EMIL HEIDEMANN

NEPHEW WITH HIM ESCAPES SERIOUS HURTS
Heidemann Never Regains His Consciousness After Highway Accident Saturday
A basal skull fracture received shortly before 5 o'clock Saturday
afternoon when he was thrown from his automobile following its colliding
with a post on Rabenhorst's hill, one-fourth mile north of Manitowoc Rapids
on Highway 42, resulted in the death of Emil J. Heidemann, 48, 1206 South
Seventeenth street Sunday morning. Heidemann never regained consciousness
after the accident in which he and his nephew, Charles Carle, 1313 Green
street, figured. Carle received bruises and torn biceps on his left arm.
Only meager details can be learned regarding the accident, no persons at
the scene or early arrivals being able to report definitely what happened.
Two Thrown From Car
Heidemann and Carle were en route to their homes in this city after
attending the funeral of Charles Buss, a cousin of Heidemann's. They had
taken the north road and were proceeding south on 42, when, near the top
of the winding hill, the Heidemann machine, a light touring car, skidded
across the road, it is presumed, and crashed into several road markers and
other signs before overturning.
Frank Gappa and Theodore ???zmski, arriving at the scene shortly afterward,
picked up the two unconscious men and rushed them to the hospital but
nothing could be done for Heidemann. Gappa stated this morning that the men
were lying in the road, about twenty-five feet north of where their car had
come to a halt, the machine still being partly on the road. Carle was lying
upon his face and Heidmann, bleeding profusely from the fractured skull and
a deep fore head gash, was on his back.
Carle left the hospital shortly after he was brought to the institution but
is still under the care of a physician.
Tells of Fleeing Machine
While many stories weere circulated about the city yesterday and today,
verification could not be secured and it is believed that the story of the
machine skidding off the roadway is the correct version of the affair.
Gappa said this morning that as he brought his machine to a halt, a machine
approached from the south and failed to stop. According to Gappa this machine
must have been at the scene of the accident before he arrived and lends some
credence to the report that the machine may have been struck.
Carle Knows No Details
Charles Carle, the nephew and companion of Heidemann, today was unable to add
any details to the version of the accident. He said he and Heidemann were
talking as they were riding along and the next thing he knew, he felt a bump
but could not state if that came from another car or when their machine crashed
into a post at the side of the road. He was unconscious for about ten minutes
following the crash.
District Attorney Meyer stated today that all facts in the case had not been
submitted to him and he was not prepared to state whether an inquest was to be
held.
Life-Long Resident Here.
Funeral sevices for Mr. Heidemann will be held from the Wattawa chapel Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev. Menke officiating. Burial will take place at
Evergreen.
He was a life-long resident of Manitowoc, being born here on January 31, 1880.
For a number of years he followed the moulder trade and was an employe of the
Manitowoc Foundry company when he died.
Fifteen years ago he married Mrs. Heidemann, nee Anna Kawalle, who with two
daughters, Mrs. Orson Branton of Madison, Miss Ethel at home; one son, William,
at home; two stepsons, LeRoy and Allan Clark, this city; two brothers, Fred of
this city and August of Galvestin, Texas, and four sisters, Mrs. Ida Leverenz,
Milwaukee, Mrs. John Brandle, Moniea, Wisconsin, Mrs. Joseph Lemberger, Antigo,
and Mrs. William Carle, Manitowoc, survive him. Four grandchildren also survive.
Heidemann was a member of the Rahr guards at the time it was the militia
organization here.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday, October 22, 1928 P.2
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[cause: fractured skull/bur. on Fred Heidemann lot]