Evening star., 1953-11-08

Found Dead in
Snowbound Car
Arlington Couple
And Rider Are
Monoxide Victims

"A young Arlington couple Oh
a belated honeymoon and a
Pennsylvania man died of car
bon monoxide poisoning yester-
day when their automobile stalled
in a snowdrift near Oxford, Pa.
The victims were identified
as Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin C..
Fuchs of 1857 North Nineteenth
street, Arlington, and Samuel H.
Biedler of Mahoney City. Pa.
Pennsylvania State police said
Mr.. and Mrs Fuchs must have
given Mr.. Biedler a lift when
bus transportation was inter-
rupted by the storm.
A snow plow found the auto
mobile on Route 122 about 8 am.
Snow had drifted above the cars
windows.
State Trooper William Bitler
said the victims apparently had
stopped to wait out the storm
and left the motor running to
keep warm. The ignition was
still on when the car was found
with the gas tank empty.
Snow Blocks Exhaust.
Trooper Bitter said the car
filled with the deadly gas as the
snow blocked the exhaust pipe.
Deputy Coroner John Schofield
of Chester County, Pa, issued a
verdict of death by monoxide
poisoning. He said they died
about 2 am. All three bodies
were removed to the Cauffman
Funeral Home = oxford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fuchs left their
apartment in Arlington about 7
pm. Friday night against the
advice of friends who warned
them of the weather.
1t was to be their honeymoon.
Mr.. Fuchs, who was an Air Force
sergeant stationed at Fort Myer,
had been discharged from the
service Monday. Mrs. Fuchs. 81,
the former Jean Yackiel, who
was secretary to a major general
at the Pentagon. had arranged
for three weeks vacation.
They hadn't had time for a
honeymoon after their marriage
october 2, 1852, at the Boiling
Air Base chapel.
1--WE begged them 20 wait. 1t
was showing so hard" recalled
Mrs. Dominic Critini. their land
lady, when she heard what had
happened.
They stopped to say goodby
to us. We told them not to 60
it was so bad" said Mrs. Mona
Rozicki, a neighbor.
Marvin brought me some milk
and eggs that they didn't want
to leave in the icebox," said Mrs.
Critini. "They usually listened
to me. But they had their minds
made up to go. He said they
liked the snow"
Carried Shovel.
Mrs. Critini made them put a
shovel in the car. in case they
got stuck. She also gave them
some extra blankets.
The young couple planned first
to visit Mrs. Fuchs parents at
White Haven, Pa, her home
town before she came to Wash
ington six years ago. From Penn
sylvania, they planned to go to
Rogers, Tex. to see his family.
"They hadn't even told their
families they were coming. They
wanted to surprise them. His
folks didn't even know he had
been discharged from the serv-
ice," said Mrs. Critini.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fuchs were due
back in Arlington December 2.
Mrs. Fuchs wanted her husband
to go to school and study &C
counting. He had worked as an
accountant in Texas before en-
tering the service three years
ago. She planned to help him
through school with her job.
Pennsylvania police said they
had been unable to locate any
relatives of Mr.. Beidler, They
found a bus ticket from Balti-
more, Md, to Reading, Pa, in
his pocket.
Police believe Mr.. and Mrs.
Fuchs met him when they
stopped for dinner near oxford.
Bus transportation was inter-
rupted at that point because of
the covered roads.
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