Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-08-28
SPIRIT VOICE
SAVES LIFE
MOTHER OF GEORGE TRAEUMER
HEARS WARNING AND PES
CUES DYING MAN.
ASPHYXlATED IN BATH ROOM.
Woman Also Sees Vision of Victim in
Peril and Rushes to Save
His Life.
SHE BELIEVES IN SPIRTUALISM.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. u, 1915.
Warned, as she believes, by spirit
voices and by vision of her sons
plight, Mrs. Louisa Traeumer found her
son, George Traeulner, asphyxiated and
apparently at the point Of death in the
bathroom at her home, 314 First ave
nue., and by almost superhuman efforts
succeeded in bringing him back to life.
Strongly tinged with the supernatural,
the story, as told by Mrs. Traeumer, is
one of intense interest. Her son has
for years been a photographer at hleln,s
studio on Wisconsin street. and Mrs.
Traeumer is the widow of Peter Traeu-
mer, who for twenty years was director
of the South Side Turning society. She
has been a Spiritualist for number of
years.
Used Gas Water Heater.
MY son came over to see me after
supper" said Mrs. Traeumer today, and
after we had talked awhile. he suggest
ed that he would like to take a bath.
SO l got towels for him and. he went
into the bathroom, lighted the gas heater
which is in the room, and was there for
some time, preparing for his bath, While
the water was heating. Finally he
turned the gas off and got into the tub.
He noticed, when he first lighted it, that
there was an escape of gas, but thought
nothing of it,, supposing that it had es-
capped before he applied the match. L
learned these details afterward, of
course.
Now it always is my custom to sit
of an evening on our front porch, facing
hn wi | Wight nntll the
last moment, but on that evening, l
seemed to be unable to leave the little
side porch which is separated by the
brick wall of the house from the bath
room
Hears Spirit Voice.
II tried to read the paper, but couldn't
fix my mind on it. Then | began to
feel depressed and sad, as if trouble
were coming. All at once, as l stood on
my son and me, | heard a voice saying,
Watch that bathroom | heard it just
as plainly as hear my own voice, ana
though | knew it for the voice of spirit
friend, | did not recognize It, The
warning puzzled me. and thought Why
in the world should l watch the bath
room? A grown man can take i bath
without needing watching over. And
then l thought, perhaps he was going to
have some sort of fit or become i'll in
Sees Son in Vision.
''As if in answer to my thought,
heard the voice say, No and then
saw the VISION. | saw George lying III
the bathtub, his eyes closed, his head ly-
ing back, and one hand beneath it. try
ing to lift his head up. Still l didn't
realize that it was warning.
'"Then l heard as sound, as though
George was trying to shut the door
tighter. and l thought perhaps he was
i'll and didn't want me to know. L
turned to walk away, but something
made me turn around and go back, and
then | heard a sound of moaning.
went to the bathroom door, and found
it shut. | called and called, but there
was no answer. Then [ tried to open
the door, but it was fast. l pushed and
lay on the floor, having fallen in such
way that he lay across the door. BY
main strength | got it open, and found
him as if dead. His head dangled when
| raised it up and his arms and all his
body were like a dead mans. The air
was heavy with gas.
Mother Revives Him.
81 was all alone in the house and
didn't dare to leave him to call help,
lest the last breath OF life leave him.
I rubbed him and famed him and after
a long time he became partly conscious.
Then | got him on a chair, and as life
began to come back to him, hurried to
the drug store and got some medicine.
When he finally could walk little l
supported him to his own home at Sixth
and National avenues, and his wife and
| walked the streets with him until long
after midnight that he might not go to
sleep again"
George Traeumer's account supple
ments that of his mother.
after l had been in the bathtub for
a time, l began to feel tightening
of the muscles, ana l found that l
couldn't lift my head. L put my hand
under my head, trying to lift it up. and
couldn't Then found the muscles of
my arms Tightening, and my heart beat
ing fast and queer drumming in my
ears With an awful effort l raised up.
How l got out of the tub and to the
door / do not know. l lost conscious
ness and the next thing knew l found
mother working over me-"
1t is supposed in lighting the heater
the lower stop cock was turned on too
fully, allowing more gas to escape than
was burned.