The coroner was
summoned, and when he arrived, he
found Werner there awaiting him.
He was taken to the police station,
where young Werner again told his
story The coroner directed that he
be held pending the inquest, which
will be held Wednesday morning. The
charge of manslaughter was placed
against him, merely as a safeguard,
the police said. Bonds of $1,000 were
asked at the direction of City Attor-
ney Randall, and Werner was re-
leased.
This morning Attorney A. L. Drury
appeared in behalf of the defendant,
and demanded that Werner be brought
into court on the charge or else be
dismissed.
"He isn't going to run away" de-
clared the attorney. "You can have
this young man at any time you want
him."
Werner was arraigned, pleaded not
guilty and the case was continued I'M
til Friday morning. 1t is expected
that the entire matter will be dis
posed of with the inquest on Wednes-
day.
Coroner Friend learned this noon
that the dead man had last been seen
alive about an hour previous to the
killing. He had stopped at house on
Eagle street, and asked for food, stat
ing that he was out of work, and had
had nothing to eat. The man wore
overalls, brown soft hat and carried
a dsrk coat. This answers the de-
scription Of the man now at Cardinals
morgue.