Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06
WOMANDEADON
FLOOR AND MEN
WITH Her DRUNK
Fate Of 3Trs. Frank Fellows, 2S10
Seventh Avenue, Mystery for
the Police.
HUSBAND SAYS IT'S SUICIDE
Wife, Consigned to Spend Night in
Kitchen, Turned On the Gas,
Is His Belief.

Mystery shrouds the death of
Mrs. Frank Fellows, found lying
on the floor in the kitchen of her
home at 2810 Seventh avenue at
APO this morning by officers OF the
Rock Island police force. In the
same room was her husband and
Harry MikeselI, the latter a visitor
who spent the night there. Both
seemed intoxicated This afternoon
the men were able to talk and the
husband expressed the belief that
it, was a case of suicide.
Clad in her house clothes and g
kimona, Mrs Fellows passed away
between and 4 O'Clock this morn
ing. She was pronounced dead by
DR.. Joseph De Silva shortly after
the police had made their investi-
CATION. The body was still warm
and DR.. De Silva stated that death
could not have taken place more
than an hour before
Seven empty pint whisky bottles
and four still containing liquor
were strewn about on the floor and
table. indicating how the evening
had been spent.
a gas jet UnIighted and partly
open, from which the poisonous
fumes were flowing, was found by
the police. However, air from a
partly opened window was suffi-
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believed.
Investigation of the body at the
Wheelan undertaking establish
ment, where the remains were ia
'NSen, showed but one bruise on the
foYepart of an arm, presumably
caused when one of the men had
as though caused by pressure and
by human hands.
Was Not Addicted.
A theory that Mrs. Fellows died
Of alcoholism was contTadicted by
S. E. Angel, 2SG9 Seventh avenue,
who stated today that neither he
nor other neighbOrs about the Eel
lows home had ever seen or heard
of Mrs. Fellows imbibing in liquor.
Mrs. Fellows has come to my
home on repeated occasions for the
purpose OF calling her mother in
Monmouth, there being no phone in
her home" Mr.. Angel said.
Neighbors say that the Fellows
home has been conducted without
diSOrderlineSS at all times.
Who notified the police station at
O'Clock in the morning about con-
ditfons in the Fellows home, police
are wondering? First word that
ali was not well at 2810 Seventh
avenue came by phone to the po-
lice from a man. There is no phone
at the Fellows home nor at the
residences on either side Patrol
man Dennis Bennett, Z. P Kell,
William EppeTson and Earl Chan
non were the first to arrive at the
Fellows home.
The strange disappearance Of all
the rOomers at the place offered a
problem for the police and the cor
R6er to solve. Mr.. and Mrs. Fell
lows for the last several months
have rented rooms in their home
for light housekeeping purposes.
Other residents near Seventh ave
nue. and Twenty-eighth street, said
today that the people who had been
living at the Fellows home were
seen going and coming from the
home yesterday.
Rest of House Empty.
The entire house, with the excep-
ton of the kitchen, where the dead
woman and the two men were
found, was vacated when the police
arrived on the scene.
Acting Coroner Joseph P. Kelly
was summoned after the discovery
of the dead woman and he spent
the day attempting to locate rela-
tives of the dead woman An in