The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-06-01
Sanborn Youth
Year'sSecond
TrafficVictim
HIGHWAY ID CLAIMS
THIRTEENTH LIFE
SINCE JULY 1884

REDWOOD county'S 25 mile
tretch of highway IA claimed its
thirteenth traffic victim in less
than five years Monday morning
when William Leopold, I8, of
Sanborn was killed instantly
while three young men compan-
ions escaped with only minor in
juries.
Leopold was thrown through
the top of the car he was driving.
his body hurting ITO feet across
the highway to the opposite ditch.
1t was found at a considerable
distance diagonally ahead of the
machine
The youths were on their way
home to Sanborn from Phil Bolts
tavern at Revere when the acct
dent occurred. The machine,
travelling east, weaved over the
center line, then crossed to the
right ditch where it turned end
over-end twice before coming to
rest 1872 feet from the point
where it left the pavement.
Marks at the scene showed the
car flew SO feet through the air,
the first time it Somersaulted, ac-
cording to the highway patrol re-
port.
Thrown From Car
The scene of the accident was a
mile and half west of Lamber-
ton; the time 100 a. m.
All four youths were thrown
from the car.
Di,of of
Ter brief period of unconscious
ness. He found Gerhardt Leopold,
81, brother of the victim, lying
partially across Loren Batzlaff,
20.
The three searched for William,
but were unable to find him i'm
mediately. Occupants of other
cars which stopped helped locate
the body.
Coroner A. w. Hubbard who
Investigated the case with County
Attorney Tom Reed, the highway
patrol and Harry Beatty, deputy
ly. His injuries included internal
wounds, and fractured skull and
both collar bones were broken,
Mr. Hubbard said.
Batzlaff, who was thrown
through the top as the auto
Somersaulted, sustained bruises of
both legs. Gerhardt Leopold suf-
fered bruises of the left shoulder
and back and Pint was cut and
bruised.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Leopold, ST., the victim was
home on leave from a CCC camp
at Red Wing. The car. a 1888
coach, was owned by Edward
Leopold.
No Inquest Planned
Investigators found the group
left Sanborn about 9 p. m. for
Springfield where they purchased
four one-half pints of liquor. Part
of it was drunk in soft drinks at
a cafe there, then they went on to
Lamberton where they visited
several places.
AT midnight, they proceeded to
Bolts where they finished the
LIQUOR, only one drink being left
and purchased a picnic bottle of
beer. They left the tavern at lilo
a. m.
Ellsworth Bondeson of Walnut
Grove drove past the Leopold car
His companion, Constance Lucille
Schilling, 18, of Lamberton, saw
the accident when it occurred
some distance back and told him.
He turned around in Lamberton
and went back to the scene, but
by that time others were there to
help.
There will be no inquest, Cor
oner Hubbard said.
The county's only other traf-
fic death of the year occurred
the early morning of April 10
when Dorothy Key, Is, of Tracy
was killed on highway IA one
half mile west of Walnut Grove.
From July 81, 1884 through
Monday, a total of Is deaths have
occurred as the result of accidents
on the stretch. All other traffic
fatalities in the county during the
anne period total IL.