Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-12
WILL EXAM | Ne.
LUNGS OF VICTIM.
OF AUTO TRAGEDY.
Affair in Columbus, Neb.,
Battles Authorities-Trav-
cling Salesman In Hospital
In Serious Condition.

The mystery surrounding the
death of Miss Stella Uryszk and the
narrow escape from the same fate
of Cam Tinsley, Ola North Fortieth
street, prominent Omaha travelling
salesman, in Columbus, Neb., We'd
nesday morning when the couple
were found in Mr.. Tinsley's closed
automobile, which had been standing
with the engine running all night n
front of Miss Uryszk's home, will
not be cleared up until the dead
girls stomach and lungs have been
examined by the state chemist at
Lincoln.
DR.. Carroll Evans, the Columbus
physician called in the case, said
yesterday morning that the coroner
had ordered him to send the stom-
ach and lungs to Lincoln at once.
Tinsley's Condition Serious.
Mr.. Tinsley still is in a serious
condition in Columbus hospital.
His l1-year-old daughter, Louise,
mother in-law,' Mrs. Sanford Parker.
and sister-inrlaw, Mrs. Clarence
Parker, a trained nurse of St. Paul,
Mimi, are at the bedside.
Mr.. Tinsley is travelling sales
man for McCord-Brady> company,
wholesale grocers. His wife died 10
months ago and he had been show
ing Miss Uryszk attentions for four
months, according to members of
the girls family. Mr.. Tinsley has
been employed by his firm for IS
years and is we'll known in the Ne
braska territory. His parents live in
Spencer, Neb.
Mother Discovers Tragedy.
The motor of this car was running
when the couple was taken from the
machine at 8 Wednesday morning.
The girls mother noticed the ma
chine in front of the house and in
vestigated. Peering through the
curtains Of the car she. saw her
daughter lying in one corner of the
back seat and her escort in the same
position in the other corner. When
she failed to arouse them she sum-
moned neighbors and DR.. Evans. DR..
Evans reported Miss Uryszk had
been dead for some time and took
Mr.. Tinsley, who was still breath
ing, to a hospital.
Mrs. Uryszk says her daughter
came in the house about II the pre-
vious night to see what time it was,
and then returned to the automobile,
which was standing in front of the
house, telling the mother not to lock
the door as she would be back in
q few minutes.
The girls father saw the car
standing in front of the house when
he returned from work at 4 in The
morning but thought nothing of it
and went in the house and to bed.
Autopsy is Performed.
The coroner's physician performed
an autopsy Wednesday but was un-
able to state definitely what was
the cause of Miss Uryszk's death.
Mr.. Tinsley purchased home at
Ga North Fortieth street about a
year ago. He lives with his daugh-
ter and his father and mother-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanford Parker.
A. B. Warren, secretary of the
Co., talked with rel
atives of Mr.. Tinsley in Columbus
and says that the attend
ing physician reports his recovery
certain. On regaining consciousness
Wednesday night Mr.. Warren says
Mr.. Tinsley said that he was sitting
IN the car visiting when he lost con-
seriousness. The car had been re-
Gently fitted with an exhaust heater
and the motor was kept running to
keep the car warm.
Persons investigating the tragedy
surprise that the couple
elected to remain in the automobile
when the thermometer registered
in the neighborhood of 20 degrees
below zero.
81 do not see anything unusual
about that" declared Mr.. Parker.
Cams car was heated by patent |
heater, which depended on the rum
ming engine for warmth. 1t is my
firm conviction that the girl was
killed and the man overcome by
the fumes of gas thrown off by the
heater. I am satisfied it was
purely an accident"
Mr.. Parker declared that Mr..
Tinsley had been making his head