The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-29
The Pipes of His Stove Were Found
to Have Been Out Of Order
During the Night.
Madame lola May Survive-A Re-
port That There Are Indica-
lions of Suicide.
These Reports Are, However, Dis
proved Later-Details of the
Terrible Accident.

Paris, Sept 30. 3:O1 p. m.-Emie lola.
the novelist who was born in Paris April
2. 1910. died this morning.
lola was found dead in his house from
asphyxiatiOn. His wife is gravely Ill. 1t
Is said that the novelist's death was accl-
dental.
lola was asphyxiated by fumes from
stove, the pipes Of which are said to nave
been out Of order. At the same time it Is
stated that there are indica tons Of sui
eide. lola and his wife returned to
Paris after spending three months In the
country 1t is hoped that Madame lola
will survive.
Details of the Tragedy.
lola returned to his Paris home from
his country house at Medan last night
Owing to a sudden spell Of cold weather
he ordered the heating stove in his bed
room to be lighted.
The stove burned badly but lola and
his wife retired at 10 o'clock last night,
and the servants not hearing any move
ment in the partment this morning, en-
tered the bedroom at $3.50 and found
Madam lola lying on the bed. mamma tie.
lola was lying half out Of bed. Doctors
We're summoned but they failed to restore
lola to life. After prolonged efforts they
resuscitated Madam lola.
The rumor circulated regarding lola s
supposed suicide from poison was based
on the fact that elections from his stOm-
ach were found on the floor, but the doc
tors say they came from Zola's dog. which
was also in the bedroom and which did
not suffer from asphyxiation. lola dined
with q good appetite yesterday evening
and the servants Of the household ate
of the same dishes. Nothing unusual was
heard in the bedroom during the night
Some WOrkmen arrived at the lola
residence a $50 this morning in order to
make certain repairs in Zoa's bedroom
hYIf hn rn,,tc bod DIV
alarmed at hearing sound from the
room, decided to enter it and burst the
door open. A slight odor of carbonic
gas was at once noticed and the bodies
OF the novelist and his wife We're found
In the positions already described. lola
had evidently been awakened by choking
sensation, tried to rise but was overcome
by the fumes which apparently escaped
from the defective stove. The windows
We're Immediately opened, doctors and a
commissary Of police were summoned, and
the utmost efforts were made to revive
the novelist and his wife, but the former
had already succumbed. Madam lola
regalned consciousness at about noon She
now lies in a state of complete prostrat IN
An Improvement in her condition Is anx-
lously awaited in order to obtain further
light on the occurrence.
a druggist who was the first to arrive
at the house in order to attend lola. said.
when 1 entered the bedroom NJ. Zola
was partly lying on the floor amid mat
ter thrown up from his stomach, No
special odor likely to cause asphyxiation
was then distinguishable The two vic
TINS, moreover, did not present exclu-
slVe symptoms of asphyxiation Their
races were contorted and their lips were
blOodless"
The commissary Of police in his re-
port to the project Of Paris said:
me heating stove was not lighted,
and there was no odor Of gas 1t is be-
lieved that his death was due to acct
dental poisoning by drugs. Two little
dogs, found in the bedroom, are alive"
The doctor who attended the victims
Is quoted as saying In an interview pub
lished this afternoon that the plate of
the stove was still warm and that the
elections came from dog.