The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-12-01

crazy. This is caused by broken
heart" This scrubbed note is the only
explanation on the tragedy which came
into the life of Alderman Dan Cox, al
derman CT the second ward and one
of the leaders of the common council
who was found near death as result
of asphyxiation from gas in the kitchen
of his home on Albion place just after
five o'clock Monday afternoon. The
alderman is now at st. GATHERINGS
hospital slowly recovering from the eff
fects of the gas and while his condi-
ton is still regarded as serious it is
thought that he will recover.
His scrubbed note found by his
daughter, Verne Cox, on the table
which had been planned as his bier
was the only fact brought out today
to show the cause of the tragedy.
Members of the family said that so
far as they knew there was no reason
statement was made to the police of
ficers shortly after the stricken man
had been removed to the hospital. The
telephone remained unanswered at the
home of the alderman today and efforts
to get any other statements were futile.
Boy Scout and Police Save Him.
| The work of boy scout and the
members of the police officers saved the
life Of the alderman. The boy scout
was William Marshall Of Troop and
he was one Of the first people to reach
the Cox home after the plight of the
alderman was discovered. He had
started the work of artificial respira-
ton when Police Officers McGivern,
Long and Schmitt arrived and the
three officers put the pulmotor into
operation and after working over the
stricken alderman for more than half
an hour breathing had been re-
established to such an extent that doc
tors who had been called ordered him
taken to the hospital The alderman
remained unconscious until long after
midnight but this morning the effects
Of the gas appeared to be wearing away
and it was said that his condition was
very encouraging. He was in a semi
conscious state but it was said that he
was not in any condition to be inter-
viewed or to make any statement in
regard to his rash act. 1t was sug-
gested that it might be several days
before he would be able to leave the
hospital and it is possible that he
will see fit to make statement after
his full recovery
See Careful Plan to Die.
There is no doubt but that Alder
man Cox had carefully planned suicide
He had been alone at the home and
he had dressed himself in his best
| clothes. The red carnation which al
ways decorated the lapel of the coat
of the second ward alderman, when he
appeared in public, was one of the first
things noticed by the police officers
when they reached the house 1t had
not been blasted by the flow of the
gas from four burners of the kitchen
stove. The alderman had evidently
gone into the kitchen of the house an
hour or more before he was found. He
had taken a kitchen table and moved
it up near the gas stove and had placed
a pillow on the table. He lay on the
table with his face covered with a
number of newspapers which also COW
cred the burners Of the stove. The gas
had been flowing freely from all of
the burners and the papers were ar
ranged so that practically all of the
gas fumes were carried to the nostrils
of the alderman.
One of the neighbors going out to
feed his chickens discovered the odor
of gas and started to make an inves-
tigation. He found that the kitchen
of the Cox home was locked, but the
gas was coming out of the keyhole of
the door. He called aid and the neigh
bors entered the house. Just about this
time Miss Verne Cox, the younger
daughter of Mr.. Cox, returned home.
Police Find Jaws Set.
At the same time that the neighbors
came to the house Young Marshall who
has been active as a scout, arrived and
/ he aided in removing the unconscious
man from the kitchen to the porch.
Then the fight to restore him started.
1t was just before six o'clock that the
police officers arrived and it was near
ly an hour later that the alderman
reached the hospital under the care
of physicians.
The report of the attempt at suicide
spread rapidly through the second ward
and it caused a profound sensation.
Many people called the hospital show
ing an intense interest in the condition
of the alderman. Chief of Police
Logan later made an investigation into
the case 81 have no information to
give out in regard to the matter" said
the chief today. members of the
family could assign no reason for the
alderman attempting suicide. Maybe
it was just an accident"
Active on the Council.
| Alderman Cox is completing his first
term as a member of the common
council and he has been very active
in the work OF that body. "Carnation
Dan" as he was Familiarity known
among his friends, had made special
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