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INQUEST ENGINEER Arlington Heights, III., Mar. 20-An inquest was opened here today into the death of Carl Kutzner. 44, killed Tuesday. night in railroad accident in which 23 persons were injured. Kutzner was engineer of a local train which crashed into the Badger State Limited after the latter had been derailed. The principal witnesses at the inquest were three Miller, of Des Plaines, and Joseph Catalba and Manuel Machnick, both of Arlington Heights. Investigators have stated that huge sewer tile being dragged across the right of way derailed the limited. The three witnesses were working on the tile. Machnick testified that in the year and half that he had been working on the sewer job, the workmen never had a train schedule. "We never knew when the trains were due, he said. "We just pulled the tile acrous the railroad tracks, hoping to get it across before the trains came." After Miller had corroborated Machnick's statement, and relative had given the customary family history, the inquest was continued until April 3 to permit a further investigation. BANK IS CLOSED Springfield, III., Mar. Smithshire State bank, Warren county, was closed today by the board of directors and examiners from the office of State Auditor Oscar Nelson have been asked to take charge of examination and adjustment. The institution probably will reorganized. was stated at the auditor's office.
