The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-18
JITNEY, RAGING,
 IS WRECKED IN
 CRASH INTO POLE
Three Passengers Go to Hos pital With Serious Injur-
 ] ies; Driver Jailed.
TEN PASSENGERS
 PACKED INTO CAR
Employees of Remington Arms Go. on Way to Work
 When Mishap Occurs.

An overleaded jitney car, alleged to have been driven at a great rate of speed, crashed into a trolley wire pole at Iranistan avenue and State street this morning.
 Three persons were injured and may die. The jitney driver has been sent to jail.
 Lee Gilbert, aged 21 of 213 Dem yer avenue, was driving the car Ig- natz karOsky, Julius Stearns and Nicholas Hzado, all residents of State street extension, and employees of the Remington Arms & Ammunition Co. are the injured. They were taken to St. Vincent's hospital.
 With passengers hanging on. the sides of the car, the jitney bearing 10 Workmen on their way to the factory at SIS o'clock coI1ided with the troI- ley wire pole as the driver turned the machine out of the car tracks in mobile, which had stopped to take on passengers.
 Witnesses say that Gilbert was driv- ing between 20 and 30 miles an hour at the time of the accident. As he turned his car to get ahead of one in front the rear wheels stuck tn the rails and the machine swerved With terrific force the side of the car struck the iron standard.
 One side of the car was broken in- to sp1inters. The standard penetrat- ed to the middle of the car. Karosky and Hzado were pinned between the car seat and the pole while Stearns was hurled headIong through the windshield of the V machine. The driver was uninjured.
 The jitneur picked up 10-passeng- CTS between Ash Creek and the scene of the accident. The injured men were gathered at State street exten- cin nd To iv-fi al on their way to work. Among other passengers in the car who escaped serious injury were Joseph Godo, Julius Burger and John Juhase, all living on the Black Rock turnpike
 A call was sent for the emergency hospital corps. pr. L. B. Weldon found three passengers lying uncon- scious in the wreckage while other passengers were enedavortng to pull their bodies free. The injured were given first aid by the emergency hos pitaI physician and rushed to St. Vim cents hospital where they are in a critical condition
 Policeman Thomas Walsh arrested Gilbert. The Natter was charged with reckless driving When arraigned before Judge Frank l.. Wilder in city court today he placed the blame upon the slippery condition of the road way. Policeman Walsh said the pave ment was dry three blocks in the vi cfnity of the accident
 Julius Berger, a passenger. who ses- caped injury, said that the jitneur was driving at breakneck speed in a hurry to reach East Bridgeport. He testified that there was absolutely no cause for the excess speed and that the blame should be placed upon the Jitneur. Berger said that Gilbert was enedaxoring to get ahead of another titney car preceding him. Juhase and Godo corroborated the statement of Berger.
 Gilbert failed to procure counsel for defense and Judge Wilder found him guilty of reckless driving. He fined him $1 and costs and sentenced him to 10 days in the county jail. An appeal will be allowed under a bond of $2oO. Gilbert has not made an appeal.
 Upon request of Prosecuting At torney Delaney Acting Superintend- ent William Anderson will recom- mend that the secretary of. state re- yoke Gilbert's operators license