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THE INJURIES.crlclt;l Oh C.od, and fell dazed the side of the car.toAlmost every bouo In tho mans body was broken. Tho right side of tho body from tho abdomen to tho solo of the foot Is lacerated so badly tluit paitu of the bones wore exposed. A gash two Inches deep at tho knoo almost severed tho leg. The spine and every rib or the body word broken and the thorax was crushed. The Jaw and nose were hroken and a cut above the eye caused tho eye to hang Trom Its socket. lu this tonlbly mangled condition tho coroner’s juiy was forced to look at tho remains at nine o’clock Inst night. Tho Jury which was drawn from tho clreuit court list was composed of tho following: Otto Aid tig, I\ II. Peacock, A. G. Maurer, Robert Schultz, William Fnlr-woather and Mtko Stuhenvauch. After viewing tho remains at tho undertaking rooms Coroner Faegaa adjourned the hearing until Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock. The hearing will take place In tho coroner’s oflco In tho couit house. Five or six witnesses will be examined.BIOGRAPHY OF DECEASED.Cii point ko, ( of bitheserv«1892vor,tershipThe deceased was to have been sixty-soven years old on August 8.He was borrt In Saxony, Germany and came to this country when he was eight years old, with his parents who settled immediately in this city living on Eleventh street. Twenty-five . years ago he moved to his late place ami of residence on the Upper Falls Road, engaging In farming He had a farm of thirty-eight acres at the time of his death. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. A or the 27th Wisconsin regiment and served for three years. He was married thirty-nine years ago to Carolina Kunz In this county. He is survived by a wife, a brother, E. Walter, a sister Mrs. Louisa Melvcs and seven children, William and Edward of Milwaukee nnd Henry, Otto. Fred, Lily and Herman of this county.MbeeiRonday;WeiwhtMr.ovtIrie her Ro we: loc: em sin co IWAGON AND CAR COLLIDE.Although the accident is one of tho moat horrible that has ever occurred in this county still it seems to have been unndvertable. The car was not going at an unreasonably fast rate and Judging from tho evidence of the only two passengers the whistle had been blown a short distance from the place of accident. The car which was lu 'charge of MotonnauWilliam Potter and Conductor Henry Flontjl had taken a table to the home of Ernst Gonzonbacb at Pine Grove. Two men la 4he employment of tho S. D. Hanchott Furniture Company had gone along on this special freight train to deliver the table and take another back in return. They were George Klein and Henry Voolkcr. Both of theBe men state that the whittle was blown a thorl distance from the place of ae cident. .They are certain of this, because they had made a wager on thelaiMOTORMAN TELLS OF ACCIDENT.Motorman William Potter, 1314 Georgia Avenue, when Interviewed thiajwll afternoon said 1 was coming east He and when about a hundred feet from the gate Mr. Walter camo out. The track Is very close to the gate. He attempted to crosB—the horse got over but our car hit;the wagon In about the center. Tbe wagon was completely demolished. He was under the car and dragged along with It until 1 brought it to a stop, some 160 feet further on. It was down grade and hard to stop the car. Trees and the house prevented my seeing him until he was on tho track. We were going at a good speed—just how fast I could not nay. I blew the whistle when we left Goerlitz’B and again as soon as I saw him on the tracks.”FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.The funeral services were heldthis afternoon at five o’clock, theReverend Wolbrecht officiating. Interment was made in the Lutherancemetery*
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Sheboygan Daily Press
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Aug 02, 1910
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