The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-11
PUTS Up BIG AMOUNT TO PAY
First Hits Car of E. j. Singer of Mil
waukee, and When Seeking to Get
Out Of This Trouble Runs Into
Automobile Of Salvador Russo.

II. c. Horning, proprietor of the
Washburn Hotel at Waukegan for the
past twenty years and known to many
people in Kenosha, had peck Of trou-
BILE on account Of the Upright lights
on the North Shore Road Sunday night
and his automobile, dapper looking
little one scatter, landed in local
garage much the worse for two COLI
sions just after six clock in the
evening. Two other cars were also
brought into the garage and after
Horning had looked them over and adj
mitted that the collision had been at
least fhalf his fault he left a certi-
fcate of deposit in the hands of Sheriff,
Stahl to provide for the expense of the
repair of the cars and returned to
Waukegan by electric car. The certi-
fcate amounted to $2,250 and it was
admitted that it was entirely ample
for all claims that might be made.
Horning informed the sheriff that he
was not reckless driver nor had he
been intoxicated, but he asserted that
the lights of automobiles following
him had confused him.
The first mishap came when the lit
tie car driven by Horning side swiped
a car belonging to E. J. Singer of Mil
waukee, who with members of his
family were on their way back to Mil
waukee after spending the afternoon
with Kenosha relatives Horning was
coming from the north at a good rate
of speed and evidently he did not see
that the road was little narrow. His
statement that he lights from cars be-
hind confused him must have been
true, for five cars were following him
closely. The Singer car had been pull
ed nearly off the road to avoid the
collision but at that Horning struck it,
tearing a hole in the side. Fortunate
ly none of the members of the Singer
family We're thrown from the car and
they escaped unhurt. Horning was
trying to avoid further wrecking of
the Singer car when he pulled his au-
tomobile into the automobile Of Saliva
tore Russo, who resides on Exchange
street near the corner of Wisconsin
street. Like Singer, Russo had pulled
his car to the shoulder of the road to
avoid an accident. The Russo car was
also badly damaged Russo alleged
that the lights on the Horning car
were not burning and Horning admit
ted that some of the lights had been
cut off by the collision with the Singer
car Mr.. and Mrs. Singer and their
children took an electric car to Mil
waukee and their automobile was tow
ed to local garage for repairs.
A lot of the roads about the city were
strewn with auto wrecks on Sunday
afternoon and evening. Out on the
west end Of the Geneva road car
with seven Indiana people In it left
the road and turned over. One of the
women passengers in the car had her
ankle Wrenched or broken. The mem
bers of the Indiana party were brought
to Kenosha in another car and they
hurried on to Chicago without leaving
any names. It was declared that two
other members of the party had been
badly bruised. The car was damaged,
but the owner of it managed to get
out of Kenosha late Sunday night
without leaving his name. He declar-
ed that the accident had resulted from
the condition of the road and not from
any reckless driving on his part.
Saturday night the automobiles of
Frank Wells and William Windall col
lided near the corner of Exchange and
Eagle streets on the south side, but
neither of the cars was badly damaged
and there was no one injured as re-
suit of the accident.
The Lake Shore Road to the north
of Kenosha was so congested with cars
late Sunday afternoon that it was de-
clared to be dangerous, and most of
the drivers crawied along the road at
a snail s pace or took another road to
avoid accidents.
An OCCASIONAL visit of the sheriff and
his IDENTITIES to the North Shore rood