Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-04-10
DEADLY GAS..FUM[S.
Two Men Found Dead and
a Woman Dying.
FRIENDLESS FOREIGNERS.
36 Fleet Street, Boston, the Scene Of
the Sad Occurrence.

BosToy, April lo.-Otto Anderson and
Oscar Svenson, two young Swedes who
were employed rs bartenders by Charles
| Williams at 30 Fleet street, were asphyxi-
I'd by illuminating gas in their room.
| Sophia Mowbrly, also a Swede, who was
cook for Mr.. williams, was found In an
unconscious state in an adjoining room.
| She is at the Massachusetts general hos
ptal, with slight chances of recovery
The room in which Svepson and Ander-
son sleep and that occupied by the cook
communicate with the kitchen by doors
opposite each other. The kitchen opens
| into the hall on the second floor of the
building, and directly at the other end Of
lhe hall is the room occupied by Mr.. and
| SIR. Williams.
aturday night the barroom down stairs
| was closed rs usual at IL O'Clock. A few
minutes later Anderson obtained some
money from Mr.. Williams to get his
| laundry. Then he and Svenson went out
| They returned in 10 minutes and soon
after retired. The cook had gone to bed
shortly before.
About 9:45 Sunday morning Mrs.
Williams woke up in her room at the end
OF the hall. She didn't hear the usual
sound in the kitchen Of the cook doing her
work. She spoke to her husband about it,
and then got up and went to the kitchen
door
she Found the Door Locked.
Then she tried the door to the room oc-
cupied by the men. IL was locked also
She pounded on the door and no reply
came from within
At the same time she thought she
smelled gas through the seams of the
door She tried to unlock the door to the
mems room first. The key, however, was
on the other side. So she tried the kitchen
door
That door yielded, and then, as she
turned the knob and pushed open the door,
the volume of gas almost toverpowered her.
Tne
First Thing That Met Her Gaze
was the cook, lying on her face over the
threshold of her bedroom door clothed only
in her nightdress. Her head was in the
kitchen. Mrs. Williams screamed at the
sight, and then glanced into the mems
room through the open door.
Anderson was lying fiat on his back on
the floor, his arm thrown across his breast.
Oscar Svenson was stretched across the
bed, his head partly hanging over the edge.
Mrs Williams uttered another shrek and
fled from the kitchen. She ran into the
arms Of her husband who came running
In his nightdress in response to her cries.
Williams found Svenson's body icy cold,
and knew he was dead
Anderson's Body Was q Trife Warmer,
but he, too was evidently dead. Then he
r IN and stopped over the cook, who was
gasping family. He called his wife TO
assis, him, and together they carried the
Ook iIJo their own room and put her in
their bed.
Williams dressed himself and ran for
DR.. Galbenweltz. On the way he met
Officer Lewis of station | and told him
about it, DIR. Elliott was sent from the
station at once, and later the bodies were
sent to the morgue. DIR. Elliott ordered
The woman sent TO the Massachusetts gen.
cal hospital at once. He said her condi-
ion was critical.
When Officer Lewis examined the rooms
be found everything in its proper place.
The clothing of the persons were all neatly
placed about the rooms, and evidently had
not been disturbed after they had retired.
Over the bed occupied by the two men is
gas fixture. 1t has two jets. One Of these
Was Turned on Full Force.
The amount of gas that poured through
this Jet was tremendous.
The theory of Williams is that one of the
men, after they had retired, reached out Of
bed to turn out the gas. In doing so he
turned it off and then unconsciously turned
1t on again. Williams says neither of the
men were drinking Saturday night
Both the men are abou. "a years of age.
They came from Sweden four or five years
ago Anderson has been employed by
Williams for Is months past
Oscar Swenson has only been In Will
iams' employ about four months. He has
a IA her and sister In Sweden, but he has
no relatives in this country. Mr.. Williams
saws that both the young men were first
class bartenders and
Had been Above Reproach
ever since they had been In his employ.
He feels as badly over their death as il
they were his own sons.
Sophia Mowbray, the cook, Is also a
Swede. She belongs to the same town in
Sweden from which Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Jams came. They brought her over here
about eight or 10 months ago tn work for
them. She has no relatives here and can
talk no English. She was 45 years Of age.