Two days later, three of them were found dead. Mrs. Kasznica was alive. She told that all were climbing, and were in good condition, when suffocation came upon them. One after another they had dropped unconscious. The post-mortem examinations revealed nothing that indicated deaths by suffocation, nor anything else that could be definitely settled upon.
Some newspapers suggest a crime, but so far the case remains a mystery.
The place was filled with a pungent, sickening odor. In the street, men and women collapsed, or reeled, and wandered away, in a semi-conscious condition. Several dozen of them were carried into stores, where they were given first-aid treatment, until ambulances arrived. The phenomena occurred in the second floor of the Cary Building, occupied by the clothing company. Nobody in any other part of the building was affected.