Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-11
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MOLINE

Larson New Bank Presidential a
meeting OF stockholders of the State
bank of East Moline. held yesterday
afternoon. the resignation Of John
Kittilsen as president OF the insti-
tuition was accepted. ". A.. Larson
was elected president in his stead.
Other officers named: Vice presi-
dent, Rene Speybroeck; cashier. ].
F. Ryan; directors. T. J. German,
Dan McNeal. Jean Pope, ]. e. Ryan
and ]. L. Brennan. AS soon as a
building, now under course of con-
struction by DR.. G. r. Johnson, cor
ner of First avenue and Eighth
street, is completed, 1t will be oc-
cupied by the bank. Mr.. Kittilsen,
who resigns his banking position,
goes to Sherbrook. Canada, about
Jan. Is to take the management Of
Fairbanks scale plant there. He
also retires as superintendent OF the
Moline Scale company. c. H. Vim
cent, general manager of the plant,
will assume Mr.. Kittilsen's duties, at
the same time retaining Office man
agement Of the scale plant. The Of
fee force probably will be increased.
No Blame Attached for Fatallty.-No
blame or censure was directed at
the Rock Island road by the cor
oner's jury that investigated the
death of Miss Cora Benster, who
received fatal injuries Jan. 2, when
run down by a Rock Island freight
train at the Sixteenth street cross
ing. DR.. NJ. s. Dondanville. who
had been attending the young wo-
man, was placed on the stand and
he testified that peritonitis had de-
veloped, with the result that Miss
Benster died. The jury's verdict
was that she came to her death from
peritonitis which set in following the
loss of her limbs, accidentally cut
off by extra c., r. I. & P. freight
train No. 1878 Jan. 2, 1911, while
she was standing on the company's
right of way. According to two
witnesses, who had close calls at the
time Miss Benster was run down,
the engineer of the Rock Island
freight train did not sound the en-
CINE whistle and the bell was not
ringing. These witnesses we're Stan
ley McWilliams, aged 81, and Wal
Ter dSSu ~. Dull yooh6
men were passengers on the evening
Burlington train and they walked
around the Burlington engine few
feet in advance of Miss Benster.
They waited Old the south side of
the engine while an eastbound Rock
Island freight train passed. Nc
Williams said that Robertson cross
ed the westbound Rock Island
tracks but that he stopped by the
north rail of the westbound tracks.
Miss Benster was standing east of
him on the north rail. The smoke
and steam from the Burlington en-
CINE, he said, made it impossible
to see more than a short distance
east. Suddenly McWilliams saw
the engine bearing down on the
young woman and he jumped and
caught her by the arm, but he was
too late to save her from being
struck. McWilliams said that the
engine also hit him. but that he
was thrown to one side. He chung
to the young woman's arm. AS soon
as he regained his feet he dragged
her away from the rail. She sat up
and cried: I've lost my feet!" Rob
ertson did not see nor hear the ap-
proach OF the westbound train and
he was struck a glancing blow that
turned him around couple of
times. His thoughts were of his
friend and the young woman. He
said that he looked under the cars
and saw the young woman under
the wheels. The funeral service will
be held at Thursday from Christ
Episcopal church, Rev. A. G.. Musson