Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-10
AUGUST II. BUslNe, FOUND DEAD
81 in UTILITIES BOILER ROOM,
WHERE EMPLOYED.
BODY FOUND ON TOP OF
WATER TANK ON BALCONY
Cause Of Death Unknown-coroner
Lynn to Hold Autopsy to Try and
Ascertain cause-May Have Been
Heart Disease or Electric Shock-in-
quest May 30 Held Later.

Mystery surrounds the cause OF the
death Of August n. Busing, S11 East
Boone street, whose body was found
lying on a plank on top Of q water
heater on a balcony in the boiler room
of the Iowa Railway and Light Com
pany's power house Sunday forenoon.
Busting had been missed since about
4:30 Saturday evening. and the reason
he was not sooner found was that the
spot where he had died was not often
visited and was rather dark and mac
cessible.
Coroner Lynn. who this morning was
arranging to hold post mortem this
afternoon, hoped that it would reyeal
the cause Of death. Before holding this
autopsy Coroner Lynn was Of the opin-
ion that one Of three causes killed
eBusing. They are heart failure, gas
poisoning, or electric shock. He was
not prepared to be positive that any
one or q combination OF them was the
cause, but one Of the three seemed the
most probable. he thought.
An inquest may OF may not be held
depending on what the post norton
develops.
* DISAPPEARED From Work.
Busting was employed to fire the one
boiler that Is stocked by hand, and he
had pulled the ashes from under the
boiler. He was missed when the fore
man noticed that steam pressure in the
boiler was dropping. No one had seen
him leave, but 1t was presumed that he
had quit and gone home.
Manager Charles Munson said the
inquiry he had made showed Busing,
who had worked there at different
times for about two years. was in APP
parent good health. The only COM
plant he had been able to find Busing
had made that day was that he had
said his feet were cold. Busting was rs
years of age, and apparently strong
and healthy.
Found Lying on Plank.
Sunday morning an ash wheeler
named Benson, whose work took him
boiler room, saw a man lying on top
OF the tank. He yelled at the man but
got no response, which resulted in an
lnveStlgatlOn De1ng made
Busing was lying on his back on a
plank that rested on pipes and the top
OF the tank. This tank is used to heat
water before the water is injected into
the boilers. The spot is warm one,
as both the pipes and tank contain
water well up toward the boiling point.
Busing,s hat was pulled down over his
face. Coroner Lynn was called and
ordered the body removed to the VIII
bur morgue.
Unknown and mysterious circum-
stances surrounding the death are why
Busting should have gone up into the
balcony and on top OF the tank. where
his work did not take him, and the
cause Of hts death after he got there.
Slight Burn on Hand.
A slight burn on one hand was the
only mark on the body, and was not
Of itself sufficient to cause death, Cor
oner Lynn says. The glove on the
hand had been burned thru over the
spot. There are no electric wires near
the tank. both Manager Munson and
the coroner say, that Busting might
have got against Under the tank there
is however. conduit containing cleo
trio wires, that might in some unknown
way have communicated a current to
tank and pipes above. This seems the
only plausible theory regarding cleo
trocutiOn as a cause Of death.
GO As Iar as is known there are no
poisonous gases in the boiler room
where men are constantly employed,
and Bus!ng was not suffering from
heart weakness as far as is known. He
had gone to work in the afternoon for
- ten hour shift
Came Hsrs Last Year. III
Busing was born in WilheInshaven,
Hanover. Germany, and came to the
United States in 1906. He had lived
In Monticello until coming here last
yeax: when he entered the employ OF
the lows Railway and Light Com
xpany he was united in married will,
z MrA Martha schrader seven years ago.
She, = son, August, and three STEP
danghtezs and one steb-son survive
Busfns The q 81 s al II, la, Anna.
sass4 51Arnice and Armstrong Schrader
,ss q. ana Mr.. j. N. Millinery. OF Ban
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