Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 267, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1913 — MRS. E. S. TILLMAN KILLED AT HAMMOND [ARTICLE]

MRS. E. S. TILLMAN KILLED AT HAMMOND

fehpaway Team Turn Onto Sidewalk Crushing Her Against Wall of Building. The sad news reached here last evening of the death of Mrs. E. S. Tillman, formerly Miss Bessie King, at her home in Hammond, where Prof. Tillman is an instructor in the science department of the Hammond high school. iMrs. Tiliman was down town, walking on one of the business streets, when a runaway team of draught horses rushed onto the sidewalk and crushed her against the wall of a building, killing hsr almost instantly. The team was hitched to a large delivery wagon from Chicago, which was delivering goods at the stores. The driver had entered one of the stores leaving*the team standing unhitched, the horses took fright and ran away. In the path of the frightened team was Mrs. Tillman and two children, and it was her attempt to save the children that caused her death. She grabbed the little ones and got them to a place of safety but was unable to save herself, the wagon striking her and causing her almost instant death. She was taken to an undertaking establishment and it was an hour before her identity was discovered. She had an appointment withj her husband to take dinner with (him upon her return from the postoffice, and he vainly awaited in the school laboratory her coming to meet him. Mrs. Tillman was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. King, of Rensselaer, and before her marriage was librarian of the public library here. At that time Mr. Tillman was one of the instructors in the Rensselaer high school. Bessie, as she was known before her marriage, was a beautiful woman, of a sweet disposition and loved by all who knew her. She was 28 years of age. She was married five years ago In Rensselaer to E. S. Tillman. The first two years, of their marriage was spent in Lebanon, where Mr. Tillman taught school. From there they moved to Hammond.

The remains were brought to Rensselaer this afternoon on the Hoosier Limited and taken to the home of her parents. Her husband and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tillman, of North Manchester, and Jesse E. Wilson, of Hammond, and her brother, Fred King, of Winona and sister Edna King, of Rensselaer, accompanied the body here, the two latter having gone to Hammond on receipt of the news of her death. Mr. Tillman’s sister, Coral, will be here this evening. The funeral will be held at the M. E. church Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment will take place at Weston cemetery.