The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-13
Mrs. W. c. Kilgore Fatally Injured by "Jitney' Bus;
 Daughter Is Also Hurt
Had Just Completed Singing Services at South side Baptist Church-Was On Way Home. Chauffeur Says He Was Blinded Many Wit nesses to the Accident-All Claim Excessive Speed

Eleventh avenue south, and I noticed by the lights of the machine large numbers or persons apparently walking homeward. At the intersection of the streets at Six teenth street and Eleventh avenue, south. l clearly saw Mrs. Kilgore and her daugh- ter step off the sidewalk to cross the str eeet, and then we struck them with a crash that veered the car almost to the other side of the street. The driver inn mediately put on the brakes and man. aged to stop the machine about 50 feet away. We then backed up and picked up Mrs. Kilgore and the little girl and car ried them to Robinsons infirmary. The chauffeur did not say a word when he struck them.'
 H. $. Hall, who lives at, 1412 Louise street, was also an eyewitness to the accident and stated that in his opinion the "jitney'' was going about 30 miles an hour. Il was standing a few feet away from Mrs. Kilgore when she was struck by the automobile. She and her daughter had just stepped off the side walk when they were hit. The next moment I saw them in the street un- conscious
 WHAT MRS. BOSHWITZ SAW
 Mrs. Mary Boshwitz said the auto mobile was going so fast that she has no clear remembrance of having seen or heard it's approach.
 II only heard Mrs Ki1gore saving Good night, Mary and in a moment it appears I was looking at her ly- ing in the street, her clothes torn, her head a mass of blood. Somehow it did not appear quite real. It was an ugly nightmare, but nO-it was Mrs Kill gore, for man came up and said: She's all broke to pieces,' and then they took her away"
 There were several other witnesses to the accident and their statements all corroborated the fact that the chauf- feur, Gordon, was operating his ma chine at a speed conservatively esti- mated at 30 miles an hour. Gordon at police headquarters late last night, said:
 The lights of an approaching street car blinded me so that I did not see the women folks crossing the street I am very sorry it all happened, and I did all I possibly could to get the lady and her daughter to the hospital in a hurry" .
 CALLS FOR BROTHER
 At the hospital last night Mrs Xiii gore never showed any signs of re- covering consciousness and her hus- band was immediately notified at the Southern club of the accident. He ar rived a few minutes later The daugh- ter, Katherine, was conscious and, aft CT arrival at the hospital, called for her brother
 q want to talk to brother,' she said.
 William c. Kilgore, Jr., g. younster of IS years, who was home and asleep when the accident happened, was brought into the room and there his little sister told him of how the au- tomobile had struck them Tn the mean while, few doors adjacent, the moth CT, Mrs. Kilgore, lay on the operating table dying. Her husband in the cor ridor was in the throes of intense grief.
 Mrs. Kilgore is the wife of William |C. Kilgore, commercial agent of the Central of Georgia railroad, and re- sides at 1113 South Sixteenth street.