Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-22
TWO DEAD, ONE ILL,
AFTER ALL HAD BEEN
OVERCOME BY GAS
Roy E. Goslee, John j. Downes
and Spaniard Found III
Goslee's Room
DOWNES WILL RECOVER

Roy T.. Goslec. of 2Os North Broome
street n former soldier in the United
States Army, and an unknown man sup
posed TO be Spaniard, arc dead as n
result Of gas poisoning Yesterday afternoon
in 4 small room at 207 North Madison
street. and n third man, John J Downcs,
% wears old. 40 Cedar street, Marcus
Hook. Pa, iR IN a serious condition. NJ
the Delaware Hospital
C,oslce, who WAS alleged 20 be scparat-
cd from his wife and child. at tho BrOoma
street address, rented the thrd-story hack
room on FRIDAY afternoon from Oolsey
Johnson. manager uf tho house ~ 207
North Madison street, according 80 in
formation gwen the authorities As Cos
Ice was unwilling 10 paw for the room
advance he was referred go Mir Cohen
of 301 II West Street. owner of the pro
pertv. and she permitted him 70 occupy Il.
Trouble was h3st suspected alto q clock
Yesterday afternoon hv Mrs Ethel Tom
lin. who lives on the th.d floor and who
was the first 10 detect the odor ~ gas.
She atAnCe summoned Mr. johnson. who
broke through rear window and erawled
into the gas filled room Hero he found
Goslee stret ched ont on the bed, dead,
while tMe Spaniarn, who WAS also dead
was found in q kneellng posture, with a
heavy blanket covering his head Downes
who had evidently lost consciousness
fell TO the floor and thus escaped with his
life
MAY HAVE EETN ROW.
The three men are supposed 20 have
been drinking and 20 have turned on gas
accidentally Mrs. Tomin this morning
stated that the three men entered their
room shortly after 3 o'clock Yesterday
morning and within n few minutes seemed
10 be throwing chairs around. After that
she claims. there was a continual moaning
I'D until the time the bodies were found
al & Q clock last evening
Although tho men are believed 20 have
been d, mixing. there was no evidence Of
wood alcohol poisoning post mortem
/ examination Of the bodies Of Goslee and
/ the Spaniard was held this morning by
| DIR. H W Briggs and Dr z. A NJ RovIttl
/ and Gas poisoning was attributed as the
+ direct cause OF death.
At the Delaware Hospital this morning
4 Downes had regained consciousness How
/ ever. he was unable { o make a statement.
| PHYSICIANS claim his falling 10 the floor
! saved his life and that he would he re-
! leased from the hospital within short
! while.
I Following the finding of the bodies
Yesterday afternoon. police ambulance
i was summoned and was followed later
/ bv patrol car. The officers applied artl-
! fetal respiration methods, without sue
! cess. except in the case of Downes and
/ then rushed the men 10 the Delaware
! Hospital, where two were pronounced
! dead The bodies OF. these were then taken
/ TO the morgue and turned over TO Deputy
/ Coroner Harvey +. Nichols.
MIR. Nichols stated that the cxamina-
tion this morning gave no evidence what
ever Of wood alcohol poisoning and that
1t was plain case OF gas asphyXlation.
Two bottles found in the room contained
part whisky and part alcohol, and was
not considered dangerous.
Goslee was son of Matthew Goslee oi
Harrington and had been employed in
various capacities in Wilmington and down
the state William NJ McIntire, brother
in-law of Goslee, of 2s2O Washington
street, took charge of the body Of the
latter last night and notified other relatives
Downes has family in Marcus Hook
where he is understood TO have been EN-
ployed by the Viscoe Company. The
Spaniard is also believed TO be resident
Of that town.
II is thought that Goslee having rent
ed the room, met the other two men and
began drinking The three are then sup
posed to have gone to the room early
Sunday morning and In the dark attempt
ed to light the gas. The gas Jet is double
with a connection for a stove, and the
men apparently turned on the wrong jet
allowing the gas to escape. II is the be
/ lief of tenants at the Madison street ad-
/ dress that the gas had been turned on the
/ entire day