Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-27
TWO MEN FOUND DEAD IN BED
ILLUMINATING GAS THOUGHT TO
BE RESPONSIBLE.
Thomas E. Gleason and Edward G.
Haywood Were the Victims.
Action by Coroner.

The attention of Coroner ]. Ramsay
hewitt was called to two cases today, in
each of which Illuminating gas was thought
to be responsible for death. At lib P
street northwest Mrs. Catharine Carusi
found the body of Edward G.. Haywood, a
lodger, in bed in his room with gas how-
ing from partly open jet. She declared
however, that both the window and the
door were open, and Haywood's death was
stated to be attributable to heart disease
rather than asphyxiation.
Thomas f. Gleason, sXty-sx years of age,
of % X street northeast, was the basis OF
the second coroner'S case of the morning,
and combination gas fixture with at
tachments for a small stove and for the
usual lighting jet was believed to be re-
sponsibe for the death. Both cocks turned
very easily. and it was demonstrated before
Coroner hewitt that MIR. Gleason when lie
went to bed last night could easily have
turned out the light in his room and at the
same time unknowingly have opened the
supply pipe leading to the small gas heater
which stood at the head of his bed. a GER
tificate of death from accidental gas pol
sOning was given.
No Answer to Knocking.
According to the statements of relatives
of the deceased, j. c. Bobee, il Son-in-iaW
of Mr.. Gleason. went to call him at about
JSO D CLOCK TINS morning. anu, ieCeiN ing
no answer to repeated knocking on the
door he turned the knob and entered. The
room was filed with gas, and it was evil
dent that death occurred some time dur
Ing the night The body was stretched
across the bed, with the feet resting on the
floor.
Thomas E Gleason was machinist by
trade. and for about thirty years was en-
ployed by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
More recently ne worked at the navy yard.
He is survived by two sons and two dauSh
ters namely, Thomas w. Gleason and }.
c. Gleason. Mrs. j. o. Bobee and Miss
Helen Gleason. all of this city. Arrange
ments for the funeral have not yet been
completed.
Until only two weeks ago Edward Hay
wood resided at hime with his mother,
10lS 9th street northeast. and he left the
house in order that a younger brother who
had been injured might have his bed. At
the T street boarding house. it was stated
this morning. Haywood remained in bed
almost all day Sunday, but went out in the
evening and returned about midnight. His
body was still warm when Mrs. CaruSi en-
tered the room this morning. DR.. Frederic
f. Macy was called. He pronounced life
extinct, and notified the coroner.
Employe of Pension Office.
Edward G. Haywood was a son of Mrs
Mary NJ. and the late Edward Graham Hay
wood. and he was wellknown in the gov
eminent printing office, the Southern rail-
way office and the pension office, in all of
which places he worked at different times
He was employed as file clerk in the pen
sion office at the time Of his death Hay
wood had not been in good health since he
returned from Panama last September He
went to the isthmus as time clerk on the
big ditch. and came back after about six
months service with a well-developed case
OF malaria. Quite recently he declared he
was suffering from heart trouble from
which disease his father died, but no Sc
rious attention was paid to the statement
ana Haywood was never treated for It,
coroner hewitt withheld his certificate of
death until he could consult with DR. Max
cy, who was the first physician to view the
body.
Young Haywood wasi Inclined to athletics
and last year he was a member of the
Foundry team of the Sunday School League
His mother. one brother. John HAYWOOD
and one sister. Mrs. A. Schneider survive
him. The funeral will occur tomorrow with
lnterment in the Congressional cemetery