Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-02-16 | Page 42 | Family Escape Murder Effort

FAMILY FAMY ESCAPE MURDER EFFORT Boys Narrowly l Death by hy Gas From Filed Off Valve A possible attempt at murder Is thought by the police to havo have been made by a a. fanatic who entered the homo home of ot Mrs Fred FinkE a a. German resident at W. W Third North street earl early last night ht and using using- a file tile cut the lock on a 11 disconnected meter cock and allowed the gas g-as to fill part of ot the house Walter and Fred aged ed 9 0 and 11 years ears respectively ol were ere overcome b by tho the gi gns while sleeping and narrow narrow- l I ly escaped death from asphyxiation The boys bOYR In company wi with th their younger sister Alice Allee had been left at home homo b by their mother who went early In m the evening on a a. shopping shopping- tour On the tho return of or Mis Mas lS l'S Finke about 1030 p P. n m In nothing unusual was noted b by her on entering the but on opening the kitchen door a little later latera a a. rush of or gas filled air all met her Dragging Dragging Drag Drag- ging himself forward with his forefeet fore tore feet came a n pet pot dog who had been left In the room with the tho boys Running to tho the boys' boys room the mother moth moth- er found the two lads stretched out ap ap- parenti lifeless on their bed bod A hur hur- up ry-up call caU to the police station brought re response an and the la lads s were taken to tho the emergency hospital where they were revived Detectives Roy Larsen and C C. W. W Patton Fatten Investigated the house with E E. Aubre Aubrey a gl gas Inspector The They found the gas gaB meter cock cocle which had been I locked with a gas company compan padlock had been beon tampered with and the tho cock filed lIed open leaving the gas to escape to the rooms above Further Investigations Investigations' on the outside of ot the house re revealed re- re a n number of footprints on the tho outside of ot one of ot the tho basement Windows win Win- In dows dows' and the tho window v was found to have hav been opened by pr prying in two nails from their place on both sides of ot the lie tram frame e. e