The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-26
BOTH FOUND DEAD IN BED
MR. AND TRS. F. F WHITE .ASPHTY-
 LATED CHRISTMAS MORNING.

The Gas Was Turned On by ACcident--Were
 ni covered About Seven O'Clock by Their
 Daughter, Mrs. W. Il. Brill, the Wife of
 the state street Druggisit-It Turned
 Merry Christmas Into Day of Gloom for
 the Family.
 Mr, and Mrs, William E. White were found dead in bed at the home of their son-ln-law, W. J. Brill, at the corner of State and Ferry streets, Christmas morning. The circumstances leading
 to the event are sorrowful in the eX- treme They were asphyxiated, but ex- actly how it all occurred no one seems
 to know.
 Mir. and Mrs, White retired at an ear ly hour Christmas eve, Both appeared
 to be in good spirits. They had been used to taking a lamp to their room,
 but on the evening in question it hap pened to be empty and they consequent ly used the gas. They retired and noth- ing unusual was noticed by MT and
 Mrs, Brill until about : o'clock in the morning, when Mrs. Brill smelled a strong odOr of gas in the house. She made her way to the room of her par ents, which is located in the northwest e;n corner of the house, and knocked upon the door There was no response and she called out to them. Upon re- ceiving no answer to her calls she push
 ed open the door. She did not fully realize the sadness of the scene upon which her eyes fell.
 She knew not at first that she was gazing on the inanimate features of her father and mother As she saw them they were lying side by side upon
 the bed, their faces turned toward each other as if in peaceful sleep. The bed clothes were disa~ranged to greater extent than usual, but this fast was not
 alarming in itself. She saw the bluish features resulting from asphxia, but even then she did not comprehend that the bodies upon which she was looking were lifeless, and it was not until her senses commenced to suffer from the strong smell of gas that any inkling of the truth dawned upon her
 Mrs. Brill called her husband and as soon as possible the gas was turned off.
 Dr, Avis. who lives in the neighborhood.
 was quickly summoned, but as it prov ed, there was nothing that could be done. He thought he discovered a spark of life in the body of Mr White and applied artificial respiration, but to no avail
 Medical Examiner White was called and viewed the remains. From all the circumstances known in the matter the conclusion is reached that the gas was turned off and then on by accident. The deceased parents had been living
 with Mir. and Mrs. Brill about two weeks. having previously resided on Gilbert street. MT White was fifty-siX years old and carriage blacksmith.
 Mrs. White was about ffty-four. Mrs Brill is the only child Her husband is
 the druggist at the corner of State and Ferry streets, and thei, residence is over the store. NIL h III iS ju' biblH | of r. B. Brill, who also keeps a drug
 store at the corner of Asylum and Oak streets He has two other brothers George and Otto Brill.
 The affair was especially sad, occur ring a it did on Christmas, which was turned into a day of gloom for the fam | fly.
 ANOTHER CASE-FOUND UNCON- SCTOUs-TAKEN TO THE HOSPI-
 TAIL,
 W. P. Hayden was found in a room at the Globe hotel about 4:30 yesterday afternoon nearly dead from asphyXta-
 tion. pr. Nishno was called and seeing
 the mans condition was very serious advised his removal to the hospital. To that institution he was taken and the physicians worked over him until a late hour He was unconscious all the time, but hope of his recovery was not aban- dOnod.
 Hayden registered at the Globe hotel Christmas eye as coming from New
 York. He is about twenty-five years old, but nothing is known Of his rela- tives. It is thought that he turned the gas on in his room by mistake.