Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-13 | Page 12 | Gas Plot Seen to Kill Family

GAS PLOT SEEN I 1 ITO TO KILL FAMILY F AMIL Y JOLIET III Ill Jan 13 W UP An An An apparent apparent apparent ap ap- ap- ap parent fantastic pl plot t to slay sJay an entire entire entire en en- tire family by poison polson gas w was Investigated investigated today by county authorities s Five persons escaped death only by a matter of seconds Sheriff MIchael Michael Michael Mi MI- chael Breen said The attempt occurred at the four- four room farm home of Leonard Wetzel 39 a dairy farmer He told Sheriff Br Breen en We Ve had ad just finished dinner last Jast night and were sitting in the front room room room-my my daughters Dorothy 16 Maxine 12 and Virginia 6 and Stella Stevens 12 a n neighbor girl girt My 11 wife was in the kitchen Suddenly Virginia gasped and toppled to the floor Then Sella SeUa fell off oft her chair Dorothy slumped Maxine was next I jumped up and noticed I was wobbly he managed to open windows and doors and then loaded the unconscious s girls into his car Dr Jane Janette te Holt Bolt of New Lenox re revived revived re- re them What form of gas was used and how it was introduced puzzled the authorities but Dr Holt said she sheb b believed it was was introduced through a keyhole Footprints outside the home were found by the investigators Northern Illin ls has hu been the scene scene of stormy disputes over the milk business but Wetzel denied he had lad any business enemies s