The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-22
MAN DIES WHILE
TAKING A BATH
VIM. ZielsdOrf is Overcome
as Gas Takes Oxygen
from the Air.
WIFE In NEXT ROOM
Police Work Over Victim in
Vain with Pulmotor, and
Death is Victor.
WIFE IN NEXT ROOM

Death came in a strange and unfor-
seen way Friday evening at seven o.
clock to William zielsdorf, AZ, who was
| found dead in the bath-tub of his
home at GOT Jenne street by his wife.
Zielsdorf had been in the bath only
about 20 minutes and was overcome by
the lack of oxygen in the tiny room.
A gas heater attached to the tank was
burning and the lack of air to breathe
had extinguished the spark of life be-
fore the victim was aware what had
| happened.
Zielsdorf was employed in the truck
department at the Nash Motor COM
pany. He came home from work as
usual Friday afternoon and spent the
supper hour with his wife and chill
dran. A week ago he had attached the
gas heater to the water tank IN the
bathroom, and directly after supper
he announced his purpose of securing
a hot bath Zielsdorf went into the
bathroom and little did the small
group in the kitchen realize that. they
were looking upon him alive for the
last time,
Wife Finds Him Dead.
Mrs. Zielsdorf, Woodworking wo-
man, is employed at st. GATHERINGS
hospital, and she turned her attention
after supper directly to the washing
of the dishes. She planned that she
would scrub the floor later and put her
household in readiness for the Sunday
holiday, not expecting to have much
time for that today.
Everything had been washed up ex-
cept skillet or two when the wife be-
gan to wonder at the unusual silence
! In the bathroom. At last she went
to the door, which had been left I'M
locked, and opened it.
A CHASTITY sight met her eyes. Her
husband was sitting in the tub, eyes
staring, his parched tongue hanging
from his mouth, mad the look of death
upon his face. She called; there was
no answer.
She summoned the neighbors with
her loud alarm for help, and Joseph
Babich and his wife, living next door
at COL Jenne street, came quickly at
the call. Babich helped in pulling the
victim from the tub and ran to tele-
phone for doctor and the police am
bulance and service.
Cannot Revive Victim.
Sergeant Max Kramer and Officers
L. Bauschelt and Tusler responded to
the police call and brought with them
the pulmotor. They were working over
| the man when DR.. Palt arrived soon
after. He pronounced the man dead
and said that nothing could be done,
The pulmotor was applied for some
minutes Notwithstanding, but his
words proved true; death had come
and there was no further help for the
sufferer.
| At first the report was that Ziels-
| dorf had been overcome by gas, but
this proved untrue. The gas flames
were burning in the heater attached
to the tank, The physician decided
| that the flames had absorbed all the
air In the little room and that Ziels-
| dorf had been gradually overcome by
the lack of oxygen and collapsed into
Inconsistencies which soon passed
into the final sleep of death.
The body was taken to Hansen's flu
neral home.
| Zielsdorf came to Kenosha two years
| ago with his family. He was born in
Germany AZ years ago but had been
living in America since his early youth.
He is survived by his wife, five chill
dren, Mrs. Steve Tomczak. Anna, Mary,
Frank and Leonard, and one grand
child, all of Kenosha; by his mother,
Mrs. Wilhelmina Gall of Tacoma,
Wash, and by four sisters and one
brother, also Of Tacoma.
The funeral services will be held
Monday afternoon at two o'clock at
the Hansen Funeral Home on Park
avenue with interment following in
the family plot in the Green Ridge
cemetery.