The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-11-16
Young Men Who We're With
Her Found Stupefied
THE MEN ARE ARRESTED
An Atlantic City Boardwalk Shop EN-
ploye and Her Companions Over
come by Gas While Engaged
in Drinking.

OF night Of reyelry In a boathouse on
Gardeners Basin, in the inlet section,
Ella Clark, the is.year-od daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Clark of 2,022
Baltic avenue, lies dead In the morgue
and Arthur Penny. ir., and Walter Rey-
nolds, companions Of the girl in the
escapade, are in Jail here after narrow
escape from sharing her fate. Gas that
leaked into the room from an i'm.
plroyished fitting was the direct cause
Of the tragedy.
IL seems that the gas was not de.
tected because all three were intoxicat.
cd. The young men are still dazed and
have but a dim recollection of what oe-
CURED. Both insist, however, that the
girl went with them Of her own free
VIII. City detectives have not yet com
pleted their work. but profess TO be.
lieye that the death Of the girl was ac.
cidental.
Soon after daylight Saturday morn
ing James Endicott, fisherman and
tenant OF one Of the rooms in the big
and lonely boat house. saw light burn
ing in the room that he knew had no
regular tenant and after repeated
knocks brought no answer opened the
door.
a saw the girl lying on the bed even
as ! stepped back to dodge the rush Of
gas" he said. II did not see the men,
but stumbled over them lying on the
hoor as | creased the ROOM"
= Endieott called for help and dragged
ha hAA - Il grfel h.s
scious companions into the air. Fry, a
policeman, answered the call, but hur-
ridly sumoned physicians could do
nothing for the girl. who had been dead
for more than an hour. The young men
were taken TO the city hospital, where
they recovered consciousness after hours
OF treatment.
The story Of the cause Of the tragedy
was quickly shown tc the police. Empty
beer bottles and glasses were on the
oilcloth covered table in the little room.
A leaking tube leading to a small stove
was pouring forth gas.
A small boy first identified the dead
girl from having seen her in a Board
walk candy shop during the summer.
Word was sent al once 10 the mother,
who was found Just as she was starting
out for the police station 10 report her
daughter missing since last night, She
was taken to the morgue, where she fell
Unconscious when she saw the face Of
her girl.
From what the police can gather IL
appears that the trip TO the boathouse
was planned by the two young men and
the girl yesterday or before. Robert
Lowry, one Of the occupants Of the
boathouse, told Of a request from young
Penny for the use Of the unoccupied
room for night. Lowry says he did
not approve of The use to which he be-
lieyed the place was to he put and re-
fused. Later, however, the young men
got the key that admitted them.
Although refusing to admit any Grim.
iual intent or actions on the part of
himself or his companion young Penny
said last night that the affair was a
planned revel. Hc told the police that
he and Reynolds both Of whom are we'll
known young men about town, met the |
girl By appointment and went with her
to the boathouse They lighted the gas !
and then patched up the oipe leading |
W lHE NLUNG w AEL HhAAE tiEa1-
''Ne all got dopy, but thought it was |
the drink and the shutup ROOM" he
said.
Penny says that he even had a slight |
recollection of the girl falling over in
4 stupor, but by this time the gas had /
numbed both him and his companions !
and they fell unconscious before they /
could reach the window or door,
The girl was well known in Atlantic
City and the affair has created sensa
ton Her parents say that they had
no idea that she was anything but a du
.iful daughter and above reproaeh, but
,eauaintances tell Of similar eseapades
N the last year since she has been en-
ployed in the Boardwalk ship.
No direct charge has yet been filed
'gainst the two young men. who will
&c held however, subject to the findings
II the coroner Their parents say they
ire sure that the girls death was the
esult OF an accident and have engaged
awyers to try to get the prisoners out
IN bail.
The boathouse where the tragedy oc.
urred is centre Of yachting interest
Ii summer. Hundreds of well known
have cottages and boat
lips along the basin which it fronts
nd a score of family parties occupy
mall apartments under its roof. In
winter, however, tine place is practically
deserted except for oaretakers. So far
10 one can be found who saw the young
lfen and the girl enter the room or who
card any sounds Of revelry there.