The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-22
COUPLE FOUND DEAD IN BED.
SADIE BARTH AND WTLLIAH
MADDEN SUFFOCATED BY GAS.

Had Engaged Room I'm the Flushing
Hotel In Flushing at 1880 O'Clock
on Friday NiEht-The Coroner Con-
WINGED That Death Was Accidental.
William Madden. 80 years Of age. Of
Twelfth street. College Point, and Miss
Sadie Barth, 20 years old, formerly Of 1910
First avenue, this city, were found dead
in a bed in the Flushing Hotel in
Flushing yesterday afternoon. Their
deaths had been caused by gas, which
was pouring from several unlighted jets
in gas range in the room. They had been
dead several hours.
They came to the hotel at 1890 Friday
night and Madden registered as John
Grawumbof of Brooklyn. They we're as
signed to a room and that WAS the last
seen Of them alive. Yesterday afternoon
about O'Clock the proprietor detected a
strong odor of gas and traced 1t TO the
room in which the couple we're. The door
was broken in and the couple were found
lying dead on a bed. The room was filed
with gas One gas jet in the room was
ligntei.
The woman was good looking and well
dressed. Only $40 was found in the
mans clothing.
Misc Barth went TO College Point on
Thursday 70 visit Miss Amanda Wagner
and Mrs. Isaac Norden, daughters Of Mrs
William j. Wagner Of IS Thirteenth street,
highly respected residents OF the place.
They said that they had known Miss Barth
and always had believed her to be respecta-
BILE. She was an orphan, they said. and
they thought her home was in lower Eighth
avenue. Manhattan She leaves brother
and sister, but their residence was not
given
According to the two young women.
Miss Bsrth was engaged 10 be married to
Joseph Horn of Fordham. Thew and their
visitor had planned to go 10 a meeting of
the Foresters on Friday night, but when 1t
was time to start Miss Barth sal.i she had
change her mind and that she had made
an engage mt to meet a young man.
Her friends demonstrated with her, saying
that as she was IN gage d TO Horn she should
not go out with another man. Miss Barth
felt aggrievt d and said that she would go
home II her friends did not like her con-
duct. and rather than have her eave IN
such spirit they made no furthe opposlt ion
and VT nj away 70 the meeting OF the For
esters, while Miss Barth went on alone,
On heir return her fri nds waited up until
l O'Clock in the morning, but they never
saw her alive again
A letter found among the dead woman's
effects was from Madden, and was written
in a loverlike strain. 1t was addressed TO
1910 First avenue, Manhattan. where She
formerly lived with Mrs. Jones. The
police say that Miss Barth had recently
movt d to 26s7 Eighth avenue, Manhattan.
Madden was employed at the pumping
station Of the water department in Flush
ing. He bore an exceIfnt reputation in
College Point and Flushing. His father
is Patrick Madden, a boss mason. He
leaves three brothers. Both Miss Wagner
and Mrs Norden knew Madden but were
not aware that he was acquainted with
Miss Barth Madden was single and lived
with his parents.
The officials say there IL no doubt that
the pair came to their deaths accidf ntally.
They hold that the fact that gas JET was
Light and that some Of the jets OF the
gas stove were also burning precludss the
theory of suicide.