| BUFFALO BILL HIT
BY TRAIN From the WAUSAUKEE INDEPENDENT
September 23, 1911
Famous Character at Pembine
Gets Badly Used Up By a Soo Line Train.
Note: Picture, from a postcard circa 1909, is probably in
front of the Quinlan Hotel, which was located across from the depot. MMc)
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William Jenson, more
familiarly known as "Buffalo Bill," was struck by a Soo Line train at Pembine
last Thursday night while he was crossing the tracks from a saloon to the depot. The
accident occurred at about 10 o'clock and the man was not found for several hours later.
One of his hands was badly mangled and it was found necessary to amputate the
little finger. He also sustained several bad scalp wounds but none of them will
prove serious. It is believed, however, that it will be necessary to amputate one of
the other fingers of the injured hand as the wound has become infected.
Jenson has been a familiar figure around Pembine for many years.
It is said that he had not taken a bath for at least a quarter of a century, but that was
the very first thing that happened to him after the accident, and It is needless to add
that he did not submit to the ordeal willingly.
Jenson was about as repulsive a looking character as one would meet in
many years of travel. He wore a filthy long beard and his hands, face and clothing
harmonized well with his dirty flowing alfalfa. It is the general belief that if he
survives the shock of the bath his injuries need not worry him a bit.
Jas. L. Murphy of Marinette, the Soo Line detective, was here Monday
investigating the accident for the claim department of the railroad. “Buffalo
Bill" knew he had been hit by a freight train but be could give no details of the
accident. Still, he says he has a clear case against the road for damages and will
bring suit as soon as he has recovered from the effects of his injuries--and the bath.
The injured man was brought here Saturday and is being cared for at the
Forest Hotel. |
