The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02

charged from custody.
Ludwig Surina, twenty-six years Of
age, met fatal injuries on the Main
street bridge just after seven O'Clock
Monday evening when he was struck
by a jitney bus driven by David Cam
eron. He died at the Kenosha hospital
half an hour after the accident He
was partially conscious before death
came, but he was not able to make any
statement as to the manner in which
he met his injuries. At the coroner s
inquest held this morning statements
made by eye witnesses indicated that
the accident was an unavoidable one.
Surina lived at 701 Jenne street and
was employed at the plant of the Nash
Motors Company. He was walking
south on the west walk of the bridge
at the time the accident took place and
walked out from behind one of the iron
Orders directly in front Of the jitney
bus which was being operated at a
speed of about twelve miles an hour.
The car struck him in such a way that
he was pinned between the radiator of
the automobile and one of the big
steel girders. His left leg was broken
between the ankle and the knee, both
legs were broken at the hip and his
back was broken. The injured man
was rushed to the hospital in the police
ambulance and physicians called to
attend him, but he died just before
eight o'clock.
Cameron, the driver Of the jitney,
was arrested Immediately after the ac-
cident and held in custody during the
night pending the investigation Of the
case by the coroner's jury this morn
ing. He declared to the police at the
time of the arrest that the accident
was an unavoidable one and insisted
that he never saw the man until
he helped take his bruised and
mangled body from under the automo-
bile after the accident.
Assistant Postmaster M. F. Zens
was passenger in the jitney bus and
he occupied the front seat Of the auto
mobile with the driver. eff any one
could have seen this man I should have
seen him. said Mr.. zens in telling of
the accident before the coroner's jury
81 was Sitting on the right hand side
of the automobile and looking straight
in front of me, but / did not see him.
The first / knew was when the car
swerved and dashed into the steel
work of the bridge. Both Cameron
and myself thought that q steering
knuckle had been broken and we did
not see the man until after we got
out to take him from under the car
We heard him groan and this was the
first indication that the automobile
had hit him. - Mr.. Zens was the prin-
cipa1 witness before the coroner IS jury.
"I had gotten into the jitney over on
driving slowly as he crossed the bridge.
I believe that the speed of the auto
mobile would not have exceeded twelve
or thirteen miles an hour and he ap-
peared to me to be driving with great
deal Of care. When the car ran into
the steel post of the bridge was not
aware that we had struck any one.
This man must have walked direct
ly into the front wheels of the
car and ] know that Cameron could
not have seen him.
The story told by Cameron agreed
entirely with that told by Mr.. Zens.
He insisted that he believed that the
machinery Of the automobile had be-
come disabled. The facts indicated
that Surina had walked right into sshe
front wheels of the light Ford car.
The jitney was SO boxed i'm with
curtains that it would have been all
but impossible for the driver to see
the man In addition to this the lights
on the car were dimmed and this I'M
doubtedly contributed to the accident.
The lack of light on the bridge may
have made it impossible for Surina to
have seen the approaching jitney.
Surina was born in Croatia, July Is,
1890, and he came to this country nine
years ago and since that time he had
been employed in the local factories.
He had become an expert mechanic.
He was member of the local Croatian