The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-12
TOM zOHOWSkI IS BUSY AGAIN
Jitney Driver With Car Full of Passen-
gers Crashes Into Station and One
Woman of the Party Suffers Frac-
tured Leg Building Wrecked.


Tom zohowski, a jitney bus driver,
whose name has decorated the records
Of the municipal court on several oc-
casions when he was charged with
reckless driving, pulled a new stunt
just before midnight Monday night
when he ran headon into the station
of the Milwaukee, Racine and K,enosha
Electric road and the building was
wrecked and the automobile, which
was pretty nearly ready for the junk
pile before, was towed to garage where
it is being held by the sheriff pending
the payment of a big bill for damages
by Zohowski. Evidently the jitney
man was going some when he struck
the station as the station was thrown
off its foundation and pushed toward
the ravine on the edge of the lake.
Years ago some old pioneer planted
big tree down in the ravine and had
it not been for the thoughtfulness of
this pioneer in planting the tree the
station and probably the jitney bus
would have gone to the bottom of the
ravine. The damage to the building
will be several hundred dollars. The
automobile struck it with such force
that the building was shattered and
the fixtures Of the little store, which
had been kept in it by Mrs. Wilson,
were broken and the stock thrown
about in confusion. Just how the ac-
cident happened is not apparent.
zohowski is trying to explain today.
He admitted that the headlights on
the jitney were not burning on ac-
count of the fact that he had run out
of gas and he says that the street light
at the corner had gone out for the
night just before he crashed into
the building.
Zohowski with four or five foreigners
in the jitney, had started to make
trip to Racine. He admits that he may
have been going along at a speed suf-
fcient to be guilty Of fast driving but
asserts that he was driving with great
care. He claims that he never saw
the little building at the end of the
avenue until second before he struck
it and then he made an effort to
swing the automobile out into the road
and save the crash. The automobile
struck the corner of the building and
twisted it about and then pushed it
along toward the brink Of the ravine.
It was showed off the foundations
fully five feet.
When the crash came one passenger
who was sitting with Zohowski, was
thrown through the wind shield and
he suffered severe injuries from be-
ing cut by the broken glass. Zohow-
ski was also thrown out. but he es-
capped without any serious injuries.
The other members of the party
huddled in the back portion of the au
tomobile were badly shaken up and
frightened and one Of the women had
her leg broken. She is the housekeep-
er for Adam Lazarewicz, the north side
tailor. Zohowski is shining example
Of the need Of some law to give the
officials power to regulate jitney
buses and jitney bus drivers. He has
been in court on several occasions and
evidently the fines he has paid have
eaten up all possible profits of the
business, but he keeps right on.
No formal charge has been preferred
against him as result Of the wierd
accident Of last night, but it is expect
ed that he will be forced to pay big
bill for damages before he. gets back
into the jitney business again.