The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1902-10-01
M. zOLA FOUND DEAD.
Asphyx.4 ion Ended tha Life oil
the Great Novelist.

Pipes of Heating Stove In Their Bed
room Out Of Order-M. ZoIa Awak
ened by His Wife and Before He
Could Open a Window He Fell to
the Floor and Died.
Paris, Sept. 80. - Emile Zola, the
novelist OF the realistic school, who
gained prominence in recent years be
cause of his defence Of the Jews and
of former Captain Dreyfus, was found
dead in his Paris house yesterday
morning from asphyxiation.
NJ. Zola and his wife retired at 10
o'clock at night. Madame Zola was Sc.
riously i'll when the room was broken
into in the morning. At about noon
she was removed to private hospital,
where she recovered consciousness for
a short time and was able briefly to
explain to a magistrate what had hap.
pened
NJ. and Nine. Zola returned to their
Paris home from the country house at
Medan Sunday Owing to a sudden
spell Of cold weather the heating stove
in their bedroom was ordered to be
lighted The stove burned badly and
NJ. Zola was asphyxiated by fumes
from the fire The pipes of the stove
are said to have been out of order.
To the magistrate Nine. Zola ex.
planned that she woke early in the
morning with a splitting headache.
She wakened her husband and asked
him to open a window. She saw him
rise and attempt to move towards a
window but he staggered and fell to
the floor unconscious. Nine. Zola
tainted at the same moment and there
fore was unable to give the alarm.
Nine. Zola does not yet know of her
husbands death, and II is feared she
may suffer relapse when informed of
1t.
The death of NJ. Zola, which only be-
came generally known at a late hour
yesterday afternoon, has caused a
great sensation in Paris, and last night
there was a constant stream Of callers
at the Zola residence. At night NJ.
Zola's remains lay upon a divan in the
center Of the drawing room of his
house under a canopy of rare and an.
cient hangings.
II is believed that Nine Zola will
survive.
The servants of the Zola household,
not hearing any movement in their
masters apartments, entered the bed
room at $3.50 and found Nine. Zola ly-
ing on the bed inanimate. NJ. Zola
was lying half out of bed with his
head and shoulders on the floor and
his legs on the bed. Doctors were
summoned but they failed to restore
NJ. Zola to life. After prolonged eff,
forts they resuscitated Nine. Zola.
A druggist who was the first to
arrive at the house to attend M. Zola
and his wife, said: when | entered
the bedroom, NJ. Zola was lying partly
on the floor. No especial odor likely
to cause asphyxiation was distin-
guishable. NJ. and Nine. Zola did not
present any marked symptoms of
asphyxiation. Their faces were con-
torted and their lips were bloodless,
but not violet cClored. | think the
accideAt was probably caused by their
inhaling heavy carbonic gas, which lay
mainly below the level of the high
bed. This would account for Nine.
Zola's escape. They were not suffo-
Gated on the bed. NJ. Zola was awak-
ened by the effects of the gas and tried
to rise but he was seized with vomit-
ing, tainted and fell to the floor where
he was suftocated. Nine. Zola also
was overcome by the gas, but to a less
degree than her husband"
NJ. Zola had been resting from
literary work since he finished his
book called The Truth" which Is being
published in serial form in the Aurore
The obituary notices pay tribute to
Zola's high literary talent. The Temps
says French letters have suffered loss
which will be keenly felt
The newspapers judge Zola's role in
the Dreyfus affair according to polti-
cal bias.