JOHN TOLKSDORF
(1923 - 1933)
VAMPIRE DRIVER KILLS BOY
Headlight Glass Is Only Clue To Fleeing Autoist
John Tolksdorf, 10 Hit By Speeding Car Near Sogge's Corners
Scores of sheriff's deputies as well as police officers here and in nearby cities were searching today for a hit and run driver who last night ran down and almost instantly killed John, 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Tolksdorf, on County Trunk D, a mile and a half east of Sogge's Corners.
Harry Tolksdorf, 17, brother and companion of the dead youth, was unable to get the number or a description of the death car or its occupants, which came along the highway from Two Rivers at a 50 mile an hour clip just before the thunder storm broke last night. The youth sustained a fractured skull and concussion of the brain after being dragged for 50 feet along the highway and was dead before he could be carried to his parents' home, a block up the road from the scene of the accident.
Sheriff Herman Schuette and Coroner Gerald Rau were called to the scene. Pieces of broken headlight glass were found along the highway showing that the impact of the boy's body had shattered the right front headlight of the car.
Notifies Garages
Parts of the broken glass contained the trademark of the manufacturer and the serial numbers "671". The sheriff at once notified all the garages and dance halls in the county to look for a small car with a broken headlight and blood stains but up to this noon had received no word.
The death of Tolksdorf marks the third accident in three months in the county in which hit and run drivers have struck down persons on the highway and failed to halt or give assistance.
Parents of the dead boy together with relatives and friends today announced a cash reward of $100 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the driver of the car that ran down and killed the boy.
Coroner Rau and Dist. Atty. Kenneth Healy said that no plans would be made for an inquest until efforts have been pushed to locate the missing car and driver.
Walking Home
The accident came at the close of an evening of ball playing for boys in the vicinity of the Ernst Schwantes farm on County Trunk D east of the Sogge corner. John and Harry Tolksdorf, after remaining for a time to talk baseball and basketball with an older brother, Edmund, 21, who works for a neighbor, started for home, walking west on the highway along the north edge of the road. They were hand in hand, with John on the outside.
"We noticed a car coming from the east at a fast clip," said Harry Tolksdorf this morning. "It was a dark blue or black car and as it neared I pulled John closer to my side. The headlights must have blinded my brother as he turned to look back.
"I then stepped down almost in the ditch pulling John with me but the front of the car hit my brother as it passed and tore him from my grasp. The car carried my brother along, his body being rolled round and round as the car swerved for a moment on to the grass shoulder of the road. The driver never slackened speed and as John dropped to the side of the road the car sped on toward the west and was soon out of sight."
Died In His Arms
When Harry Tolksdorf reached his brother's side he was breathing his last. His shoes and other portions of his clothing had been torn from his body. Edmund, the older brother, ran to the scene and picking up the injured boy started for the Tolksdorf home up the road. The boy died in his arms. Despite the fact that a severe rain and electrical storm broke a
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few minutes after the accident, Coroner Rau from Two Rivers and Sheriff Schuette from this city made a trip to the scene and gathered up the bits of broken headlight glass—the only clues to the death car.
Adam Tolksdorf, father of the dead boy with some of his sons and neighbors last night took up the search along county highways in an effort to find some trace of the driver of the car that struck down the boy. But they were not successful.
This afternoon Sheriff Schuette found a lens tallying with the broken bits of glass picked up last night at the scene of the Tolksdorf accident. The lens was a depressed beam headlight and the number showed that it was a kind used on Hupmobile cars. The sheriff asks garage owners to check on repair work done by them to replace a lens of this description.
Funeral Thursday
The dead boy was 10 years of age and a pupil at the Fillmore district school. Besides the parents the deceased is survived by five brothers, Edmund, Harry, Joseph, Anton and Frank, and six sisters, Susan, Martha, Rose, Florence, Esther and Frances, all at home.
The remains are to be removed to the home on County Trunk D this evening from the Leschke funeral home. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from St. Mary's Catholic church in this city.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Tuesday, June 6, 1933 pg. 1 & 6
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(1923 - 1933)
VAMPIRE DRIVER KILLS BOY
Headlight Glass Is Only Clue To Fleeing Autoist
John Tolksdorf, 10 Hit By Speeding Car Near Sogge's Corners
Scores of sheriff's deputies as well as police officers here and in nearby cities were searching today for a hit and run driver who last night ran down and almost instantly killed John, 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Tolksdorf, on County Trunk D, a mile and a half east of Sogge's Corners.
Harry Tolksdorf, 17, brother and companion of the dead youth, was unable to get the number or a description of the death car or its occupants, which came along the highway from Two Rivers at a 50 mile an hour clip just before the thunder storm broke last night. The youth sustained a fractured skull and concussion of the brain after being dragged for 50 feet along the highway and was dead before he could be carried to his parents' home, a block up the road from the scene of the accident.
Sheriff Herman Schuette and Coroner Gerald Rau were called to the scene. Pieces of broken headlight glass were found along the highway showing that the impact of the boy's body had shattered the right front headlight of the car.
Notifies Garages
Parts of the broken glass contained the trademark of the manufacturer and the serial numbers "671". The sheriff at once notified all the garages and dance halls in the county to look for a small car with a broken headlight and blood stains but up to this noon had received no word.
The death of Tolksdorf marks the third accident in three months in the county in which hit and run drivers have struck down persons on the highway and failed to halt or give assistance.
Parents of the dead boy together with relatives and friends today announced a cash reward of $100 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the driver of the car that ran down and killed the boy.
Coroner Rau and Dist. Atty. Kenneth Healy said that no plans would be made for an inquest until efforts have been pushed to locate the missing car and driver.
Walking Home
The accident came at the close of an evening of ball playing for boys in the vicinity of the Ernst Schwantes farm on County Trunk D east of the Sogge corner. John and Harry Tolksdorf, after remaining for a time to talk baseball and basketball with an older brother, Edmund, 21, who works for a neighbor, started for home, walking west on the highway along the north edge of the road. They were hand in hand, with John on the outside.
"We noticed a car coming from the east at a fast clip," said Harry Tolksdorf this morning. "It was a dark blue or black car and as it neared I pulled John closer to my side. The headlights must have blinded my brother as he turned to look back.
"I then stepped down almost in the ditch pulling John with me but the front of the car hit my brother as it passed and tore him from my grasp. The car carried my brother along, his body being rolled round and round as the car swerved for a moment on to the grass shoulder of the road. The driver never slackened speed and as John dropped to the side of the road the car sped on toward the west and was soon out of sight."
Died In His Arms
When Harry Tolksdorf reached his brother's side he was breathing his last. His shoes and other portions of his clothing had been torn from his body. Edmund, the older brother, ran to the scene and picking up the injured boy started for the Tolksdorf home up the road. The boy died in his arms. Despite the fact that a severe rain and electrical storm broke a
(Continued on page 6)
few minutes after the accident, Coroner Rau from Two Rivers and Sheriff Schuette from this city made a trip to the scene and gathered up the bits of broken headlight glass—the only clues to the death car.
Adam Tolksdorf, father of the dead boy with some of his sons and neighbors last night took up the search along county highways in an effort to find some trace of the driver of the car that struck down the boy. But they were not successful.
This afternoon Sheriff Schuette found a lens tallying with the broken bits of glass picked up last night at the scene of the Tolksdorf accident. The lens was a depressed beam headlight and the number showed that it was a kind used on Hupmobile cars. The sheriff asks garage owners to check on repair work done by them to replace a lens of this description.
Funeral Thursday
The dead boy was 10 years of age and a pupil at the Fillmore district school. Besides the parents the deceased is survived by five brothers, Edmund, Harry, Joseph, Anton and Frank, and six sisters, Susan, Martha, Rose, Florence, Esther and Frances, all at home.
The remains are to be removed to the home on County Trunk D this evening from the Leschke funeral home. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from St. Mary's Catholic church in this city.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Tuesday, June 6, 1933 pg. 1 & 6
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JOHN TOLKSDORF
(1923 - 1933)
VAMPIRE DRIVER KILLS BOY
Headlight Glass Is Only Clue To Fleeing Autoist
John Tolksdorf, 10 Hit By Speeding Car Near Sogge's Corners
Scores of sheriff's deputies as well as police officers here and in nearby cities were searching today for a hit and run driver who last night ran down and almost instantly killed John, 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Tolksdorf, on County Trunk D, a mile and a half east of Sogge's Corners.
Harry Tolksdorf, 17, brother and companion of the dead youth, was unable to get the number or a description of the death car or its occupants, which came along the highway from Two Rivers at a 50 mile an hour clip just before the thunder storm broke last night. The youth sustained a fractured skull and concussion of the brain after being dragged for 50 feet along the highway and was dead before he could be carried to his parents' home, a block up the road from the scene of the accident.
Sheriff Herman Schuette and Coroner Gerald Rau were called to the scene. Pieces of broken headlight glass were found along the highway showing that the impact of the boy's body had shattered the right front headlight of the car.
Notifies Garages
Parts of the broken glass contained the trademark of the manufacturer and the serial numbers "671". The sheriff at once notified all the garages and dance halls in the county to look for a small car with a broken headlight and blood stains but up to this noon had received no word.
The death of Tolksdorf marks the third accident in three months in the county in which hit and run drivers have struck down persons on the highway and failed to halt or give assistance.
Parents of the dead boy together with relatives and friends today announced a cash reward of $100 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the driver of the car that ran down and killed the boy.
Coroner Rau and Dist. Atty. Kenneth Healy said that no plans would be made for an inquest until efforts have been pushed to locate the missing car and driver.
Walking Home
The accident came at the close of an evening of ball playing for boys in the vicinity of the Ernst Schwantes farm on County Trunk D east of the Sogge corner. John and Harry Tolksdorf, after remaining for a time to talk baseball and basketball with an older brother, Edmund, 21, who works for a neighbor, started for home, walking west on the highway along the north edge of the road. They were hand in hand, with John on the outside.
"We noticed a car coming from the east at a fast clip," said Harry Tolksdorf this morning. "It was a dark blue or black car and as it neared I pulled John closer to my side. The headlights must have blinded my brother as he turned to look back.
"I then stepped down almost in the ditch pulling John with me but the front of the car hit my brother as it passed and tore him from my grasp. The car carried my brother along, his body being rolled round and round as the car swerved for a moment on to the grass shoulder of the road. The driver never slackened speed and as John dropped to the side of the road the car sped on toward the west and was soon out of sight."
Died In His Arms
When Harry Tolksdorf reached his brother's side he was breathing his last. His shoes and other portions of his clothing had been torn from his body. Edmund, the older brother, ran to the scene and picking up the injured boy started for the Tolksdorf home up the road. The boy died in his arms. Despite the fact that a severe rain and electrical storm broke a
(Continued on page 6)
few minutes after the accident, Coroner Rau from Two Rivers and Sheriff Schuette from this city made a trip to the scene and gathered up the bits of broken headlight glass—the only clues to the death car.
Adam Tolksdorf, father of the dead boy with some of his sons and neighbors last night took up the search along county highways in an effort to find some trace of the driver of the car that struck down the boy. But they were not successful.
This afternoon Sheriff Schuette found a lens tallying with the broken bits of glass picked up last night at the scene of the Tolksdorf accident. The lens was a depressed beam headlight and the number showed that it was a kind used on Hupmobile cars. The sheriff asks garage owners to check on repair work done by them to replace a lens of this description.
Funeral Thursday
The dead boy was 10 years of age and a pupil at the Fillmore district school. Besides the parents the deceased is survived by five brothers, Edmund, Harry, Joseph, Anton and Frank, and six sisters, Susan, Martha, Rose, Florence, Esther and Frances, all at home.
The remains are to be removed to the home on County Trunk D this evening from the Leschke funeral home. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from St. Mary's Catholic church in this city.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Tuesday, June 6, 1933 pg. 1 & 6
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(1923 - 1933)
VAMPIRE DRIVER KILLS BOY
Headlight Glass Is Only Clue To Fleeing Autoist
John Tolksdorf, 10 Hit By Speeding Car Near Sogge's Corners
Scores of sheriff's deputies as well as police officers here and in nearby cities were searching today for a hit and run driver who last night ran down and almost instantly killed John, 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Tolksdorf, on County Trunk D, a mile and a half east of Sogge's Corners.
Harry Tolksdorf, 17, brother and companion of the dead youth, was unable to get the number or a description of the death car or its occupants, which came along the highway from Two Rivers at a 50 mile an hour clip just before the thunder storm broke last night. The youth sustained a fractured skull and concussion of the brain after being dragged for 50 feet along the highway and was dead before he could be carried to his parents' home, a block up the road from the scene of the accident.
Sheriff Herman Schuette and Coroner Gerald Rau were called to the scene. Pieces of broken headlight glass were found along the highway showing that the impact of the boy's body had shattered the right front headlight of the car.
Notifies Garages
Parts of the broken glass contained the trademark of the manufacturer and the serial numbers "671". The sheriff at once notified all the garages and dance halls in the county to look for a small car with a broken headlight and blood stains but up to this noon had received no word.
The death of Tolksdorf marks the third accident in three months in the county in which hit and run drivers have struck down persons on the highway and failed to halt or give assistance.
Parents of the dead boy together with relatives and friends today announced a cash reward of $100 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the driver of the car that ran down and killed the boy.
Coroner Rau and Dist. Atty. Kenneth Healy said that no plans would be made for an inquest until efforts have been pushed to locate the missing car and driver.
Walking Home
The accident came at the close of an evening of ball playing for boys in the vicinity of the Ernst Schwantes farm on County Trunk D east of the Sogge corner. John and Harry Tolksdorf, after remaining for a time to talk baseball and basketball with an older brother, Edmund, 21, who works for a neighbor, started for home, walking west on the highway along the north edge of the road. They were hand in hand, with John on the outside.
"We noticed a car coming from the east at a fast clip," said Harry Tolksdorf this morning. "It was a dark blue or black car and as it neared I pulled John closer to my side. The headlights must have blinded my brother as he turned to look back.
"I then stepped down almost in the ditch pulling John with me but the front of the car hit my brother as it passed and tore him from my grasp. The car carried my brother along, his body being rolled round and round as the car swerved for a moment on to the grass shoulder of the road. The driver never slackened speed and as John dropped to the side of the road the car sped on toward the west and was soon out of sight."
Died In His Arms
When Harry Tolksdorf reached his brother's side he was breathing his last. His shoes and other portions of his clothing had been torn from his body. Edmund, the older brother, ran to the scene and picking up the injured boy started for the Tolksdorf home up the road. The boy died in his arms. Despite the fact that a severe rain and electrical storm broke a
(Continued on page 6)
few minutes after the accident, Coroner Rau from Two Rivers and Sheriff Schuette from this city made a trip to the scene and gathered up the bits of broken headlight glass—the only clues to the death car.
Adam Tolksdorf, father of the dead boy with some of his sons and neighbors last night took up the search along county highways in an effort to find some trace of the driver of the car that struck down the boy. But they were not successful.
This afternoon Sheriff Schuette found a lens tallying with the broken bits of glass picked up last night at the scene of the Tolksdorf accident. The lens was a depressed beam headlight and the number showed that it was a kind used on Hupmobile cars. The sheriff asks garage owners to check on repair work done by them to replace a lens of this description.
Funeral Thursday
The dead boy was 10 years of age and a pupil at the Fillmore district school. Besides the parents the deceased is survived by five brothers, Edmund, Harry, Joseph, Anton and Frank, and six sisters, Susan, Martha, Rose, Florence, Esther and Frances, all at home.
The remains are to be removed to the home on County Trunk D this evening from the Leschke funeral home. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from St. Mary's Catholic church in this city.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., Tuesday, June 6, 1933 pg. 1 & 6
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